The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-24
LADIES TO GO ON THE YACHTS.
HANDSOME PRIZES FOR YACHTS
ENTERING THE RACES.

The Boats TO start From the Yacht
Club at $3.50 O'Clock This After
nOOn-The Course Around "A stake
Boat at the Mouth of Herb River.
Charleston Tnchtsmen Invited TO
BE Present-Members OF The Sa-
Vannah Yacht Club TO Build Boat
by subscription Among Them
selves to Beat the Katrinka, and
Bring Back the Loving Cup.
The annual Ladies' day regatta OF the
Savannah Yacht Club. which takes place
this afternoon at the club house at Thun-
derbOlt viii be perhaps the most interest
ing event of the season with the yachts
men. The presence Of the ladies on the
yachts always gives the day an added
pleasure. and while they all strive for
honors. there is not near so much hard
work connected with sailing the yachts
as there is on the occasion of a regular
regatta.
The yachtsmen began making entries
yesterday for these races, the names Of
one OF two well-known sloop yachts be-
ing given TO the secretary, Mr.. NJ. A. Co
hen. 1t is not required, however, that
an the entries be made until y o'clock
noon to-day and the probability is that
most of them Will be made this morning
The prizes, which have been purchased
by the sailing committee, are all handsome
sterling silver ornaments, each suitable
TO be presented by the winners to a lady,
one. Of course who sails on the winners
yacht The first prizes are two handsome
silFer-mounted opera glasses, and the 9TH
ers are a solid silver comb and brush,
silver brush and hligree case, a silver cup,
a silver sewing set and a silver buckle and
bicycle belt with pocket-book attached.
The committee has not yet decided just
TO what classes these prizes will be pre-
scented. but the silver opera glasses will
go as first prizes TO the two highest
classes.
The races will start promptly from the
club house at 4:30 O'Clock D. m. The club
house nag will be lowered at 4:2O o'clock
p. m, and a cannon fired as a signal 10
get ready. The next signal will be for tho
start and there will be intervals of five
minutes between the start Of each class.
The course to be sailed over is about
nine miles in length, being from the club
house twice around a stake boat anchored
at the mouth Of Herb river, and across
the line in front of the club house. The
rule that each yacht must carry a mem
Der OF the club and one or more ladies is
imperative.
Nearly all the yachts whose owners ere
members of the club will undoubtedly en-
ter these races. Those yachts for which
there are no others Of the same class will
probably sail over the course with the
racers, and keep up with all that is going
on. Maj. W. A. Wilkins of Waynesborc,
who took party over to Charleston on
his handsome schooner yacht. the Triton,
viii be back this morning and the Triton
Will be on hand at the races
The members of the Savannah Yacht
Club have extended a cordial invitation
to members of the Carolina Yacht Club
to visit them on this occasion and a NUM-
Der OF them are expected, including Com
modore Andrew Simonds and Vice Com
mOdOre Henry Tucker. In addition to
the invitation already extended them,
they were telegraphed again yesterday
and urged to be present with as many
members OF the Charleston club as can
possibly come.
This regatta is always distinctively
ladles DAY al the yacht club, and no
DOUBT there will be many ladies present.
one particular object of these regattas
is TO give the lady friends of the mem
bers of the yacht club a pleasant days
ouuhB on tne yachts, and those who at
Jehd always enjoy It. The occasion Is
one In which much interest is always
taken, ana the regatta will undoubtedly
The members Of the Savannah Yacht
Club are enthusiastic over the PROPOSE
ton TO build a syndicate boat, sloop
yacht Katrinka and bring to Savannah
the silver loving cup, which the Katrinka
won on two occasions, and has kept In
Charleston ever since. This cup was pur-
chased jointly by the Savannah and Car
DINA Yacht Clubs some six or seven
years ago. The Katrinka won il in the
first race, and also in the one that fol-
lowed at Beaufort year or two later,
and 1t has been at the Carolina Yacht
Club ever since.
The Savannah yachtmen are talking
now of appointing a committee to look
ton a boat which will outclass the Ka-
trinka. The idea is to secure subscrip-
tons from all the members of the club
or such amounts as they can give and
to employ the builder of the Katrinka to
make a yacht that will beat her. What
NARROWING boat, but a first-class racing
boat. They want to get the cup from
the Charleston club. and they are going
to do it, If 1t is possible to do so.
The members of the Charleston club
are not averse to having the Katrinka
beaten. They are true yachtsmen, and
they feel that II will encourage yacht
building and yachting generally on the
part of both the clubs. II the Katrinka
should be beaten 1t would of course en-
courage the Charleston yachtsmen to
bulld boat that would beat the winner,
and the probability is there could be work
ed UP in a short time as much rivalry
on the subject as exists between England
and America, though it would certainly be
a rivalry of a more friendly nature The
club viii no doubt take action in the mat
ter OF the syndicate boat at an early meet
ing. Such a boat would of course become
the property of the club and would be
used only for racing purposes.
The yacht club will hold a meeting at
II o'clock this morning for the purpose of
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