The evening times., 1895-09-10
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YACHTING BEyLE

ferring 70 take tningb easy IN Q cruising
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YACHTING BELLE.
No article about women who race yachts
in England would be complete without a
reference to Miss Lord. With the onc-rater
Fay, last year. she sailed no less than
sixty races and all told carried off forty
prizes. Her father owns q big schooner,
the Sea Belle, and the little Fay is trans
ported from port to port, wherever there
happens to be racing going On, swung from
her davits. Miss Lord has new Fay this
year which promises to be equally as
successful as the old one.
But though In yacht racing English wo-
men thus far have only entered the smaller
classes there are several who own large
sailing yachts which they use for cruising
purposes.
TITLED CAPTAINS.
One of the bigxestbelopgs to Lady Cliff
ford, widow OF SIS Robert Cavendish Spen-
Ger Clifford, long iYeoman Usher OF the
Black Rod She ma be credited with open
ing up a rev prcfes.:sn for women, for she
is the first woman in; England to obtain a
board of trade certificate as captain which
gives her absolute command of her own
yacht She has long been fond of a life
on the ocean wave and being woman who
enjoys having her own way, the came TO
the conclusion, after sundry experiences
with skippers who occasionally let the
wine run in while their wits ran out. that
the only way to get II was to have herself
invested with such authority as would
make dlsobedience To her orders Will"
at sea rank mutiny which the laws of the
realm might punish severely. 30, being
already proficient in seamanship, she stud
led navigation, went before the board
of trade passed a satisfactory examina-
ton and is now captain as well as ownerof
her own yacht. or course, when she goes
on a cruise she has a competent sailing
master and crew on board, but there is no
longer question of divided authority.
On board of her own yacht, Lady Clifford
lis at all times .'She W 40 must be obeyed.'
Another one OF the 'grandes danes" of
English society who is fond OF going to
sea in a big yacht OF her own is the Hon.
Mrs. Meysell- Ingram, eldest daughter OF
the late YiscOunt Halifax. She has large
estates in Staffordshire and Yorkshire,
is a Lady Bounriful" among the poor,
and a pillar OF the church. She was one
of the bellies of the season when in 1868
she married Hugo Mynell. who then put a
hyphen after his name and annexed the In
grau. He was an NJ. p. aud fox hunter
of historical renown, but he never owned
a yacht or had any taste for yachting.
1t was not until after his death in 1871
that Mrs. Meynell-Ingram took TO salt
water. Her present yacht, the schooner
Ariadne,, she purchased in 1856. The
craft is one OF the largest two-stickcrs
afIoat, being 1873 feet long. with a beam OF
25 feet and depth OF nearly 10. She
is a splendid vessel in hard blow, and
is large enough to go anywhere. Mrs. Mey-
nell Ingram has made frequent trips to
the Mediterranean in her and one to the
Baltic. She is rich enough to own
steam yacht, but she is a true daughter
of a nation that owes its ascendancy TO
its mastery of the sea, and prefers The ex-
element and exhilaration OF wet sheet
and a flowing sea to the comfort and luxury
OF slipping on an even keel in a miniature
floating hotel.
By deeds and not by words women are
winning their way in the world in these
days Nobody need be surprised il some
day a challenge for the Americas cup
should come from syndicate of English
yachtsw omen, every one OF whom knows
how to sail a boat to perfection.