The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-25
SEASON WOUND UP
Local Followers Of Yachting
Officially Close Up Their
Clubhouse.
ENJOY INTERESTING TIME
Clambake and Other Things Make Up
Evenings Fun-Exciting
Fishing Match.

The local yachting season officially
wound up last evening, when the
members OF the New Haven Yacht
club congregated at their clubhouse
In the Cove and there, from the hour
Of $50 until late in the evening, en-
joyed themselves as they never did
before.
The closing exercises OF the season
commenced at sundown, when the
sunset gun was fred for the last time
this year. The club pennant and the
Grand Old Flag were hauled down and
the club was officially put out Of COM
mission for this season.
In the meantime three very enthu-
siastic and well-known members Of
the club decided that the exercises
would not be complete without catoh-
ing some Ash so that they might be
able to relate some very interesting
stories, fish and otherwise, during the
coming winter, when seated around
the old Preside. Accordingly John
Champion. Fred Moody and John
Adams got out their fishing rods, and,
sitting on the end OF the boat float.
fished until after the sun went down,
Although the water was only about
two and half feet deep, the record
OF the catch, as given out by the off,
cials of the match. shows that there
was some really good shallow-water
fishing. The match was awarded to
Fred Moody, but the decision was
protested by Johnny" Champion, who
claimed that as Moody had fished
some time after the others had
stopped, and had caught a. sand porgy
in that time, he was thereby disqual-
iAed. The protest was placed In the
hands OF the fishing committee. with
Harry" Beers as chairman, who gave
out the statement that. as the matter
was one Of great Importance, he
would defer action until later date.
The official record OF the evenings
catch sows that Fred Moody caught
one crab, one butterfsh and one sand
porgy. Johnny Champion is credited
with catching one old skate and one
oyster, while John Adams succeeded
in landing a kelly fish.
While the contestants were disput-
ing the right Of ones fishing after the
rest had finished. the members who
had been waiting around for some
time wended their way to the club
house, where they crossed the line on
the last race Of the season--to see
who could get outside OF the mos,
food.
The clambake ended the members
sat around and discussed the past rae
ing season, after which they, more OF
less" came home on late car
boatload Of men landed at the dock
from the gunboat Machias and we're
made "at home" by the club members
A large attendance was present al
the evenings proclivities, among them
being the following. Commodore
Henry A. Parmelee, Rear-Commodore
John N. Champion. w. w. Price, Com.
mander Frank s. Cornwell, Lieuten-
ant C. A. Maynard, ex-Lieutenant
Commander j. r. Murphy, Jchr
Hackett, William Hackett, Richard
Hacket, A. W.. Adams, g. Edward Os.
born, George G.. Powning, William
Powning, George Heubish, Harry T
Beers, John Adams, r. w. Rose, b. B
Lum, M. G. Noble, r. s. Moody, Dr. c
f. Skinner, Fl. B. Ekmark and man,
other prominent members.
The committee In charge Of the az
fair was composed Of the following
members DR.. Clarence f. Skinner
Ennis N. Searles and Clifford w. Raw
son.