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area, beam and whether keel or centreboard,
also Information regarding previous races.
The last information Is imperative for crait
MA, are m No, enrolled mr. Q lies u the f Pee,, Of .ss ss club
tion of Gravessnd Bay.
The s%.artinC line win be at q ,c~onyspient
point on B"nsonhurst Park. es|Afutng
signal win be sol ut u. o'clock in the morn
ing and the star: viii be ten minutes later.
The course viii he once around a triangle
comnosrd Of Red Spar buoy. 500 wards
south southwest OF Captains Pier: Red Spar
bnoT No, ~. and a stake boat 40 yards
tim" limit Of the race 3 sap. NJ.
The programme Of the ;ercentenary cele-
bration races on Lake Champ'ain has been
of motor boats and sail yachts OF BurlinC-
ton on July 6, and entries for these races
should be made to j. f. Trail. secretary Of
the naval committee. at Burlington. The
programme follows:
MOTOR BOATS.
Pace No, i-opcr motor bnats under twelve
miles; twice over Ave mile cot rse-First prize.
"'G Rsep SS' .a cr1es. s mo Gnr' boat. making over
twice over ten mile conrseLIrFrs, prize, s7s cup;
Race No, 3-High speed boats making over
eighteen miles A. hour: same course as Race No.
First prize, SIS ianiaius set; second prize, SIS
Race No. High speed boats: free for all;
three times oyer :cn mile course-Flrst prixe.
s 4 sterling silver punch bowl; second prize
race No cabin cruisers and hunting cabin
P sfst pl f., !1 siS cup rsi ssso sSsr pn nxS W ~ e sGu ris..
punch bowl.
SAILING RACES.
Class No, I-onen to all sail yachts :, feet water
line and over: twice over Ave mile coursc-Ftrst
prze. SIS bronze shield: second prize. SIS marine
glasses.
fee, wsier inc: same course as Class No. -
FIRST prize, $50 cup: second prixe. s2S camera.
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be carried on deck WWeight may be shifted
fore and aft for the purpose OF trimming,
but no weight, either In the form Of ballast
or stores. may be jettisoned except as a
measure OF safety. A sweep may be used
or the boat towed by a rowing tender
In Eastern waters the Manchester Yacht
Club will have a regatta for sender boats
and the one design class. The Mosquito
fleet. American Of Sewburyport, Beverly
Boston at Hull, Quincy and Savin Hill yacht
clubs also will hold races. some Of which
are club affairs. The racing in the sender
class is getting very interesting. and those
owners who have their yachts at Marble
head are getting them tuned up fast 70 that
they are doing well. So far no one boat
others. The unnamed craft Of Charles
Francis Adams, I'd, has won twice out Of
two starts, but each lime the margin was
in light weather. and when they do It Is
probable that some other craft viii loom up
well. BY, the time the eliminating trials
than they are now. and the cont ests ia which
fifteen or sixteen take part will be well
Tough out.
The. ATTRACTION in Eastern waters next
Saturday will be the special open regatta
of the Eastern Yacht Club. which will be
sailed of MarbIehsad. There are to be
Is to. 81 rating. Glass Q 20 to Is. rating and
for the. sender class. There, will be a first
prize i Two start. a second u four start
each class except the sonders are s25., SIS
and $40, and for the sonders $50. $40 and IS.
The warning signal will be made at 2l5
o'clock and the first class sent on ten min
utes later. The Others will follow at five
committee is stephen u siesPner. Louis n.
Clark, William u. Stearns. William L. Carl
ton and Charles f. Hodges.
The committee on seamanship OF the
Seawanhaka corinthian Yacht Club recently
NrOtp IN rho npnartmput nf Tnm m arpa "a nd
II has been asserted by owners OF small
power craft that II Ii impossible to comply
WIN the law that requires a range light
= feet aboye the, forward light, on all screw
eN plains itself, IL as follows:
DEPARTMENT or CoNMEHc n LABOR,
BrEHAu OF NAVIGATION
WASHINGTON. d. c..
NJ Francis q. .sfepd1, Secretary los PARK venue,
, S,E The bureau has received your letter OF
ne NH inst, calling attention 10 The fact tina,
n range light hftccn feet high.
Enclosed herewith u n copy Of n letter issued
hy, TIC department In what Is known as The
"Nlgrr Case" hearing Oh this subject. Il Is sur
gcsssi that you communicate with the Collector
j. y. T. emsMbspb.rw
\ commissioner,
- July %, 1908.
