New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-21
RIVAL STEAM YACHTS.
Mr.. GOULD NOT EAGER FOR RACE.
srsszIs THAT DO NOT GO FAST ENOUGH TO SUIT
THEIR OWNERS.

Mr.. GOULD NOT EAGER foh hAOH'
sEss.Is THAT DO NOT 60 FAST ENOUGH TO SUIT
THEIR OWNERS.
81 built the yacht for my. own use and not for
e. published report Of the
ficn between Messrs. Cramp and Roach, tho rival
shpbuildcrs After he had finished reading tho
T.. ns sai MouS oo
my boat under any circumstances. understand
that the Yosemite is very fast boat
The ATLANTA, Mr.. Gould's yacht which was built
by the Cramps, is reported to have made seventeen
knots an hour In some OF her recent cruises. Even
this speed is not what the builders promised men ~
the vessel They said that the yacht should be the
fastest ship of her size soat The owners of several
steam yachts have 70 snG
right away from her, but Mr.. Gould's friends say
that the officers of the ATLANTA did not know that
race was even contem plated. po.s tro,,, th.
same model for George S. Scott and Washington f.
Connor are dsappointmens to their owners IN point
Knots an hour but Mr. Conner declares that his can
easily DO fifteen. Both owners, however. want to
60 faster In regard to race between steam yachts
9 have 'a high respect for the power of steam
IL any one wants to have race between steam
yachts, have objection, bat prefer TO remain
yachts is one thing and one by steam vessels an
other; prefer TO look at the latter from safe
ci,tance. have reached tnat point ~ aae ""en
u
The American Yacht Club has not yet arranged
any races. One of the reasons presumably ID that
its members have not agreed upon basis OF allow
ances. Rufus HATCH before ne went west, was
greatly exercised ON this question. Inc pan pro
posed by the measurer of the CLUB Was based on ths
xrate surface of the vessels but Mr. Hatch expressed
modification because there was nothing said in the
report about the nature Of the fuel
You eeen he remarked solemnly, one might
burn pitch ard the other Cincinnati hams 1t
might be only Mississippi steamboat race over
again one wouldn't know what the other was burn
ing. unless possibly you could tell by the smell of
the smoke. There might be an agebralc equation
The relative speed of the vessels of the American
Yacht Club. the first organization OF steam
vessels ever attempted, is exciting great
Now-York Yacht CLUB were afoat yesterday;
Charles j. Osborn was at Long Branch, and COM
modore Smith hardly waited for the sound of the
song at the Stock Exchange before he set sail.
They are understood. however. to favor race by
the steam yachts, provided the owners shall be
aboard of their vessels They are said to have pre-;
dicted that the race would not be attended
with danger. Russell sage said yes
terday that .,,h ne m not ho. bought a
the Atalanta, that he had wish to be sailor. 1t
Is reported that during his maiden voyage he
watched the steam-gauge OF the yacht with
even greater care than he usually follows
rumor that John Pondir was negotiat-
ing for the purchase of canal boat
with the view of converting it into steam yacht
Is denied by Mr.. Pondirs friends He is not
member of the American Yacht Club. but his
fr,snds saw that it is not true that he has been
blackballed.
The published statement that Plum Island has
been bought for the use of the American Yacht Club
is pronounced false. One of the trustees of the
afoat to compel the New-York Yacht Club to buy
the property