The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-05-31
NEW MAVEN YACnr CEUB.

Tho Opening Sail Yesterday to Bradford
Point-A Delightful Day and Wen Car
ried Out Programs.
The following yachts took in the sail
Of the New Haven Yacht club yester-
day. Crowds witnessed the departure
of the fleet. The scene was very gay
and inspiring. and suggestive of the
pleasure afforded by "a life on the ocean
wave"
The yachts which formed the fleet
were the following: The Phantom,
Rival, Carrie W., Ariel, Sea Belle,
Edith. Niagara, lone and the Ceres.
| Promptly at $3.50 o'clock the signal gun
at the club house was fired, and this
| announced that the clubs fleet was in
commission. The flag on the club
house and on the flagship was then
hoisted and the colors were saluted by
| the fleet.
At 9:45 the signal gun for departure
was fired and the yachts passed in re-
view of the flagship on their way to
Branford. where the members of the
club and their friends dined at the
Branford Point house On board the
Rival were Vice Commodore II. S. Dick
inson, M. p Walker S. w Hum, c, r.
Bradley, w. w. Price, S. w. Little. f,
H, Benton, G. M. Castle, +. T, Kellogg
and Dr. D. ]. Brown
The Wild Pigeon, Commodore H. S,
Holcomb's yacht, had, besides the com
modore, Fleet Surgeon Hawkes., Secre-
tary r. w. Guion, Treasurer Chamber
lain. N. w, Kendall, Lyman Root of
Hartford, John I. Goodrich, General
| George H, Ford, Charles s. Kimberly,
General George M. Harmon, Joseph Por-
ter. f. w. Wheeler, George p North,
ex-Judge s. A. York, f. T. Tabor and
w. r. Clark,
The Clarence had on board a party
of naval militiamen, who were attired
in the regulation uniform. Among
them were Lieutenant Reynolds, Lieu
tenant Goodrich and Messrs. Hutchin-
son. Baker, Redfeld, Gallagher, Aver
i'll, Hawkin, G. N. Peck, w. A. Peck,
Webb, Russell, Hills, Masden and
| Whipple.
On board the Ceres were Captain J.
H, Parish, B. III. Mann, George w. Som
ers, Harry w. Asher, c. w. Holcomb,
| Charles Well and DR.. Frank Roberts.
The party on the Edith consisted Of
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Arthur Osborn, E. Henry Barnes, ex-
Judge Callahan, Charles Bartlett, Lieu
tenant Rodman V. Beach and Frank c.
futile.
Ex-Commodore ParmeIee, whose
yacht has just come off the ways at Nc
Donald's yard, Fair Haven, in a new
dress of paint, had a party of two or
three gentlemen on board the Phantom,
which has been completely remodeled
#. w. Cannon had small party on his
yacht, the Ariel, as did Rear Commo-
dore Hastings on the Carrie w.
The Sea Belle was in command of ex-
Commodore Seymolp, who had small
party of friends with him.
Tredwell Ketcham and a party of
two or three gentlemen were on the Nj
agara.
The sloop Castanea, owned by Messrs
Beecher and Coxeter. had ON board a
| small party.
The steamer Luzerne Ludington of
Fair Haven accompanied the fleet and
had aboard Captain Luzerne Luding-
ton, c. G. Rounds, William j. Foskett,
jr, N. p. Bishop, L. A. Elliott, Edward
e. Osborn and others. She had been
chartered by the committee to carry
members of the club and others not pro-
vtded for ON the yachts. She took off
about fifty persons in all.
The Ceres. which has been oXerhauled,