CoIsrfor ~ customs
SIR The following Department letter. which
mTnSsyr eG cited a. the Niger Case j. for sSnr IN
ColctoL Of CHaoms. Washfncbn, u: o.
SIN The Department has received your letter
Of the mn inst. trsnsn'itung the application
eating $3.50. incurred. In the case OF the motor
' boat Zulu for violation OF tho act OF June 7, 1881
In lba' the vessel did moi carry q range hrht aft.
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fifteen feet above the forward light. The april
cant makss the following. statement;
the act OF February s, 1898. governing the gres,
lakes. requires a forward light carried twenty
feet high. In small motor boats sach as mine ii Is
practically, Impossible TO carry lights at that
vessel would to a large extent, defeat us purpose
as 2 range light, II would prevent US from going
require the draw 10 be opened for each small
mo,2, boat desiring to pass; -.
Department cannot alter or amend q law, II an
pears to me that u we carry the range light and
height, that the purpose of the law is fully accom-.
plishcd II should be considered that we have
the law and the penalty incarred ssoGli not 6e
enforced. Other than as above noted my vessel
I penalties nsl,y sH insarred 'o on the ask sr roa rsT mas I, IS Is i ,ne
possible Tor me to comply with the requirements
As s,Ticl compliance, with the law ~ this case
" s,. sppss,. 70 be so .ouipocs With range
Of the law. the penalties incurred are hereby
RENTED Yours very rGspest,glly
Actiag Secretary.
The. rs foot Elco-Peerless speed boat
Blanchette has Just been delivered to Barton
This boat, with n 80 horsepower motor.
on her trial trip averaged ?3.4 miles an
The hull is finished throughout in mahog-
any. copper fastened: the decks and In
terior are. finished in mahogany. The
motor Ia located forward. OF. amidships
and separated fro m the drivers sent by a
bulkhead, on which are located the steering
practice. A. glass. wind shield protects
the driver from head winds and flying
waters, while the after cockpit Ia fully
covered by a cape cart automobile hood.
giving protection in case OF rain. Seating
accommodations are provided for eight
or ten in permanent seats and wicker chairs.
Mr., sewel, will use his boat % A%esandria
Bay IN the st. lawrence River, 7. A.
Valentine OF New York recently took de-
livery OF his 80 foot express launch. The
nomowoc. Wis. where Mr.. Valentine viii
use 1t the oming summer.
George X. lie Salvage. chairman OF the
Independence Day celebration committee
Of the Bensonhurst Yacht Club. and his
associate. George l.. Boston. chairman OF
ganization. have drawn MP the conditions
for the special yacht race which is TO be
sailed on Grayesend Bay on. the morning
Of July s.. The contest Is In connection
with the Independence Day celebration
nj Bensonhurst and the prize IL a handsome
Tho race will he open to members Of all
Yacht clubs. The boats Will race in one
class, under. an arbitrary handicap pre-
pnred BY Alfred Mackay. who has done 80
we'll In figuring the allowances In the lower
hay handicap class, \ club may enter az
many yachts as Il pleasas and the prize VIII
70 Ia, the ornaniZntion from which tho VIM
ming boat has been entered.
Entries must be received by either Mr..
Ia Salvage or Mr., Boston at the Benson
July |. u. a boat has not been officially
measured the owner must submit n general
description Of the craft, which must corr
tain the water line and over All length. sail
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selling Of vacant land. Now that the
boom has subsidized and things have
settled down once more a great trans
formation Ia anparent.

selling of vacant land. Now that the
boom has subsidized and things have
settled down ono more a great trans
formation Is apparent.
Many Of the old estates have passed
into the hands Of spectators who have
have been laid out as model towns, with
paved streets and sidewalks tanked by
rows Of inexpensive houses. Others have
been turned into country clubs or cor
verted into summer boarding places.
The old time manor houses are gradually
falling into ruins. Some have been
patched up and made over until their
appearances has been changed completely,
The others have disappeared, swallowed
up by the growth OF new communities.
The Alexander homestead on Dongan
Hills IL row occupied by the Richmond
County Country Club. The Jacob Van
derbilt mansion OF Grymes Hill caught
fire one winter night two years ago and
burned to the ground before the local
Hill estate, the house of Mrs. la Bau,
who was a sister OF Jacob Vanderbilt
and OF Commodore Cornelius Wander
bilt. passed into the hands of a land COM
pany and has been cut up into building
plots.
The old Cunard place on Grymes Hill
has been converted into a fashiona bic
' odI uIIi4 ttouoV AVVhI no tb0 VI 1oH
Fox Hill Villa. a modern hotel. has super
seeded the Louis IL. Myer place al Fort
Nadsworth, which in its day was con-
sidered the most costly country place on
Staten Island.
