New-York tribune., 1898-11-13
YACHTING.
THE LARCHMoNT CLUES PLANS FOX
NEXT SEASON.

| CONTROL. OF RACERS OF THE SMALL
| ChAssEs-sALE OF THE LADY EVELYN
| The Larchmont Yacht Club. which did not par
ticpate in spor; during the last summer season
| owing to the war intends to make a memorable
racing wear OF 1899 Howard ". Coates. Of tho
| Larchmont Regatta Committee. said yesterday
| that the club had long rest, and would take us
| place IN racing circles next season. The place "a
| the I.archmont Yacht Club is a, the top. though
| Mr Coates did not say In late years this ciup
has by it's unremitting attention to all kinds OF
yacht racing, and by it's generosity III the matter
! of prizes won for Itself among yachtsmen the nom
orab,e title OF leading yacht-racing INSTITUTION o
| North America" For this title other CLUBS nave
been in the field, and the Atlartlc Yacht Clnb ana
! tho Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club made good
| bids for hrst place. giving many races IN each
year but tho Iarchmont institution, assisted great
| " by good management. was facile princeps.
| Perhaps the best racing at Larchmont next year
| will be among the big schooners The TWO pest
| so footers the Colonia and the Emerald are go
| inc to be put 10 their top speeds by the new 10
! fooer that is being designed by Cary Smith ana
! the first announcement OF this fine vessei ~ mace
! elsewhere in this column. Besides this. there WI"
| be the schooner which IS now being designed u!
| Messrs Gardner Cox for an owner whose na'ne
| remains ir some doubt Some say that D. beiIe
! King has nut in the order and It said at the
New-York Yacht club Thursday night ana
with some confidence. that Commodore r. VI my
| OF the Stamford Yacht Club was the man. i"i'
| will make four schooners in the ~ioot cidss'
| with the Amorita and the Qussetta 10 come !" o
| time allowance or handicap whenever they Ieei
| inclined thus making a fleet of six vessels 'na'
are the fastest FOR their water ne lengths IN inc
world. ,
! The outlook Is therefore very bright III 'he
| schooner class and a great deal OF sport is hopeo
| for in the one-desgn J0foot schooner ciass' i"o
! owners Of these valuable and able two-suckers
| Rad their boats completed In the dnllest year
! within the memory OF man, and III spl'e Vi se
! attempt on the part Of Mr. Dodge VINO o""s ~
/ Of them the Clorlta. they have never r"Ceu "
/ r.thor Thus they win come as reshiy 10 '''V
! noc,a.c-s Of rext year as il they had just been
! lrirt Very few vachtsrncn have seen thcn' "ut
Their prlvatc performances have been cNce"e"'' az"
| thcir promise FOR next year is Of the best
Mex IN point Of racing importance comes t'c
81. foot class OF racing cutters. ana one i'"o ~
frinktn. tha, Commodore HCyt is no; the co'"'ns
owue, az ,be big schooner is that ne Is showing d
rooa deal of interest in bringing out ms h-lV''
champion next year. lie wants one more oo'' -
the class, in which case he would ce'''"''i ''
ou, the Sycc ana here is a grand ch'h'e 'o' t
body who - looking for good racing con'p""s
fore he builds Mr. IIoyt says that John b. Ml'lS'
Of the New-York Yacht C!ub VIII race tNe IL" az
ron, kcstrel and that tins Fie-ies'sn" poa' H'!
he counted on o. Il certainty. The new cr"it !"
this fee. the Acushli ~. previously d'Sc'Ipeu ~
The Tribu.e. has been built for an ihd'ld''s""0
racing vachtsrnan, Wrrer Hanan. ana "heh t"e
boaf comes ou i, is certain that she VIII nc o"ucu
for hear" The Nencedor. owned by Harry VI VII
uc Of tho Lalchront Yach; club wiil.'it y hoped
be again raced in this class, for although she h"u
no marked success in 1891 she always saiie' hhe
boat tina; might be improved by some aNer"''oi' %
The Ecstrel the Syce, the Nenced"r anu "'
Acusha II will make great quartet ana o"e
more racer is wanted. Who vii! hll the gap.
A long talk was had with Frank BOVINE Jones
veeterdov As one OF the hardest workers IN the
Yacht Racing Union Of North America ana "s one
of the Executive Committee OF the Long l!aiiu
Sound Association Mr.. Jones Is In The front Oh al
movements for the improvement Of yacht racing ID
this country When ooleo oo"" ''ii9 N
was as follows
Nothing has seemed more necessary than some some
plan for controlling the building IN me snai nnx
ing that Cannot AFFORD to buiid .,,I racer eG
that win no, last ba one s hroush hem can't
sfofd boat Of that kind And It is proved to
nr sas sass you mesh is Tn educd in this way
These are the conditions thai have to be mel me.
ISOLATION to frame a construction law TO c0ntroi
the building In these classes ON Omr pans .p Mr 10 70
deal with the large boats until thc experiment. "a
have beer found 0 onssy @mons f
our Executive Committee vii visit Boston & sd ne sne
the best ideas. and for better sport we want 10
have our Ns laws fxnS n6ssbc the part Of "
p Stephens's plans for construction controi VIII
oI Bf It is not the intention prohibit the fake
racer ner we win only put in a class by Itself.
That was the way the sandbag skimming-diis i,e
sre wsre got rd S Mesn Pu The
classes will not be nierered MN am h~G
they only meet others of the same knn r anv
boats are neyeT built eXcep to ,ake praf'E a Eoa.
that arc built IN reasonaoIy s1rOns m MI ,ncre,,
well! We. won't prohibit them. They VIII Hereiy
Have any objections been take to the in'roduc-
ton Of the gT,h rule S for Wbn would for
mulate his objections. If any, and publish mem mem
ON yachti1g who in his Boston paper showed
amcnble isnorance Of the smbjcC c9imed .her
has exclaimed because the ruc with ns. differing
from the English rule taxed the centreooard one one.
have made mistake in not taxing 1t enough, be
cause as the rule now stands the centre board
yschs a' Of the same hui model one With
board ana the ose yin Sn h ca9 9ny ywSS m eO Ol
tire depth Of the fin Is CALCULATED II the otner, r
hf was p9in,ffa fer ont 6 'pT T sne as fSr made e a%
may he that too much advantage has been given
for experiment am told by friends in the Larch-
mont and Atlantic yacht clubs that both these m
stitutons will soon pass the Girth rule for their
own races and know Of nobody who objects 10
it. After the shamrock challenge race is over l
same rule because. already mentioned In The
Tribune, club can wish to go on building i'm,
prevented from racing on any course but its
The new NC Moryan S2t AZ and nd 9T ora p~nG
the Shamrock. cannot REASONABLY hope TO win
now almost universal eirth rule so that there -
every reason TO expect that the New,f ork lacnt
after the Shamrock races.
THE LADY EVELYN SOLD TO MAJOR ACK-
ERMAN.
An important sale put through yesterday
et the Manning Yacht Agency. The English