New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-02
YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN.
RADICAL CHANGES ON THE SCHOONER
HILDEGARDE.
MAsTs CUT DOWN PREPARATORY TO GIVING
HER BARK RIG-EIEANOR NEARLY READY
FOR HER SUMMER CRUIsE-GENERAL
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

auxiliary ,opsail schooner liildegarde WHICH -
owned by benjamin NJ. Whiuock. or the Ne" yin
Yacht club. Both Original schooner maS'S nv,
been lifted out, cut down and replaced, prepa'"'o''
10 giving her a third mast and a bark rig. l"'"''
four feet have been OF the foremost and twenty
m the maininast The topmasts and topghiah'
,nasts are ready aud the many yards which me
vessel will carry laid IN piles on inc ~.
church organ which Mr. Whitlock intends to- nave ave
aboard. New mahogany deckhouSes are 10 ." - he
on In the centre Of the boat the deck Is 10 ~, pc
raised to the level OF the present bulwarksi HE liz
will give further room below, ana ehap briJrn is
being prepared for the forward part OF me Doa,,
lie steam steering gear chief Engineer H. W.
Morris Will have charge OF the ,.c nv oiectrr
power. which Wi also be used in new arr1nse e,
ment FOR capstan. which Will hoist an e,e no e.
Whitock gave the Hildcgarde her auxiliary Stsaani
power and the present alterations WI g0c' eli ,h
work Of Changing tho rig and masts. with u sn'all
crew aboard lie said yesterday Iha' ma ana mai sh.
would probably not he finished much before June J.
At tho Fay Ridge yacht basin It Is SAID the'
Philip 7 Dodge has not sold the o-too'e'
n. reported She IS still In her winter quarters az
Bay Ridge.
Ex-Commodore Elbrdse r Gerrys fast catbont.
the Iris IS receiving a new mast and new decks ~
one OF the South Brooklyn yards; Atter she ma
received q general overhaunE tho Commo'ores
Will san nor
Charles Fletcher. OF tho New-York Yacht cuo.
Is having his steam yacht, tho Seneca, prepared
for tho coming season
The yach; Valkyrle. which has been racing IN mo
Mediterranean. is not th- celebrated challenger
brought by Lord Dunraven. but an eighteen
ton French vessel The London Yach'mam cay IN
tic CLYDE ard show very litte sign OF ever going
anywhere else"
The sloop yacht Gayiota. until recently owned ny
Major J Frederick Alderman, Of tho Atlantic
Yacht club IS being turned into yawl She ms
received her pumpkin. which sticks ont through
the old lettering on her s'crnboard. me orlPlh"!
mainmast has been retained and pared down, ana
this abe O-fooer will now travel under an easier
Charles voltx 7 member OF tho HUDSON River
Yacht Club has commissioned Crownin.hied TO de-
sign a knockabout for the open class races on
Long Island Sound. which VIII be started by me
Indian Ilnrbor Yacht club. The Yacht Is now II:
frame. and VIII he delivered IN time for the hrst
race Of this class Three other fast craft Or tho
same typo being built from the boards Of diner
ent designers at Cohassot !" K AlbergeF' OF 'h''
city. IS also having one built.
Tho fraternity that indulge, In the pastime Of
sailing model yachts IS large one. The club
houses Of the Wave crest Miniature Yacht club.
at Bay Ridge and tho American Model Yacht club.
Thirty-siXth-st.. Brooklyn, have already opened.
Tho New-York Nobel Yacht club q Flushing.
l u9g6Tmlt nH OF ra1nr rucs h. Fhiadepha
Model Yacht club. tho Wave Crest Miniature Yacht
Now-York MODEL Yacht club have now conbire1 10
form tho Model Yacht Racing Union OK Nortn
America
Colonel Oliver u Payne may avs New York
nj any time for his summer cruise Tho big hu1:.-
iary bark Eleanor which ho ia, chartered for tho
seasoa nllod her bunkers with as tons ~ coal yes
to-day. The Eleanor came on tho iryds'F n
Thursday and f. row headed outward. tn" Of
Tayues steel yacht a; Bath. Ne. has been
fcanor. 70 ;akc c@mmani q; Ter IN liz .on.n;
cruise Il is said that d." dcpartIr" u the yacht
made owing 10 tho iesirahllity - avoiding Span
ish cruisers one OF her officers said yesterday that
the Eleanor could steam at tho rate o. seventeen
mi cs an hour.
II - sad tina: tho rnctng schooner Emerah.
T. Rogers Maxwell. VIII not 80 on, this year. and
90 far there IS not - ghost 81 chance ~
race IN her class. Commodor, Clarence 4 Post
Icy. %, tho Iarchmon' Yacht club has g.fer
orders tina, his racing schooner tho Colonia. shall
not "a ft'od ont aul ~. Gould Hrokaw 80
owrer % ihs Amcriia, has counterinnudei hia
greatly doubted. as her owner Henry W Harris.
Ths lcaycs ' ,a ..''' EmcralG %,hot co~pe,tr.
p4lac,irniy wiped Inc sctooner class OF Tho sa,c
The interest q tho. year having passed entirely
Tho steam yacht I!n,a, ragrhip OF tho Columbia
Yach, Club ana owned by Commotors WRlthcr
Iu,tScn has LETT Morris Heights and gone 20
Brooklyn FOR her painting, vanishing and hitting
out She win also havo somo work done 10 her
machinery
The schooner N-ucomys- which was a
well known zach, and afterward d'd duty
pilot boat. has been purchased By Mr.. Hatch. Of
brooklyn who Will n, her out again ne n yacht
XII he Of he
followed tia plan adopted by MISS Susan de- For
es, Day OF the Ncw-York Yacht club. IN pur-
chasing a large tramp steamer which he is ntting
orr ~ 4 Yacht Intending 10 cruise IN her 20 the
White Sea and other northern winters thi, sum
Nor The vce-cl IS Of Norwegian bulld ana ahi"
lie AIlea 20 Frank Jameson. "A VOL known Inc-
lish yachfsman. who Will have her htied out FOR
racing.
The steam yacht Calypso. owned by Amzi l..
Barber. ., tho Ncw-YorN Yacht Club. completed
her fitting out and has cleared from South Brook
Ign on a cruise
Work on tho electric launch being constructed
for tho car Of Russia has heen much delayed
owing 70 a misunderstanding IN the arrangements
with the cars representative Mt Washington.
English Yachting papers arc circulating runner
that the two celebrated cutters, Ailsa and Satan
T., are 10 have their rigs changed ana VIII APP
uoor as yawls The suggestion has been received
with regret as the English yschtsmen do not
want to lose these fine boats from the big cutter
races
Since tho nrst description Of tho yacht being
bul, for Mr. Parker AT CITY Island was given Ia
tbn tribune. she has been named The Cartoon.
with tho exception Of ono club. about which
thcre IS question. every institution I'm Tho Yacht
RacIng Association OF Long Island Sound will hold
its regular rcRattas at the times already published
in the Tribune.
by "A
ucphew Of the King OF Italy. did pretty well.
,,acnniariiv in the Mediterranean In the four
DAVIS racing ut Nicc she gathered IN the equiva-
lont OF 81 800. This included tho whole Of the
money prizes offered by the Cercc de In Mcdtcr-
rancan for the different heats sailed FOR the biS
AFFAIR "a well as the affair itself. and the whit
t,knr- Wright prize. a good deal Of praise Is
given to the Bona In the last issue of the London