The Luilling homestead. built by the
architect OF Grace Church. has changed
hands half q dozen times within the last
ten years. The Pickersgill manor house
is now owned and occupied by q promi-
nent lawyer. The Aspinwall place was
acquired by the United States Govern
ment some years ago and was RACED to
permit OF the addition OF another bas-
ton to Fort Wadsworth.
The Appleton homestead on Finger
board road was demolished to make
way for a public school. The Hender-
son place on Bard avenue Livingston,
was deserted ten years back and is now
gradually falling into ruins. The John
c. Green homestead at New Brighton
was picked up bodily. moved to a new
site several blocks away and converted
into two dwellings. On the plot it for
merly occupied has risen & modern high
school. The Fielder mansion, once the
home of Mrs. William Nelson. was sold
by her heirs some time ago and is now
used as. a boarding house.
These are the most noteworthy exam
Piles Of the changes that are taking place
on Staten Island. Five years from now.
perhaps ten. the half dozen old mansions
still standing will probably have disap-
peared likewise and no tangible evidence
Of the fashionable residence colony OF
fifty years ago will remain.
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HOxzESTSHO
ar TlFv N/TOSwOF2H.

have endured for half a ce~ntury-still
rumain. Perhaps a score of others
equally well known. have disappeared
within the last few years. Within the next
fow years, those now standing will no
Goubt have gone the same way.
III 1887 Thomas E. Davis, who later be-
came identified with the building up of
Fifth avenue as a fashionable thorough
fare. started in to make Staten Island a
fashionable summer resort and a place
81 country residence for wealthy New
Workers. He bought up all the old farms
at the northern end Of the island between
Tompkinsville and Port Richmond, lev
elled of the hills close to the waterfront
and laid out Richmond Terrace. a boule-
ward that Is still considered the most
beautiful driveway in the Borough OF
Richmond. At New Brighton, on a lofty
eminence overlooking the upper bay and
the tall buildings at the lower end OF
Manhattan Island. he built the Pavilion
Hotel. a rambling stone structure sur
rounded by extensive grounds.
The Pavilion was quite a p~retentious
bostelry, judged by the standards of
seventy years ago. and it o o became
the centre Of social gayety for an ex-
elusive colony OF city folk. nthose days
Staten Island was a delightful summer
ing place. Forest covered the high,
undulating hills at its northern extremity.
Broad fields, covered knee deep with
grass and wild. flowers. sloped gently
downward on the south and east toward
a wide stretch Of sandy beach. The
water that washed it's shores was clean
sea water in which fish abounded. To
the westward. separating Staten Island
from the mainland, were extensive salt
rsadows, intersected by winding creeks
G.a a shallow estuary known as Arthur
sNl. In the interior was a charming
pastoral region given over to dense woods
and open fields, with occasionally a few
acres under partial cultivation. Here
and there were the u~npretentious resi-
dences Of old Staten Islanders. de-
scendants OF the early Dutch. Huguenot
and English settlers.
Altogether Staten Island was quite
an attractive place for summer residence,
and it did not take long for Thomas f,
Davis to bring together a populous colony
there. People OF wealth and social
prominence from all parts Of the East as
we'll as from New York city assembled reg
ularly at Staten Island for each summer
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SfHfRFELAND HOMESTEADS
tNaseES q 'gsfrAr-fF, - = . .A |t''r
OLD LANDMARKS THAT ARE
! RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING.

The Rsmhame 1lsnor Hoases Js,at Shell
tstp4assetcsy Folk FIFTY Hesraa AGO
Ays Helag Fern Down; 90 Make Nay
~fstitNesp Dwellings anfRafsctpsies.
ThSspteaI estate; boom that swept, over
New York city snd.its snhtrbs Two or
ihre% yearE ago has brottfshtt abpsit a
great many changes on Staten Island.
The big private astates or a generation
ago have. many of~them. been parcelled
out into building lots and wiped off the
map, while the fine old mansions that
formerly occupied the green hills overlook
ing the ha rbor and lower bay have been
converted into summer boarding houses
or have been torn down to make way for
modern summer cottages. A few of the
old places-well known landmarks that
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1H Hz~0ERsoN Pz1 a g 1T II~SSTo~
A GROUP IF OIL MANOR HOUSES ON STATEN ISLAND THAT ARE SOON TO DsAPPE AR

of Staten Island by those who were
interested in maintaining it's exclusive
character. The difficulties Of the journey
they were pleased to note. served TO
render residence there impossible except
for a favored few who were possessed Of
considerable wealth and sufficient leisure
to enjoy it.
