The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-11
HERALD THURSDAY JANUARY IT, Is72-TRIPLE SHEET
ICEB0AT CARNIVAL.
The An.u.a Rssarsu mt Poushk.ep.is.


The Anusanl Hesastu MT Pousiksepsie.
foUGHKEEPsIE, Jan. 0, 1872.
The annual iceboat carnival Is now In full blast
on the Hudson River. and the most novel sights are
witnessed. Those VINO have never taken trip on
one OF the modern iceboats have Idea OF the ex-
element attending sucn venture. II Is no child's
play. It Is the rarest. widest SPORT that can be
imagined. The amateur boatman crawls into the
box ana hes upon buffalo robe at full length and
awaits the start. The springv, light craft wears
away before the wind. and then comes speed In
stanter. NO waiting tor steam as on q locomotive,
but
CLEAN FLYAwAY,
from the word "go.n You have stood upon high
mountain before now. and. looking down upon the
valley beneath, have seen tine shadows of the
clouds chasing each other DER hill and plain with
what would seem remarkable rapidtty. lceboats
move four times as FAST AS you cannot see the
Hudson from your cosey sanctum, just imagine
seeing fifty miles of clear black Ice In length one
mile In width and eight niche, thick; scarcely an
obstruction any where, except now and then an ice
hummocK Not q sound Is heard besides the
rafting and cracking caused by the action OF the
tide Look to the northward There comes neet Of
ice boats bearing down upon you with the wind
from the northwest The Ella, when won the first
prize Of the Poughxeepsie Club last year, is
in The advance. She darts along five times
AS FAST AS THE WIND,
for Mr. Roosevet's lc.cie Is chasing her. It Ia only
friendly scrub. Botn are gong ike lightning, and
the humming sounds from their steel runners tell
tnat they are doing good work. At times 1t seems
as II 1t is ONLY question as to who is the best navi.
gator. FIRST goes to the front and then the
Other. Bolh carry cloud OF canvas, and every
foot OF cordage Is taut. Ringing cheers go up from
both boats as they come IN close proximity with
each other, aud go the sport goes on. Some dis
:, q a
comes another boat larger than any other boat
on the Hudson. She glistens and snlnes IN
the sunlight as though studded with dia.
monds. Ii is Aaron Innis new boat Haze.
the lceboat wonder OF the world. she Is thirty
feet III length from end OF bOwsprit TO rudder-posJ
and Is OF slim triangular build and supplied with
excellent steel runners. She Is constructed OF white
pine and chestnut, nut together IN the finest man.
ner possible Her travellers, Greats bowsprlt STAYS,
iiller blocks &c. are all elegantly nickle-platea,
and she has the most costly wre rigging. her
"boX'' Will hold but Two persons dor she was butt
for raclng and It Is lined with heavy crimson rep
cushions to lie on. Her owner tninfs the word OF
her; and well he might. Her new sails are not yet
ne bent 10 place she is two feet longer than Mr..
RooseveIts icl.le the latter beng also splendid
merits OF the two, and as consequence,
THE FORTHCOMING ANNUAL REGATTA
IS looked forward to with great interest. At the
present time the owners of both boats seem to act
shy. One don't seem TO want TO get III the others
company. Mr.. Roosevelt Is all race. He IS the
most enthusiastic ice boatman ever saw. In con-
versation on saturday he said he was anxious for
race Of any KIND it'll any0ody. Said he, al thev
don't put ON official race soon VIII challenge
any boat In the fleet lor hundred dollar prize and
viii find the pnZe' II he had his own way about
the matter he would nave race every day while
there Is good boa,ng, and for that reason alone he
should be commodore. Commodore Booths new
boat Restless was put on the ice to-day.
SHE. TOO lS A BEAUTY,
and can 90 like shot out OF gun. Down at Milton
Billy Roe. OF he Mary Powell. puts mis- ceboat, the
Sha low, 10 PRACTICAL use. lie carries passengers
anu height to and rom the cars OF the Hudson
River Railroad. wish some OF your New York
newspaper men would come UP here and take q
sail: only a nine mile dash. / promise you the
live test ride you ever took in your lie. The men
do not wholly monOpollze the iceboat sport here.
Many o. Poughkeepsle's oeles enjoy the amusement
as well as they. They care not how tar they go
how last. iou cannot scare Them, even when The
wind blows the hardest. they, t0o are looking Tor
ward To the annual regatta with much interest IL
Is rumored to-day that the VIII rake place TO-
morrow. Hope So for the ice was never IN better
condition, and II the wnl blows fresh the regatta
VIII be the grandest sight ever Witnessed here.