New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-22
YACHTS AND THEIR OWNERS
MANY OF THE RACING AND PLEASURE
CRAFT LYING UP FOR THE WINTER

.rp poss MAY PURCHASE THE ERL KING AND
san. HER IN THESE wATERs-A NEW RAG
ING CLASS OF sIoOPs FOR NEXT YEAR
Iares Ross of Montreal chief engineer of
the Canadian Pacific Railroad. and row promi-
nent official Of the line and a member OF the New
York Yacht Club. has gone back to England anu
II is understood that he intends to purchase inc
Fri King. which he has had under charter during
the season now ending. and will bring her 10 TINS
country next spring Mr. Ross during the last
.. ,.orz has taken an active interest In yachting
matters When ]. X. Duggan challenged las' iai'
for race for the Seawanhaka Corin'nlah cup i
,av ra,ers Mr. Ross who is a member Oh the
pova, Ct Lawrence Yacht CUB TOOK d" 49,
,..oros, IN the arrangements that were MADE 10,
and subscribed literally TO defray me COS.
OF ,hat The Gencairn came down to Long Island
sound and returned with the cup !, me Dar,s "a a
which his, is now and Gw wes By Built i IN 1884 R@mass
Ferguson OF Lh eeT Who designed the
beam the Valiant. and other Wen and her dimen-
She is fs Ses Between perpendouars l1c feet
on the water line. q feet s men with triple ex-
Iec' engines With cylinders sixteen
and forty-two inches in diameter oy yd sbe Is rated
inches oyds Mr. Ross who is largely
in the street railroads OF Mohc cv Of birmingham
md intends to Introduce the electric sSs'''" '
r,,srv dav now yachts are lying up i0l ~,
EVER ia, ,,a various Yacht basins in South
int
49,, Az Tebos at Twenty -fourth-st' "o
Insu Jacob Astors Nourmahal; John n: IT, s.
suItana. c. A. Goulds Neaira A. o. q" t,ouan,s
,,oord,s Clermont, Commodore Johh H. A,
EmhIs Charles H. Merrins Mihoora' .. >n.
hr,sht's Sapphire. Edgar F. LuckenpacN ~ en-.
rhe, tIorace Hutchins Viking, hiram w Or
IN. Restless W. H. watrouss Judy; sS Mo1sons
Rogers narS Mf fSTfchys MeteeT Thomas Watts tbs
Intrepid and John Murray Mitchell sh ars Samuel H.
Beaor'n Lagonda f. n. Dickersons N T%Sd.
and August Belmonts TI,,sr oe laid up the
Erie TlSs R,ser yp prascay y%s
Of waiting ordsJS 50se Rns De been
Junkens schooner yacht tne I to- be laid up
taken NJ to hse Henry Walters steam Yacht the
Narada will be laid up for the winter a' '''
London.
s.vsra, vachtsmen are anticipating making a
.-,, N the West Indies this winter. r. -. 49,
tr,aaner the owner Of the steam yacht Josepiii,e'
had MANNED a cruise in European waters ~. WV
winter but owing TO the death OF MIS- ,s'no
This trim has been abandoned. and the 'osep"'
is now in Philadelphia she IS 10 o o..os ont for
- Ta,o.s BASIN In few days, to be fitted our LOT
10 aStended trip in the West indies j. UassaI
snother vadh, dEnReprse viii start for the
West indies in few weeks E: r. s snYary
s ,sa 1Ss eaf IS 10 be for
oyT nsr Of The steamer Duquesne is Prepsngs for
several weeks of Guck shOorne ~ friends he Wi
sne down 70 Fort Monroe in a few days and then
the cruise Will begin
r-orneIius Ferguson. jr. had a narrow escape
from drowning in the storm on Saturday. re "a
off Manhattan Beach with party OF liie''u' -
his catboat the Hester When the squd" s
averv,h,ng was carried away In less time imam "
,akes 70 tell Of IT in cold type. and the lfe-savng
creu went out to rescue the venturesome CORN
th,ans Mr. Ferguson lost everything including o
& y 1saf ne %s taken 10 Bath by the tug
boat a ? Murray. which had been SEM down y!
nhaCh
Vnvnteer LIE Saving Service in charge Of the
South Brooklyn division
Vice-Commodore Frederick T. Adams OF the Az
lantic Yacht Club and party OF riends 'ei' me cy
Yesterday 10 60 10 Marbehead 10 meet the schooner
yacht Sachern TO bring her around to Port JEFFERSON
80 Law I'm for the winter This is a trip that Commo-
dore Adams takes every winte: TO wind dp MS sum
mers Penmodo Te Adams is every inch a sailor and
thoroughly enjoys this sort OF iuh'
racing class Of sloops Will have to furnish the
o~. naxt season Several we.l-known yachismen
have agreed 70 build boats Of seventy-feet racing
length or about sixty feet on the wateriine' Inc
class governed by special set OF Iuss; othr
sb,ngs the depth of the boats will be limited TO four
teen feet pet wIn sze as the queen Nab The
are TO be raced without time allowance anu OH o'e
gun starts
vne Yacht Racing Association of Long Island SOUND
Intends 10 revise racing rules this winter lhs'edu
~ there being thirty classes they VIII be cut DOWN 10
about seventeen and in many OF these classes instead
Of the races being sailed time allowance, handbags
i ne arranged which II is expected will induce the
owners OF old boats TO race more uequeh"S Inc
one-gun start will be used IN every class
The Oussetta II. W. Harris's new schooner IN the
race of the American Yacht Club on saturday MI
three times in Hampstead Harbor and II is thought
was injured somewhat by the pounding. she was
taken down City Island YESTERDAY ana hauleu 9I,
there 10 be examined and cleaned Tor me races %,n
the Amorita. which are 10 be sailed on Ihursoay,
Erjdav and SATURDAY. The Amorita will also be
baned out for cleaning at the same place
IT y seelev the owner Of the half-rater Microbe.
g talking OF building fortysix foot sloop next year
10 race against the Wasp
LENOX GOLF TOURNAMENT.