New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-14
Mr.. MORGAN MAY DECLINE.
R1rMoRs THAT HE WILL NOT SERVE
AS COMMODORE ANOTHER YEAR.
WIS GENEROUS WORK FOR THE NETWORK
YACHT 'cIUB-REPoRTs CONCERNING

crxrRo1-s WORK FOR THE NETWORK
YACHT .cI1,B-REPoRTs CONCERNING
OTHER YACHTING OFFICERS.
Rumors were current yesterday that j. Pierpont
,,orean did not intend to accept the office Of COM
r,odore in the New-York Yacht Club for another
- No ono would allow his name TO be used but
So-,,1ent nembe.s of the NewYork. Larchmont
"a Atlantic Yacht clubs admitted that they had
heard OF the reports.
Commodore Morgan was not at his office yester-
Az. and could not be seen at his house owing to
LA or some indlsposition but his secretary. Mr..
galloway. said that he was expected at the office
to-day.
] V 8 Oddie. the secretary Of the New-York
Yacht Club declined TO anything on the matter.
those yachtsmen Of different clubs who had heard
,bA reports were ignorant of any reason why Mr..
Morgan should now withdraw from the head and
,ro,t ~ an organization for which he had done so
-,ych He gave the site for the new home Of the
cluh q gift Of which the value is said TO be over
900 coo The principal part Of the cost OF building
s,d running the Cup defender of 1899 has been
NV Mr Morgan. Besides this. he paid the expenses
., the Yacht Defender, which was lent by w. X.
Vanderbilt 10 he used last summer a speed
oapion for the Columbia. There nearly sixty
men engaged on each boat through the season, and
the outlay including repairs and necessary pur-
chases for both yachts. extremely heavy.
Mr. Morgan had the new steam yacht Corsair
York Yacht Club might have flagship that would
be in keeping with the dignity of the representative
yacht club OF America. 1t has been rumored among
yachtsmen that the expenditure on the Corsair and
its crew with the cost Of entertainments board.
has amounted nearly $3.50, 900 and that the Com
modores Yachting outlay including the Corsair,
the Columbia, the clubhouse site and other mat
tiers has reached total not far below S1.OOOO0O.
Several changes among commodOres expected.
Frederick Adams Will not hy the same burgee
that mas been seen for long the flagship
Henry Clark Rouse will not accept another nomlna-
Commodore Clay Greene of the Manhasset Bay
formerly Doqgaston( Yacht Club has resigned IN
in the larchmont Yacht Club nothing can as yet be
Other well known officers Of different clubs are
also reSigning or. rather declining to be nominated
again Inc well known secretary Of the Atlantic
S old POST neT ydsr nor will william Pc
the treasurer OF the same club. According to the
min Morris Whiilock, viii probably be asked to be
commodore for the coming year. but 1t is not known
have been mentioned among the possible appointees
10 this post is Howard Gould, the owner Of the
would. II Mr.. Gould will accept be good thing
for The club and the possession Of such magnin
able This club has made marked progress. Five
years ago It's clubhouse and premises we're Ip
rabe site. Its membership increase at each cleo
Frederick T. Adams yesterday confirmed the
port about his eeasing TO be commodore -. .ho
wheel and now I think l should make way for
somebody else.
Commodore Clarence A. Postley OF the Larchmont
Yacht Club was asked whether or not he would
keep the flagship schooner Colonia in commission
next summer. He said: II have been trying 10
make up my mind about that, and have not set
tied as 10 what shall do When | recently bought
the Alberta / decided that l would do good deal
OF steam yachting in her next year. and the ques-
ton was whether | should keep the Colonia out
also 1 have, as you know. no racing class for the
Coonia. Possibly the Amorita may not be In COM
mission and both she and the Quissetta are rather
different from the Colonia in size TO make the
best kind OF racing. II the Emerald were In her
former racing condition that | could get a race
on even terms. / should certainly keep both me
Alberta and the Colonia in commission, but with
the present outlook don't really know yet what l
shall do" -,
Mr. Postlev was also asked about the runor that
he did not intend to continue next year as com
rnodore OF the Larchmont Yacht Club. AS 10 THIS
he said: ~,
Il don't know anything about that The Nomi,
] don't know what they will do.