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

and tapering spars. On her he can take his
family for cruise during the summer months.
| With her he can sail races, and on her he can
entertain his friends. Forty-footers will do for
bis sons, but when man is forty, when the hair
| begins TO thin silver on the head, something
: larger. more ro0my and more substantial than the
! fOrty-footer is necessary. Some young men, TOO,
| prefer the schooners. But they are young men
who intend generally make loEe cruises. For
! the wealthy man whose means are practically
unlimited, the big steam yacht is the favorlte
! boat. In her he can go 10 Europe, the west IN
| dies Madagascar. the North Pole, or wherever MS
! fancy may lead him, without suffering the incoh-
venienccs of ordinary routes OF travel. In her ne
can surround himself with luxury to whlch
his wealth entities lin. class OF steam yachts
which for long time has been popular on INC
other side, and is becoming deservedly pop
ular here, is the auxiliary steam yacht, which
can either steam or SAIL and is especially adapted
| 10 long cruises Trenor l.. Parks new steam
yacht Sultana and the Golden Fleece recently
| chartered by Frank Osborn, are the best examples
of auxiliary steam yachts on this side.
There is still another class of steam yachts
which pertains 10 the man OF fortune, hut not OF
| great wealth that is the small steam yacht Inc
| New-Jcrscy Governor Abbctts little steamer, Is
good example of this kind Of steam yachts
| a.
! Roomy anu comfortable, and capable OF cruising
/ anywhere along the coast, such yachts are run
I at an expense which, compared to the cost OF
| running a larger steam yacht, is mere TRUE,
| and vet there is good deal Of solid comfort ana
| enjoyment to be gotten out of them. 10 return
to the subject of sailing yachts, it has been saio
| that canoe clubs the nurseries oil Corln'il'"h
| yacbtsmcn. If so a catboat is their kinder
garten The cost Of running catooat IS so sh'aii
| that il is within the means OF every clerk 'ia'
works on q fair salary. For real sport ana SAIL
| ing. for school in which scaman-llke SKIN can
| be learned and quickness of eye and hama cuiu-
waited there is no better place than the ca'ooa''
| At this season Of the year, all up ana down th'
S0nnd the white-sailed cGtboat Is seen Sllun'S l"
and out Of harbors making her way eastward ",
ward the lands Of flashing waters "li"
| Goa blown brcezcs or back toward the smoky
| city. On nearly all of these are paI'ieS ="
vounc mon ENJOYING their summer vacation
in a bcalthful and manly manner, the eiects Oh
which will linecr in mind and body long ai'cr
| clio sborcs of tbc Sound shall become desolate
and barren under the winters ice and snow. NO
miIIionairc. dashing along in his great steam
yacht can know or experience the pleasures oil
tha cotbo1t sailor As he looks down from MS
docL uno, thc little boat past which ms maJcs'o
steamor ulourhs her way there may come 10 MN
y memory of days when he vas not millionaire
and he too saIIcd n catboat But lls miillohs cah
not bring back that day again, and his steamer chi
not afford him that freshness OF HE ana he'n an"
tbc strong glad spirit of the sea when peahis o'
~ 600 % tho cotboat sailor There are some
,aobtsncn who. while they own boats and wear
uniforms. are very chary in the manner III winch
they trust Themselves on the water
There was a man in Rhode Island once VINO
ou,rcd n fine schooner yacht and entertained
hoard her when she was anchored in the placid
,yotcrs Of Narragansctt Bay. But seldom did he sail
on her. His yachting was done something IN TINS
wov: He would get himself up in his UNIFORM so