The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-16
new OFFICERS FOR N. Y.Y.C.
FREDERICk q. BOURNE WILL be
cow NODORE NENT SEASON.
Henry Walters selected for Nicc.l OmmO.
dore and Cornelius Vanderbilt for
Rear COmmodOre-C. ID. Mower 10
succeed John UyslOp as NeaslIrer.


The annual meeting Of the New York
Yacht Club will be- held on Thursday. Feb
II. and al this meeting the members will
elect officers and committees for the year.
The nominating committee, which was
elected at the Last general meet ing, has
been busy preparing the ticke, which il to
he posted in the clubhouse twent days
before the meeting This will be Jan 20.
This ticket IL almost completed. All the
candidates for the important positions have
been selected and some of the commit ees
have been completed.
Nice-Commodore Frederick q. Bourne
viii be the commodore Of the club next
year. AZ was announced in THE Sun several
weeks ago. Nice-Commodore Bourn has
held his present Office for two years and
has flown the red pennant from the steam
yacht Colona. He has taken an active
interest in the sport for many years and
formerly owned the steam yacht Reverie
Last year he made one of the syndicate Of
five to defray the expenses of buildiug and
racing the Constitution and next year he
will pay his share of the cost of running
that boat again The new flagship will
be the English -built steam yacht Maria
which is now on her way across the Atlantic
To this port. Vice Commodore Bourne
was elected a member Of the club in 1893.
The new vice commodore will be Henry
Walters. who OWNS the steam yacht Narada
Mr.. Walters Is a member of the Constitu-
tion syndicate and of the new syndicate
formed recently To build the new defender
He has been n member of the club since
May, 1895, and has always taken an active
interest in the sport
Cornelius Vanderbilt will be the nominee
for rear commodore if lac survives the
attack Of typhoid fever from which he j.
now suffering Mr. Vanderbilt has raced
the 70-footer Rainbow for three years
with fair amount Of success he recently
purchased the steam yacht Cherokee. which
has been renamed North Star. and he il
member of the new Cup defender syndicate
His nomination to some important office
in the club was urged by many Of the
members.
Tarrant Putnam, who succeeded the late
I. W. j. Hurst as treasurer Of the club in
February, 1901, and who has held that
Office since then will be renominated
The nomine" for secretary is George A
Cormack. who succeeded The late j V. :.
eddie last year.
There will be- n new ineasurer and as a
new rule Of measurement has been adopted
by the club he will have lots Of work to do,
a. every racing yacht will have To be re-
measured. John Hyslop, who has held
the position since 1887 and who has measured
all the Cup Challengers since the Thistle
came here, has resigned and the committee
has selected Charles ID Mower who il one of
the Young members of the club Mr.
Mower j. a designer and studied in Boston
whore he turned out such fast small boats
~ the Duchess and Hciress Since he came
TO tins city about three wears ago he has
been very successful with small boats
DR. John NJ Woodbury. will be the nominee
for feet surgeon.
The regatta committee next year will be
ex-Commodore :. Nicholson Kane, chair
man; Newbury D. LawtOn and Edward
II Wales. There is no change in the COM
mittce. EX-Conmodore Kane has been a
member Of the club since 1873 and was
commodore in ls77-7s-79 He first served
on the regatta committee a. chairman
IN 1850 and with the exception Of 1897 has
held that Office ever since Next year will
be his fourteenth as chairman of this i'm
portant committee and during that time
he has already managed four ser los of races
for the Amos ica's Cup and next years will
he the nth. Newbury d. Lawton first
served on the committee in 1891. Mr.
LAYTON has been momber Of the club since
1881 and j. well known in these waters a.
an expert amateur. Mr. Wales has been
member of the club since 1854 and was
first elected to office last year
The house committee, il is said will
he the same a. this year: s A Bronson
chairman; q. A. Cormack and William II.
Osgood.
The library committee vii! Be Theodore
G. Xer' ga. Paul Eve Stevenson and Arnold