The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-26
Niagara'S Owner Expended $4,000 10
Get Dazzling WhitGIeS On Her sails.
DINE BY CHEMICALS DEAR As GOLD.
The Bronze of Her Tia Keel and Eudder
Would Have Pain For House and Lot
Anywhcrc-Lvcry Chef Gets $4,000
Fora "Party" Crui-c--cio, 900 s
What Zach Race Costs,

paltry $1,000 VIII sec them through
season are so lrCc Of amusement TO
the experienced There Is not Il man ia
America. perhaps IN the world. VINO
knows more OF yachts and yachting than
Ninaeia scott Hoyt. lie IS the sworn
cham and b. ON friend OF William Is.
Vanderbilt. lie invariably accompanies
the millionaire I'm his Valiant cruises
ana whom hc. declares that 70 takes $iUJ'-
0U ycaIA 90 keep a lirst-rate yacht ailOdt
he speaks with "a knowledge OF the sub
Jet that cannot be questioned.
When 10 come, TO racing. The expenses
fairly gallop away with tho prnceliest
OF incomes. Therefore, supremacy with
tho keel implies. SO far as tais year Is
concerned. the expenditure OF a raJah $
ransom. The sails alone almost represent
that equivalent.
THE NIAGARA'S COSTLY KEEL.
To illustrate this more thoroughly let
Howard Goulds famed Niagara be con-
sidcrcd. The young heir began her with
"A round hundred thousand. lie put IN
keel in her-a costly cOntgvauce ia IL
self. Mahogany was employed ,ior the
outside planting, and ass she is % feet
over ala. and II feet as TO beam, the OK
penscs for wood may Doe readily compre-
hcndel. The most skilled labor was en-
ployel. which means SO week Tor
Journeyu an.
The bronze OF the nu and ruijcr would
have paid for % house ana lot. Mr. Gould
has not told exactly what she cost him.
Niagara is small affair, but when rae
ing she cats up $500 spin
The sails Of "a yacht Will cost, for the
small racing class. say $1,000. hut large
boats. with fine white sails. viii require
$4,000 for the sail account. OF course they
can loo equipped Tor much less. You can
buy sails rather cEeaply at tins time, in
fact-but for that latter cigars me
cheap, too. The item of sails runs into
thousands not ON account Of ,he material
in them, which IS sometimes high-priced
though. hut ln consequence of the labor
they entail. They must DE adjusted with
the greatest nicely 10 catch every puff
OF wind yet this very deiicaCN renders
"a snap OF The wOOd-Wo rk very liable
Then there are the duplicates the sew
inrq. the c0rdagc. and the Trimmings
That g. why no exact limit can be placed
uron the cost of sails. But whether the
amount Is "a few hundreds or many thou
sands. one race will as likely as not end
them. or. at any rate. ncccssitate repairs.
The famous Batsey charges immodc-
ratoly for his services. Tie billed Dun
raven for S. e. for advice and handling
while in this country 10 was said ana
he freely admitted that "the maxim
was arf." which. being interpreted
meant that be charged as much for his
patterns as for his sailcloth
THE COST OF SAILS.
SaiclOths. as the salts oall it. or can
vas. when silk-shOt. is cl1bOratCly made.
The yarns must be boiled repeatedly. Spe-
clal treatment is necessary 10 get that
exquisite white so desirable I'm the wings
of % yacht Sometimes 5000 is added TO
the cost of sails for yacht ON this ac-
I...r
preparation o chlorine be used the ibre
Will suffer greatly. Yet. Il certain chcmi-
Gals are not employed the white effect
g. missed entirely. Hence ten thousands
that must Doe spent sometimes before
canvas albesccnt enough to suit Gould
or a Vanderbilt can bc obtained. II color
be- no obj -ct the cost is materially less
encd.
The sails Of an yachts have the same
general design. bat the detail varies ac-
corlug TO size ana character, whether FOR
racing or pleasure a small affair like
Mr. GOuld's Niagara is slOOp rugged. hay
ing "a topmast and bowsprt. She ought
10 carry "a large press of canvas, however
including mMIsan t0p>ails, Jihs. balloon
staysuH. and spinnaker. The cloths should
be stretched from Ian 20 lcech. Clhe
sides of the sails are in general called
leeches. The weather or slide edge, WheFe
tho wind enters the sail of any hut
square sail, Is called the iUt' ANA the
other edge the uftcr-icecht
Tho bowsprt ought 10 project. If al
lowablo about feet from the knight
head. The Nacht-Racng Associations
rules as 10 bulkhcads and fnishinss must
be strictly complied with. Even this is
costly as only. experts can 90 TO-.
Tho wages of a skilled crew age always
high. George Gould sailed across the
Atlantic with a complement Of twenty
men last year. lie paid ont about $4,000
10 his crews annually. Mr.. W. Is. YAM
derbit is very liberal 20 his crows. They
cost him $4,000 it is said. when he took
that famous party to the Mediterranean
If tho yacht goes on pleasure tours
like John Jacob Asor's. the cooks list
IS heavy That official gets $1,000 for the
season. but he pays certain items himself.
At that rate. including Ice provisions
upholstoring and the Ike. 100000 would
carry an Astor or n Vanderbilt through
a cruise but no more
COSTLY NfGiIANT
The big boats carry lar moIe sail than
q NIAGARA OIL craft like Cornelius Nan-
derbilt, Jr.'s. II yawl-riggcd canvas be-
CONES d heavy item. All impressive idea
OF this is afforded by such a yacht as
Nigilaut with boom 10 port, spinuakcr
10 starboard. sganker. sau-tO9-saI, ana
Jib set. when uylus with her ensign al
the jiggormast
When, however a millionaire goes IA
for racing, his expenses ale just about
double those OF "A pleasure season. MI
Vanderbilt would not dream of a racinh
season that cost him less than $l'o.vVv'
ana even then De would ind himself run-
ming short OF money. 20 begin with,
there SIS the prize money ol tae crew,
tho special setting of tlD sails, me test