Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-24
AMATEUR SAILORS
1000 American Yachts Which
$4,000 People Enjoy.
SPORTSMEN OF INLAND WATERS.

Yachtsmcn In California.
At this season Of the year no class OF our
citizens enjoys itself more than yachts
men. To he sure, the pleasure is costly,
but when you reflect that IL gives employ
ment to fifty or sixty thousand people, and
that the money Of the millionaire thus
flows through hundreds Of channels of
trade, going round and round like n tract
distributor doing good, the chief lamenta-
ton Of the onlooker may well he that he,
too, cannot join the gay procession whose
privilege il is 10 HE away from hot and
dusty streets, plunge into the recesses of
the ocean blue.
In looking over some Of the yachting rec
ords Of the year it will be found that more
than 5000 splendidly equipped craft be-
longing to ninety-three American yacht
clubs 90 into commission and sail some
where between the list Of May and Novem-
Der. During this period all the interesting
points on the seaboard, lakes and navi-
gable rivers Of the country are probably
visited by one or more OF these fleet winged
boats. And they carry new life wherever
they stop.
In poin; OF numbers and 10y reason of its
age, having been organized in 1874. the
New York Yacht club naturally heads the
list. Its roll of membership comprises
nearly 200 names, and their owners reside
in all parts of the United States, aud some
in London. Paris, Naples and elsewhere on
the continent. OF yachts, they own seven
ty-one steamers, seyenty-nine schooners
and seventy-scven sloops aud cutters, or n
total of ~. The remainder Of the ninety
odd clubs are located on the shores Of New
York. Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland, vir-
ginia. South Carolina, North Carolina,
Georgia. Florida. Alabama, Louisiana and
California.
In addition to the foregoing are the
Hamilton Yacht club, of Hamilton, Can
ada; the Qlcbec Yacht club, the ROYAL
Nova Scotia Yacht club, stationed at Hall
fax. the Toronto Yacht club, at Toronto,
Canada, and the Habana Yacht club. of
Cuba. There are also several ice Yacht
clubs in the United States. /, will he seen
therefore that hex ~ baseball and horse
racing no diversion is more popular in
America than that Of yachting.
In the ~neighborhood of New York the
yachting season begins ON what is known
as Decoration Day, but the formal OPEN
ing is on regatta day, which is some time
during the first or second week in June,
according TO the tide. The yachts then
separate, and join in the cruises of neigh
boring clubs, or follow the inclinations OF
their respective owners. OF late years IL
has become fashionable to spend u part of
the summer on the lakes or in Canadian
waters, and good cruising is found among
The Thousand Islands, especially il the en-
thusiast is the fortunate possessor OF a
steam yacht. The return is made about
the latter part of July or the first part of
August, when the season Is at its height
at Newport and other watering places, and
it Is in order to prepare for the annual
cruise. The latter occupies two or three
weeks, and this year it is expected that the
cruise will be more interesting than ever,
because the fleet will probably comprise
l40 yachts.
1t must not be supposed, however, that
all the good seamanship IL confined to the
Atlantic coast. Some of the best sailors
n truest sportsmen are to be found Oh
the lakes, and in point Of elegance, il not
Of speed, many OF their craft will vie with
those of their more ostentatious neighbors
of the east. The conditions of wind and
wave being different. the ablest seaman
ship is often required. and qualities are
evoked from captain and crew under Ger
tain circumstance that would put on their
mettle the hardest and most skillful of
their salt water brethren. This is especially
true Of the gentlemen who belong to the
clubs of Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Buff
falo, Cleveland, Rochester and elsewhere
In the interior. II Is not less character
istic of the yachtsmen of California, where
the weather IL more t~reacherous than in
the east, and at times calls for the exhibi-
tor Of rare judgment, courage and ability.
In the Bay OF San Francisco there are
from twenty-five to thirty yachts, and at
least two clubs, II not three, composed of
enthusiastic owners and amateur sailors.
among them gentlemen Of the type Of
Stewart Menzies, the Spreckles brothers,
Philip Caduc, j.. V. Coleman, Cornelius
O'Connor, J. c. Cousins and the Crockers.
Their club houses are models and their hos
pitality OF a kind that a man never likes to
leave. Their officers nave entertained dis
tinguished visitors from the Atlantic
states. Europe and Australia. The cruises
of some Of the fleet, notably the Casco,
have extended to Santa Cruz, San Diego,
the South Sea islands, Puget sound and
many other picturesque places. As is the
custom In the east, many of the own
ers Of yachts use them for both pleasure
and business, sailing home at night after
the days work is done and returning by
rail In the morning. Every year two large
social parties are given, the first In the
early spring 10 open the season, and the
second In the autumn, when sailing for the
year is formally ended. When il comes to
racing OF the Pacific, however, especially
ifHstOrm LEstumbirl NJ the water, alands
man wants Ia he at hurne.
The Carulinas. Georgia, Florida, and the
Gulf of Mexico ing the shores Of o.
bama and lIp pc, 49, r'D frN.,
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organized, Hnd a Summers recrrHtio 10
intensified by the kindred sports Of fishing
and hunting. L. q. III FOSTAINE.