New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-14
YACHT CLUB ELECTIONS.
WHAT The RESULTS INDICATE.
DISCUSSING CABIN CArEOATs - NOTES ABOUT
VARIOUS BOATS.

- and vco.cemmoior,. The work If the noinl-
Tin, committee seemed TO meet only quahhed
approyal Of the club. The sentiment OF the po"''
| ,,,ich rnle the club to have been In hVor
of retaining Edwin y. Morgan and William b"'er
! n,p,,n ir in the places Of vice and rear co'-
modorcs Thi, sentiment freely expressed oc'o'o
the election and many prominent members oil INV ,'"D
| ur,cd Mr. Morgan and Mr.. Duncan To allo" Wv"
ramcs to lie used an Independent uckol' P'o"''
inc them succe,, II they did +. H. Stlrges' ''"
| did,te for vcc-commodore and Archibald Rogers '""
dlda,e for commodore TIE regular ticket saw
a. fine night OF the election approached, when WY
tho no,,ilar feeling In the club tended ana sent III
letter, declining t. run. The night of cltcaoh WIS
rot 70 ms, on without little contest, hO"cNc''
for Alexander Taylor IT,, thought he woum H"' "
serve on the committee on admissions Ill p''oc VI
Frank r.. Robinson. lie made a lively running ana
bcot Mr. Robinson. Then 1t was discovered tlmt Hir
Tovor had not been posted for ten dnys. rs requir'd
,v Article II Of tho club constitution. 80 he was
declared ineligible and Mr. Robinson elected. how
,cr Mr. TAYLOR may console himself with The thought
that he proved his popularity and was only deie"''
by technlcalv. Mr. Taylor was a member Oh INC
committee on admissions last year. II Is matter
Of universal Qualification that the regatta COMMITTEES
remain, Unclaimed II consists Of :. Nicholson Kane
Chester Gri,woh and Irving Grinnel, and the New
Yorl, Yacht Club never had a better one
Tho 70 election Of Commodore Prime president Of
tho New Y rk Yacht Rnclng Association is guarantee
that that most excellent organization Will continue ~
pro.pcr Comm0dOr; Prime In, done moro uah any
other one man 10 organize and carTy to success ue New
York Yacht Association oad all who love SM''Ep'aV
sailing are indebted to lin. The work 81 priheln'
together In one association all the small yncht cuoa
and smoothing over their jcalouscs and differences
VA no ca,y one but Commodore Prime accomplished
if and now holds them well together. Up NJ h'hHer''
where Mr. Prime lives. he is commodore OF HVeN
Yacht club called the Workers CoHnthlan' 'omnl''
dorc ~ IN Of the River de Yacht Club was % popular
that ne was reelected without opposition In ia't 'hc
,rcp,hnre ~ the club were 80 we'll pleased with enc
officers uf last YEAR that the ticket was reelected dot
without change. The position Of tho clubhouse ol inc
Riverside Yacht Cluh will prevent n being EFEe
org.nlzatlon hut il will doubt hold liz own IL i
n pleasant place for small boat 70 stop on Ia" way mp
or down the sound. and ha' summer population
around It on which Ii can rely.
Tho election. Of the American Yacht club resulted
as every one expected they would Relieved 'ioH VIC
core. Of Office cx Commodore Watt will now haze
chance Ia 20 80 CHM the Golden Rod In Ihct me
d. Golden T. Il a. II cruiser" helped {" defeat Mr. WATTS
amlliion for a second term. The proposition 10 80
tobu,h 4 big ice hou.c at Milton Point ara 10 Keep
thc-o stores Of coal from which steam Na'H'' =" u'
ub can draw Is one which must be carried 'H II te
American Nncht club housc Is 10 3" anything more
than q pleasant and well uatcd casino Tor Inc sur
rorraIug country Yachtsucn will not stop thcr II
,h,v cannot get supplies. II 4, rather veNing t0r
ucl or ~ the American Yacht Cinh {" anchor hl' Dolt
,g Milton Point and send l-horc ior lee "hN 10 ~ "'"
that he must 81 under waY again ana run u'"" "
t-,,,ont +, ct H. The hone 81 the Amcli.an N"ch'
Cnb ha. one 81 tho finest II not the hn"'i sic ." ''c
sound Int the white stream Of yachts which All SUMMER
,..,. mn and down the sound seldom pause tlNc'
comnod re Lawrence ha th" AK before MN ~ P"'u7
M. ,uin the innnlmatc l0dy ~ the America m ''u"'
The manner in which hi, vIrious Suggestions TOT '"'
rciuycraIpn Of the club w'rr received at Inc u''""-
ODD L.
