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CHESAPEAKE BAY
YACHTSMEN TO MEET.
Officers Will Be Elected At Session
Saturday, January 9-Will Name
Dates For Races.

peake Bay Yacht Racing Association
will be held at the Hotel Emerson,
Baltimore, on January 8, at which
time officers for the ensuing year will
be elected and the dates for the an
nual 100-mile race and the annual
cruise will be named.
In anticipation of the election of
officers the members of the five yacht
clubs that make up the organization
have been informally discussing the
slate and it is more than likely that
Commodore W. w. Varney,o the Co
rinthian Yacht Club, will be elected
to the presidency, succeeding Fran
els w. McAllister, of the Baltimore
Yacht Club. 1t is also likely that
there will be number of changes in
the other officials.
The 10O-mile race for sailing
yachts no doubt will be subject OF
much discussion. Last year the
course was from Fort McHenry to
Sharp's Island lighthouse and re-
turn, and while the yachtsmen were
favored with wind that enabled the
last boat home to cover the distance
in less than "a hours, there is feel
ing that there is stror Ssibility
of light winds that wo the
course impossible in and
would leave the ya' Timed
too far from home
1t has been sus the
course be from F .ry to
river ligl fence to
Love Point light tence to a
stakeboat off = loot Knoll,
thence to a stak ,sat off Turkey
Point, thence to Magothy river light
house, thence to the starting point.
While this course will measure only
IS miles, it is such that no matter
from what direction the wind may
be the sailing distance will be at
least 100 miles.
Those who were in the race last
June recall the terrific beat to wind
ward all the way from the start to
the turn and then the tedious run
home, and few agree that it was any
thing but pleasant. With the course
as proposed there will be numerous
changes in the sailing direction and
this will come as a relief.
But what is regarded as the best
feature of the course is that it will
be largely in sheltered waters as
well as being close to home, and this,
it is believed, will give some of the
small but fast boats chance even
in a hard breeze.
AS to the date of this race, it is
- that June 26 will be selec-
81 Il -sss-sf fA'al - s'aaon q Z that llaa {
l6gbt, and Moonlight night will
Add zest, even though, as is usual,
there may be only moderate air.
The date for the annual cruise will
entail far more discussion, as it is
question whether July or August is
the better month. The past July has
been characterized by both light airs
and blows The August weather was
none too good to the yachtsmen last
year, especially at Oxford. The mo-
torboat races there had to be aban-
doned.
There is large contingent in the
association that favors July, and
these men will speak for the week
beginning July "A, because during
the week there will be moon, and
a moon is usually indicative of good
weather.
AS to the itinerary, there is not
much choice; in fact, it is about Set
tied in the minds of the yachtsmen
that with the annual regattas Of the
Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club and the
Cambridge Yacht Club that are held
during the annual cruise the incen-
tive is to visit Oxford and Cambridge.
Annapolis is a stop of necessity, al
though it is the station of the Capt.
tai Yacht Club, as it makes brsak
in the sailing races aHd also gives
the yachtsmen an opportunity to lay
in fresh stores. 4
During the cp1ise ii the associa-
tion at the aHnuaITegatta of the
Cambridge Xack Club, the first race
for the G6y1nor Goldsborough chal-
lenge efor Glass P, sloops, will be
sailei. Whether there will be a new
boat to meet the Sue, the defender,
is problematical. There are rumors
of a new boat coming, but then there
have been rumors for two years. Sch
neidereith and Gilbert have announc-
ed that they will put the Helen in
racing condition for the summer, ,and
this will make things more interest
ing; at least to the extent of making
the races three-cornered, for it is as
sumed that Fred Robertson will
again have the Zillicoa in line to
uSuI IL OuI Will SOHluOuOiC uu
Points boat.
Within the next few weeks all of
the Baltimore clubs will be exceed
ingly busy. There will be the regu-
lar annual meetings and election of
officers, but in addition there will be
plans for the removal of the Corin-
THAN Yacht Club, the Maryland Mo
tor Boat Club, the Arundel Boat
Club, and the Ariel Rowing Club,
from Ferry Bar to Fort McHenry.
While it is practically settled that
the clubs named will be moved from
Ferry Bar to Fort McHenry, there
are numbers of details to be worked
out by the yachtsmen, the Park Board
and the Harbor Board. 1t is recog-
nized that by putting all of the clubs
together it will mean a great deal
for the sport as well as to make Fort
McHenry a most attractive place.
The Corinthians are planning to