The little colony founded by Thomas
E. Davis grew larger year by year until
1t finally spread out over all the high
hills that occupy the northern end Of the
island. At New Brighton, not far from
the Pavilion Hotel and the Richmond
Terrace. were the homes OF Arson Phelps
Stokes. John c. Green. G. q. Havens.a and
sssv sf ssspisso ra anS ro1 Dn GIyTiliss r mm1,
some OF the finest country residences to
be seen about New York. Among them
were the homes OF William Butler Duncan
Baron Louis Won Hoffman, August Bel
mont. Capt. Jacob Vanderbilt and Sir
Edward Cunard. Somewhat further south
on a high ridge that commanded a view
across the Narrows to the Brooklyn
shore, were the country places of Sir
Roderick Cameron. the Appletons, the
Aspinwalls and the Luillings. The
Dongan Hills. which overlook the Lower
Bay and the sandy beaches that fringe
the southern shore Of Staten Island,
included the estates of several well known
peopit, among tnetn tne AleAdnutTs, the
Myers. the Newmans and the Boomers.
Along in 1870 Newport and Saratoga
began to figure prominently in the social
affairs of New Workers. and a period of
decay set in on Staten Island. The ranks
Of the exclusive summer colony dwindled
steadily. Fashionable folk visited their
summer homes there only at %infrequent
intervals and for but a brief period.
SoRe closed their fine mansions per-
manently, locked the doors and boarded
up the windows, leaving them tenantless
and deserted. Others hid the family
furniture beneath linen covers and left
their old homes in charge of caretakers
while they themselves sought the newer
pleasure resorts that society favored.
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season and In a few years many fine
mansions and country estates appeared
on the hills overlooking the harbor.
Along toward the close Of the civil war
the ranks OF this exclusive little colony
were materially swelled by the arrival Of
a number OF Southerners who established
permanent homes there and aided in
building up an ~aristocratio community.
There were no fast. roomy ferryboats
running from New York city to st. George
in the days when fashionable New York
spent the summer season on Staten Island.
Instead there were a few decrepit. side
wheeled affairs that spent the greater
part Of an hour in negotiating the five
mile water trip between the Battery and
the north shore Of the island. when they
crept along between three landing places,
New Brighton. Snug Harbor and West
Brighton. Other boats running to and
from the Battery touched at three places
along the east shore-Tompkinsville,
Stapleton and Clifton.
When the summer residents wished to
reach New York on a shopping trip they
travelled by way Of the ferry-that is,
IL they had abundant leisure and the in
clination for an extended water trip. The
few business men who we're obliged to be
at their Offices every day crossed the Kill
von Kull to Bayonpe or were ferried
across Staten Island Sound to Totem
vile, whence they travelled by
train to Jersey City. Even by the short
est possible route the trip to and from
the city daily 'wes a long and tedious
journey. which only a few men could find
time to make. For that reason Staten
Island in the early stages OF its develop
ment did no attract many permanent
commuters.
This inaccessibility, however, IA re-
garded a n Of the desirable features
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Yachts Change Hands.

The following transfers OF yachts are
reported through the agency OF Henry j.
Giegow.
The 1856 foot steam yacht Norman. Frank
Tilford to F. q, Potter. The Norman will
remain IN her berth temporarily In char &c
OF Capt. A. b. Underwood.
The rs foot flush deck auxiliary yaw
Cscique. Vernon G. Brown to Lawrence H
Armour. The yacht has been fitted out by
Capts B. A, Kendriok and will 20 into COM
mission shortly. Mr., Armour will make al
eStended cruise East this summer.
The IS foot motor yacht Annette. Andrew
y. Foye TO Rear Commodore Thomas A.
Nsvins OF the Brooklyn Yacht Club. The
Annette will be located most Of the time
at New London and Gravesend Bay.
The IS foot auxiliary yawl Truant, Arthur
T.. Austin TO y, Hugh Cotton, for genera
cruising. principally east of Cape Cod.
The 225 foot steam yaeh. yenetia, Jesse
yenetia j. now In Maine waters With Capt.
owned by Commodore Morton ,. Plant
Who made several long cruises In her Ia
The 20 foot gasolene launch Jewel, Mrs
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YACHTING FOR THIS WEEK
REGATTAS on THE SOUND FOR
FAST SAILING CRAFT.
ocean Race from M%arbiehead to raves
cnh-Resuiation Tor Small Pow er
BOats-Hianchetts Makes Fast Time
on Trial - Bensonhurst IL Handicap.

