New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN.
THE RACES FOR THE QUINCY CHAL
LENGE CUP.

ATLANTIC YACHT CLUBS NEW HUME NEafHNo
coMPLETIoN-THE YOUNG DUO D'ABRuzzI
AS A MISUNDERSTANDING
FOR THE COMING SEASON.
AZ eighteen-foot line craft is being built for
Harry NJ Crane of the Seawanhaka Corinthian
Yacht Club Cor the purpose OF racing for the
Quincy Challenge Cup. The Quincy Nassp 1echt
Club has Subscribed $500 for an international email
lenge cup to promote the racing OF small yachts IL
is open to competition for craft belonging to clubs
Of good standing and the limit Of the sailing length
is twenty-one feet The club holding the cup must
defend II against accepted chaengers between
July Is and September Is. Each challenge must be
signed by the proper officers OF the club making H.
II must be delivered by April ], but subsequently
other clubs may challenge and enter, the same con-
tests. No challenge will be accepted after May 10;
the series After four races of any series have
been sailed. only the winners of at least one race
only yachts that have won two The course in the
first shall be to windward or leewaro anu re-
ieg shall be TO windward Subsequent races shall
alternate on these courses. which snail not oe mo-
than twelve less than nine nautical miles long.
and the depth of water in sny part Of the course
shall not be less than five and one-haIt 1ee''
The Board of Trustees Of the Atlantic Yacht CLUB
mas expressed satisfaction at the quick completion
Of the new club home at Sea Gate All haste Will
be made to have the interior ready in every way
for the informal opening May l. In spite OF the
engineering difficulties. which some contractors
have refused face. 1t is still said by members or
the club that the old clubhouse at Bay ridge vii
done successfully, the former building VIII DC
paced IN posl now = been nu p This will give the
institution about fifty seepng-rooms. and. as Nor
toms Point knows all the breezes that are a h
rooms will be taken by bachelor members inr9uEHs
Of the clubs frontage an esplanade with an iron
railing will be built
large yawl-risged craft. with auxiliary power.
has been built for Horace +. Smith. of Philadel-
phia. The cabin and the two staterooms are nm
ished in mahogany. and. with a deck length OF
nfty-three feet. the new boat is a cepacious one
nearly thirteen feet beam. ten-horse-power naph-
tina motor will insure her arrival on time' IN spite
of all failures on the part OF the wind.
A daring yachtsman is the young Due d'Abruzz.
who is the owner o: the hrst-class racing yacht
Bona whose successes on the Mediterranean nave
recently been reported. This nephew OF the king
q Italy lately made the ascent OF Mount Saint
Elias. ard will start next summer on an exploring
expedition TO the Arctic regions. The preparations
for the journey now almost complete. ana me
traveller will be accompanied solely 6y MS aide, ue
camp and heutena1t Count Cagm me s,;Stbori
ties on Arctic travelling. and Is now going 10 not
way 10 talk things over with pr T.; Nam Ss what
ever aid II can as far the Siberian territory IS
concerned. The German Emperor's yacht; the NE
teor. was many times deprived Of victory last
year through the Due d'Abruzzi's Bona winning on
her allowance under the measurement rules
Many well-known yachts preparing for the
coming season at Port jefferson Among the sloops
are the Choctaw, ]. Montgomery Strong, OF the Al
lantic Yacht Club; the Eurybia. Charles Pryer'
New Rochelle Yacht Club the Pawnee, F. '. Alex
andre; the Fenella. William A. Lattimer; the
Daphne Commodore Charles T. Wills of the Indian
Harh
the Riverside Yacht Club: the Ninita, r A. Dngee
" Well Inc Of the Atlantic Yacht Club the Flash G B.
Barker of the Knckerbocker Yacht CUB; me
Maynard Frederick Beltz Of the Riverside Yacht
Club: the Pastlme William Hagh, OF the Larch,,
mont Yacht Club: the Restless. Henry steiner 81
Wood Of the Atlantic Yacht Club; the sibyl, Mr..
Williams. OF the New-Haven Yacht Club.
The Yacht Masters and Engineers Association
now numbers more than two hundred members in
It's lists counting the Boston branch. At the an
nual meeting, held last week the financial condi-
ton Of this society for mutual protection and Tor
the Of members 1ame. sh9W N to be ere
elected: President. George Coley; vice president
William G. Bonniny ar RGsrd of Trusien
Edridge. James Eldridge. Charles C. Harris, James
Brown and J. NJ. Lane
A thjrty-two-foot steam yacht. with eight feet Of
beam. is being built with water-tube boilers for the
United States Survey expedition that Is to explore
and make charts OF the nsphtha
yacht is being prepared for the United States light
house force at Charleston, S. G.
The steam yacht Jessie owned by William Muir
ray. Of the Larchmont Yacht Club Is receiving new
decks and a new stern. Another stateroom Is being
added and the whole interior built anew. The
schooner Alsacienne, owned by Caius {: Bragg. Of
staterooms and the shape Of her galley Is being
On deek she aEns Of new da
Yacht Club. is receiving new deck. stern and
cabin.
The members OF the Harvard Yacht Club have
elected the following officers for this season: Com
modore. J. a. Burnham jr: vce-commodore c. NJ
Whitman: rear-commodore. II. Sampson; secre-
tary and treasurer. G T. Baker. and Regatta Com
mittee r. 4. Boardman: c. B; Curtis and @ r.
Hills. Tho Yale Yacht Club will be challenged for
regatta. Young William X ysnderbit is am mons
this year His yacht the Carmita, Is now winter
ing at Lawleys South Boston, and will be put into
commission early In the season. The interest taken
in yachting at Harvard is steadily increasing. and
1t Is expected that the sport Will take , more
The Excelsior Yacht Club. OF South Brooklyn.
has adopted tho plan followed by other enterpris-
Ing yacht clubs in waving the entrance fee for
new members and merely charging the yearly
dues At the annual meeting held few days ago
the following officers were elected for the season
Of 1895: Commodore. Lewis Lawson; vice-commo-
dore. John j. Doe; rear-commodore. Robert Dunn
beton; secretary, John NJ RUSSELL treasurer. Basil
H. Leather; financial secretary. William A. Owl
nell: treasurer Malcolm c. Thomson. and trustees.
H. Schwanaedel, Lewis Lawson. II. Graham. r.
Hencke and A. Davroch.
The twin steam yachts OF I03 feet length which
have been under construction at Morris Heights
during the last winter now well advanced. and
No II will be launched in about two weeks. She is
for q member Of the Eastern Yacht Club. and will
be finished in ivory and gold This boat has the
regularity OF having her owners apartments built
In forward. while the quarters OF the crew are aft.
The other craft which will be called the Onaway.
IN pIanked and decked. and will be backed down
into the water soon. She is for Jesse II. Metcalf
Of Providence. r: l. The Cnaway has her quarters
for the crew in the usual locality.
Thomas A. Mcintyre of the NewYork Club. is