New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-24
YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN.
GOSSIP ABOUT LAST WEEKS RACES.
THE sEAwANHAKA CLUBS CRUIsE-GovERNoR
HILL ON TILE ELECTRA

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ALL the day exceedingly enjoyable one, especially
to patriotic New-York yachtsmen The schooner Cray
ling easily defeated the Boston schooner, the Sachem,
heretofore considered the fastest wo-stcker snoa and
administered still beating to the Boston
schooner. the Marguerite The Grayng Is again the
pride OF Bay Ridge, and the Sachem no longer be
regarded as the queen OF The schooner feet She must
snow her heels to the Grayng before she recover
That title and she will find that easy task.
The Grayling modelled by Phi" Ellsworth. Last
winter she went to Boston to set lead keel put Oh and
to receive other improvements The improvements
ments worked so well that the Grayling to DO
now more than match for Burgess's own boats To do
the Grayling justice she vas flyer before they
made but there is doubt they rendered her
specdier than The Sachem has had q suit Of
sails and lead In keel since she was laid up
winter and she hasn't been sailed enough this
enable those on board to the hang OF bor' in her
form. Undoubtedly she will do better later But
whether she will do well enough Ia question that can't
be answered except by actual One thing is GER
tan the Grayng will always make things lively for her
and give her a race worth going far to
The new schooners, the Seq Fox of Commodore Can
fields design, and the Marguerite made poor show.
| ing. Apparently they not lghtweather boats.
The Sea Fox painfully slow in stays. and her club
topsa about the biggest thing kind here.
kept tapping all the time when she was beating 10
wlndward 1t is seldom that boat docs her best
when first launched 1t takes time adjust things aud
get ali the out OF boat that is In her So
things may be expected of both the Sea Fox and bar.
! guertc.
| CARY SMITHS BOATS, NEW AND OLD.
1t Is great pity that the Ema (soop Priscilla turned
into schooner) did not take part in the race No par
cuar could be assigned for her absence II She too
had beaten the Sea Fox the Sachem and tire Marguerite
Cary Smith, her designer would have been the happcs
man in the fleet But Cary Smiths boats do not always
| fall into tho hands OF fighting yachtsmen His 70
foot soop the Katrina is fairly entitled to be called tho
belle OF the She is prettest soop launched
She has all the beauty OF the Thistle and apparently
Of her defects She has the Thsss bow. beau
tfully carved, and projecting far over the water
though graspng victory. She has slender stern like
the Thstle's, but pretter because 1t hasn't such
cooked up" look. She is coored like Thistle. too.
black above the water line and red beneath.
She will recall Thistle to everybody who her
who has also looked at the Scotch boat But that she Is
not copy OF the latter by means, anybody who has
the model Of the two boats will testify. Indeed.
she not at all such centreboard boat Watson would
build. as was shown by the design for a
| 70-foot centreboan cutter" which he sub
mitted. In the New-York Yacht Club regatta
the Katrina had competitor by whom her speed could
be tested She easily disposed OF the Stranger but that
was expected Owing to a death in the family of the
owner, the Shamrock didn't She must meet the
Shamrock before her place in her class can be asce
tanned Many yachtsmen who witnessed her performnce
| are OF the opinion that she will take place.
THE RACE FROM THE ELECTRA.
Commodore Gerry had many guests the Electra, and
OF heartily enjoyed the and also what the
| Electra" Governor Hill the yacht from the
Electra would be polite say that he inter
ested spectator but matter OF TACT he wasn't He
doesn't spnnaker boom from bobstay. and man
who Is so grossly ignorant OF nautical matters that
can't be expected to appreciate the fine points Of yacht
AS a practical politician, who believes that the
proper study Of mankind is man-especialy man with
vote-he must have felt OF contempt for men who
could get enthusiastic about such toys yachts. Gov
crnor HIn is not of enthusiastic temperament Ho
didn't affect in the that he didn't feel
What's she doing he asked languidly when the
Sea sails all shaking as she was going about
"Well" replied his<informan as politician, you
must know that when you wish to reach certain point
and the drift Of public opinion against you can't get
! there right of in straight line; you've got
to 90 by stages stepping to the right and now
the left, but edgng forward all the time Well that
what that boat doing. The wind is against her. and
| this zg.zaaging It for the point she's aiming at"
The Governor didn't seem altogether pleased with the
choice OF smile, Notwithstanding Its appropriateness
reporters tried draw him out in politics. but with
little To expression OF opinion he did give
| an answer That was that public men didn't scheme
to the extent they were credited with schemng but were
often as much in the general public concern
| ing what things would take.
