New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11

into the New-York youth who plasters his hair
down on his forehead and likes cigarettes pool
and betting lie never played manly gam"
in his NE; and FOR country. family and friends
h. Is simply an abo,ti"c incumbranc". In thr
English schools the effeminate hoy is Literally
kicked into the cricket field. He IL not allowed
| 10 NOPE about the college boarding house. and
many have had reason 10 be- thankful for the
force that sent them toward manly sport III
this Process England has been an unlimited
gamer. She has filed her navy with fine sailors
and her army with vire men by cutting the
efeminacy ont of boys at school.
PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR THE NAVY
During he las year events have mapped out
! a neN law FOR the United States. Hencefor-
ward she must b. maritime nation. There
will be no going back village politics and in
sulai removal from the resi- OF the world There
must he American sailors betting the earth from
here to thc Philippines and back. The stirring
spuit OF va htinc. with its glIsh Of love for The
sea and it, keen pride in the domination Of
ships. is thc preparatory school Of any navy,
and Il is no guesswork to refer 10 its value 10
the Nation because there * only one result
from H. and that result has already been writ
ten in The history OF the British. The proper
question here is not What does Yachting
need? but What does the Nation need from
yachting; And il viii be seen that the sport
is 50 iarge ana So great. and us possibilities are
so valuable. that all questions of lesser moment
must be sunh III tn" presence ~ The one great
need experienced bl his ana every Other nation,
namely. that It's youth shall be- viril-. Yachting
IS rot for any one club or any on" SCI Of opin-
ions an, one nation. il j. for IN" world. and
those who promo" It's best interests without TOO
great thought for self-irtelcsf arr ~ in'crna-
tOnal value.
IL H. for the foregoing reasons that q request
may here he allowed 90 oe made thai the news
paper world u America VIII give frs place to
~" recp'dinb Of skill and nautical ability IN
Yacht racing. to the cad that Youth may strain
coward manly aims AID receive announcement
2ri praie" whore praise is du, There WAS never
hn"r material for training than Is her" found
n.i any more quickly responsive" % th' leading
~ a NM id"a! ana surely newspaper rtaties
and "ld-timc pIejudiceS in favor OF mentioning
MY IN" rich may properly hc pu' aside Iu Vie"
~ nations need II may s~l' moro papers 90 tell
Rows how 10 bet on horse races in; u doesn't nh
the Navy. and. In the absence ~ any school sys-
TEN that oufs slouchluG boys into manly pas
uin-t the newspapers can accomplish the same
ends - making hard-v0 spot an ideal and
excuse 10 say that the youth Of tins relrhhorhood
has no time for Yachting Go 10 any racetra X.
and they viii bc r,uud there 10y thousands. with
all day on their hands. Speaking .n the lump she
YORK Young man spends more lime hesid
a sporting ticker tran Would he occupied in
learning ne most din 'ulf NJ games Tho time
occupied ,n looking around for tins" would give
him practice enough for AZ expert and th"
DAYS ~ can give 90 watching professional bas'-
bah PLAYERS arc almost unlimited
Mention II some ~ IN" men "ho have helped
yachting to it, present high estate seems
proper. and II This papei is Intended g. touch ON
IN" Yachting ~ the present year. / must first
rrfcr 10 those who have done IN, best WORK ior
the general cause IN this sailing season only
few " the clubs have really tried 10 keep
Yachting at It's proper level his year And ~
these. only two hay~ offered large uuW'"f =
r'eaitas They ar" the S-tWanhaka CORN
THAN. - oyster BAY. and ih' Atlantic Yacht
club. though several 81 tn smaller clubs uu the
show Ing namely. th" Indian Harb.r. fhc New
Rochelle and The CorIniniau Feet IT," others
llsapj red completely frn0I The rac4u. COURSES
Tho Atlantic Yacht club has regarded the
Yachting fraternity a. distant unattached
ally and natural riDutary ~ the Navy and be-
cause war Has b. existence W~ hat. WORKED
hard 10 keep every proper Influence IN action.
Ny idea Is that the men ~ho have appeared
most on the regatta courses This wear en-
hard and have given their time 10 k""pne up
the sport. as ror instaico. G. r Pierce Frank
BOVINE Jones. Clinton II crane Sherman Hryt.
VI. Randall. G"Org" Fr"eth. Iazeu Morse.
Dury"a, oswald Shnd-rsor and many others
- q list TOO long Tor printing Some hay. been
valuable on race committees giving their efi-
orgies for th@ sport without sailing much per
sonaly-pNv"r T. Cromwell ard others y m"
Seavanhaka Corinthau. Cherries Tower a.
the New Rochelle and Indian Harbor clubs and
"rs. Il would be pleasing Co give longer list
~ The quiet workers and sailors who have done
ther best for a good cause
Within the last year tho many different yacht
ing fratrrni'ies - the United States and Canada
have become consolidated into one institution.
called tho North American Yacht Racing r'nion
r fho meetings 81 this union delegates come
and agree IN me rules 20 govern the racing iu
all IN" constituent clubs The measurement
rules are not yet Identical M al quarters. but
speaking generally. our yachts may nov com
pete anywhere under the rules which govern
here rho, can 20 20 Canada 81 90 thr inland
Lakes near - Paul 81 even 20 me Pacinc Coast
and sail under the -aut- rules This = a dis
tlnCf and waited -f0r advantage and pre-
pares ~" way for p fine future IN Yachting
when challenges from long distances may be
expected. This union j. actuated by principles
Of the highest honor. and is the accepted repre-
sentative body FOR the Nation except ia mat
tors pertaining to IN" Americas cup. n may
therefore 10" hoped that ifs last winters mis-
sion 70 the yachfsmen II England viii eventu-
ally be- successful and that the dag Is not very
Far distant Vncn American and English yachts
viii meet and rice under rules that com
monty accepted by all and without 'he need -
pr"arfang@m.nt
DESIRABIIITY or \ COMMON CODE
This desirable ~nd may be fur,hered hy ami
cable relations ia regard To- the next cup race.
which at present mold fair promise Of being
continued ~ 10 the value Of tho hig cup races
as IN aid ~ American yachting. opinions are
divided some lifetime N1chtsm,n say that
home Yachting make its best progress when
there ar" no challenge races ON. Personally. !
think our sport = al its best and most valuable
condition whom the largest number Of amateurs
are engaged IN IL. and not when one big race
's employing few men ana Obscurng The in
ter"st that ought Z" be taken In a vast multi
tude Of smaller races The real values ~ the
lars" International racing are seen when the de-
N"lopmcnt 81 ,Ie American yacht IT, being
studied For instance. E.uch argument took
place in former years To whether tn, centre
board boat vas better than the English keel
and for long time the cup races showed that
the centre bOard Waf The faster For years both
countries copied each other Ia small ways The
English took Oh some Of our beam and W.
gradually TOOK on some of their depth Of null
until now the best boat for us seems 10 be the
one tint; combines the two early types. with her
hui sunk Low, in the water but not too deepI,
FOR our shallow harbOrs. and with also a small
centrcbOard. The fact mat the last American
defender or the cup was keel Don't. and
Ike the challenger that none but experts could
tell the difference between them when seen in
dfNddck. SHOWS now much each country has as
sisted the Other IN the Development ~ the best