Two days racing on the Sound OF Oyster
Bay at the end of this week will attract
all the racing craft In commission whose
owners are fond OF a race The first day,
next Friday. there will be races for 81 foot
err, As and rs footers in one class. New York
Yacht Club 80 footers and the handicap
classes The start will he made at II 80
o'clock. On Saturday the annual regatta
Of the Seawanhaka CorinthiRn Yacht CLUB
will be sailed, and a large feet will be at
the starting line. as this is always one of the
best regattas of the season and there are
races for all classes.
q Owl the bay rho Atlantic Yacht Club
will nave a regatta for classes VI aud below
These yachts will sail over the Gravesend
Bay courses. starting Off the Atlantic's
house at Sea Gate. This will be the second
OF the series OF races for the Gravcseno
Bay championships for which each club
In the association has ore or more races
The start will be made nj 3 O'Clock On
Narragansett Bay tho Fan River Yacht
Club will hold a regatta FOR power boa ts,
and there will be other small races By the
clubs Of the NsrraganseL Association. but
IL Is an OF day for big regattas
Tho ocean race of the Boston Yacht Club
will start next Saturday This race in for
cruising sail craft not more than ~ feet over
all length, OF substantial rig and coustruc-
,.oI and having full decks aud watcrtight
cock pits. The allowance will be 2iminutes
loot OF over all I.nrth FOR he fun course,
. distance Of $50 nautical miles. and there
viii he no allowance for rig The course Is
from Marhlehead liarbor 10 a finishing line
on TIE Brooklyn Yacht club house on Graves.
end Bay. and the race has been timed 80 as
to get The Eastern yachts here in tiincto lake
part IN the Cape MAJ race OF the ijrooklyn
Yacht Club. which will start on Saturday
July The start will be made ut ; O'Clock
in the afternoon
IN This race the conditions say there are
no restrictions MS 10 the number or char.
acter OF the crew. but The man In charge ri
the navigation Of the yacht mus he an anna
tenr There are no restrictions on light
sails. Sarhts must carry snoh small boats
- they carry when cruising and have
stores and water on board sufficient for ten
days The equipment must consist of
anchors. chains or hs wsers- sideIights, two
oompasses and life belts or jackets for each
mAIpbsr Of the crew, Two life ringS.must
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Then in 1883 came Erastus Wiman. He
obtained control Of the north shore and
south shore ferries and the Staten Island
steam road. The old ferries were aban-
doned and a eve more direct route
between the Battery and St. George was
established. Wiman's idea was to de-
velop the inefficient transportation SER
vice OF the island into a modern. we'll
equipped service and thereby to build up a
great manufacturing district and a home
centre for well to do New York business
men. Accordingly he concentrated the
ferry traffic at the point nearest to down
town Manhattan st. George-whence
it was distributed over the north
and south shores by rail. Then he o.
tablishd connection with the mainland
by means OF a railroad bridge spanning
Staten Island Sound and located at the
east end OF the bridge the terminal Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Z,
Seven years later-in August. 1895, to
be exact-the Staten Island trolley road.
followed a short time later by the open
ing of the Midland trolley, le miles in
length. The steam road had kept close
to the waterfront throughout it's entire
extent, leaving the inland territory en-
tirely undeveloped. The new trolley lines
were more comprehensive and penetrated
TO- remote interior sections that had
taht thing was lacking, adequate CON.
nection between the borough OF Richmond
and Manhattan. In 1905 this defect was
remedied, The city government took over
the old st. George ferry. built new boats
and new slips and inaugurated an ade.
quate ferry service. The new boats.
running at frequent intervals. made the
trip from terminal to terminal in q little
over twenty minutes.
Then ensued a period Of wonderful
growth and development marked by tho
building OF great manufactures and in
dustrial works along the waterfront, the
construction Of hundreds of small brick
and frame dwellings within walking dis
lance of the ferry and the selling and re-
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TUXEDO PARE. n. Y. june iS'.iLe :.
nual horse show given by the Tuxedo horso
Show Association viii open here on ffllsI,,
A large entry list has been received anu
sda!tion to the regular .r, shS %il, ' isRe place
esch day. Tnirty.two classes viii m
Judged, Including horses In harness. pton,es
In harness. t~rotters and roadttnrs ,uus s.
Sppcintm ent classes, local classes, comp
1tIon classes and four-lp-hapds,