The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-02-20 00:00:00

BOAT CLUB FOR WEYMOUTH.

On Friday evening lest, • meeting woo held at the
Guildhall, for the purpose of starting • Boat Club for
the inhabitants and vhdtors. The meethig was sidled
by circular signed by Mr A. Mason and Kr ft. 8.
Milled" and there wee • good ittiendienos,
Ineisding
the Maya', Mr A. Meson, Kr B. Thomas, Mr J. A.
Talbot, Mr T. B. oroveB & =add% Kr Mono.
Kr mow ' Mr B. Ford, Mr
Plowman, rS. Brown, Mr T. ale, /dr Bitumen, Mr
Rolle. Mr Warm, Mr B. Mises, Mr B. Deeiy,
Kr G. Doculny, Mr TargeMOir Orme, Mr Fooks, Mr
Briber, Mr Gibbs, Mr Robintoth Mr Hitialsk Mr
Cerpeeter, Mr Felton, Kr HUI, Mir B. Ooz, Kr meal,
Mr lanes, end many ethers.
The Mayor said s few days sines he received an
I invitation trout one of the young was of this tows,
*eking Lim to attend • meeting et Miners =ledge's
Au on Room., with the view of formiag • bailie&
cricket, football and general reeteistion doh. Oe
Wednesday evening he attended such • nieseing, sad
after a little disco/don it wee thought advisable to
adjourn that matting to the present median, He kid
thought the matter over, sad oonddered it would be
undesirable to have • club itompeising so many
element', and that it would be best to throw our
Merlin into fannies • redly good beet elab—(heetr.)
At the Pruseut time there is • very good adobe dub,
end • very good football dule, lend if • good boating
slob win also formed gentlemen weld join which they
oboes, or di throe. • boat dub Is really • nocessity
for woYmosith, and in many town, not having our
advantages, ewes in inland where towns there ace riven,
ere suds deka., Bat we have • beautiful Bey, sad wises
the Beekwater improvements ere completed, sad the
water I. kept in, the opportualtiee for bootleg will
be even greater. Such s dub will be for the
advantage of the town In more than one way ; it
will be the mesas of healthy reerestioe, sad
the yeses mid hare tbslr ...same sad wads.-
day dinentions, the inhabidate ought to do ell
in their power to provide snob reareadea. Thee it
will be • seism ol eonsideeeble attreetios to visitors,
and he hoped the elheb will be formed on sash • basis
that none but respootede young men will be allowed be
join. Visitors will ohm whit to row with the itheb,
and the member, should be respostsbis, he did ad
mesa to my risk; but seek as would behirat them-
selves as reatiernse, foe he wee not as. of these who
believed that stoney makes the gentleman sad Ikon
are enough young was to form mash • doh as it shad
not bee disoredit to join. The list quo*. is—le It
desirable to form sash • dub r If it were formed, he
should be most happy el ell times to forward its
interests in any poseiblo way-- (enplanes). Ham he
had been in the room, • Wier had bees put late ids
hands by Mr. Gibbs, salty if it was desld. that •
match should take place between • famous 11 end 211 at
the Wey moat& cricketers. Be rdelleded when 11 al
the All England played 22 of Dorset ; he wee aKasthh
man, and to Kent they took great delight in cricket;
and be was much interested in the game. The ode.
brated Wynn was here and the AU Ragland best the
men of Dorset; but he hoped they might eonie seals,
sod the Weymouth 22 m4ht beat thers—(hear). T e
get the 11 here would require • guarantee lead of £lOO,
sod if It were thought desirable they should some, ho
would be glad to subscribe I:5 to the guarantee food
(epplauas).
Mr. It. TH.:MAD had a greet deal to do with the
visitors, and he knew from experiesos that they Mks
greet pleasure in the bootleg sad older esenemseals.
When ths old boat club had its matches, large mewls
assembled of so 'Testae to whales them. Led if • good
dub isehl he established agate cm • proper beek it
would be • boons of entateudat Is visitors spia.
therefore moved "That it is fee the ed
Weymouth that • beet dab should be
Mr. Mason had bees • member cif the old bait deb,
and was sorry it had fallen through. He seeended Kr.
Thomas's resoletioni—Oirried ansaimeedy.
Mr. Mstion sided that he had • kited trees the Bev.
V, F. Raosetrae, stating that be would give • boat dub
noluseelableos in his power---(appluise).
IlLavoe asked whet °Bitten would be required,
sod Mr. Baum sided that at Odord they lied •
president, vise-proddent, Inoserse, auditor, iSpisia,
and numbed of oontinittes.

-7,67g1130-11—piOposeci Me Mayor as president Gm the
roar —iirwst aPPloal4
Yr. Luxor sesonded. sad the Mayor use wad-
'newly appointed.
Mr. Samsun premed Kr. T. 11. Groves se vise-
president.
Seconded by Mr. Cumin=
Mr. °novas thought they amid sheen • rowing
mam—Bat the would have bleu
Yr. noire was appointed seerelery, on ths proposal
of Mr. TALDOT. secoaded by Mr MAIIOI.
Mr. Mason was *times treasurer, on the motion of
Mr. T. Wag" secoaded by Mr. Oaardirria.
The following were chosen on the eommitiss ; Lam.
Plowman, RM. B. Ford, R. Ronk Bealue, Talbot,
8, 8. Miliedge, Carpenter, and G. Criokmay, Jun.
Mr. Gums enquired the impasse of the beak, end
Mr. 0 Orleirmay, Jan., mid lb. Talbot, boatireibirm
would build them galleys at £l6 sash, sonmelag like
the old boatel, but rather more malag on VIM the
others which were *soh rather too muck of • seaboet.
Augle skiff. would be El. end doable Mitts cm
mob. About CUD would be required to start UM
Weymouth boat club fairly.
The KATOR suggested that an appeal Mould be made
for the capital to start the club. At to the sabeiripiloa,
at Mews. itillsdget it was proposed to bars • gala..
eutueription for the boating. wicket. footbalL km ; bat
ho thought that for boating should be only 10. 6S, as
there are many young men who cannot afford • guinea.
The hon. members might pay • guinea, and Me affeetlmi
member. half.

itol.t• and Kr PIDOININ said the dab wield
newer pay ander • guises eabseription. and they Todd
want at laud C2OO to steal.
There wu a long eonverention on the express of •
boat (dab, the esianistos being /minded en the
=miens, of the old one, whose saliserthers supported
I daring the first few years and then graduofly 101 l
off.

Fibula gentleman seigesied " sappers" as tie was el
the Clads tallats.•
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—tfitiit-s-toly the; question won Wit* the oommllne,
who wen to men on Monday 1/4ht.
The manta( saparand with three oboon for the
Weymouth Bost Club, sad on mot, for the Mayor,
• Very IIk&y tt low ameba. sad tall talk lollawd.
Mooch smog toriEkTor owa ouppors, mbentere
as to fancy tint Imam sad late " yam' mat Mader
cal Waltman " roaroaiion to yaw lase Si sit
lowkl la a public au ppletrosit to. at oight.-10.