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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Hyde Park Ice Yacht Club Trophy
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Hyde Park Ice Yacht Club Trophy

Artifact IDMO 1942.333.3
Object Type Trophy
Maker (American, 1881 - ca. 1915)
Maker (American, founded 1831)
Date1912
Mediummetal (sterling silver, gold plating)
Dimensionsoverall H 5 1/2 in x W 3 7/8 in x D 3 in (14 cm x 9.8 cm x 7.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionA small, sterling silver Hyde Park Ice Yacht Club loving cup trophy. The trophy has a flared base, thin stem, a flared cup with a gold plated interior, and a handle on each side. Engraved text on the front reads: 1912 / HYDE PARK ICE YACHT CLUB / MARK W. REEVES CUP / • FOURTH • CLASS • / WON BY / HAWK / OWNED BY / HON. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT / SAILED BY / WM. SMITH / DISTANCE 8 MILES, TIME 33 MIN. 35 SEC. Maker's marks on the underside of the base indicate the trophy was made by Thomas G. Brown and Sons for the Gorham Manufacturing Company. Additional information stamped into the underside of the base reads: STERLING / A4903 / 7/16 PINT.
Historical NoteAs a youth, FDR participated in a variety of sports. During the winter months he skated and sledded at Springwood. He also pursued a daring, high-speed sport on the Hudson River—ice boating.

Ice boating involves catamaran-like sailing vessels that race across frozen rivers or lakes at speeds that can exceed 80 miles an hour. A popular winter sport on the Hudson during Roosevelt’s youth, it is still pursued by enthusiasts today.

Franklin’s mother gave him his own ice boat, the Hawk, while he was a student at Harvard College. He enjoyed the excitement of ice boating and was an officer of the Hyde Park Ice Boat Club. Later, he included ice boating materials among the items he preserved in his Library, this 1912 trophy awarded to FDR’s Hawk being one such example.
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Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 6, 1942. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPersonal Possessions of the Roosevelt Family (National Archives Identifier 782689)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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