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cation and It Is very probable that she
will be represented in the trial races which
are TO be held for the purpose Of select
Ing three motor boats to defend the Brit
ish International Trophy against the
three British challengers. Mrs. Blackton
has for some time been interested in motor
boats and motor boat racing and she has
won several prizes with Vita and Vita
Junior. She is a capable he,mswoman
and can steer one Of those speed craft.
which Is no mean undertaking. quite skill
fully. Motor boat racing Is quite popular
with women and there are several who
can handle AN ordinary cruising craft, but
not many care to risk Il drcnch.ng or a
ducking in speed boat.
There are many women who are quite
skilful sailors OF sailing craft. and In
every regatta there are always some boats
that are handled by women. Mrs. Addi-
son q. Hanan is one Of the best sailors
and she has been an apt pupil OF her
husband who ranks among the best OF
the amateur sailors In these waters. Mrs.
Hanan can sail small yacht well and
recently sailed the sloop Arethusa against
the Robin Hood II. in the regatta Of the
Indian Harbor Yacht Club and won by
two seconds. AT one time In that race
the Robin Hood had big lead.
Miss Cora Morris. the daughter OF AL
fred Hennen Morris. Is another clever
sailor. Last year she won several prizes
with the 1ntefclub Sloop Wild Thyme
and this year shc has sailed the small
schooner Dafrodil but not with the same
success. and she likes the sloop better.
Mrs. Edmund Randolph has been success
ful In some races with the schooner Helen
II. and has shown much skill In han
ding that craft. Another Of the Sound
sailors who is successful IL Miss Mar
IN rat N'.tI tIAr
Waldorf OF New Rochelle. Miss Waldorf
sails the small sloop La Rochelle and last
year she won the prize for the series
sailed during Larchmont race week, not
losing a race.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt always sail,
with her husband on the sloop Aurora
and while she does not take an active
part In handling that big vessel che Is
always much interested in everything
done and can point out advantages to be
gained by catching new winds or In clever
man9uvring as well as her husband
Mrs w. 4. Barstow is one of the best
sailors on the lower bay and usually sails
with her. husband on the sloop Soya and
takes an active part In the work on that
yacht. sometimes taking the tiller and
al others looking after some OF the sails
or other details Her sister. Mrs. Robert
H. Tod. Is now abroad cruising In foreign
waters In the big three masted schooner
karlna. and she is as much OF an en-
thusiast as her husband. Last year she
sailed on the karna in the race against
the Atlantic and she watched the con-
test with its constantly changing order
OF lead from start to finish, taking very
little time for rest or sleep In that race
the karina sailed sometimes at the rate
OF fifteen miles an hour and had her lee
rail we'll under the water.
The New York Yacht Club has several
women members who have the privilege
or flying the club burgee and Of using
the club stations. Mrs. Lucy C. Car.
negie was the first TO he elected, in 1894.
In 1893 Mrs. Robert Goelet was elect d
a flag member. She owns and cruises
IN the steam yacht Nahma, which was
built for her husband. Among other nag
members in this club who own yachts
are Miss Atala W. Thayer, Mrs. Charles
l. f. Robinson. Mrs. Alexander Pendle
ton, Mrs. Theodore u, Buhl, Mrs. Ro' ,rt
c. Black, Mrs. Horatio y. Slater, Mrs.
John Stewart Kennedy. Miss Helen Wood
rum Smith. daughter Of the late Commo-
dore James ID. smith Mrs. John Nicho-
las Brown. Mrs. Mary w. Hartman and
Mrs. Henry c. Tinker.