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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 1942.224.3
Object Type Trophy
Maker (American, founded ca. 1871)
Gifter
Dateca. 1911
Mediumsilver plated metal
Dimensionsoverall H 6 1/2 in x W 6 in x D 3 1/2 in (16.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 8.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA small, holloware Hyde Park Ice Yacht Club loving cup trophy. The trophy has a baluster body, a flared base, and a leaf-like scrolled design around the rim of the cup and on each handle. Engraved text on the front reads: H.P.I.Y CLUB / 10 MILE RACE / 6th CLASS / WON BY / METEOR / JAN. 11, 1911 / TIME 32-40. The manufacturer's information is inscribed on the underside of the base: MADE & PLATED BY / WALLACE BRO'S / SILVER CO. / 58.
Historical NoteAs a youth, Franklin Roosevelt 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.

FDR'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. One such example is this 1911 trophy awarded to the METEOR which was owned by J. H. Wales of Hyde Park, NY. It was given to FDR in 1942 by J. Sterling Bird of Hyde Park, NY.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 8, 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 SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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