New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

have cruised to every part OF the world, there IS
another important point which must not be for
gotten The burgec of the NewYork Yacht
Club is known from the Yukon to the Irrawaddy
as the emblem of hospitality. In Heligoland re-
Gently the Yampa, the Valiant. the Eleanor and
other American yachts have been entertaining
lavishly on the occasion Of the for the En-
peror's Cup.
THEY DO NOT COUNT THE COST.
1t will be noted that when the cook in the
galley is paid $500 month for his services
there is no great risk in taking 'potuck' on
schooner of the NewYork Yacht Club. This
important functionary has a portion Of the YES
sci allotted to him that Is quite as big as the
kitchen of fair-szed New-York fiat. The ma
jority of men here do not cruise very often or
very long. The season is short and they are
business men. Some racing enthusiasts keep
up the sport all summer but those who cannot
leave work long take the cruise as their prnci-
pal holiday. and they do not consider the cost
The entertainments they give. ashore as well as
abroad. indicate the general intention. and the
sleepy old seaport towns along the coast awake
to unwonted yivacity. OF course the pride Of
Larchmont the schooner Colono, will be at the
big meet at Glen Cove August >. and it is
hardly necessary to say that the Emerald will
iNOl Dc lar OH NHtH trophies are lying rOuIlu
There are host Of schooners in this fleet which
not quite good enough to win. and it will be
bad day for yachting when these safe. COM
modious and not unnecessarily fast vessels are
lost sight of in the general hurry for silver plate
and uncomfortable speed
SOME OF THE wELI-KNOwN CRAFT
Among the other schooners which will join
the fleet the Gevalia, Howard w. Coates
the Amorita. w. Gould Brokaw; the Montauk
Vice Commodore Ledyard; the Coronet. d. Will
lis James: the Hdegarde George w. Weld; the
Viking James d. Smith: the Ariel Stephen w.
Palmer; the Marguerite Henry w. Lamb: the
Sachem. Frederick r. Adams and the Clytie.
Henry c. Ward No official list Of the boats
joining the cruise will be obtainabe until the
rendezvous at Glen Cove, and these few boats
are merely mentioned from memory.
Among the single-stickers there is going to be
a warm rivalry. The Syce. f. NJ. Hoyt will
have to meet the Wasp. Lippitt Brothers, and
also the VencedOr, Harry NJ. Gilig. These three
will have to meet another boat, the Kestrel
just launched at City Island and built for John
Il. Mills, n. Y. Y. c.. by b. +. Wood, the de-
sign of VIII Fife. She is in the ffty-one-foot
class and is very like the hier supplied by Will
Fife last year to the Canadians for the inter
national match with the Vencedor. The Kestral
is going to make the hfty-One-foot class the
most interesting of the season. and her
opening performance will be in the New-York
Yacht Club cruise
Newport is making elaborate preparations in
the way of Examinations and receptions The
New-York and the other warships in the harbor
will illuminate. These the Maine, the Mas
sachusetts the Indiana, the Puritan the Iowa
and the Fern. The Brooklyn and the Texas may
also be there.
on Thursday. August ). the races for the Goe-
let Cups come off. This is the sixteenth time
that Captain Goeet has awarded two prizes Of
81, 900 and $500 each to be raced for by schoon-
ers and single stickers.