npal cruise. =, bng abandoned. should IL re umcd
nd nr,l,olly will be. What the American >ncht 'iu"
,xop,s f. t.,pper .aucc aud plenty OF IT, The persistent
manner in which the club has tried ana i '' "H'"-
IA hiring together those fugitive and elusive rd'c'N '
vno,se and Norwood 81 nat 1t ha' staying Powers
AID mh ~ no small eln-uc'V'
II f. ~, every yacht club that can have toy
.-,,r : o. Il commodore Leon Albeit. 81 80" Ier>'f'
,, mt entered upon h, i,l term IN that ONO" ior
| .r' s. uo.n-r. Nnc., Cllr. and hs holding ~ tn
ui,o H.. D,cn a good thing for tht o"n' i've
{, ,,.tupt /, past the ~ racing shns o"AN' "''
he Ike. T. ,.c them race and takes Il Il" per "''''
man usual In D r.itta boo which Leon IT, i e"e',',
f. IA. -loop Yacht NWipi Sow -" Nl'Hr' u ~"
49, . mighty hunter. but ne hunted on land. Mr'
! .h,c,.. Niniod is net mighty mug hunter on the
| co.., s,iu she Is good boat Of the old TYPE ana
bu th. Albeit icot. consisting Of the Governor III '"o
If. N.w.Icr,ey. General William III inc niue We"
f.rs.y and Leon IT,. IN the Nimrh, take tue '''' W
fright SIMMER afternoon tie turnout Is nor h''' "''
whatever political fault, the Governor may have anu
from Republican point Of vicw they ar" man' ne IL
cr,,ln, . man who love- the water, and loves yachts
and Al, cannot b. wholly bad In fact he leh10 MS
Dom cratic politics shore and becomes peasant
craftsman OF the OH school rather given to signing
f,, iho vanished .kmmns hi,hc, ANA tn ola ld"l'
when he gets on bond al, '"ch
rc Ncw-Nork Yacht Clgb moves ~llwly and Is cN'
,remclv conservative bat 1t is possible that some s')d
nav G., me- Of the report Of Mr.. lily Top. OF TIE com
,out.e ON ella siHcnton nud measurement. which was
mad, nt he lat meeting. TN, report suggests that
In lutu,, the classification of yacht, for racing pur
nose, be made by sailing length IN yachts boIV seventy
| feet IN, cllb will rot act on TINS suggestion al
or,. II vi.y, al Innovation, cOlly. aud requires
,o BE- properly Introduced To- new Ideas before N-
.,,irc tlcn, on Term, 81 familiarity. Nevertheless
Il i. a step I'm the right direction. ana the logic of
,i,it, viii r.olably be- powerful enough ultimately 10
h,,in n favorable action ON IN" suggestion. The
I'm tern New Rochelle and scawInm,a yacht clubs
hnvo lo matter Of cnsihraton by measurement under
co.'s Iteration. anI there i, general sentiment favor
able 10 the adoption Of such rule m those clubs
Tn. Ia.chmou Yacht club and he Corint han Navy
classify hN mcn"lIrme.t IV", Il, 40 We 'Ir',u'
yacht cmbS composing the Lake >acnt Facing AS
.ocntlon. The Atlantic Yacht Club has got 80 lar
~ - cia,sili by measurement III one c'nH,' Inc
Corinian Yacht cup, OF 'onr,e cia,siic, oy mens.
prophets and site, Of Thu system.
All yncht club, hive had more less trouble over
the druuitiOn OF i "cnlin cat II would seem at
hr,t Glance that III" definition enough and
that II meant II catboLt with cabin "onio A." lw
A l., not chs, Of caihodt0 nav" grown up when
have canvas cover, over them which. when The sid
curiria, pulled down. make cabin. The owners Of
calOt, with permanent NOOlen cabin unl"i 10 san
ing against t:c,c canya. cabncd boats ani many have
been he long discussion srowIns ont 81 such ri.'>
fic Riverside nht club hL, under COu-l ERA: ~ IN
amendment to t., racing ruic- licL VIII undoubtedly
be- fuvorabIy acted nIon IL" The nest aceiing which
d. viii ,,tlr ia" question In that club. II provides that
I,arlftcr all these 'ai, with cabin, Ot rlnfds
.hall con, id"rrd open boat. several other Of
tip .nncr clhb- have such i regulation. AMI II lUOtp
q, II the rule would have 10 be made universal
one great vhacI to the progrr-s OF American
vach iny /, the blrrnc.~ Wth winch certain class OF
AGAINST Progress