New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN.

II some vessels in the modern racing reets sill
carried headed gafr iopsais or were In ether
ways as easily distnguishabc IS n the cld-lime
regattas then he racing numbers on The mainsaiIs
! might still be dispersed with but when large num-
bers OF craft built and rugged exactly alike are
started in the race The number provides al
most he only chance for recognition at distance.
The English fleets are not usually so dnsuings5ns
numbers is great but in regard TO the oe e
cult to see how the Yacht Racing Association OF
Great Britain can much longer refuse no 20 rssfsed
on the point so lar me but The
Field" has expressed the hope that the Yacht Rae,
Ing Association will reconsider It's decision al so'iie
future time.
VI. Hogins OF the Atlantic Yacht Club, has sold
his steam yacht The Enterprise TO DR. Richard h.
Derby. OF the Seawanhaka Yacht Cub Dr. Derby
OF Maine and further east He VIII chanee m ,
ard call his new Graft the oIaet for @ some
thing though the objects OF her search are "o'
mentioned.
TIL. most ,n,nor,ant addition TO the North Ameri-
can Yacht Racing Union is the Larchmont facht
club To have this club az part and parcei OF the
North American Union cannot fail 10 auo "o's"'
end dignity 10 the big combine IN making u ""-
tionally representative. The Royal St Lawrence
Yacht club with It's four hundred and seventy-hVe
,ar,, Rowne Jones The Rhode Island Yacht C!uo
adds three hundred and ninety persons u rn,cas
Yacht Racing AssocSOm OF who ARP possessors OF
come Of the best talent now known OH tN vh.
I'M. . Vaosusocatton headed by it's organizer John
TAYLOR of St. Paul. brings Wthn VIZ ,ou and
Ten yac. This is the only federation OF yacht
cubs in the country which has not peen aiaI ,o
win the omnibus union, so that me NsL SILL nlrb
W. W. nomnle.e save for the New-l ork 1acAt oiuo'
coorga w Weld of the New-York Yacht Ciuo'
q having his big schooner. the Hlldegarue. pre-
pared for cruising at the yaros OF ii,''',,.
~ tho Hidegarde A. S. Cheeseboroush, mas UeeI
experimenting the work. ana he eNpeO' - 49,
her ready this week.
At the Wilmington yards the steam yach. Aceuo
fs being cut In two for the Introduction OF d ne"
section twenty-three feet long in the m'uuie OF 'e
vessel Her owner George W. Childs DreXeL OK
,be New-york Yacht Club found that the yacht
needed further interior spaces for such long TRIP
as last which was 10 the Nor,n cI 10 tons
OF coal instead OF so. With her new section tne
Alcedo will be POS feet long over all her Rrey,O9 Is
Slightly over q feet and she draws II feet Of water
Captain Frank T. Dyer is still In charge
The Kn.ckerbocker Yacht Club has arranged 10
bav. \ number Of ladies' days this season. at which
times there will be receptions races anq b ssed
The George W. Childs Drexel trophy VIII oe s""eN
The cabin CT the steam yacht Freeiance IS os'hs
rerurn.shed at Greenport. y. Y. the Free'ahce Is
owned by F. Augustus Schermerhorn. OF the New
York Yacht club. Her decks nave Deer reca .Nl
and some Of the forecase arrangements nave oetn
altered Captain Vail is in charse IN s9 yarg'
always makes an early appearaIn orH N 'ne sp''"s
and she Will soon be out on the SOUND
The planking OF the big schooner Rainbow mas
been almos; completed at Meadowside ana her
owner. C. l.. Orr Ewing. VI. p. expects 10 nave heF
I'm commission early in May. She VIII carry
hollow main boom made Of steel, such N IL "o"
preferred at Meadowside The boats mas SIS nave pave
not yet been finished. In the mean time me Ger,
man and EnsSn the Emperors iduna date
Yampa) her old rival the Amphtrite; the .e,ohla.
is thonabt that. with the large time allowance the
Yampa will put up good hght WIN ,Ie ~, ina'nnum,
unless heavy weather brings out the surplus power
of the bis boat.
At the meeting of the Interlake Yachting Asso-
citation jus, held at Cleveland the following on
cor. v,sre elected: Commodore Alexander !. Nc
Ieod OF Detroit: vlce-commodore II. Tracey. or
Toledo rear-commodore. George T. Bliss OF Erie
secretary and treasurer. Otto f. Bartheis, De'ro''
measurer J. W Hepburn rGisdS hesS snTEeen
George + Anderson; sandusk. Seorge vale
Toledo; John A. Rathbone Detroit: EDWARD over
beck and w. Y. Huntington, cleveand; delegate
10 the North American Yacht Racing Union Ernest
F Dd ~ ns Great LAKES Eest w. Raddor
r B. Hover OF Buffalo. and Otto f. Barthels OF
Detroit.
The well-known schooner Varuna owned by G.
I. Rives and +. X Sturgis. OF the NewYork Yacht
Club. is laid up at Port jefferson. beside j y.
Wnslow's schooner Agnes. Commodore George G.
Tyson's cruiser. the Nirvana. and the two-stlcker
Fenella. owned by Charles Lane Poor. of the New
York Yacht club. are In the same company. to-
gether with the schooner Adrenne. owned In the
New Haven Yacht Club by J. A. Kelsey.
The GreenvIle Yacht Club has elected the follow
Ing officers for 1895: Commodore. Alfred Renshaw:
ce-commodore. Alexander Reid: recording secre-
tary. William Everett Hicks; financial secretary.
C. II. Sampson treasurer. Alfred Renshaw dele
gates to the Yacht Racing Acknowledgement re
Rcnshaw. w r. Hicks and C. j. Leach. A num-
Der Of improvements TO the clubhouse are 10 he
made. including bowling alleys and billiard-rooms
Frank Bovine Jones has Just sold the Boston
flyer, the Mongoosc hitherto belonging to a. ID.
Irving to a New York yachtsman. The Mongoose
is n Xne addition to the local fleets. and will mako
II warm tor this years knockabouts.