New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
NEW CRAFT AND OLD.

the designer will make their chance at the hiHe'
ica's Cup as good as ever
NEW CRAFT AND OLD
THE CANADA's CUP LIKELY TO BE SOUGHT THIS
yEAR-A WONDERFUL ELECTRIC LAUNCH
FOR THE CZAR-rwo HISTORIC RACERS.
vbatever the others may be. there will be at
,.as, one good race in the Mediterranean next
spring This will be for the Coupe de france LOT
which the Summers & Payne boat. the Glorla chd'-
lengcd The Gloria |: one OF a. E Payne > Designs
and they are hurrying her forward as iist as pos
sib;e so as to have her in good racing shape before
course next Mar,h. The defender OF tho Coupe de
Frame Is called fpf the Sns s. tnree month";
and was launched last week. The Gloria Is o"heu
by Harrison Lambert
Among the many clubs which comprise the 1ach'
Racing Union OF fhe Great Lakes there are rumors
OF intended challenges for the Canada's cup which
was won from the Nencedor In the international
races at Toledo last year. The Detroit yachtsmen
want to lead on and Commodore Hover. OF the
Buffalo Yacht Club IL also said TO be on the war
path. f. c. Berriman. commodore Of the Lincoln
Park Yacht Club. Of Chicago. was the man VINO
made things hum the lakes when he had Poeckel
prepare the Vencedor for him. and the talk Is that
he Is now going 10 give Poeckel anothet chshce,
The Mabley trophy was also won Dy the tandua on
prizs is made in the shape OF silver ship and cost
hO0 Unless some new boats be butt 10 PACK tnese
smppesed 10 be the fastest craft Of her racing
length now afoat. Two New-York yachtsmen have
been considering her purchase. In order 10 race neF
against d b. Bnrnhain's Norota. Her further uses
International racer not being al me press'
She cost 5000. aid may be had. brand-new' for
- 20 cnsh.
In turning over the electric tender ordered for the
Gar OF Russia's steam yacht. the Electric Launch
Company OF Morris Heights Will probably try 10
avoid the mistake made by the old man OF this city
who makes miniature models In this mans lhtis
repcaq OF warshps ocean liners and yachts every
gun porthole capstan and piece OF machinery Is
the counterpart of that IN the big vessel Even the
little boats in the davits built up with separate
planks. like the originals He Is the only man In
the world that does some OF this work, and years
ago he received through the Russian Consular
once an order TO make OF these miniature
copies OF a certain vessel for the Gar. Nothing
was said about price. and he went to work in his
usual conscientious way When II completed
the Russian oficial inspected II and pronounced II
a marvel Il was going TO charge him seven hun
dred for IT. said the maker the other day, when
HIS Nes told me TO PACK ihe moqe IN c ne Tf
an ornamental wooden case over H. the whole TO be
same me spare pDsT no oO expense Well did So and
thought nat as mis- vas Tor the Lar or Russia ne
when delivered the whole thing, | said my bill
was 1900 and stood by waiting for the kick The
s%id the s model ws gift p at Woo which sum he
hen paid me not for year and -I half did see
my bill. He said: When the Gar has to send all
the way TO America TO get job done that no one
else can do. he expects to pay handsomely for T.
Tns the sum % Sad Se 'Dr
this Office 10 cover your bill.
Nowhere In the Cars electric launch will |
there be any visible machinery. So far as the |
Car will be able TO see he steps aboard. the |
boat will apparently travel without motive power. |
No brass funnel OF the naphthd design Will spread
sckening odors throughout the harbor, and the |
crcumamblent air will not be frelghted with smoke
smuts from the fires OF a steam apparatus. Under |
the velvet-carpeted flooring and under the side |
seats upholstered in dark blue Russia leather. the |
storage batteries will be silently doing their work
The chemicals will all be contained In hard rubber
cells. which cannot be easily broken. and they |
will generate a current OF about one hundred and |
ten volts. The order calls for speed OF eight |
miles hour for three hours or for seven miles |
an hour for six hours. An awning OF white and |
blue will be arranged so that the sailor in the |
OF the royal passengers as they come
board or dsembark. The Car will probably have |
the gig WIN be ready for delivery before April IS
viii be feet OYER s., all tc With size
is made to be hoisted into the davits OF a large
steam yacht and It's hull below the w,ieTise VIII
will ' be Of brak casting, in Some places nickeiisd
rope eaS snd{ three .Gsns at night win
OF the Electric Launch Company, |
Complete sOeemen Of marine eeeqca nsenny
ever shipped from America.
A mighty handy craft is being prepared by the
Gas Engine and Power Company. OF Morris
Heights FOR Z. ". Hooker. OF Hartford Conn. She |
is a sloop yacht. with auxiliary ten-horse- |
power naphtha motor slowed away In her stern |
This boat which is called the Rosalle. will be
ready for use In about week, and will proceed |
to Southern waters In the summertime she will
be used by Mr.. Hooker Long Island Sound |
Apart from the auxiliary power, the Rosalie will
feet over all wit twelve-foot beam and three
and half feet dcaught OF water. The. cabins are
finished in cherry the natural color OF the wood
being retained. The two-baded propeller ia made
to fold back horizontally, so that while the yacht
the water will not be mpeded Under the steam
power onlv the Resale Will make seven miles an |
hour.
The old-timers are always interesting, and one OF
these will now bs disposed Of simply scrap |
iron" The Vindex lies at Hawklns's yards City |
Island. and was first constructed for the late Rob-
ert Center in 1871 1t has been said that she was
the first iron yacht built. but iron yachts
are far older than twenty-six years. The cutter |
Riyet was a prize-wlnner in England for A number |
OF wears before she was imported to Canada where |
she continued to win races for keel cutters up to |
1887 and she is probably stu In commission. When !
last seen by the writer In 1890. she had Just re-
ceived new decks and cabins. after being completely
wrecked by fire for the second time. She has edu-
Gated generations of young yachtsmen in the art OF
sailing and when run rocks by beginners she
never required further repairs than to have her
thick iron plates hammered out TO their proper |
curves Long ago she was owned BY the Right Eight
constituency in the English Hous. Of Commons;
and his sons now grown men, sailed her for years.
The precise record OF her natal year has been lost,
because her first importers are long since dead but
f~t,,h shc haa hAA In "