New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03

Ne was successful in business, and as means Oh
relaxation took TO yachting. sport OF when ne iidn
been exceedingly fond from lis earliest days ANA
IL will be as a yachtsman that Mr.. schuyler VIII DC
remembered in America with peculiar pride lie was
O yachtsman, first, last, and always The roinlauoh
Of a Yacht club in New-York early engaged his at
tention.
1t was on the afternoon of July 30. 1s44' accord
ing TO a contemporary chr0ncler, that numDer Vi
gentlemen assembled aboard the yacht "iDcracR
then lying of the Battery for the purpose OF oreahH
ing a Yacht club. The first commodore OF the Ne"'
York Yacht Club was John c. and the other
associates of Mr. schuyler in the formation OF the
club were Hamilton Wilkes, John {. JAY LOUIS A.
Depau George b. Rollins and James Rogers Inc
first cruise of the new club was sailed Cd Inc oon'lq
In August 1914. 4 fleet Of nine yachts attchoeo
II. and Mr. schuyler was captain Of the yacht Tho
Dream Mr. schuyler has sailed in every cruise OF
the New-York Yacht Club. He has seen it, develop
ment and the great increase IN il, fleet. and only
few DAYS before he began his last cruise he spoke
hopefully Of the future prospects of the club.
The victory Of the famous schooner yacht America
over The Royal Yacht squadron of Cove, England
deserves a place in American history because
IL caused a scros of international contests
which have been of surprising interest Oh both sides
Of the Atlantic
George L. SCHUYLER John c. stevens. Hamilton
Wilkes, James Hamilton, J. BeelInan Finlay and I'd
win y. Stevens the original owners Of the
America Tho America is ahoat and in commission.
All Of her first owners dead. The America
was launched at New York In l71l and IN August
OF that year went to England, and boldly challenged
for the Cup Of the Royal Yacht squadron. The Cup
was then known The Queens Cup" but on
August 10 1851 as all the world knows, the America
cautured IT, and of late it las popularity called
The Americas Orp.@ The America raced over the
sixty mile course around the Isle Of Wight between
o 80 a. aud 80 p. and beat her nearest com
pctitor by twenty minutes. Quoen Victoria was an
anxious spectator of the and, ii Is said, asked
eagerly when the America sailed away from he Eng
hsh fleet And which is secondI" Alas your
Majesty" the reply, there Is no second Tho
victory Of the Volunteer over the Thistle IN the laSs
races for the cup equally decisive.
II not until 1870 that member of the Royal
Yacht squadron puckcd mp courage to try
10 recover the trophy. Meanwhile, in loJl. the cup
had passed into the keeping Of the Ncw-York Yacht
Club having been presented to ii by the Americas
owners a perpetual challenge cup. James Asbury's
Cambria was the first British challenger The Magic
defeated her without difficulty. Then followed the
rout Of the Livonia the Countess of DuAcrln, the
Atalants, the Gencsta, the Gaatca, and. last but not
least, of the scottish Thistle. The Gcnesta Galdea
and Thistle took place In 1873, lose and 1857
The Puritan and the Mayrowcr kept the cup during
1885 ana 1883. British yachtsmcn were aroused u
fevcr of anxiety for its possession and in 1887 be
ncving that the third time IN succession Is lucky they
sent over the Thistle. Iut the luck" remained witt
America II is not right however, 10 can it " luck
1T was pluck and Burgess that did it," somebody
has SAID.
The first DAYS race was sailed under weather cOndi
tons conceded by both ,de> 10 BE- favorable TO TN
Thistle Mr. schuyler 10 whom in l-e2 the Ncw-fori
Yacht Club. when ne was the sole survivor Of t'
original owners OF the America had returned the cup
and by whom shortly aitciwagd II was decided BACK u
the club for perpetual challenge cup accu a
referee in the Th.5tIc olanteer mstche>.
The writer of this article called Oh him at M
home in No. ~ West Thirty -hIstSt; on the niSSh
before the hrst race VIA S ncN, G mGrnimc
kut he still Ia his sitting ROOM ana he take
for an hour about the prospects OF the race IL
was nervous, and said so Vow nc "onid st u9 low
he would walk 10 the window lie g'Icd AT IN
Sky He wondered how the weather would be ho'
the wind would be- lie asked MS visitor II he Ia
heard the latest weather forecast. and said, NOR
than once If the Thistle i going 70 win Il race, sh
will do it tomorrow Undoubtedly the captur
Of the Cup by the scots would have been "a sever
Ilow 10 Mr. schuyler But his anXietics, like III
out foundation. The abintleo OF the Thistle "cr
much overrated, both by the challenscrs and III
After the defeat of the Thistle Mr. SCHUYLER gave III
club a new Of ei aud IL, altered conditions hav
proved highly unsatisfactory 10 foreign yachtsinei
fumors OF british challenges have been plentlh
mas sent "a boat Within the lat few month
there has been some talk OF submitting the deco
IN TO Mr. schuyler FOR reconsideration. What IN
Now York Yacht Club Will DO now Is uncertain SON
ncnul arc In favor substituting intcrnatiOns
nr1ze: but IA A member Of the Yacht club said yestr
Law IL j. the Americas cap that the british YACHT
men want and II is not likely that they would eadll
challenge for any other
WNfe Mr. schuyler IS he grew old saw the cup an
ete mmemacy Of American Yachting Pre,ervcd by SUI
cessiye models certainly improving hin heart was tr
c.vsatfon "a "REMINISCENCES Of those early days