The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-19
CLUBS ALONG SOUND
FORM ASSOCIATION
New Organization Will Take
Care of Interests Of Motor
Boat Owners.
MAY HOLD BIG CARNIVAL

Motor boat mon OF the Sound have
organized the Long Island Sound Motor
Boat Association. II 10 q new section
OF the American Power Boat Assocla-
zion and tho clubs represented at tho
meeting were the New Rochelle Y. C..
IIuguenot Y. c., Knickerbocker Y. C..
Harlem Y. C., Stamford Y. c.. Port
Washington Y. c. and The Motor Boat
Club of America. The officers elected
are Thomas u. Taylor. chairman: II. l..
Stone, vice. chairman: H. W. Lowerre.
secretary. and H. Hsddock. treasurer.
H. l.. Stone. who was instrumental In
bringing about the organization, said:
There has been crying need for some
motor boat body to take charge OF motor
boat affairs on Long Island Sound and
the new association will do a great deal
to boom the sport. The object is TO pro-
mote the general welfare OF motor boats
ana yachts. to formulate and record all
| data calculated TO advance the sport
| and TO govern all power boat racing,
both short distance and endurance.
There are twenty three clubs on the
Sound members OF the American Power
/ Boat Association, and as all of these are
eligible It IL probable that all Of them
will Join the new association now that
II has become fact. II Is possible that
/ the national carnival for the cups held
| 10y the National Association Of Engine
/ aud Boat Manufacturers will be held
/ this year under the auspices OF the new
association. In addition 20 which a long
! distance race from New York 10 Boston
or some other point in New England IL
under contemplation as one OF the lead
! ing events OF the yeaf"
A special committee OF Yachts
/ men Of the Jamaica Ray Association
IL now drafting tho rules which are
to govern the motor boat race around
Long Island. This committee Is G. ".
Greene w. Y. Chapman. V. j. II
/ Theimer and c. a. Merritt II has been
decided that the race Is for cruising
motor boats and only craft enrolled IN
the Jamaica Bav Association may enter
/ \ time limit % IS hours has been set
on tho race. The start and nnish win
he off tn" Rockavay Point Yacht Club
az the entrance To Jamaica Bay. The
start will be on July 3.
Eight boats already hav~ been ar
tered, These are Commodore John 4.
stills Onward III, Bergen Beach Y. c. {;
Roar Commodore william Wheeler y
Tee Jamaica Bay Y. G.. Edward But
log Nandi. Bergen Beach V. C. Y. ".
Watsou's Argo. Relic Harbor Y. C.;
Cap, ". Heynan's Caohalot, Rockaway
Point Y. c., Commodore John Scherers
lotowana, Diamond Point Y. o, and
John Y. Seaman's Cosmos, Diamond
| Point Y. c.
The annual dinner Of the Pensonhurs,
Yacht Club will be held in .he club
house on Saturday. April "a. Vice
Commodore John Proctor Clark ~ TIRE
I.archmon. Yach, Club will ha the gues;
or the evening. and addresses also will
ne made by the comrrpodorss OF all the
lower my Yacht clubs The dining
hall ~ .hc club will scot $50. and II Is
.Nnected that !, will he filed 20 the
limit Among other guests viii he COM
modore Fred p. Dal,ell ~ -he Unqua-
Corinth'an Yacht Club, Borough presi-
dent Pounds ard Martin w. L,ttl"'on
The steam yacht Isis has been pur-
crased nv the Government and II to he
used by the Coast and Geodetic Survey
in Alaskan waters This Yacht II goo
feet long and was built from dos Gus nv
i Rsavor Webb by Marvel AZ pouch-
keepsie fo- ". 6 and J. 7. Spaulding,
She has Fletcher engines and has been
known NJ one OF the best equipped yachts
In these waters.
Arthur W. Teele has sod his 75-root
motor yacht Arval 10 Lawrence +. Per
cival OF Bos,on. Tho Ai~hl was built
IN 1911 and was used by Mr. Teele while
no wau rear commodore AZ LRrchmont
Tho steam Yacht Corsair, owned b.
Vice Commodore J. p Morgan, is heinc
fitted out AT Fletchers ward IN Hoboken
and will be In commission next month.