The New York herald., 1921-05-29
YACHTING SEASON
OPENS TOMORROW
Harlem Y. c. Regatta First Of
Twenty one Sound
Race Days.
by FRANK l.. CURTIS.

The yacht racing season viii open to-
morrow with the thirty-ninth annual
regatta OF the Harlem Yacht Club over
the regular course starting at Execu-
tion Rock. This is the first of twenty
one regattas to be held on Saturdays
and holidays throughout the season by
the Yacht Racing Association of Long
Island Sound and promises to be the
biggest opening day in years. T. B.
Bates. chairman Of the race committee
OF the Harlem Club. expects a new rec
ord will be established when the various
ella sses line up for the start at l o'clock.
Included in the list OF sure starters are
four or FIVE y. Y. 7. c. fftes, which
have not been seen since 1916. three
forties and five or SIX thirties. There ls
a large entry in the handicap and Vic
tory classes, Mr.. Bates said. Altogether
1t looks as II the yacht racing season
would get off TO a flying start
The Harlem club. holder OF the
Brooklyn Yacht Club Ocean Chal-
lence Cup. has been challenged by G. A.
Marsland, former commodore of the New
Rochelle Yacht Club. Mr.. Marsland
recently purchased the sloop Azore from
Charles Francis Adams I'd of Boston
and expects 10 sail her in several ocean
races this summer.
Mr.. Bates said the race for the Brook
lyn cup would probably be sailed in the
latter part OF July over the usual course
around Long Island. starting from Exc
cution Rock. The defender has not yet
been selected. Last year the Ediana,
owned by Stuyvesant Wainwright. sue
cessfully defended the trophy against
challenge from the Boston Yacht Club.
'la hao oh E,v A ~
Morris OF the New York Athletic Club
and has been renamed the Butterfly.
She also may be entered In the race.
Besides the open regatta tomorrow
there will be formal openings at the
eawanhaka -Corinthian Yacht Club at
Oyster Bay, at the Indian Harbor Yacht
Club at Greenwich. at the Manhasset
Bay Yacht Club at Port Washington,
Atlantic Yacht Club at Sea Gate, CO.
lumba Yacht Club. New York Motor
Rochelle Yacht Club. Huguenot Yacht
Club Stamford Yacht Club, Port Wash
ington Yacht Club Knickerbocker Yacht
Club Bayside Yacht Club. Orienta
Yacht Club. Marine and Field Club.
Gravesend Bay Yacht Club American
Yacht Club at Milton Point and New
York Canoe Club. There will be racing
haka- Corinthian, Port Washington.
Bayside and Knickerbocker Yacht
Clubs. The Larchmont Yacht Club will
be formally opened for the season on
Saturday. June 4.
A committee representing the Water
way League of America of 80 Wall
street left last night for Washington,
where ii will appear before a committee
OF the Senate to argue in behalf of bill
now before Congress amending the Reve-
nue. act of 1918 as to the method of
taxing yachts and pleasure boats.
At present the tax Is 81 linear foot
for boats under fifty feet. 50 for boats
from so to 100 feet over all and "a for
boats more than 100 feet over all. The
new bill will make the tax dependent on
the gross tonnage of all boats of over
fifteen tons displacement. Commodore
William s. Rouch. William r. Stephens
and f. c. Schiffmacher compose the COM
mttee.
Gen. II. S. Borden has purchased the
fast steam yacht Little Sovereign and
soon may be racing morning and after
roon with the Monmouth and other
Sandy Hook steamers. The Little Sow
ereign was built for the late NJ. c. ID.
Borden. She is 131 feet long and is
driven by two sets OF triple expansion
engines.
Charles B. Dillingham's 92-foot cruiser
Nemeha. built from designs by Cox &
Stevens i'm 1911. Is being overhauled
and commissioned at Morris Heights.
The Elbaroda, an S6-foot power yacht
owned by A. G. Woodman OF Philadel-
phia. was put in commission last week.
Capt. Green is in charge and the yacht
will cruise off the coast this summer.
The Elbaroda was built at Morris
Heights and is powered with Speedway
engines.
The steam yacht Sachem. owned by
Manton y. Metcalf. is fitting out at
Briggs Basin. This yacht is 1s1 feet
long and was built at Pusey & Jones
yard at Wilmington. Del, in 1902.
The power yacht Florence, owned by
Julian f. Detmer OF the Larchmont
/ Yacht Club. is in commission. This
/ yacht. which is powered with two Win
ton engines, was built from Gielow de-
| signs and was at one time flagship OF
| the Atlantic Yacht Club. She was then
1 the largest power yacht that had been
built.
II. I. Pratt's power yacht Dodger III.
1 Is in commission and will be used by her
4 owner to run between his country place
at Glen Cove and this city. She is 60
/ feet long.
| ogden Minton has purchased from
| +. d. VI. Strachan the 20 foot power
| Yacht Antares, which was built by Luz
| ders in 1909. The transfer was made
through Cox & Stevens.