New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-10


tripped aboard OF the club steamer Taurus carry
yesterday morning with eyes looking full VOL
umes William Gardner the designer III d p'u'
cloth suit and a white straw hat, when ai'el
going on board, he changed for club cap tolowed
Captain Ellsworth Behind Mr.. Gardner came W III
lam H. Crane the comedian, who looked respiehueh'
and happy in a gnt-coored cloth suit, with a
iauntv air about him that refreshing ana
quite vachtsmanlike The comedian was immedl-
atey surrounded by crowd or frlehuS' VIM
greeted him in the most cordial ihah"r,' WI
Crane said he was board to see a race lie was
not disappointed vt.
commodore II. s Hovey. of the Eastern Yacht
club followed by many fellow members shower
the interest they had in the Pilgrim and jubilee
when only a few minutes on board lhefe was d"
atmosphere of pleasurable anticipation suilo"Nu.'e
the throng of persons VINO asseihOie" o''
Taurus at Pier No. |. North RIVER a"a'iie ,'e
hour If starting. They had chosen this particular
steamer for three reasons-to Witness inc
from a good elevation, to avoid danger vi 'e"
nogs and to enjoy the hospitality OF the New
york Yacht club whose guests they were ior 'i0
DAY. , o ,,,ooe
The morning was perfect. and there were p'
inc irdicatons of quite as much wind as there was
on Thursday For some reason lhere "''0
,a1i.s an,ong the two hundred passengers on 'he
Taurus but these few had resolute couh'eiia"0'''
for they had been told of rough seas anu ''' -
sibility of another Southern cyclone awaluns u'o"
out side the Hook, and han ueteIHihi'u W -"
., 400 tho race IL was quiet ana opserNi"S
-, .t;.b nlad the decks Of the Taurus when
o., s,e,ued away from her pier at precisely ~
o'clock and went down the bay 10 bay NUS
where she picked up just twenty addltiohai guests
who had come from their yachts anchoreu "eaip'
Between owls Head and Fort Hamilton uP'" VI.
right and left the water seemed fairly alive WIN
ste,rners Yachts and all kinds OF vessels, loaded
dovn with people The sensation of this part oil
the tourney to the Scotland light Tor many WAS
the appearance OF William Il Nanderoht steam
Yacht Valiant lying at anchor of Bay RIDGE
cllstcning with brasswork ana "hlte' s'eanli"7
,.,,,..s covered decks There seemed to be lew
,ooue on this vessel Mr.. Vanderbilt, with yacht
ing cap pulled down over his eyes Iouhgeu over
the rail while a group near him IN neat Eaci,'iS
dresses of dark blue attracted even more "''e"-
ton than he
,,,ho Iirb,sbin off the Hook was reached by the
Taurus and the floating squadron Of vessels about
II ~ O'Clock. The shining bright ana cled'
and there was pretty fresh breeze po"i"s lo'"
the. south Excursion boats, the CyShus' the
Ccpheus General Socum. Al Foster haNan"
Eliza Uancox and a number of tugs and mag
ninccnt squadron of steam yachts were swinging
about i'm the water IA short distance away from
the Scotland Lishtship. The collection OF craft
large and small. added animation 10 the scehe'
which was really beautiful one. The competing
yachts were preparing to come up TO the star''"s
line Az they sailed close to the excursion boats
with mighty cheers.
Tho race WAS started as soon as the yachts got
on the lnc the Pilgrim leading the Hcet ana the
Colonia following closely on her heels. Inc "ihd
WAS not strong as 1t was on lhursudE' o"'
there was considerable more ginger in the con-
test for the Bosonians than ON that day wheh'
AZ some of them declared after the withdrawal OF
rho Jubilee and Pilgrim. there no snap IN
the days sport for them The sail over the course
after the yachts WAS without incident. but every
man and woman the Taurus followed with eager
and hopeful eyes the performances OF the craft
said "A yachtsman the Taurus ITS u splendid
racing day and this is a good race The yachts
have since the start had good full sailing breeze
an cieht-knot breeze, just the sort of one IN
which to try the racing qualities Of the light
rhc scene on The Taurus the Visilant crossed
the line at the Scotland Lightship ahead OF the
Jubilee one OF intense excitement Cheer
after cheer went up from the crowd, ana the
whistle shrcked its utmost. The scene on the
Yachts steamers and tugs footed their whistles
the sailing craft fired their guns and bells on ne
Al the scene were the Valiant, Conqueror. Nedette,
Iturne. Iris. Shearwater l.agonda and Viking
MimS queen Siab Alert Iildegarde with George
J. Gould and party on board. and the Gtana. The
United States revenue cutter Grant also con
trbutcd to the din and noise at the END oil the
During the journey homeward the Taurus mar
rowIy escaped bens run into by the tug Edgar ba Il
blew out her piston rod and became unmanageabe
Clouds OF steam rushed from the engine room OF me
tug and for "A short time there genuine eN,
citement and suspense among the passengers on the
Taurus. =,
without stopping, matters on the tug mended.
and she proceeded on her course up the bay, only
To- Ice called the assistance OF the agile Feiseen.
which had suffered accident and appeared TO
hc sinking bow first. \ tug stood by the Feiseen
until the arrival of the Luckenbach and the Va
, 80
Mrs cyrus Field Judson. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
iauterbach who had Mrs. Phillips. of New-Or-
loans as their guest; Mrs. Hopkins. Brayton Ives,
Miss Grace fioughton, Mr.. and Mrs. j.; Van
Schaick eddie. Mr. and Mrs; }. Fisher Banks.
Mr. and Mrs r; Martinez Mr.. and Mrs. r. a.
Peabody MIR. and Mrs. r. H. Halstead. the Misses
yelling Richard W. g. yelling, f T. underhill.
Charles Russell Hone William Kent. of Tuxedo;
Paul Gilbert Thebaud. Alexander Taylor. Charles
Chamberlain Julian Potter. Duncan Cameron,
send d. s. Ellsworth, II. y. Alden Aanson Tucker.
Frederick Brown IL NJ. Cook. James w. Hayward.
b. Floyd Jones, d. L, Austin. Amos T. French;
" H. r Hughes, \. NJ Cahoone Colonel Daniel
Appleton. Adrian Iselin. liz Chauneey, Marshall.
G. G. Worthington. Percy Hoyt, =. \. Willard. }.
Soweu Tappan, F. G. Grifiths, r. III. Henderson.
! Charles X Reekman. George \. Adee. George h.
Chase. j. c. Tappin H. c. Mortimer, II. NJ. Barry,
T.. NJ Padeford and 5. L. Blagden.