New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-03
YACHTING.
GENERAL SATISFACTION AT THE
RACING UNIONS NEW RULES.
o,pru MEASUREMENT REGULATION WILL PRO-
NOTE INTERNATIONAL RACiNG-PosliloN
OF THE NETWORK YACHT CLUB.

Tho new rules passed by the Yacht Racing Union
Of North America seem 10 have given genera saus-
faction among the New-York yachtsmch VINO nave
been seen. The regulations have beeh liaileu
and agreed to by chosen for their aolty III All
matters pertaining to yachi-racing ana they came
IRON, all parts of the United States and Canaca 10
be the Spokesman for clubs OF this continent mum
berins about one hundred and seventy. lheE ieP-
resent the active racing communities OF 'he cou''
TRY from the Atlantic to the Pacific and as stated
In their report they have not come TO ther present
oorclusons without a vast deal OF study OF exist
Ing and proposed systems for the control OF yacht
racing. 49,. o,oo
In the memorable meeting Of Saturday no voice
carried more weight than that of LOUIS NJ |i"ih
of Boston. This experienced yachtsman represent
"a ,hi,tv.one vacht clubs in the Yacht Racing AS
ISOLATION Of Massachusetts which Is the most
active racing fraternity in America. Ai'er .ne
meeting Mr. Clark said; Il am satished 10 give
the crth rule fair trial The fact that ii has sat
isaed designers and frst-rate amateur sailors io'
several years. in country where eompe'lu'n +
keen IL one to he considered and II Is certain thai
n change from old length-and-sal-atea i"'e
has been demanded. All the formulas tha' nave
lately been proposed are in some ways ooJe0''o
BILE and am in favor of the girth rule because II
.,ooas,s fswer nossihle objections than any other.
one of the strongest, points in favor or the new
measurement rule is that II facilitates
racing more than anything yet proposeu y" INC
s,da Of the ocean AS II is now. the American ana
fhe same limitations, and each nation can seiu
boats 10 the racing courses OF the other me-
mem rules one reason for not sending me re,
fender across 10 England was that sse ,be Eng
fish grth rule For precisely the same reason '1 M
cnn5iE Raw ever since she returned from America
She could not reasonably face boat o. ~, .i,e tno
length to which she had 10 give prohi0hee I9
allowance Thus the two best yachts III .to omtS,ic
were in effect rendered useless 10y py America Cup
Contests WHEN allow untaXed draught, they weie
sructuraly excluded frG 3her clase And most
important point is this that unless the of meas
,ran1en, all subsequent defenders ana challenstls
will be useless except for one race. HH,h conn
deep f Srd h eeorpseSuenty not desirable cruisers
afterward More than this any y dgn,d bered 70 in
The NewYork Yacht club will be prsscticny c snf'
out from all races except those OF can race neither
WIZ IN c own Country nor in England with any nope
Of so b In s9%s Yaohi Club no
notice of the Yacht Racine rIn S S 70 cost more
than any racing club afford 20 pay anS Eng
rule is now established for b9tn AeiI late 70 save
i ,ns boas 10 be Su for the 5G9
penn h,,S both craft under the inevitable grin run
wonld il is thought be readily accense1 , IL ~ see
,Snd A As e raSi4F gsGh cab i
Continues 10 penaze itself cut OF the E@c''''
world both American and English
curp,,AN t1OYT TAKES DOUBLE HoNoh'
" ana Of the final knockabout races OF the sea
z,onhaka Corinthian Yacht Club salieo On 90
sav al oyster Bay. eight boats started lot 'le
-..sen,ad ny Henry A. Van Lew. rear'commoooie
=, tho club This contest was the last o. '
sa-,es races for the knockabout class, ana ,he
rrza offered by former Commodore r. - .ba series
10 the yacht holding the best ayera was three times
srnnnd trqngle between the Middle GIound 1 Re
and co haT n H Haso1 o anH With to
finish off the clubhouse :, Inc Wntnnora: the Ma
kodS Be sherman the HsropF Rfn aoSt
the Wyntjje. S. Hastings tne Stei ,h purr Mel
the lmpf Rnrr N nd the Taifu George Bullock
pleasant s gnos B SeeeEs Sherman Hoys stella which
has fsauen winner ls ,b Ses WHITE sa VSh in
paSord The Stella takes both the Van Lew ana
the Benedict cups. -
TIE YACHT REVERE BREAKS HER BOW
rar,v on Saturday morning the steam yacht
pavaria was coming into anchor inside oahuy
Hook when she met with an accident whch win
proba bly, cost a new stemplece IN IL "e"'' '9
ing her way in at reduced speed, when o"rI bserf
a characterization of position she ran INTO tne t9
neSr .h station at SANDY Hook out TO the
Yacht later on and reported that she was an sa.e
wafer and nothing to prevent oon neufo o
for repairs at Newafofk ne Hyork Yacht Club
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM
Canta,n Stafford has laid up the steam yacht
Althea az Mannng's Erie Basin yards, The AiIhea
Is owned by Charles Sooysmith. or the Ne"-horh
Yacht Club.
Mrs Anna Roosevelt Coles sister OF Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, purchased a thirty-seVeh-
foot steam ambulance launch and has presented
1t to authorities of the military hospltai al Sa bs
tiago The craft has been shipped SCUM on .ile
transport Berlin. Mrs Coles Is the piesiue' VI INC
Red Cross Auxiliary No l.
The schooner yacht Una which was found by
Captain William Norman TO be on fire on Fifty
ATHEIST South Brooklyn. has been towed TO 'pe
Erie Basin for repairs. She will require new
,nainmast and extensive internal rebuilding. Inc
mysterious four men who were seen leaving the
Yacht when she was fire have not yet been
found by the police.
Miss Helen Gould president OF the Womaps war
Relief Association has bought from Seabury &
Co. twenty-eight foot steam launch. which has
been sent TO Santiago TO be used by the hospital
officials as an ambulance launch.
The return match between the knockabouts OF
the Seawanhaka Cornthan and Philadelphia
Corinthian Yacht clubs will probably be sailed
next month The contests will take place at the
station on the Philadelphia Club at Essngton; Ar
rangements are sao be completed for this inter
club fleet contest, and the Seawanhaka Corinthldn
Yacht Club will send not less than three OF us
ID.