New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-22

where she performed service under the name q the
NRere Professor JanssoD holds classes in naval
architecture, there is an Immense room whcfe
THE oor Gf the hs sudens WCR "
There were a lot Of bright fellows IN the schooI
asl year sack ane h hne
took it into their heads that they could nuid
boat, and Ii may be remembered that The tribune
early in August last recorded the successful out
come Of their ambition. together with LAO iae.
t thss homes aions Lake FIRST time
that boat of the $40 involved had been auih .
piraiicai nane-was tTenty,eght feet over s MAS r
double cat-rigged and built for lake sailing Mr.
y can't say too much for the pluck and industry
OF those boys of ours in building the boa he sa d
ali the work themselves. even paying III OF
the expense out OF their own pockets and t hi
S eSs why whe sSefkk hey E talked
Ing the york the s oa beyd
said they didn't know the sternpost from Jio-
and n1ss like ah hese bows se the c @
the old sailor talk jus, whetted their appe,iies.
d hey rs 81 IT, by m
the In naval s made arens
thing right here except the casing for the bulb
keel Well. SIR with smile OF ppidhe ana sa Is,
round here and watch the old fellows after the
keel was set up and the work begun They would
work and talk and make fun. and then they would
walk back t. the building Did you ever see an
9d gam bna % ,he hS just the
with the old shipbuders around the home here
after that boat began 10 take shape. They could
hardly believe their and II wasn't so very long
before this one mad and that one a plane
and the other a mallet and chse and at II
they went, old heads and young heads together. In
the race The indomitable pluck and dctermlna-
ton Of the boys 20 win made complete conquest
OF the old men.
A SUCCESSFUL TRIP.
The work was finished and the boat launched. as
The Tribune recorded at the time from the Ford
ham Heights dock. and on August Y the young
adventurers-six in number-stowed their dunnage
In the cabin. which had been luxuriousy furnished
BY some OF the OF the academy shivered
their timbers and other nautical things ike that and
started for the Hudson. They sailed 10 Albany.
reaching there In about week Of leisurely cpcnt
time. Then they started through the Erie Canal
and at Syracuse branched off into the Oswego
Canal. where they played in tremendous luck. They
were taken In tow by ex-senator Titus Sheard. OF
Little Falls. y. Y. who was going through In his
yacht, and went into Oswego with cc.ors flying.
From there they had Lake Ontario before them.
They visited Niagara Falls and went through
the Wclland Canal into Lake Erie at Port Co..
burn They had rare with one OF the lake cham.
pions the Sybil Port Dover. and said one of
them 1--WE found that we were better In heavy
weather and they better in light winds. But. any
how the Sybil was In ra cling trim while we had our
cruising clothes on. / would like 10 meet her when
We were ready for a race" The little boat laid
up in the harbor of Detroit Mich. in about a
they made l25 knots in r:ncteen hours In FREQ
run and good weather. They are already threaten
Ing 10 duplicate their attempt with the Corsair the
coming spring