New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-15
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YACHTING.
ur-DSON RIVER CLUB ICE-vLIERs.

HUDSON RIVER CLUB ICE-ELlERS'
The Hudson River Ice Yacht Club stands In
about the same position among the iceooat meets
of the world as the New-York Yacht Club STANDS
among the clubs whose boats sail only on water
In fact a large number Of yachtsmen are members
of both clubs There nearly fifty craft IN the
fleets OF this institution and the men VINO are al
the head Of It hard sailing. practica men WHO
have been at the sport FOR many years The oiI-
GERS recently elected are: Commodore, Archioaid
Rogers. vice-comuodore j. c. Barron; secretary
and treasurer John Hopkins. and measurer'
Thomas Newbold The Regatta Committee are
GUY c. Bayley. chairman. Archibald Rogers H.
Livingston. Thomas H. Ransom and Charies W.
Swift.
In talk at HYDE Park. yesterday. With the
secretary Mr. HOPKINS he said This club, which
holds the Ice Yacht Challenge Pcrnant Of Amer
iCa Commodore Rogerss yacht Jack FROST winning
II last has this year received no challenge TOT le
race which is always the hes, OF the season inc
others are club for silver medals ana hasS'
and are sailed any day when wind and ice permit
The ice in the Hudson has not been heavy enough
for the large boats.
The course for the annual regatta is lad OH p'
tween the north side of Poughkeepsie Bridge ana
,ne north end Of Esopus Island and the distance 10
be sailed for the Ice Yacht Challenge fenn"h' %
America is twenty miles WIN V'ie "' -
hour and fifteen minutes.
This blue ribbon of the ice was hrs' won OH
March g. 1881. by the Phantom OF the Ne" -
burg Club which sailed the twenty nheS !" %
minutes and Il seconds; then by the AVaanene' VI
the Poughkeepsie Club. on February o. 1885, INV
Il minutes on February %. lSS. II was Wo" vi
a twenty fve-rnile by the jack FROST oil we
Poughkeepsie Club. in hour II minutes anu %
seconds In 1854. on challenge from 'he >o' III
Shrewsbury Club, the Haze. of the foughNeepS'e
Club. won. on February 9 In hour minutes anu
20 seconds and again wen against the Ne"-""'
burg Club the next year, in hour minute anu 70
seconds on February 49, lss5 the Mortimer"
Light. OF the poughkeepsie Club. wa. the winner
IN l hour minutes and y seconds ne % IN
Frost now OF the Hudson River Gun, Won ,, T''
Februarv 1851 sixteen miles. In ioi'Y-'hier M,
mes and 40 seconds. Then came tnrtt
Wins for the Icicle owned and sailed oV JONI ~,
Roosevelt Of the Hudson River Clun; a" "' 1T
sailed against the North Shrewsbury Nino: a. ,T
COWS. March s. 1885, twelve miles. III, 80 mn M
u,es and % seconds: on February p, l>y: TX, SIX
teen miles in q minutes and 81 SECONDS, on g. as
srv & 1882 fourteen and sixteenth mics J." ,h W
minutes and l9 seconds. The last win vas ~ HShi
LACK Frost owned and sailed by Commodore ,1 a.,
beid Rogers on February g. lS". twenty n,,,-er
40 mnutes end 80 seconds, against .r.rr,
from The Orange Lake Ice Yacht CInk -. -NlN Nc
Tho yachts which may now chalIenEr iuI n"1 ~ M
nonnont arc the Windward. G A. Hlsglnsvp"' MN
modore Of the Orange Lake Ice lacht '.uu W. -
carries 7sS feet Of sail and the Scuc, OF lne 70
image Landing club which IS oWh'H ny o. -
weaver and swings a sail plan OF S1' lee'