New-York tribune., 1897-10-24

eleve boats are under agreement. tuilt all alike
A twelfth man stands ont and builds on the same
general measurements. He gees to Hcrreshon ana
spends a lot Of extra money to get faster boat
perbaps with an aluminium upper body and slightly
better mode She will beat the other eleven Now
how are you going to protect those VINO. 10 nave
good sport I'm this class take their yachts from INC
same noulds and all alike"
WeU that kind OF cinch' boat VIII nave ~
he kept out"
Put how are You going to keep her out when fhe
has all the necessary measurements? Suppose iou'
clubs get up most OF the class Wen. IN 'he ~
eat,as Of these four clubs no doubt ihe spec'"'S
would be protected But some other club OF 'he
Union gives a regatta and wishes IT to De as o'b
success as rossibc 1t therefore allows all boats 10
sail in this knockabout race which comply with the
,,oosu-emeuts No | don't see how you can pro-
feet the all-aike class unless IT be taken up ana
recognized in a special way by the facht hac1hs
Union" -
"Even" replied another. ~ no such provision as
Won suggest were made by tho Union. II seems 10
me that the owners IN the special class could con-
troll the matter by refusing 10 appear a' any re-
gafta I'm which they Were not 70 nav" riC' w
themselves II this class runs Up to hfteeh OF
twenty in the number Of its fleet. It viii necessarily
be so important "A factor In the success "i any re-
qott, that no club on the Sound could afford TO do
without e. Consequently tho owners In IN" class
referred TO can simply attend on their own '''mS'
They Will provide the most interesting class OF ih'
season I'm which the hardest tusslcs ana best is"'
ing may be expected II therefore seems clear ihhi
those who build INTO this class may do 50 aun'
safely against the more expensi'" ana pe'''P'
faster craft
Then consider the case OF the cheaper boat
Supposc / say that the contract price 81 N"' -
too much and produce craft lightly ana ch'"pl
built without bukhcads or hunks. a mere shell
that carries no dead weight OF this KIND ms
craft would have AN increased chance Of winnirs
or suppose | simply build 10 get cheaper bo"''
and put in hunks and internal fixtures ana io'""
the special class specifications IN cheaper ma
tcrias Here there Is no attempt at a 'c!nch. bui
/ nut In the best model I can. Am ! 10 be pre-
vented from racing all summer bccaus" my en-
deavor Is a private one? Ard II you allow this
boat IN. because OF ils honesty, where are yon
going TO draw the line
Il think mos, Of these points may be safely laid
over until next summer. II there are enough cratt
built outside the special class TO make a contest
they may b. raced by themselves II their presence
among the specials IL not desired. OF one thing We
| may be ccrtan-that the general Intent Of those
| who build into the special class Will he respected
BY every club Of this Union. and nat they VIII no. n2
| be forced To compete with boats that rave sough
speed in ways different from those OF the Special
These remarks contain points now being consid-
| cred by every one who is contemplating building
sct1Icd thnt an a-ailke class OF the same mould
Will be agreed to. and the hesitation on the part oil
auestlons r@ferred TO in the foregoing discussion.
II may therefore assist the proposal to say mat that
| men VINO are on the regatta committees OF various
clubs confident that the interests and inentr 3f
those who build I'm the proposed class VIII bc fuiy
protected Personally. and speaking solely Tor ms
| own Hkines. Mr. Wainwright says hc prefers the
| establishment OF the special class. and, 40 FAR AS
could be cleaned from the delegates at the Union
| meeting, this proposal has the call
! 1t Will be remembered: however, that this scheme
OF the north shore clubs has noting to do ,f Win
| that Of the Seawanhaka- COrinthian facht Club,
| which has been in progress for some time, ana
! which now gives tnan promise Of being an
| overwhelming success. At the close OF the meeting
! Mr. Cromwell chairman OF the :. {. Y. Z. Regatta
committee said To The Tribune representative that
thirty five boats were now expected TO hc built IN
the twenty -onc-f knockabout class proposed by
his club OF these, Ms. Cromwell said. twenty hve
had already been ordered and ten more were to be
ordered: so that they could be expected TO appear
IL will be appreciated that thirty-1ve new boats N
one class is an output. and one which has
probaby never been known before. II seems to sug-
! gest that In 1893 the yacht-raciag OF Long island
! Sound will be different from that OF any previous
| wear ana that the most active interests VIII be
! confined almost solely to the admirable yachts of
! small size which Boston first developed.