New-York tribune., 1896-01-19
SPHINXLlKE STILL.
YACHTSMEN ASKING IN VAIN FOR AN
SWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS.
NO DATE APPARENTLY FINED FOR THE PUBLlCA-
TIoN OF THE COMMITTEES REPoRr-opPo-
sITIoN TO THE REELECTION OF
MR.. CHASE NOTES.

MR.. CHAsE--NOTEs
II may have been the pleasant weather or the
knowledge that nothing worthy Of notice would
turn up. it may have been lock Of interest in
yachting matters. which kept the members OF the
yacht club from headquarters yesterday. The place
was practically deserted. and there was no one to
discuss the two unanswered Guestnns: When VIII
the report OF the inquiry committee come OUT and
will there be an Iselin-Dunraven dalel?
For fear that interest in yachting matters might
cease With the answering of the TWO questions IN
the Dunravcn incident. new one has been auded
70 the lst which does not come directly under the
same head but interests local yachtsmen: VIII
Chase be elected chairman of the House Commit
tee?
His is the only name on the list which was pro-
posed BY the nominating committee about which
there Is the least doubt. From the nme 'ha' 'rv M
preliminary steps IN the cup races were taken al
through the racing season and after the D"iiHNe"
charges were made public, up 10 the present '''i'o
the yacht club has been visited by tn"'sanuS VI
people who were interested in every step IN te III"
,erna,ional affair and during the time the oppo-
sit.on TO Mr. Chase became pronounced Despite
his unpopularity. he be reelected but al pres
ent there is much doubt On the subject
The special meeting notice has not beeh issueu'
and II the report of the committee Is to be maze
nuhlc at a meeting called for that purpose 1t can
not under the rules of the club, become pup,'c
nroperty until January p. In the mean 'iie' ','
guessers spectators. forecasters anu piosO3'
GATORS may continue 10 dihu"o
their versions Of the contents OF the "V-pase re-
port. . .,,,
The .dea is gaining ground that the d0euie'' "-''
become public here and in England at the same
time and that. although the Royal 1achl "qu"ui
was not In any way connected with the procee"'"s'
s,, a,, ont NJ Dunraven's "Field' charges.
copy of the report will be in the hands OF 'hat e"o
AT the same time that 1t Is presented 10 Tue ->e"
York Yacht Club: but 1t is hardly proDao'e ',i"'
,,ere Is any foundation for the rumor which MAKES
,i,,bss
ran ard its bearer OF the important document MI
Ieel,n may have known the finding OF the commit
tee before he sailed for Europe put II Is ho' '"0'
that he took a copy of the report with hm'
While everybody who is interested in the DUN
raven incident is anxiousy looking Tor the Iepoi'
hicb will cast light on every feature OF the coh'io-
versv and while all statements when nave pee"
made by the members of the committee are - '"e
effect that the publication of the report - o"''
matter of days. it is interesting to note the S'@
ment published in a London paper tha' III ''e ~
eres of international comfy. the Dunraven inquiry
Committee has decided to make no repor"
Tho london paper has been misnformed. Inc
report will be ade public. ana uniess those "o
pretend to know wrong. 1t Will be so "olueo
that no matter how Dunraven may be censured lor
hs actions it will not jeopardize the chances ior
future international races. ~
II ;s well known that the American yachting
fraternity is not anxious to resume racing relations
with Dunraven but it is also true that yach'si"en
h,,a No ,daa that Englishmen Will make his fight
their cause and when the troubled waters nave
subsided and when fraudulent load water-NieS' 'ai
d,n sneeches peppery newspaper articles inVesu-
cot,nr committee reports and dueng pistols have
heen relegated to the musty treasures OF the yach'
club and when Indignation over the Duni"ven
charges will have changed tc pity for the deiuded
and misguided sportsman. 1t is believed 'ha' So'"e
real SPORTSMAN from the close Isle VIII come over
and try where his counrymen have faiieo.
..The London Engineer has this 10 say ABOUT
30
The large new American auxiliary yacht ArctuFusi
5ot ions Yacht measurement has been conPie,.gtu
by Messrs. Ramage and ferguson Limits, ~,
ana Is gon, cruise, having on poalu nv, ~
yochf presents many novel features the most stllh-
ing Of which Is a water-tube boiier OF Ame r ~
construction supplied by the Amy water 9 upe
Heiler company Of Providence X. On the ON,
ga, trial rin SUFFICIENT steam easily generated
az l5O-pound pressure to keep the i
engnes going at 40 revolutions per minute, svIns
mean speed Of nearly ll&i KNOTS on .ie oo,d
mile being fully knot more than was eApSc'eu. s
rhe 'djmensions of the Arcturus are: Length De,
tween perpendcuars 1SS feet; breadtn - rect anu
depth moulded Il feet inGne q inches n inches
and "a inches in diameter by - inch sr99ke "oIh-
ing at pound pressure. and having Bevls gun
metal featherng propeler area Of foreanGaft cam
vas which should make the yacnt give soou ac-
count of herself under sail alone
A new sixty-hve-foot racing schooner yacnt IS
being built by Lawley & South, South Boston, Tor
John D. Barnett Of the New-York Yacht Club
The Yacht will be of steel CO feet the water-ne
s. feet over ALL IS feet inches beam and feet :
inches draught Another yacht OF about the same
size is being built for H W. Harris at Snestel mes %
sIgner of the Barnett yacht is II. {. WestnShaH