The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-05-03
MoBILIANs AS HOSTS.
Olive Gulf Coast Yachtsmen a Pleas
ant Day-Dates for Gulf Coast Ret
sattas Fixed Handsome Cup to be
Offered by the Association.

Ii the Indications noted at the
annual meeting of the Southern
Gulf Coast Yachting Association,
held in Mobile Sunday afternoon,
count for anything, this section
OF the Southern waters is to have
q season of yachting such as has
never before been experienced by
the Oldest among the survivors Of
the regime of long ago.
The Mobile Yacht Club was the
host. and right royal host it was,
too, providing for the comfort of
the delegates to the meeting in a
manner which marked its mem
bers able entertainers, and exhib-
iting throughout an enthusiasm
which was positive evidence of
the fact that the new young blood
which has comparatively recently
been taken intothe ranks of the
Gulf City's yachting organization
will make the club a worthy rival
of the Southern Yacht Club in a
very short time.
The Southern Yacht Clubs de-
legates, Ex- Commodore Emile j..
O'Brien, Sam Gautier and Baron
p. Seton Won Schnneidau, de-
parted Sunday morning on the
Z o'clock l.. and N. train and
were joined at the several points
along the coast by the delegates
from the several other clubs which
are members of the association
Bay-Waveland. Jas. V, Dunbar,
Richard, Mendes, e. Il. O'Bricn,
G. A. Butler; Pass Christian. DR..
A. K. Robertson and j. III Menge,
.Jr Biloxi, DR.. d. III. Nash, John
J. Kennedy, w. l.. Via and Chas.
Falck; Pascagoula, Walter Gau-
tier and r. r. Krebs.
The journey on to Mobile was
pleasantly spent in the discussion
of yachting topics and the pros
pect for the season now at hand,
enthusiasm on the part of every
delegate being most prominent.
Arriving at Mobile the visiting
delegates were met at the depot
by the Mobile delegation, com
posed of Messrs. G. s. Hail.. w.
f. Tebbitts anJ Barry Lyons and
a number of other members of
the NJ. Y. C., among them Com
modore Cooke, Dorgan Ledyard
and Eugene Bush, and escorted
at once to the river front, where
the entire party boarded motor
launches which were In waiting
and were ferried across to the
pretty little club house on the
east side of the river. Liquid re-
freshments were served immedia-
tely and meeting proceeded to bu-
siness in business like manner,
Ex-Commodore Emile O'Brien
calling it to order. He explained
that in the absence of the presi-
dent, Commodore Albert Bald
win, who was unavoidably detain-
ed, be would request ex-Commo-
dore Larry O'Donnell to preside.
Commodore O'Donnell expires
sed the regrets Of the president
at his inability to be present. and
in few remarks, literally inter-
spersed with witty observations.
explained the purpose of the
meeting, after paying a high COM
pliment to ex-Commodore Emile
j. O'Brien, with whom originated
the idea of the association, and
who, together with Commodore
Baldwin succeeded in organizing
it.
In, the absence of Secretary
Treasurer l.. d. Sampsell, who
was also prevented from attend
ing by the illness of his wife, Ba-
ron Won Schneidau acted as secre-
tary and read the minutes of the
previous meeting, which were
duly approved.
The election of officers to serve
for the ensuing year was then pro-
ceeded with. Ex-Commodore
O'Donnell had explained that ro-
tation in Office was one of the
principles of the organization,
and an entirely new set of officers
must be elected. Mr.. J. H. Men
ges, Jr., nominated Mr.. T. G..
Bush, Jr., for the presidency, and
he was unanimously elected by
acclamation. The chair appoint
ed a committee to the chair, which
he assumed after a neat little
speech in which he expressed
deep appreciation of tho honor
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