New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-31

wind and a good roll Of sea. the list OF pre'Ne
Is almost always In evidence. But nothing 80,
happened on the sailing yachts. They were '' p,
even II they did crack spar or spit ''' =,
and then 1t did look little odd 10 see SUM
them bring 10 into the wind merely to house wy
mas, and Il NAV be understood that 1t was p'o"
ing pretty fair-szed guns when In runhi's 100
u,c This some abe boats found II desirable Ia S'o'
in coupe OF ucks. And. Indeed when the 'ons
Jubilee came in to New-London from the east -,
storm trysail and small staysal set, she hsu "''
the appearance OF weather. ,,rv
Tho Amorta won easily In her Glass; pe''"o
Shamrock handily: and the Queen Nab had he' ~
venre on the Wasp by giving her nearly minute
star, and beating her over half an hour Inc gam,
little cutter that had for many days struBs''
hurricanes in the Atlantic and had surVVea ~
worst treatment that any yacht received IN ','e
ocean passage in her cement to-ua'' anu
showed what she made OIL ,1 ,bers was
But these are only Individual cases ana hers -,
Of wn1e aS Sass S r enr almost escape
necessary notice. This was the thru @ r,ssmarle
In which Ariel. Marguerite. lroquos anu arisl
contested Here the brilliant and ance anT IF he
Cary Smiths product. a beautiful thihg, ooN co. Of
Iroqnos which preceded suydam Paimer's former
schooner the Marguerite. by about Two m' fIIy con-
trbuted their quota In exhibiting the eNSe cen toss
American schooners. The Old Mcnank got ca, ro II
which made her get up and shake herseli cle.. .
good-szed deckioad Of water and the old cen MIN
board schooner hardly showed to advah cannot be
made capsiZe She was sailed all right anu " 100
good a boat she was. but cFal' ~, -
that only draws eight feet Of water Is ou' ,r
date now. and perhaps one man may pe ,Sa Non.
tauk careened like this to-day: The ony c"iiing
OF the day did not. however. happen on SAIL,
vessel and when such ameniable accidents ~ ~ ~
which is mentioned in another column o'Cniii ~
lovers Of the sails prefer to say that steam ana "O'
canvas. Is responsible.
The breakdown which the Defenders conl,
pcated steering-gear suffered was one "'o.e
lesson that these ncw-fangel conirivancrs, aie
OF all kinds have been tried in hns .,inn
with the unvaryng result that vac ,,fri
prefer the simple tiller TO any form oi ~"
cate machinery As seen on Nalkyfic H. :,
very long steel tllcr. assisted on heavy uaS rbSa
powerful side tackle. does the whole business u.
same simplicity is utilized on Nalkyric Ill ana ~
is all rubbish to suppose that system 81 .'s
wheels will In very Hight catspaw weather hlloN ~
nre steering. The simple pressure OF one ,.l.r'
on a tillo' is notlceahly affected by every ait,I"
as (, cats IN Into nukey catspaws. In such lltnl
breezcs these the cogwheels dcad'n thr nm
pulse and shut of the proper comm inca ..o''S
tween the helmsman and his boat. ines" Two ","o
all be OF one piece. Every vibration 10 mater ntN
small must also vbrate into the nelmsman; ana r.
must not he left otherwise TO IND ont me n,'"
things which tiller speaks 10 him. ana Wnn,i'h a
system OF cogwhecls totally secretes. iil''tt :.
n teller that is eloquent. md tells what NJ" p,aN
is doing lust the motion OF hors" t'i'n .'r
rider exactly what II Intends to do when comm"
TO fence. -. r,,,o,tor
The Jumping and throwing round that me loeiennrr
received today dcvelonel different objections 'nsn
these TO The use the wheel racing yachts o 'liS
kind but 1t only added further ohJecu9ns 10 ,i'nS
which already ought be sufficient There - nm
enough 20 make the change and ~ wouI nS ."a
more satisfactory TO the Defender nt'cd WI" !"
good and sufficient tiller.