New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16
YACHTING ALMOST OVER.
LITTLE TO DO BUT PREPARE FOR WINTER
coon LUCK OF THE NETWORK cLUB-rhoS
prcrs OF THE FALL REGATTA


Now that the Eastern Yacht cup mas nn'n 'oa,,.
.rasy ,au rcrata there is little more for yachts
- 49, s.,r,,o The lev weather. Boston yachts
80, .oor, IN be an unlucky set. though ,hoy "o'
d,servc misfortune. They arc as r"'o nv"
know how to sail their own boa's' anu WY -,
should have incurred the dspcasore vi '"' o.. ~
wind and weather, 1t Is hard to unpcr''a"u |
had to cruise around In . cheesy iog ias' 9p"n'
ana,Iv wont home with damp clothes and danipchea
49,, ri. horod ncxt 10 have visit from the
Now-York Yacht Club in August anu "o'o "s'
Ths Now. workers themselves, the other hand'
have enioyed the best possible fortune III "'''
weather and interest due TO numerous entries :"
great part perhaps, this has been que 10 'no "'.'
deserved luck OF Elbrdgc T. Gerry "hom Soni'Do"'
has facctIously termed the Commodore Tor inc rre
vention of Cruelty tho New-fork f"he Nluo'
r,arvtbIng done under tho auspices OF the Nov" lorh
Yacht Club in the season now almost gone by uaS
met with thorough success, and now every 'hns i'o
as II a fitting climax would be set on inc sed'o"
sport by the fall regatta this week IL Oofnih"d"'
cerv can ooniure up another supply Of good clear
woatber and big bag full Of ten Knot breeze there
WIN he plenty of fun for the large feet which VIII
mechanically take part. The New-York city yach''
Will not be left TO hobbe the course by themselves
for the Down East" yachtsmen propose 10 come nero
and If possible take some metropolitan wealth honio
with them
There WILL on the occasion Of this years regatta
be no nrst-clasS schooncrs entered Inc Paimcr
and Ramona have been laid up for the season. ana
u any keel schooners start, they Will probably DC
tho Dauntless and Chester A. Chapins fampa Tor
the Alert of Boston, IS still fishing. If Commodore
colt and Mr. Chapln do meet thero will be as much
intcret I'm that class as any other The thIrdciass
schooners Sachcm, Grayllng and sea FOX arc "i
certain TO be in tho race, and nothing better lhdn
that can be looked for. 1t Is said that A. Cass
ia ria ~ nc T4r
cruise and IS looking for blood. The fact that the
owner Of the Crawling has challenged Metcah and
Owen To race twelve miles to windward and BACK TOT
81 600 a side will make the contest sim more eA-
citing Mr.. Fish did not like to be pea'eh W an
accident TO his centre board and wants revenge II
there IS ten knot breeze that day. 1t Is not piooaoe
that no Will ret IT, but in light wind and fairly
smooth sea the Cravings chances arc better thah
even. The windward leg In moderate breeze
ought TO mako some close work for both. Al any
rate their contest In the regatta will decide whether
there Will be sport worth seeing on the day VI the
match-raco.
The Volunteer Is almost certain TO come down for
a spin with the Mayfower and almost equally certain
OF winning be It day for drifting or one for
double reefs The Puritan has como out OF com
mission and has Leen laid W for the winter This
leaves matchrace. and perhaps there Will be
surprise or fortunate luke. Tho second class OF
sloops Will undoubtedly I'll, for the Katrina ana
Shamrock are here and the Bedouin VIII probably
come down from Marbehead in a day or two. The
Katrina was tho railway dock at City Island last
week. had her bottom scraped aud was put in general
good Trim 10 do good work I'm tho regatta. Then,
finally among the sncc-sckels the forty footers will
again provide a programme OF their own The
Nymph Papoose, Baboon and Banshee arc almost
certain TO start and there are strong probabilities
that New Workers Will have chance 70 admire the
Chlquta and the scotch cutter Minerva. The
entries Will then include specimens Of the American
orthodox centro board sloop, tho American com
promise sloOp the American cutter and the British
cutter The little follows closely matched the
time allowance Will be small, and the finish should be
lne sight
1be Ncw-York people have renewed the talk Of
a clubhouse al Newport. The story now goes that
number OF Newport people, tho same who subscribed
the Newport Cups, have offered, a gift to the
club, fine piece Of land on The Cove, which 70
erect a clubhouse Those who know Newport HaibOr
VIII recognize the advantage OF such a site Rear
Commodore Morgan leased large mansion with
extensive grounds on the Cove when tho fleet
reached Newport before dlsbandlng, and those who
visited tho Commodore were charmed with tho spot
It IS understood that the proposed site adOlns the
place referred As to the ACCESSIBILITY of the action
Captain Roland Folger Coffin, whose opinion on such
matters was authoritative, left expression of his
Judgment in article recently published in out
ing" IL ths
a proposition has been made to establish the
headquarters OF tho New-Yori Yacht Club at New
port on accoun. Of It's central position, half way
between the two great yachting ports Of Boston and
New-York, and because It possesses avowedly the
best racing courses in the United States. This
would think, be unwise but 1 do consider that 1t
would be in the interests OF yachting to establish
national club there, or a national association, for
which members of other clubs should be eligible,
fhcr distfp M inde ant ocbfc cir
association composed of delegates from all existing
clubs. Yacht clubs have multiplied to such
tent and the sport has attained such Importance,
that the time IS quito ripe for such movement.
weeks racing at Newport each year in which different
classes Of vessels could have their days, from the
largest schooner steamer 10 the open sloop
catrgged boat, would be, I think. a good thing and
scarce any port other than Newport has the
suitable 20 each. 1t has the ocean TO and
round Block Island fer the big yachts and IL has
been the homo of the catboat from its earliest his
tory, and has fine expanse of smooth water,
practically tdeless and free from shoals
That energetic association OF good sailors, the Larch
mont Yacht Club has done great deal for the further
of the sport during the and IS not tired
ont yet The jlb-and mansail race for saturday,
september 2, spoiled by driving drlzzle and a
gaopng gale, In which It not safe for the babies
to venture ont. The race therefore had be post
poncd until yesterday. The Larchmonters were so
tccd by the OF their recent races for forty
foot soops that they think they can stand another
dose, and they right match race has been ar
ranged for the Banshee, NymQh and Baboon after the
New-York Club regatta, probably next saturday. 1t
is at all out Of tho bounds of possibility that the
Club Will offer an extra prize, which Will make IL
worth while for the rest OF c forty footcrs TO walt
hero a couple Of days after the Ncw-York regatta
This race VIII probably be the last Of the season at
Lachmont, and nothing remains to be done but shut
up shop for tho winter with appropriate ceremonies,
uns fair weather inspires few additional impromptu
matchraccs
The closing demonstration Of the American Yacht
Club Will occur next week at Milton POINT Last
year this sort OF thing begun by captain Ezra =
Connor who Informed Captain George W. Hall that
IL the latter could arrange for the transportation of
the guests his (Connorsl place, they would be we'll