New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-08
YACHTING.
CANADIAN RACERS BEING TRIED OUT FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL CUP

CANADIAN RACERS BEING TRIED OUT FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL CUP
The racers built b. the Royal st. Lawrence Yach;
! club In commission and the preliminary
| trials are being attended with almos: much in
/ crest as las; year. IT is reported from Montreal
! j.at the has somewhat diminished tie excite
! ment 20 he observed this time last
! year among the Canadians and the reason IL said
to be because the attention OF the Americans is
! chiefly directed elsewhere. There has. however
been no abatement Of effort the part CT those
whom the responsibility OF the defence depends
! The boats were little later than usual in being
launched. but that the private trials are pro-
ceedng II has been proved that all this years craft
sailing faster than the Gencatrn II OF 1887.
This means a good deal 10 the Seawanhaka
yachtsmen and II speaks well for Mr.. Duggan's in
| gonuity that he has been able to steadily Improve
the speed of his designs. as each succeeding year
an adv@ntase in be!nE able to Know exactly how
they stand IN compa rson with the previous years
ms Years designs rank With the best Of those Of
/ last year. because the Mono. which was beaten at
Montreal last year. has been sold somewhere out
West. and cannot he used trial horse. The
Shark aid tire ASHORE are both out. but they were
too far from the front last year to now tell all that
the " SON n'S OF f he anadsn Sugar KING has
great speed. but she has not yet defeated either OF
! Hcrrck Duggans two boats are called the specu-
ia;or and the re orncT was built as
/ Of the club ana the other was designed ana built
! High Commissioner in London vino has for years
! been honorary commodore Of the club
appear in time for the regular trial races designed
/ end to be sailed by Fmilius Jarvis. commodore ~
! sailed the Bonshaw which in some winds proved a
winner in last years trial races on Lake 81 LOUIS
| THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM
It is understood that the Savln Hill Yacht Clubs
| Tho O,,ip hal +
| SCOTS new boat Arab ".
! The Quincy Yacht Club has refused 10 allow Mr.
Small's 2-foot schooner TO enter for the Challenge
! Cup On the part o. the club It is held that the
cup given for the contests OF Z-footers ana
that the committee is well within It's rights in re-
fusng to allow larger boats claim the allowance
for rig under the association rule. In this case Il
was r Ges eb 10 ogs ,be 2oot sloop The shoon
/ getting the benefit Of The eNtra three feet by
reason Of her rig. The club cares nothing VINO
wins the trophy, but 1t IS strictly 2-foot cup. ana
! craft Of larger dimensions may look ELSEWHERE Tor
} prizes
The yacht race between the Empress Of Ger
| many with her sister-in-law. Princess Henry OF
! Prussia on board The Iduna lately the American
I schooner yacht Yampa and Emperor William. on
! board his big cutter Meteor was sailed on Satur-
! day last of ilemmemark on course hity-S SIX
/ Meteor by half an hour
In the third regatta given by tho Beverly Yacht
| Club this year Mis- Joshua Cranes new yacht the
Kolca built by lhlnney, by thirty seconds
| after nard-iouElt contest.
r. W Crossley. OF Chicago has chartered tho
! schooner Foam for the season.
! The crack 4s-footer Wasp. owned by the Lippi.t
! brothers is fitting out at Port Jefferson
The yachsmen Of oyster Bay thought II a little
ominous when the Crane design Seawanhaka was
/ beaten by the Akabo at Larchmont last Monday
! This was their first completed pubic race. the
! Seawanhaka having broken her centreboard after
starting in the first intended race ut Oyster Kay
In the tables showing the positions OF all the
boats racing under the percentage system OF the
! Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association. the sec
ond-best 20-footer OF last year. the Al Anka- held
a good place As every finish counts twenty five
points TO the contestant owners arc IN constant a.
TENDANCE This may pu, an eat ~ !, sE9
as a trial horse for the new twent!es.
| Larchmont yachtsmen were treated 10 novelty
! In the way OF day fireworks on Independence Day
! When all gathered IN the clubhouse. after
the big race was finished. large number OF bombs
were sent up from some neighborng private
grounds When these burs, high in the air. all
breeze. There was a who.e Noah's Ark Of ant
mas. and some OF the figures seemed TO be about
| seven feet long
The yacht Warbena Commodore James White
started yesterday for a cruise TO NcwLondon and
Shelter Island and Will return to the home Of her
| owner. at Shell Island Byram Shore. about sun
day next.
Commodore Frederick Gerken's steam launch Is
receiving several alterations She Will be ready FOR
use at Shell Island this morning. when She Will re-
| sumo her daily trips. with Commodore Gerken and
his friends: to New York STOPPING at the American
! Is considered the swiftest 5-foot launch on the
Sound.
Tho annual regatta Of the seawanhaka -Corin-
than Yacht Club will be sailed on THURSDAY July
Is Shops. cutters yawls. cabin and open catboats,
special thirty-footers and the Seawanhaka knock
abouts will sail In addition TO tho customary
class prizes. the Leland Corlnthien Challenge Cup
Will be open for competition among club yachts
only. II will be raced for among the twenty foot
soops. The for the larger yachts viii be
| twice round six mile triangle. The entries must
be made with Charles 4 sherman. chsirman OF
York. These races are open TO the yachts OF club.
enrolled IN the Long Island Sound Association and
THAN OF Marblehead. Eastern, Larchmont. Massa-
| chusetts. Marine and Field. Ncw-York and Payonia
| yacht clubs, also the Ncw-York and Brooklyn
| canoe clubs
one Of the most satisfactory acquisitions OF the
Atlantic Yacht Club Is the steamer Defender. which
| brings members to the club from New-York. She
can run fourteen miles hour. and Is s. feet
long. 90 feet wide. drawing feet Of watcr She IS
! Frank l.. Drake, the son OF the owner. Is the cng-
neer Many club guests have enjoyed the speed
| and easy running o: this craft. Captain Coleman
used TO be the skipper OF the steam yacht Inyicta.
Since the Huguerot Yacht club announced It's
determination 20 give 10 regattas this season the
| Entertainment: Committee mas arranged series
| Of social affairs On July g there Will be fato
champetre on July = The members and their
friends will gather for smoker. on July 80 there
| Will be entertainment for women. with dancing,
and the same Will be repeated on August u. \
| smoker with "vafi@tts' viii be given on August
| 90 and an entertainment ard dance for women
| will be given on August q
All entries for the trial races Of the Seawanhaka-
! Cornthian Yacht club. in which a twenty footer
v,,u no chosen 20 rcpresent the club in the chal-
| i..pr re az fTfi lie