New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-17

aboard bis Yacht send for the sailingmastcr, ana
say: Il think | will take n cruise around To Mar
hIcbcod Get under way by such and such
time lie would then take the cars for MAfpie
head and meet his yacht there, where he wouIu
again 20 on board. THIS was perfectly salis-
factory way Of yachting TO him and lac enjoyed ID
very much more than he would have, hhd he
been made uncomfortable and sick by the wlhuS
and waves Of Monomoy Point and Cape Goa.
Lester WallaclI when he owned the schooner
Columbia, used 10 furnish much amusement 10 MS
Yachting friends by his timidlty IN regard 10 tlc
wafer Even when he was commodore oil the New
York Yacht Club the Columbia on race days was
Generally anchored off Bay Ridge the commodore
having a pressing engagement somewhere up III 'he
country. One day Mr.. Wallack invited friend
70 visit his country-house up the Sound. Near the
house was anchored the Columbia. Now this
friend whom Mr. Walack had invited was one
of those uncomfortable yachtsmen who always
liked 10 be sailing about Mr. Wallack knew that
II he once rot there and saw the Columbia he
wonld insist on taking sail. The sky looked as
If there was going 20 be wind, too, and Mr. Wallack
WAS uneasy Finally he settled the matter by
ordering the saing-rnastcr to take the yacht over
to WhtestOne and keep her there as long as his
friend remained IN the house.
Some yachtsmen, on the other hand, have al
inordinate desire 10 be racing or cruising all the
time and always getting into gales or storms oil
come kind One class OF yachtsmen is the cruising
vachtsmcn-mcn who Own large schooncrs, com
mand them themselves and make long cruises
lasting sometimes two or three years, going 70 the
Mediterranean and around the world. John j.
Phclps. in his schooner Brnhildc has twice cir
mnayigated the globe. Lloyd Phoenix with his
schooner intrepid has cruiscd sometimes years at
q time In fact, there few spots in the world
which the Intrepid has not visited under the COM
mand Of her sl:lful owner
Mr. Vanderbilt on the Alva has twice crossed
the ocean and returned. The Dauntess. beside
the many transatlantic and Mediterranean voyages
which She made while IN the possession OF MT.
BENNETT has made many European cruises under
crI other American yachts lave made long eX-
tended VOYAGES, some OF them lasting for several
years good specimen OI the American yacht
ON which entertainments are frequent Is the nag
shin Electra, of the New York Yacht Club. When
an entertainment is III progress on board the Flee
ira. and very frequently there is luncheon, dinner
ar rcccption given there, the gigs OF the various
Yachts in which guests have come form nOtllla
which sprcads ont on cSh her side the Electra and
makes % most interesting and picturesque marine
srectaclc Flying from the stern Of each gig is
the American yacht ensign and in the bows the
private signals of the yacht-owners lie furlcd,
ready 10 be yiven to the brcczcs when the owners
shall step into their gigs again. Sailors in pictur
csaue costumes, strong and lusty and tronzed by
wind and waves, exchange tobacco and sea-yarns
from boat 10 boat As each gig comes up the shrlll
nirc Of the boatswain ushcIs the visiting captain
over the hagships side. IN abundant hospitality
is dispensed with unstintcd hand on board
On board the Ava entertainments less fire.
queny occur Ihe parry az d sn gene nJ I few
personal friends Mr.. Gould's entertainments on
board the Ataanta are also Of quiet and un-