The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
YACHT CLUBS HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTIONS
Season for Choosing Officers
for 1916 Is at Height
Just Now.
BOSTON BUILDER BUSY

The Springfield Yacht Club a, its an
nual meeting last week elected the fol-
lowing officers: Commodore, Charles l.
Wright: vice-commUdore. Webster G..
Clark rear commodore. Fred :. Cooper.
secretary. Charles n. Hubbard treas
uer. Charles II. Hannah regatta COM
mitter, Howard c. Kelly. chairman AL
fred II. Packard, C.. o. :. Mawson.
The annual meeting OF the Chesa-
peakc Ray Yacht Racing Association
held in Baltimore last week showed that
Chesapeake Bay. The annual cruise
this year will be one OF the best In the
history Of the association. The feet will
gather Off the Baltimore Yacht Club
house on July 22. and the programme is
July 90. squadron run to Annapolis /:
July "a. regatta at Round Bay and re-
ception by the Sherwood Forest Yacht
Club July 20. squadron run to Tighl-
mans Creek and sal! and motor boat
racing July &c. regatta in Eastern hay
and reception by the Chesapeake Ray
Yacht club July %. squadron run 10
Cambridge July rs. regatta and rccep-
ton to visiting yachtsmen at CAM
bridge July 20. disbandnent of the
fleet.
The officers elected were: President
]. W. Hall vice-president. A. b. Ben
nett; Observation-Disclosures. j. IL. Row
land assistant ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ".
II. Naylor board of directors, Or. Hugh
lett HardCastle, X. c. Leonard. Adrian
Sizer. w. W. Narney and Porter Huston
regatta committee. Messrs. Eckel. Cart
ledge and McCallister measurer. u. VI.
Calls. assistant measurer. II. NJ. Hcw-
inns. The clubs in the association are
the Baltimore Yacht Club, Baltimore
Corinthian Yacht Club. Chesapeake
OF Round Ray. Cambridge Yacht Club,
Capital Yacht Tub and Corinthian
Yacht Club Of Washington.
William j. Deed, Jr.. of Boston. has
several yachts under way, Among these
are a 20 foot shoal draught tug aud n &c
foot drcdge tender for the United States
Engineers Once. Galveston, Tex. a 81
foot cruiser for l.. 7. Bradley. New
Rochelle a 81 foot cruiser for G. :. Nc
Mullin, Atlantic CITY a ~ foot cruiser
for +. NJ. Gibbs. San Francisco a a
foot cruiser for O. r. Carlisle, chicago
a 81 foot cruiser for Dr. \. L.. hubbard
Buffalo: a 30 foot cruiser for l.. n
Knowlton. Boston a ~ foot runabou'
for w. NJ. Easton. Waltham a 80 foot
day cruiser for Arthur r. Wells; Matti.
tuck. l.. l.; a ., DOT launch for Mrs
q. Il. Agassiz. Boston. ard a Is foo'
launch for the Massachusetts, District
Police.
At tho meeting Of the Eastern Yach'
club held last Tuesday. ratrick T. Jack
son, who has been treasurer OF the clut
for thirty-one wears. having succeeded
his father in that office in 1883. retired
and has been succeeded by stephen W
Sleepcr. At the close OF last yea IN,
CLUB had j99 members. against 62l th'
wear before. The fleet consists of IS,
yachts, made up of A. schooners, .,
sloops and yawls. 81 steam yachts. s!
motor craft and so yachts under 80 fee
water line length.
The new officers and committees nrc
Commodore. II. ". Sears yice-commo
dore, Macmillan Agassiz: r~ear-coin'
modore. g. Is. Cummings secretar.
Henry Tsgcird treasurer. stephen W
Sleeper. members Of council at large
Charles Fraucls Adams, +. r. Nc
Question regatta committee, John Seari
Harold, T.. NJ. Noyt. Caleb I.oring, "
\. Morse. \. iloriug Swas.y committee
on admissions, Edwards William Athtu
son, parkman Dexter. Francis Gay
Theodor- Jones. and the secretary -
ufficio. house committee. y. Deyereu'
Parker. ]. 4. burgess. {. +. curtas. Johi
Eor,n. n. X. Snow.