New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-30
OF INTEREST TO YACHTSMEN.
A NEW BOOK FULL OF STATISTICS.
MANY PAGES DEVOTED To THE srBJEcT-PIcT-
TRES OF wEII~KNowN CRAFT RULES

MANY PAGES DEVOTED TO THE svBIECT-PcT
TRES or wEII-KNowN CRAFT RULES
GOVERNING THE ei-FoOT CLASS.
II Is safe 10 say that in The history Of yacht
ing has more ronderous tome" been published on
the subject than that recently issued by the Inter
national Yacht Publishing Company. 1t is called
The Yachts and Yachtsmcn Of America" and con-
tains great deal OF Information. most Of which
Is 50 accurate TO furnish data for the casual
writer. In this respect 1t Is valuable. There are
C92 pages in the book and these pages goat OF
length ana breadth. There are also pictures Of
yachts bu; which have not been published he
fore. OF these 692 pages lG} taken up With the
following subjects: Evolution of the Yacht. History
Of Yachting. Yachting in the United states Speed
Records Of Sailing Yachts. Type OF Yachts Centre
boards the Rig Of Yachts Cost of Yachting and
Yacht Decorations and Trophies.
The rest of the tome" for IL il not really book
and tome" sounds big and cumbersome anyway.
Is occupied with histories Of the yacht clubs OF
the United States and Canada. and sketches OF
certain club members and their boats. The first
i6} pages not remarkable for originality In
anything except the English used where the quo
tation marks are dropped and the author works his
own sweet Will with the Presidents English. Such
sentences as this. for instance startling at first.
'She Che Goriana) IS one of nine yachts Of 'he Sc
foot class, designed by y. c. IIerrcshom and built
by the Herreshon Manufacturing Company in the
year 1891
Now 1t Is well known that the Herreshons never
built but two 46-fooers that the word ever fard Of
AMI those were the Goriana and Wasp. \ careful
analysis of the sentence viii snow that the author
was trying 10 convey the idea that there, were
nine 4G-footers built In he year 1881. and that
the Gioriana was bulit by thu great Bristol boat
builders.
As a work Of compilation the first lGs big pages
are OF considerable value but the moral 10 be- drawn
from them g. Hold 1t the good which thou
hast The author has done this in instance,
and in the part devoted 10 the speed records Of
sailing yachts" has appropriated from Forest ana
Stream and other sources the whole chapter
nearly always using the quotation marks and
giving credit when they are left out.
After the 1851 page comes the bulk OF the pom
derous book. 1t is taken up with the sketches OF
the history OF many yacht cubs and bOgrl phies Of
many members OF those clubs sometimes with
pictures and sometimes without. and something
about the yachts enrolled In the clubs The pho4-
ophy OF human NE has frequently been summed
up by the aged loungers about the glowing stove II
u New England village store In the words. Human
mater IS human mater" \eary every has
seen "hlstOrianS' come TO his township. inspired
with the Idle, OF writing a history ~ IL. Almost
everybody has given ch."rful.y 10 the historian
Information about himself AMI his family. possibly
for the book aftorward. Sow Il yachsman loves
his boat better than b" does his new house. and
would rather SEQ q sketch %, himself I'm any pub
Ncltlon on yachting tnan in a history OF his town
ship
The paper ami pictures Of The Yachts and
NachtSfnen OF Americl'' excellent. Ia- type
t. good and tho proofrealing fair Us size IL pre-
those interested IN yachting 10 have about FOR
ref.