The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-08
YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION.
A Troublesome Amendment-The OLD
Officers Were Reelected.

OAEkCCLS
The New York Yacht Racing Association
held its annual meeting last night. Coun-
sellor Norman L. Rowe, the Vice President,
occupied the chair. The Pavonia Y. c. was
represented by Commodore David Kohn and
ex-Commodore n. L. Rowe. The Jersey
CITY Y. G. delegates were Commodore ID. Z.
H. Benson and Alex. Roe. The Oceanic
club had only one delegate. N. Cars. The
other clubs represented were:-
Columbia, Judge Simms and George Park
hill: Harlem, F. w. Creegan and Edwar
Griffith; Hudson River, Commodore LANCER
field: Newark, Charles Schade; New Jersey,
George Garland and Louis Wender; Staten
Island Athletic Club, Commodore McMurray;
Yonkers Corinthian, Commodore Prime and
w. S. Clark; Indian Harbor, George e.
Garland; Canarsie O.. Z. L Hinrlchs;
Bayonne City, Captain Joe Ellsworth and
John G'Neil; Audubon, W. l.. Frost; Tower
Ridge, DIR. E. N. Brandt and William Ross,
Jr.
A lively discussion was provoked by the
following amendment to the constitution
"Any yacht club in the association giving a
race OF regatta, open to one or more clubs in
the association, under any rules contrary 10
the association, shall be fined such sum as
the delegates of the association shall deter
mine"
After a long debate the amendment was
adopted, recorded, and laid on the table
again, all within fifteen minutes. Some OF
the delegates claimed that it would disrupt
the association ia pass any such measure, and
on their suggestion the whole matter was
finally laid over until the next meeting.
The secretary's report showed a member
shin of tyrenty-one yacht clubs, representing
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on
the list. a gain of one since last year. During
the year the following clubs Joined the asso-
ciation:-
Shrewsbury Yacht Club of Red Bank, N.
J.: Greenville Yacht Club of this city; Bay
onne CITY Yacht Club of Bayonne, N. j.;
Audubon Yacht Club of New York city, and
the Tower Ridge Yacht Club of Washington
the-Hudson. During the same period the
following clubs resigned or were dropped
from the roll: Bayswater Yacht Club Of
Rockaway, Williamsburgh Yacht Club of
Astoria, North Shrewsbury Yacht Club of
Red Bank, Newark Bay Yacht Club OF Bay
onne. and the Indian Harbor Yacht Club OF
Greenwich, Conn.
The Treasurer's report showed a balance
of S6S. The annual dinner at ONeils was
postponed until April 3, while the annual
regatta of the association was fixed for Labor
Day, Sept. 3, and the Secretary was author
lied to secure a suitable steamer. During
the meeting the following clubs announced
the dates of their annual regattas as follows:
Decoration Day, May 30-Harlem and
Audubon Yacht Clubs.
June 3-Hudson River Yacht Club.
June 16-Tower Ridge zach Climb.
June 1S-Pavonia Yacht Club.
The old officers were reelected as fol-
lows
President, R. Frank Sutton, Brooklyn
Yacht Club; Vice-President, Norman L.
Rowe, Pavonia Yacht Club; Secretary,
George Hrkhill, Columbia Yacht Club;
Executive Committee. Commodore A. j.
49, xvz-1-ou- Go.i,+lf,n Yacht CltrjN.
Alexander Roe, Jersey City Yacht Club: G.
E. L. Hinrichs, Canarsie Yacht Club; Ed
ward M. Griffith, Harlem Yacht Club, and
DIR. E. N. Brandt, Tower Ridge Yacht Club.