New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-26
FOUR AMERICAN YACHTSMEN
SUCCESSFUL AT SEA AND ON SHORE.
THE OWNERS OF THE oRIvA. PURITAN, INTREPID
AND ELECTRA.

THE OWNERS OF THE oRIvA. PURITAN, INTREPID
AND ELECTRA.
Few men are better known in yachting circles
than C. Smith Lee. the owner Of the cutter Oriva
1t doubtful if there is IN this country amateur
| sailor that can excel him In handling yacht No
matter how hard the wind blows OF how high the
seas roll Mr. Lee always proves his night 10 the mas
| ters certificate which he holds He Is q racing man.
| and when the OrIva is in commission there is not
| araceo importance anywhere around New-York In
which the cutter is not entered. The Oriva was
the first cutter built in this country from English
designs and Mr.. Lee believes Ia the type from the
bottom of his heart Contrary to the general opinion
| the most prominent cutter men Of this country
are not Anglomaniacs in any sense Of the word
They affect nothing English IN speech, clothes or
manners No one could be more thoroughly Amerl-
can in all respects than c. Smith Lee W. A. W.
| Stewart and NJ Roosevelt Schuyler yet no three
men are so well known as cutter advocates.
T.. Smith Lee at the Union Club and C. Smith
Lee on board the Oriva do not resemble each other
much At the club one sees @ rather pale young
man of twenty-eight or twenty-nine faultlessy
dressed. with head and face that remind one OF
Edgar Allan Poe except that there none OF those
marks of diss which disgured the face Of the
poet No one would ever take this agreeable rather
dreamy looking young man for the daring and eI-
pert Corinthian whose name is frequently on the
lips of those who take keen interest in yachting.
But him at the tiler with his oilskin coat but
toned around him. his yachting cap pulled down
upon his brow, his cheeks owing with health.
while the Oriva takes nose enders" and her lee
rail Is lost in a smother Of foam. and be is the plot
ure of yachtsman. Robert Cornell and one or
two other of Mr.. Lees friends always accompany
him in and act az Cornthian adjuncts to
IIa DIV -
himself The cabin Of the cutter Is beau
tifully fitted up. and an expert cook Is
on board to appease the appetites Of the hungry
yachtsmen- But she is not of the craft which
gorgeous dinners ald festive parties given She
Is for racing, and everything else Is subordinated
to that 1t Is one of Ar. Lees theories that yacht
club should never degenerate into q social organ
ization or yacht into floating palace in which
10 entertain ones friends Before the IN fortunate
split IN the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, Mr.. Lee
one Of its most prominent members and lie always
and successfully opposed the plan of the club hav
Ing any club house, except building near the
shore for the storage of sails and other yachting
gear One of the heirs Of great fortune. popular
and young. few yachtsnen sail on peasanter seas
or better deserve the good things of life
NEw-ENGLAND TO THE BACK BONE.
Years ago. when Perry opened the commerce of
was engaged IN the shipping business III Boston
His ships sailed to the China seas and came back
TO India Wharf loaded with the products of the
East. When Japan was opened Mr.. Forbes at once
the opportunity and took advantage of 1t. The
result was that he retired from business with a
fortune counted by millions. He always took a
deep interest in everythIn pertaining to ships and
was the first to invent q double tOpsaI rig MS
marine tastes inherited by his son. j. NJ. Forbes
the owner of the Puritan. The sou Is said
TO be nearly wealthy as the father, for when
telephones first out and regarded as
playthIngs. j. Malcolm Forbes had the foresight TO
see what they would amount to, and is now a MILL
ionaire. He is heavily built, of more than ordiH
nary height and has a smOoth-shaven impsssive
face. scanned and bronzed by exposure to all sorts
of weather He may be thirty and he may be forty
no one can tell by looking at him. HIS rugged
and muscular frame and the calm sef-relIant
expression of his face make him man
that few would care Ito cross in his wrath
J Malcolm Forbes is not enthusiastically devoted
to yachting-he is determinedly devoted to
IT Like many New Eng anders of his type fear"
and failure" are two words the meaning # which
he never looked mp IN the dictionary. When the
Genesta challenged for the Americas Cup be was
first and foremost in building the Puritan and de-
featng the audaclous Brton who had forgotten
the lessons of John Paul Jones.
When he elder Forbes retired from active bust
ness he purchased the island Of NaushOn living be-
tween Vineyard Sound and Buzzard's Bav. Its
woods and fields, its hills and valleys its bay and
harbors and the village of TarpauIn Cove all
his. In the middle of the island he has built three
big hOuses-one tor himself and one for each of his
sons. Deer and all sorts OF game abound in Nan
shon, ard here in the summer months the Forbeses
live in the baronial STYLE OF their English ances
tors, and 10 one of Naushons sheltered harbOr- can
be seen the Puritan riding at anchor, when ner
owner has not taken her TO some regatta. Though
he ha~ been much abroad New Eng and, with its
h..r lis he len l. A nj
com Forbes the only place In the world where a
should live.
CRUISING IN THE INTREPID.
No American yacht and few English yachts have
done as much cruising the schooner yacht In
trepd. Few yacntsmen are better known than her
owner and commander, Lloyd PhGnIx He inner
tied from his father comfortable fortune and
through his mother he one Of the heirs of the
immense estate Of Stephen Whitney. Educated at
the Naval Academy Lloyd PheniI was for u time
one Of the most promising officers of the Navy.
When the old Niagara was the crack ship of
the American Navy he was lieutenant and her
navigating officer. Then he resigned, and for
while was conspicuous for his gallantres In Paris
and this city. No equpage IN the Bos de BoulOgne
was more elegant than his and fair Parsennes
wont 10 call him The fortunate youth" his
carriage rolled by. With manner which charmed
and fascinated every one. vast wealth, youth and
good looks. he was prominent figure in the gay
capital. .Lo ,,.ra,id :. now
n Gniet. retiring man Of about forty His
yacht is put in commission early ard goes out
Of commission late Mr. Phoenix spends most OF
bis time on board of her in company with his hi e
long friend Mr. Croker. Two French cooks labor
10 make the cabin table attractive better sal or
than LLOYD Phoenix would be hard 70 ind and IN
o the cr,Il,es of The Intrepid some Of them Of two
and three years duration, be has been her sole com
mander. OF late wears he has lived a comparatively
retired life He IS seldom seen nj the
clnbs and seldom accepts invitations IN society.
An uueyentful, almost monotonous existence on
his beloved yacht seems to be the only tnng ne
cores for sometimes a man of bronzed face and
rngged frame may be seen at the Union Cluo or the
Nrw-l ork Yacht Club chatting In a low tone WIN
a friend ana club members greet L0yd rhenI1
CORDIALLY The next morning the bue-shIrted
sailors Of the Intrepid are riding down the hal
vorGs wnIe the stalwsrt form OF the commander
S.aa. on The nnarter-lleck directing the getting