| Lieutenant Zalinsd, OF dynamite fame, was also
guest on the Electra His game, too, is men-blowing
up men-and he didn't show much interest in the race.
but part the time while the race was on no snoohea
comfortably in the cabin dreaming perhaps Of gun thae
would carry a ton OF dynamite ten miles, ana when IL
struck blew everything to smithereens An interested
speeator OF the whole race beginning TO end was
the veteran yachtsman, George L. Schuyler the sole
survivor OF the trio who owned the America when she
captured that famous cur which has since stood
as the emblem OF yachting supremacy the OLD gentle
man takes deem yachting and can get his sea
legs on at moments notice His iondness Tor the sport
has no doubt tended to preserve in him genial ana
youthful spirit lie has peculiarly pleasant SMILE some
thing like that which often plays about the mouth OF the
kindly Autocrat Dr. oliver Wendell Holmes
THE sEAwANHAKAs ANNUAL CRUISE.
The seawanhaka Corlnthlan Yacht Club will be the
first OF the yacht this season to indulge IN the anhu
cruise the enjoyable feature OF yachns. tno io
lowing yachts will take pnrt; steam yachtS-EInpesS
Sentinel and OssavaIn schooners-Sea FOX. Elma MI
r,nda pu,b yamba Avalon, Ray and Magic; soops and
cutters-Bedoun Oracle Medusa, Regina, Katrina Gavi-
ot Marrlota Banshec Iscult and Berthe This Is fine
feet The yachts will meet at Oyster Bay on Monday July
There the yachtsmen will be guests of the Oyster Ny
Yacht Club on Tuesday afternoon lawn party VIII De
given in honor OF the visiting club the grounds OF
| John A. Weekes The Oyster Bay CIup VIII give the
yachtsmen a hop in the evening Inc yachts VIII get
under way day July a. ana some oi 'nem may, per
hans narIcpate In the regatta Of the Larchmont Yacht
| Ciuh which f. 10 take place on that day.
| Captain PearsaT, OF the Banshee, has In
| ylted the yachtsmen TO make BLACK ROCK haroor
port OF call and while there be MS guests Inc move
mens for the earlier days of the cruise VIII be decided
mo, a, ,ha nrs, meeting Of the captains. Some OF the
bigger Yachts will continue the cruise to Bar Harbor and
Mt Desert and Jog home In company III the fast yachts
that 90 of on this cruise do not take part In the Larch
mont regatta that contest Will be robbed OF much OF Its
interest Especially will this be the case II the Katrina
docs NOT m against the Shamrock or the Banshee against
| the Nymph. N,
The Knckerbocker Yacht Club VIII also have regatta
on July 4-the that couldn't hnish some few weeks
,,o o., ,ho ANAL reason-lack OF wind On the same day
the steam yacht. and Wanda viii asten down hOlr
s,t i and race for small stakes and great deal OF
'' TALK WITH Mp BURGESS
| ,,, p,,oess was here last week and sailed the
| e..a a., ,ho New.York Yacht Club regatta There Is
not the slightest suggestion OF airs or swagger about
M Burgess This is one OF the secrets OF his popular
tv ,vhon man does notable things and doesn't Drag
-, -, 10 oxees no envy and people freely give him
The credit that is his due Mr. Burgess has achieved
| great success with small cutters
al prefer them to Sv a,s nor same saS
| 80 ~ =, s,low waters could not say that they are