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Gee Rsss 80 TheS Please.
Local ysehtsmen. and the owners Of small
boats In particular have been eagerly swsit
Ing the outeoms OF the special m eetins Of the
New York Yacht Racing Association. which
was scheduled sor last evening.
In some respects Il was the most important
meeting ever held by the association. as II
was proposed TO settle for once and all the
much m ooted question whether the various
clubs in the association could hold races and
reesttas under their own rules or whethe,
they would be compelled to sail them unds'
the associations sntlqusted ones or be fined
The association. which was organised on
March B. 1889. and was Incorporated on Aug
10 Of the same year. is by far the largest asso-
citation Of yacht clubs In the county; At tbs
Slnns repressutinR o.OOO members ana over
Al few months ago the tronble arose thrcugh
Commodore Prime Of the Youkers CoiJnthiao
Yacht Club presenting the following Amend
ment to article = OF the constitution:
Any yacht elub in the s,,oe,siion giyiss y es or
r,sn. open :. one er more club: n ,ns s.,cs Ss
nn.d such sum. as the d.'rstss OF the associssisn
The
the association. IL passed. aud the result was
hS assGSeiiiSp S wss Threatened With disrapt
clubs. promptly re.ignsd and more clubs are
threatening to 90 out.
tion's progress has been its old. fashioned
racing rule taxinE, ,overhanga This rule 10
Ing Win the e s.espfiSn @ S Of 'us lev % snail
way control the AFFAIRS Of the association at
Commodore Hitchcock Of the Columbia
Yacht Club occupied the chair at last nights
meeting while George Psrkhill acted as see-
After en- almost Intern In able discussion as
should ss s. sd ON q. tss ss % no
Judge cSssiss Z SHINES JE. Of ths colum-
land oi the New New Jersey Yacht fSg Cub. has been been
trying to save the association from Internal
ssa whch %.P. aG q e
from the last meeting:
81 q: s:
ing Of q. s.soeation shsl be nnsd the sum OF 81"
Sses, S suS iSsIs rs. 0s ssG ne sains
omen 70 on. or mo,s club. in ne On;
such sums as the delegates Of the association shah de-
70 s,tlel. 2 By adding thereto tn. following VIZ;
d..msd 10 mai. t obIiasory on IN. psrs Of any club
In this ss.ociston 20 hold any regatta TO one
9iS.s Sss % club S :.. IN % q.
rules" ~ - '''N 1'1'' '''''
, They we're carried b. alme.t a two;th,rds
SnaH5 o9 Sr Es's sha they NOR: M snss
m EN- bers.
letter was received from d. r. Sutton Of the
Brooklyn Yacht Club, resigning his Office OF
On motion Of Comm odore Prime
the com m unication was laid on the table. Apd
the SecIstary was instructed to inform Mr..
sutton that 1t was the unanimous wish OF the
that he reconsider his resignation.
In smother com munication to the Secretary.
Mr.. Sutton said that the prizes offered By him
last year TO the clubs having the largest num-
Der Of boats 10 the Association Cruise were
ready for distribution As 70 wir ecu ssts had been
received by Mr. Prime Of the Dinner Commit
tee for seats at the annual dinner OF the asso-
ssiatt9n, which was to BE- held On April 3 Il wa,
l8 Another Meeting OF the association will
be held at O'Neills q week from Friday.