New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-10

tbs purpose This tends to confirm me statement
Club Will build and sail the boat entirely a. his own
expense and mat Herman Il. Duryea viii possibly
assist lin through his knowledge OF yachtinS' ana
NJ; Iseiin intends 20 Put the Defender in good
covdit.ou 10 enter the trial races. lie has been at
PriNOl within The last three GAYS ana ms seen
sy hee the e %" is Snch % to see h
her condition Is ard report as to The amount OF ie-
Mr. lse.n intends TO produce the former vic,ori-
Gus yacht with a View 10 having her chosen aeain
horse for the new SD @ boat COP RGt hSr uses
p uial horee arc secondary She will to win.
M a ere WA and ID Hq As D sfs 91Gf that to Ge
VIII he harl 20 beat.
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM.
John Masury has returned the McAeenau prize
awarded to him IN the at Centre Moriches.
when his yacht the Isolde came il first Th,
Judges-Commod0re J. T. Horn and Charles Ie
Mast Brower-awarded the prize 10 the Isolde witt
out knowing that She had fouled n buoy In the
rsce In proper spirit Of sport smanship Mr..
Cln.nc 10 accept IL because of the foul. The Isolde
s99 know oS R G6 S S s sH O wne e %
T. Terry handles the DodO and Captain DAME!
+. Ravens The lso.de.
curious account has been published in New
York OF the yacht Irex taken 10 England from
Australia By Mark Foy who IS described as the
commander Of SyGney's iying sqGa l.co.' Mr..
Foy IS quoted in the following description: The
Trek is % feet over all and carries length on boom
and pumpkin 81 80 feet. She !s a combined centre
board craft and has a sail area without extra
sails. OF about eirht hundred feet Her crew con-
sis's Of aoout twenty men" with this overall
length OF % feet. the Trek would probab bly, have
water-!ne length CT. say. Is feet. and. while disre
gardng all possible rules on the subject Of crew. It
would be interesting 10 know where Mr.. Foy puts
twenty men on a thirteen foot water-llne boat. He
continues: The IreX is undoubtedly the champion
of her class [ have brought her to England 20
cate headed by Commodore Wyllie. of the Midway
Yacht Club Is building n boat TO race with mine.
ago FOR the Americas CUP. but for the insuruount-
able difficulty that the challenger must sail to New
her not coming here Is that she would have 10 meet
c Cup pi"e'S-''0' cutter racing '0' III" America
Captain Ferguson has laid up the steam zach;
Enterprise at Mannng's slips. in the Erie Basin.
Commodore Charles A Gould has sent the steam
yacht Neara TO Tebo's Basin. South Brooklyn, 20
go OF commission and be laid UP for the winter.
George Lord Jay OF the New-York Yacht Club.
left England for another long cruise his
schooner Fleur de Lys. The yacht is now on her
Captain James Loesch In charge.
J. Herbert Ballantine has sen, MS steam yacht
Juanita 10 the wenty-sxth-st C5outh BROOKLYN
basin to lie up for the winter The Juaniia was the
first large yacht TO go into commission ms spring
The Royal Ulster zach: Club has charming
headquarters on the Down side OF Belfast Tough.
The clubhouse Is built on the property OF Vice
Commodore Sharman-Crawford. who has Just
handed IN the Upton challenge. and his own
stately residence at Crawfordsburn Is close at
hand. Near by. also. the house and estate OF
the Ear OF Dufrerin one OF the best-known men
Of the peerage and recently British Ambassador
TO Paris Tho hills Of Antrim rise on the other side
of the bay. with the town OF Carrickfergus nest
ling their base and the grim towers OF tho old
castle IN full view II was hero that William
hO,-o he r,Oxe Of he
Ulster capital rises the historic Cove I'M. so
closely connected with the history OF Wolfe Tone
and the United 1rshmen. a society which had ii3
origin in Belfast.
The shipyard OF Harland & Wolf. where tho
challenger Shamrock will be built. IS one OF tho
foremost in the British Isles. The firm has not
paid any special attention TO yacht building. but II
has turned out many ocean flyers. such as the
Majestic and the Teutonic. Of the White Star Line,
and also those floating palaces in the j. and o.
Line all OF which were built under MI GildoWnys
supervision. This member, Of the Upton commit.
with broad acres al Ballycastle. not FAR from the
celebrated Giants Causeway.
The members ot the Royal Ulster Yacht Club
committee who came 10 New-York TO arrange the
Upton challenge leave Newport to-day for
Canada where they will visit friends. returning 10
New-York in time take the White Star steamer
Majestic. which will sail next Wednesday morn
ing During tho great heat In New-York and
while the challenge negotiations were pending. the
visitors were entertsned 10y Howard Could on
his new stea m yacht Niagara. which they took
short cruise through New-York waters. Tho
Niagara is enrolled in the lists Of the ROYAL Ulster
fleets Mr. Gould having been life member OF the
club for four years.
The Riverside Yacht Club has arranged special
racs for knockabouts and dores 10 be sailed to-
day the start be made nj p. m. The course
will be 70 Newfoundland Reef and then to the
eastern end Of Captain Island then TO the western
end Of CAPTAIN Island and the red spar buoy of
Corrnorant Reef and back. this course 70 he
Reef srd around tho Hitchcock Rock Spindle and
back the course to be sailed The racing
rules Of the Long Island Sound Association win
govern
The Hampstead Harhcr Yacht Club Will hold n
billiard and pool handicap 1T the clubhouse. Jarvis
Point beginning next Thursday evening
The Penataqult Cor'nthan Yacht Club Of Fay
Shore Long Island vii start It's race for knock
abouts Mt y. m. to-day
The Now-York Canoe Club will give a sailing
regatta to-day which Will I've started az go p. M.
The cups and other prizes presented by Vice
Commodore Harrison II. Moore win he sailed for
IN the special regatta 10 he given by the Atlantic
Yacht Club to-day These contests are open TO the
/ boats Of ell recognized yacht and clubs
The Moore cups are follows: 800 punchbow for
the spec,al thirties which to come from New
nor, 10 sail RI Sea Gate. SIS pitcher 10 CrouD IT.
J.; tankard 10 Group III SEQ 1ovlng-c 10 Group
Group V. $5 cup 10 the winning canoe ana
! o., vnlup TIE winning