New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
SUGGESTED That Three Yacht
inc associations Consolidate.

z 2. Stoddard the retiring commodo7e
OF the New Rochelle Yacht CLUB SPEAKING
at the annual dinner OF that prosperous or
earizarion late on Saturday night offered
2 SUGGESTION that will interest All EaChlS
mon and seemed to meet with the FAVOR o.
those preSert ~ once. The plan IS TO con-
soIidats the three clubs that have houses
On no shore o. tina; harbO-. namely. me
New Rochelle Yacht club. the New k"-
chelle Rowing Club and the HuSuehoI
Yacht Club The last named ciun mas 10
members and the other two a bout 30 each.
Commodore Stoddard pointed 70 the faCI
that there : strength IN numbers Wheh
legislation IS needed. and economy IN the
rnanagement BY single set OF oH1ceI9.
Comnodore Lewis Of the Hu5uenot 1aNnc
club. looking significantly Al Mayor Cot
we'll seated a his left declared that 'he
renewal Of the leases OF The clubs was OF
vital import If YOU DO away MIN --s
Yacht clubs said he you kill the city
Mayor CoI7reu OF New Rochelle, who vas
the guest Of honor AT the dinner said thsr
rhe Climb had helped 10 build ID New Ro-
creIle. and 70 show his friendly feellns
toward = he declared his intention Of join
ir- i soon. He referred 10 Commodore
sro5da-d as fair fighter and good loser
who na0 zone SAlSilIii N'~-IN 80
the organization
--ror,ae Fleming DAY. who i member
-. forrv Yacht clubs. urged every yachts
nan r,resent. for his own beneht and that
~ his clrb. to ioin the Waterway League
~ Greater New York. In the past. said
nc we have gone in vain to the govern
-,7er+--iyic. state OF national-to ask for
or rights As users Of the water We have
inst as many rights or the waters We
navigate As the autonobiHsr or golfer On
land. and with q body like the Waterway
Taag,,e behind US We can compel decent
hearing. Already the Lighthouse Depart
rnen- has promised that We shall have a
gas buoy 70 mark Bailey's Rock, at the
entrance u New Rochelle HarboT
Captain Dav. judging from the applause
struck q popular chord when he suggested
thar J syndicate be formed at New Ro-
chella 70 build a catboat 10 go 10 Mar
rasanserI Bay next summer and contest for
the championship cup fer that class. Il
know" said he. that the New Rochelle
Yacht Club has some OF the best cat0oat
saiIe~s in this country, and we ought TO be
REPRESENTED in that race by boat and q
crew that will bring the cup 10 New Ro-
Chelle 10 a live Clup
Commodore Harry Jackson OF the New
York Athletic Club told the New RochelleTs
that the reason they had been successful
v-ss that they were a bunch o. sailors
who were not afraid 70 90 out in a breeze
and head sea
Conmodo-e-elect NJ " Houck said that
he had found navigating the Sound IN Z
steamboat was nor the proper thing. and
So he had bought a sail yacht, on George
C:ranbevry's advice, and was going in for
racing next season. He asked the support
OF the club 10 make his administration a
successful one The other speakers in
Guided Commodore Gillespie o. the STAN
ford Yacht Club and Commodore Walter
;. sullivan oI The Harlem Yacht Clue.
Dave Reed and Frank Coombs, both
members q the club. entertained the MEM
bers with up-tc-date and oldtime souss.