New-York tribune., 1885-09-13
ENGLISH YACHTsMEN At COWES
cp gc,s,y IN IN, BROOKLYN Eagie.

CR Halsey IN The brooklyn Edgts . ,
Cov.s during Yachting week presents sight entrely
novel 20 an American English fashionable life all
goes yachting this week Just rs 1t went 10 the 1000
wood last. and will go shooting on ane
last Saturday and joined his yacht All the royai
yachts are here four In number and all great clumsy
old fashioned side wheelers with large amount o,
gilt on them There about hundred oi the royal
family on them and an indefinite number OF Gernap
princes including Prince Louis OF Bsttenburg the nus
band of the Princess Beatrice Prince Louis Is % nne
soldierly looking young man but what or where Bat
tenburg il no seems 10 know. The German princes
do not take any active interest in sailing and are trans
ported to and from the I so{S yHen' .,sam m launch The
Prince of Wales however does not come In the glass
case category He Ia thorough and energetic sailor
lie is commodore of the Royal Yacht squadron takes
lively interest IN all the races and on any race day Tor
schooners nav be the Aline holding her tlller
or hauling Ut a rope side by 81 ie with his men The
popularity OF Yachting here is no doubt Largely que the
ood-uatured and plucky commodore OF the squadron
We have nothing like Yachting week In America
and we have nothing like Cowes IL Ia dietnctiyey
Yachting town OF the hve or six thousand nhaDtann
there il probably not who docs not gain his yeli
hood from yachting patronage. Up the nVer are the
ship yards where hundred old worn out racers are
living beside the frames OF boats not yet launched
into life Here Is the famous old Sappho. which once
saved the Queens cup for America, lying rotting In the
mud Every business which caters 10 the wants OF n
Yacht and there not many which do not Is repre-
ented by excellent shops from the fashionable yacht
inc tailor aud sn establishment of Redfern's down to
the bum boat woman with her stock OF sailors knck
knacka 10 nNe AZ loves ohr Nohu s"o
inc was the only real business of the world yacht
ing atmosphere pervades the whole place. Bntceeis
and grocers wear boating Jerseys, ane today saw
girl scrubbing the sidewalk with yachting cap on.
Tho club house of the Royal Squadron - situated on
rising slope night the edge OF the water and COM
mands view OF the sOcnt for ten miles tast an west
The house itself IA picturesque castle OF the time OF
Henry VIII, the battlemonts now being armed with
spy glasses instead OF guns aud the white club signal
ying on the tower IN the place OF the dag OF England
1t ia the proper thing 10 sit the lawn OF the club
nd her mn bg pleasant afternoon
the Princess of Wales and her daughters and all the
faces seen at party at Marlborough House or In the
royal inclosure a the Ascot races. In the harbUr
hundred little steam launches and cutters with crews
o, big broad backed sailors in blue Jerseys and bright
colored caps flying about, and with the bright
Yachting costumes Of the ladies' on shore and on the
water the whole place has put holiday ercs- You
see no gaudy COSTUMES, however. They generally
of white or blue terge, or flannel simply made, but
fitting e1quisely. This applies only 10 the younger
ladies The old ladies, Of whom quite O number take
part In the sport are generally dressed la faded
black dress and bonnet, and an aged shawl following
IN this perhaps the fashion set by their Queen. and
presenting about the appearance ns respectable
Irish widow who takes In washing But they are all
girl steering six Dared gig giving heI men orders and
brn gng her boat up tho landing steps ms scienhc-
ally n. naval officer, and you may see lady OF sixty
or seventy propped up the wndward side CT the
schooner with the spray flying IN her iace from every
wave They all know the history and merits of the
lannon's racing yachts and take the iveest interest In
their sirugges-for this too II Northumberland IL "a
not rare couple OF ladies sitting on the Geek OF
cutter taking part in no. race, and knowing how 10
keen out of the way-somctbng by no means easy 20
do when jbbing around n stake boat or settng big
guiunaker.