The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-15

been hesitating about accepting the Ameri-
can-c7p challenge, are now Obliged TO ad-
nit, however unwhlinglY, that while the
gentlemen yachtsman OF the ught little
island is like Ralph Rathstraw-" sailor
born THE Yankee yachtsman, too, mas an
ocean heritage aud very much sucker
keel.
very greatly contributed. The old COM
maDder of the Haytien Navy could not give
experience to his pupils; that they were
supposed to supply themselves, and indeed
almost all OF the amateurs who came to MN
we're men who spent considerable portion
of every summer on their boats. But he
taught them the higher branches of sea-
craft made good marine mathematicians of
the pleasure-loving millionaires, and gave
capable commanders to the half-hundred
magnificent yachts which till then had been
pretty and expensive toys, whether floating
idly at anchor or winning cups under the
handling of professional sailing masters at
Newport, Nahaut, Nantucket New York,
Martha's Vineyard or Marblehead.
Not all of the rich men who follow yacht
ing as paStime go TO the BurllDg Slip
School, however. At their Offices or their
homes they are instructed by the Admiral
or Captain Bennington. There are three
courses, any or all OF which may be taken
by the yachtSmen. The first is that for
nayigators of the first grade, and covers the
simpler problems OF seamanShip, shaping
COURSE, utdu lCChVuiH6s Ship
position, latitude and longitude and the
variation and deviation OF the compass.
The second grade varies from the first only
in being more thorough and comprehensive
in the important problems. The third IN
cludes an extra course with lunar and
stellar problems, magnetism aud the
nautical tables. Among the more noted
yachtsmen who have studied under
the Admiral are Ebridge L. Gerry,
owner of the Electra. who took
full course IN 1854, presumably to rub up
his navigation, which was little rusty;
Henry NJ Flagier of the schooner yacht
Columbia, New York Yacht Club, who was
taught at his residence; Henry Z. Wells OF
the Atlantic Yacht Club; John j. Pierre
pOnt, meaSuTer OF the Atlantic Yacht Club,
who took first course IN the school; Ed
ward I. HjOaberry, who came from China
and took Il full course; eX-CommodOre Bob
Center, who studied both at school and at
home; Delaney A. Kane, who took the
first course (hlS brother, Samuel Nicholas
Kane, was said TO Lave been the smartest
navigator WHO ever came out of the Naval
Academy; Captain W. Montgomery Of the
Dauntless, BENEFITS famous yacht; VIM.
Woodward and John SHliman, owners OF the
prize-winning Wanda, a steam yacht;
Philip q. Low, formerly OF the United
States Navy; Oliver lseiIu, owner Of the
forty-f0oteTs atloat; William b. l'tln,
Clarence W. Postley, Henry Beiknap,
George ii. Ripley, A. Cass Garfield. Ans ON
Phelps Stokes; l.. a. tinke, owner OF the
Graylmg; j. IL. SteDbiuS, son of the
famous banker and owner of the sloGp-
Yacht MabeIle; ". L. Iselin Of the Rover,
ana Ralph y. Ellis OF the Regina, besides
Henry Grlswoid, Albert Gallup, Z. {.
Zerega, c. A. Post, +. b. Osborn. j. NJ.
Winslow, {. Ii. Leland. Colgate H0yt and
several dozen others equally well known III
yachting centers. EX-EHslSn Low or the
TugE 10 brush his
nautical requirements which had suffered
from long uISuSe.
In some classes there would be as many
as twenty amateurs, as was the case with
the Seawanhaka CUTinthIan Club which,
after the fashion OF tile Wise men VINO went
to sea altogether, went to the Admiral and
took their instruction simultaneously, like
any set OF laud-lubberS going TO school.
Then there were still others who, TO make
il easier for them selves, took their lessons
in navigation leiSurely at their cubs.
Among those VINO aid so were Roosevelt
Schuyler, EUen Clark, 1. Smith Lee, j. Les
lie Cotton ana j. Frederick IamS, The latter
long a prominent Igure at ocean races ana
international regattis. Indeed, souie OF the
gentlemen who undertook tue AdmiraPs
courses, having been yachtsmen Tor years,
might well have been scared away from
the precincts of BurlIng slip by the motto
that hung on the walls Ut the college, and
which reads:
He knows the compass, sail and oar,
or never ventures from the shore.
The Spartan style of the surroundings
and the implied Iebuke IN the cUuplet
quoted possibly decided them 10 prefer
their luxurious nook i'll tho club, with the
Admiral or Captain Bennington to steer
item safely through the resls and shadows
of the course.
The Admiral is a large man, with a frank,
open face ana a rudy complexion. His
successor, Captain Bennington, is an
Eugishman VINO has sailed tie q be, car
RED British troops to Egypt during the war
Their, taken stores through the Suez Canal
while the Soudanese war was raging;
Italian troops through to Aassowah to hight
the Abyssinians and British troops from
Rango0H to Mandaiay on iloLllla up the
raWaddy. Although only 50 years
old, he has spent sixteen at sea,
AMI during that time has been twice ship