New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-06
THE YACHTING OUTLOOK,
NONE TO TRY FOR THE AMERICAS cUa
NEW YACHTS BUILDING AND FAMOUS ONES CoNa
ING TO NETWORK.

NEW YACHTS BUILDING AND FAMOUS ONES CoN
ING TO NETWORK.
NETWORKS yacht designer A. Cary Smith f. mahino
uninterrupted efforts to show his Boston rival Bur-
CESS, that the latter is not invincblo. During the
Larchmont Regatfs last autumn Dir. smiths produc@
ton, the Banshce with newly adjusted ballast ana
some changes 10 her sail-pan. gave whole ncct u
Burgess forty ootcrs from the northeast gay trounc.
Ing aud now It looks II the next yachting SEASON
would see a memorable contest between the Shame
rock and the Katrina occurrence which al yacho<
men have been hankerIng after for some time. ME-
Smith, behalf Of Auchincloss Brothers. scnt cha'
lenge Rogers Maxwell for series Of three races
over the Ncw-York Yacht Club course, for q nominal
prize in each race The time proposed was befors
the June regatta, and the detailed arrangements were
TO be made by the Regatta Committee of The Ncw-yor4
Yacht Club This challenge was promptly seceptcds
and the races Will probably June ,. and 7s
1t not improbable that previous 10 thai time othea
SCOOPS or cutters OF the class will DO admitted
to the condition. so to make class contest Of still
more enhanced interest c. Oliver Isclins sloou
Tiania and Archibald Rogers's cuttor Bcdouin arc
probable entries. Yachtsmen showed last year thss
their interest In tho smaller craft Is increasing and
that interest will undoubtedly communicate itself "a
the general public by the ting the season has advanced
so far
Another argument to show the growing Interest,"
IN smaller yachts Is tho fact that Mr.. Burgess Is now
busy drawing the lines OF whole squadron OF forty-
foot single stichrrs Beside tho Papoose. Baboons
zara. Nymph and Chiqulia, a.. besutes and winners
Mcssrs. Morgan Lawton, Belmont, Beebe and an un-
known Washington yachtsman will each be the PROUD
possessor OF the dainty eetwng' OF that class With
such field to look to Gfh-cass soops will prcsens
5 good sport during next summers rceattas ana
cruises as any OF the other divisions into which
fleets separated. The yachts which arc to
be built will cost about 5000 each. no two being
built exactly on the same lines. With q dozen or 50
OF vessels In this class there will be fine opportunity
for tho sciontifc authorities to compare the effects a
slight differences Of outline.
The prospects OF an International contest for tho
Americas Cup seem 10 be dwindling away No moro
is being heard either from England scotland, frclsnds
Australia, Canada or any other countries wherd
runners Of crack yachts being built In secret have
been popping up now and then. 1t was thoughs
possible for time that the Thistle would come over
this year and try again, but that idea has been
dropped. The yacht which was supposed to Be
on tho stocks for the owners Of tho English ex-
champion Iex was not heard from again, ana the
result the Australian designers visit here has not
as get developed. An additional damper has been
thrown the probability Of an international race
by recent letter from Lieutenant Hem, Of the
Galatea. The popular English yachtsmar plainly
states, that, in his opinion, 1t Is not probable that
challenge will be sent the water. He regrets
the fact, and expresses the wish that some American
firstclass sloops might come over next season ano
give the people on the other side
little sport for change. OF course
Lieutenant Hem does not mean that the Volunteers
should take the old tankard with her TO England and
tempt the British yacht fleet take the emblem from
her there
New-York yschtsmen are elated. with good reason.
over the purchase by Charles H. Smith. from Metcsn
and Owen. of Providence. OF tho schooner acht
saohem. The Sachem Is a Burgess yacht and durina
the last three seasons has established . reputation
for speed second to that Of other twomaser in tho
world Her only rival has becn Commodore Fish's
Grayling. and whenever those two met tho sparks
few. The Grayling lost more races than the Sachem
in their various encounters but her defeat almost
always due to accident. Once the New Yofker
ran on sandbar. another time she sprung her fore
mast, and thus the series of petty caas;rophes went
on 1t remains an open question STILL therefore.
which OF the two is entitled TO tho palm. and
that both will sail under the Of the New-York
Yacht Club the races between the two yachts may bs
expected to be numerous IL frequent next and
In full view Of NETWORKS enthusiasts. Should Rear
Commodore Morgan really build Burgess centreI
board steel schooner before summon. Ncw.York Will
have still greater reasons for looking for remsrkabs
sport,
J. Frederic Tams, Charles Post and Jacob j..
Hunker committee lectures and entertainments Of
the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, announce that arrange
ments for class OF practical instructions IN rigging
and marlinespike work have been completed, and
members intending to join the class arc requested to-
inform j. Frederick Tams, at the clubhouse, TO that
effect at The first meeting took place on Sat-
uIday evening december 30. at 6:I5 O'Clock, and
hereafter the class will meot on Saturday evenings OF
each week. at the same hour, except when club cons
tests come on that night, when 1t Will meet on Friday
The prevalence last season among North River
yacht clubs of custom to make regattas open to all
Other yacht clubs that sidc has resulted In plan
% a 20 OF a
Der Of clubs In good standing This proposition en-
anated from the Columbia Club, and invitations To
join such organization were sent out to all the
clubs the river. The purpose of the association
Is to fix uniform racing rules by convention Of
representatives from all the clubs The yachts en-
rolled in the fleets Of any OF the clubs will then DO
free TO sail rcgattas of any other club. Besides. ID
is intended 10 arrange Joint cgat'as including all the
Of the plan, meeting has been called, 10 take place
at the GilSsy House on !bo evening OF January 81.
TIE death of David CARL the city Islani ship
builder has rcbbcd ihe yachting fraternity Of mem-
Der who was identified with the first yachting boom
which In this metropolis. When the famous
schooner SapphO TO be altered by the sdyice OF
William p Douglas, Robert Fish entrusted tho work to
Mr.. CARL, and 1t due TO the care with which
those changes made undoubtedly, that tho
schooner afterward gained the ren0wn She did. In
addition to scores Of other yachts Mr. CARL built tho
schOlnsr5 Arltassadicss. Nlivsla. vega ana Eests,
and the soors Phoebe and Lurline.
BREVIT1ES.
Captain Bretneld, formerly master Of tho ex.
champion schooner MCrtauk, II now In command OF
Fred. Lovejoy's Nera.
The steam acht Rcva is in South Carolina waters.
Last month she made a run up the Ashley river on
a hunting expedition.
T.. {. Bcnedicts steam-y scht Oneida has been
furnished with ard boiler, and has been
otherwise thoroughly Oyerhauled
Or. {. ID. 3liler, of Poushkeepse, is having an
eighty foot steany acht built ,nd Will do considerable
cruising on the hudson next summer.
shipbuilder Pieperass, Of City Island, New-York,
has laid tho keel for a steel schooner designed by
Burgess -
OteIs &. Seaman, OF BianchpIrt, Nj are build
Ing three sixty foot stcanly ach5 to DO propelled by
Brotherhood engines. The yachts are built as
speculation. -
Charles W. Baker Of Patchogue, J. l., is building
a slOOp- yacht for Charles Scarle. Tho yacht Is ex
pccted TO be fast, and will be valuable addition TO
the Brooklyn yacht feet.
Clement Gould will put seabury's patent steam
generator In Commodore W. H. starbucks stsam-
yacht Title.
Commodore Caldwell II. Cots schoonery acht
Dauntiess Is laid up at Pollons yard, In South
BrOoklyn.