New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-24

and return for the cup presented by Sir Thomas
Upton the Brooklyn Yacht Club will have
number of race events under its auspices this
season, and the annual cruise, which has oeen
set for August 5. promises to be of tho
most interesting in the history of the cluo-
Although the destination has not been an
nounced. the rendezvous will probably be Hunt
ington Harbor and the cruise will last eight
days with races each day.
The Brooklyn Yacht Club one of tho
earliest in the field this season. its cluphouso
at Twenty-third avenue, Bensonhurst' beihs
opened for the use of members May l. Aool-
tions to the fleet have increased the total num-
Der of craft to 1870 The membership Is now 14o.
Ladies races in which skilled yaChtswomen
are not only occupants of the racing yachts but
actually command and steer them, are features
of the annual yachting schedule of the Atlantic
Yacht Club, and this seasons programme pro-
vides for a series of four such races for points
Three of the most proficient yachtswomen OF
the club are Mrs William A. Barstow. who was
the winner of first prize in last years series'
Mrs Hendon Chubb. winner of second prize and
Mrs Edgar F. Luckenbach, winner of the third
prize.
Opening with short course races for Glass M
and below the race schedule provides for one
race date in June, four in July and four IN Au-
gust The events of race week extend from
September to ), inclusive, and interest has
been increased by the recent announcement that
Captain Frederic Thompson has offered valua-
bic prizes for races for power and sailing yachts
The clubs annual regatta takes place OF Mon
dav September :. and the race schedule closes
with the events of Saturday, September ~
| A feature of the Atlantic Yacht Club mem
! bership is that the clubhouse at Sea Gate Long
Island is equipped with a number of rooms
which are annually leased for the use of married
club members who with their wives live at the
house throughout the season AS the club mas
| about five hundred and sixty members, there Is
every year a lively scramble to obtain the best
Of these rooms The fleet numbers over
two hundred and fifty craft
| IF other evidence of the interest in yachting In
New York waters this season were wanting 'ne
energy displayed by members of the Baysloe
Yacht Club would so long way toward supply
| ing it. The house of this club at Bayside, Long
island was almost totally destroyed by an In
cendiarv fire on March 8. The 235 members,
with commemorate determination, at once set
| about the work Of making good their loss, with
the result that a building, erected IN SIX
weeks at cost of $4,000, will be formally
ouened on Memorial Day with the usual mast
/ heading Of the flag and races in the afternoon
music by the 1st Battalion land, Naval Ml1tla'
and a dance and fir works in the evening work
on the new structure was started on April IA
because the builder refused to start on the 18th
| This season the club has a new one-desisn
class of ten soop-rigged yachts measuring Il
| feet over all and u feet the waterline,
which are identical with the one-design class OF
the Port Washington club, and a series OF three
! intercub races for silver challenge cup has
been arranged to take place OF July Is at Bay
side on August - at Port Washington, and on