New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-05
THE OWEENE COMES FORTH.
A NEW RICHMOND " THE FIELD.
GIouANA, swIFTDsT OF YACHTS. MAY YET
MDET A WORTHY RIVAL.

| GIoNANA, swTFTDsT OF YACHTS. MAY YET
MDET WORTHY RIVAL.
The victory of the Owecne at the recent special
races at Marblchead has Brought new Richmond into
the field Heretofore had supposed that the
Oweene WAS 4" in it, Now she stands forth as the
champion to do battle with the Gl0riana
The Alborak was, after all, mere experiment.
General Paine said after she designed that she
brute' and merely exemplihcaton of force. ar
said be, anything had been at stake should
have built the AlbOrak'
This confession of General Paine puts further the
settlement of the vexed question to who put the lines
Of speed into the Puritan MaynOwer, Volunteer
whether II was Paine or Burgess.
That the Oweene can beat the Gloriana no who
has seen the two boats sail can believe. Still the
oweene emerging from obscurty, has shown the yacht
ing world that there is yet to be race in the 46fOot
class This must be said with proviso, however,
and that is that the oweene holds together Ions
enough to make a race
SO far not Of the Boston boats has gone ont
without something about her being carried away The
B,atrx the first boat Of the Boston feet which
managed to make a race, and she went on the ways
the next day. because her centreboard was jammed,'
or something Of that kind.
Now is II not possible 10 build boat IN this country
which shall be at once swift and sure?
Are racing machines put together with tacks and
gluei
When those racing machines fail Of their only pur
pose that Of producing speed what virtue can be &C
corded them This Is not the fault Of Lawley, the
yachtbryder who for the last few years has been
dominant but Of those who have ordered yachts of him.
II Is said that OF the owners OF Of the lew
46footers remarked at the clubhouse Of the Eastern
Yacht Club the otter night that when he walked on
the deck OF his yacht he seemed to be threading
waves" fragile the construction.
Now as to the Glorana. Every man who builds
sails yacht stands aghast at the prices charged
by the Herreshoffs. Only wealthy man can afford
TO have boat built at Bristol. But that boat win
stand all SEAS all winds and Is built for generation.
Speaking Of the Herreshoffs few people know who
they are, except that they build good boats They are
a family which has been settled In Bristol for over
100 years and related to the Browns and the God
dars the great mercantile families Of the State, whose
villages numbered by scores and whose employees
by thousands.
As it is now, all Of the 4efooters except the
Ilderim have sailed and she has not done so be-
cause Of the absence Of her owner in Europe.
The Boston boats have sailed with the Cos
soon and the Gossoon has sailed with the
Minerva and Jesslca The Jessra has sailed with
! the Gossoon and from that @ view point some
knowledge can be had Of the relative merits Of all OF
the boats excepting of course, the nderim which is
to be next years boat.
This does not take into consideration the Boston
by the Gloriana. Unfortunately the Nautilus Is not
to be considered. She is second Atlantic, and the
Pride Of Bay Ridge has not been able to exalt its home.
1t must be Of pride for the greatest
yacht club on this side Of the water the New-York
Yacht Club to year after year this struggle go
for the improvement Of American yachts and to feel
| that IL has no part parcel in IT,
Its cOmmodore's yacht Is a splendid affair and goes
| by steam. Wealth and taste and all the esoteric
knowledge of Wall Street in the New York Yacht
Club but for years good racing boat has out
! of it. OF course every yachtsman Of wealth after
he begins TO 20 into this sport OF kings" Joins the
| New-York Yacht Club and when the members
that E. D. Morgan so bent on getting fast
yacht he was, because Of hts great wealth, and the
| possibilities that In him. elected
vice-commodore Of the club. SO they elected mem
bers General Paine Edward Burgess, Sir Richard SUIT
and Of other yachtsmen after their
had become assured, but of late from the
controlling element of the club has forth ono
man who built sailed racing yacht The New
York Yacht Club stands to-day In America as moribund
and useless in the yachting world rs does the Royal
Yacht Squadron Of England. only there certain
essential differences In the makeup Of the members.
Speaking Of the New-York Yacht Club brings one
naturally TO the ROYAL Yacht Squadron that nStitu
ton which recently baokbalcd Captain Gilbert, OF the
Pnsfore and thrown into panic by the announce
ment by the young Emperor of Germany that he in
tended to race the Meteor for the Queens Cup.
hurried council of the magnates OF the Squadron
called and their noble heads were put together to
devise some mems by which the catastrophe could DO
averted. But the win Of William Of HohenzOllarn
trumphed as II has done heretofore. He tho
spirit Of opposition. and got his cousin Prince George
Of Wales & agree 10 sail the boat.
When Prince George entered the Meteor what was
to be said With all their faults the
British throne. so the Meteor will sail in the for
the Queens Cup, with Prince George at the helm.
The Meteor, by the by, Is the old Thistle under o
new name. The vain quest Of the Thistle in these
waters for the Americas Cup is well known For her
the search a. vain was the quest OF the Holy
Grail to the Knights Of Arthur's Rounl Table.
France, always a rccuperltve nation is to have nj
last a real Yacht club The yacht owners Of the
Yacht Club de France pctitiOred the Minister Of
Marine to be set aside from their wealthy but
Yachting members, who had grown so numerous and
the club was organized was in danger Of
being neglected. Thu Minister OF Marine
To divide the club, but suggested that the yachOwncrs
who felt that a Yacht club formed for the pro.
motion of Yachting should form club By themselves.
This they have done and IL IS pity that like division
does not occur, as In time IL certainly WILL in
two Yacht clubs In America. 1t might be well for
American yachtSmen to bear in mind. that fast
yachts are being built on this side Of the Atlantic, that
there are two cups held in England which should be
brought back here These the Cape Nav and
Rrcnfon,s Reef Challenge cups won nv the Gencsta
when she came here They not the cup II IS
true but still they are trophies which belong on this
side OF the water.