New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
MANAGEMENT or YACHT CIT Rs.

SOME ELEMENTS WHICH LEAD To SUCCESS
TRIALS or THE REGATTA COMMITTEE
After all. what makes yacnt club success
asked weii-fed diner ne planked one foo' mp
rail OF the CLUB veranis and tited back
his armchair There Were four In the psriy-sli l"'
ting good cigars assist digestion the night shai
ows closed in over the water beyond.
The givins OF expensive prizes In IT. regatta
suggested lisiener In reply 20 tn" question
Il guess not sad third refectiveiy. WAT
about the failure Of last Goecr cup races. when
only one schooner and cutters went out TO look
for l.5oo worth o. bullion? NJ. there's something
more than big prizes needed
"Of course there is." -lii ano beg and the
causes OF clubs aren't going 10 h- all rN-
plalned IN one sentence Bat 70 one word could
give the whole reply would Soy --ntity Their"
are ,om- clubs thar are simply n-id together by
advertisement dom much heli~v" Do the Uptown
affair that goes down 10 The wafer ono year Ike
the Galapagos turtles. don, believe in the none
tlry SUCCESS thit comes from The Dsrripfions "
unknown persons who want % gain 90" commence
menr Of social sfaris Ny .ief ~ successful
club j. ~ one In whica ali yacnt-rea tr. glad ro
meet, in the regatia~ Of which al skapp"r> Ike %
sail. mean the club in which Geniaity WITH
Dig q. works the miracle.
But, my dear fellow. you ask for great drii.
Who could be genial regatta committee Irs
d fat impossibty. There yOg are. anchored ont
al the starting line. having 10 seec the bos course
according 10 the direction % the wind having 20 SGT
The right signals and prepare ali th~ others 10 go up
in their proper order. with m" clock 10 watcn and
the seconds and ten classes % boats 20 oe
started and while all this is going some six or
eight chumps sailing up on" AFTER %" other -
ask which direction the yachts 10 be- started IN
or any one OF dozen fool qu"sfio 'hat are all
answered in the literature supplied by he club and
by the signals that staring them IN the face
80 no, believe Iovejoy ~ right and | never
heard him answer anything else than. Read your
sailing directions believe Johns right. every
time"
you forget that yachts attending the Sound re-
ga,tas nearly always leave their own harbors on The
morning OF the race II the wind H. HIGHT some gen
orally fail to arrive in time 70 call the clpb for
their sailing directions. TIERS another way ot
lacking al this. The owners who come TO conpete
are NOT solely after the clubs silver plate. They
come 20 have a good days hgnt y ihry ia not
Ike the club they would stay away Ana ~ az IN
raise more than corporals guard 9Ht of me Whoiee
Yacht-racing Union OF Long Island sound. why!
Because there's a man ON n" committee steiner
whom every wants TO Kick a. soon az he opens
yacht IL a distinct compliment 20 the club giving ne
regatta. and that this fact should DE- continually
kept uppermost ana have contiohihs ihiin"lc" on
the regatta committee
in the starting Of big regattas Whe'ner The v-i
ors come az compliment or not tney are "Np"c'eu
Certainly. But all tina, u requisite may be
in The success Of the iarchmon; club is Howard
". Coates have hit up against "a. good many m,
never one that was quite az patient seh-sacrihc'ns
| We'll. he's different from me. ! couldn't always
remain genial on regatta committee to save my
neck ,,. l., , ., ,,,
gas was pumped into you from rubber bag But.
on me Riverside Committee called Binney There
| was a man that valuable 70 young club he
1 made even the OF smallest ca tbOat feel
that ne special guest OF the club. and 1t was
| came such a favorite. Tyson, Jones and Clark
| an agreeable fellows. and when regatta comes on
! the Yacht know they are sure OF pleasant
| meetings Newoury Lawton, TOO. does lot for the
AtIantics: that smile OF his is beyond price. But
for LnQuenchable good spirits the chairman OF the
J New Rochelle committee wins In canter. ! have
heen out M long after dark the dead calm re-
gstta days waiting hour after hour for the bonis
fnish I'M we consigned all kinds Of regattss
! Hades but Charles r. Tower was never anything
else but cheerful The New Rochelles possess solid
business advancement In Tower. He has the nat
ural gentalty that neither be forced nor bought
besides he has been city editor and ne knows
| how keep on the right side OF the newspaper
men. III, -, -. g., -.
sight more Important than all your geniality There
! isn't any yacht club that can be success without
| ne advertising. n was the fact that the
! when speaking OF yacht or It's owner that gave
| The New York Yacht Club It's present big subscrp-
| lion Est John Smith might belong 10 dozen
| small clubs. but his existence as yaching ciubmar
| n,oced after his name Now he sail his boat up
| twelve miles past signal station and gets adver
! Used the next day: MIR John Smith schooner
| phakyr n Y. Y. g.. cruising eastward" He sleeps
| and comes back. The next day two different aGver
| Using static report him: Cruising westward. Mr.
| John Smith. schooner Phakyr. n. " Y C." He
can ,eesaw that thing for years and credit
| az a moneyed cruising yachtsman and at less ex-
pense than In any other way