New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-14

| hlrrving the work Of putting IN" cruiser '''o ~
n Isl SIDE The o ou SG Vh iprwaFd
atly be ready by Decoration Day
+ Oua NJ, ~. new knocl.about feet built by searns
~ Norhlebead for tho Seawanhaka-Corihthlan anu
other yacht clubs. has arrived at nsntecteS under
r"ver unil the time Cor f,tins out
co,o,s, 7. W. Bls. Of tire N.w-York Yacht
~ h.yI,e u-foot naphtha launch built for the
large steam yacht Felicia which was 'Auh'"'1 'A''
Week ''~'''
800, zach, with auxiliary naphtha power has
GO. h.,r con,tru-t.d Tor Z. W. Hooker. OF HART
,-d This boat has in her cockpl, ,e, a." ahov,
power engine that IS ceP.o,s IS zee; over ALL with
feam OF u feet and caught OF feet "''"''
Her water-line length is u 'ee'
c...,oa v Swain. OF Philadelphia. II having
,,h s,eo. seam launch bulk for him IN New ORR
1,,s 70 ne used by him on Lake satan nj. 70 make
IS only thirty feet long OUT ~ "
Twelve miles an hour.
p.o,,o living IN tho nelghboFhood OF fo'' ~.
r,on pensonhurst. Bath Ieach ana III" ,,l.a,,,
.f, h oblo 70 see the inside races OF INC Atn"'l,
49, - Thu now courses laid out ny 'o"hel
- i Austen and the Regatta committees Oh
,he club VIII be close 20 the neish'o''"s .
~h.y lie between tho club premises ~ No','"
point md the poin; where the TWO Pern"''e"s no.
o''' 90" nrs - 10 placed on For, Hamilton and
4cr Du9ys ere 70 c craven shoa buoy Will also 10
used SOMETIMES third ma v6 9s h lspascSpe
.o.fo u, r.l,9h1rhood and from the upper veranaas
tho large racers an Ue W." 30 Ton Of the house
.tnrc ,bcre ,s IA large observation deck the' IN
,e cen 'u,'t ing ncets arc unusually large. the
;i,,cs OF turriug the different mark MAY ~ ~ 90
rom ','g ana MS on clear day may relieve no
committee OF the necessity OF io"o"'"s :" '-"
~, e.. yachting editor OF Tho Lon
40, J-,eid has been appointed TO tho honorable
arA difficult, position OF Handicapped In the com
rn,t,ee which VIII have charge OF tho Emperor
rae. from Dover 20 Heligoland this year mo
Marquis OF OrmonGe. the chairman OF 'he COMM
tee Vas received from ths German Emperor mo
>,u,ving telegram which refers also 10 the kie
Regatta Please express NY wsfincs' ttaHks , 10
IT, oruitiee Tor tAe pains hey have kindly iahen
~ -cgrd TO Inc Icgcland cup hope no race
vii lrOve a pleasure 20 many Keen y"rh' ssiha,'.
and VII. induce many Of mem 10 come :" hiel,
nom the acc,ur, u Mr.. kcmp's continued lness.
which WAS lately brought baoH n ,he "e
doubt has boon cxptes.ed as to ne on 81 'ns
errarrnr the handicap for the ll"ilgoland heet OF
mixed class racers
The s.eam yacht that IS being built FOR Leu
,enon, Rober, T. Plat. L. s ~ 20 be used in the
A,e.la boundary survey. IS perhaps the hr't OF
her kind IN construction. To-day this 75-fooi yacht
may be- seen IN the yards entirely buit ana rchcy
70 lie launched Tomorrow every part OF her VIII
be separated. Mr.. Harmon. the superintendent OF
The building firm sali yesterday: Every part OF
that craft separates from the rest OF Il. Every
plank IS first cut and fitted In It's place. as II 10 re-
main But Il Is fastened to the frames with bolts
and nuts which al unscrew. and when We come 10
take the vessel to pieces TO pat her on board tho
cars 10 q, 20 soaito every plank Is numbered. and
uI-olsely the same place. Every frame divides and
comes apart from the keel, and the keel Itself
divides mo TWO parts winch JOIN beng constructed
n~it that has been tried to lesser extent before
ana IL g. rendered necessary by the fact that
craft o. 'tls Acient ana ienstn. ana Win sixteen
ana tie TRIP round Cape Horn VAS not desired Ths
ioai viii draw tt.. more than three feet 81 wafer
zinc and twin-scrcws. The whole OF the work viii
b. done and the steamer VIII be at her work in
1c .Ia.' .he i~crent mouths Of the Yukon River
Her cost Will be $500 For this survey we are
also building two 23-icot whaebOats and four l6
foot dnslcs."
The nig schooner Hidcgardc. which Is is3 fOet
long has had her first tasto Of hard weather
mo Atlantic In tie last sail from Newport News
IN p.rmuda George W Yields boat was hovc-to
for twenty hours under storm trysails. and tho
ana Dr. Osbourne. Of Boston. with Duncan Hunter
ana Or Halscy De Wolf. are cruising With Mr.
from Bermuda and then go 10 Boston, where some
other guests VIII - aboard for cruise eastward
Mrs Lucy G. Carnegie. Of tho New-York Yacht
Club. has cent her steam Yacht. the Dungeness. to
J 4
Tho uroposed race Of the Seawanhak a- Cornt han
knockabouts from oyster Bay to New London VIII
not be a CONTINUOUS race for the entire distance.
The proposal now in to race frs, TO Black Rock
ana remain there over might continuing the con-
test the noxt day to New-London. while the return
viii DO q correspondence cruise
Tho new clubhouse OF tho Atlantic Yacht Club
will he open for the use Of members on May but
IN. formal opening will not take place until Deco
ration Day The flag will then be hoisted and
saluted In the usual way. and special regatta
will he sailed. The chairman OF the Regatta Com
,nittce Colonel David +. Austen. proposes to havo
the races on the inside courses that finish In
good Zine may he looked for. y seaSoIng tug VIII
s go fhs Yachts and the course for Series
en- he fr9r, The starting line at Craven's Shoal to
the Southwest Spit; ana then 10 G.dneys .nan Ir
serSs and thirty to tho southwest Spit
70 the red can buoy or Sandy Hook point, to the
ScIng fourteen and onehalf miles, For Series G,
around the SOUTHWEST SPIT and swa ,s ChanneI
On signal from Commodore adams the fleet VIII
dec ship and aftcTward tho members will attend
Oh s,eraf reception at the clubhouse and tho
G,gshin the schOOncr Sachem. The next regular
meeting Of IN me hs GG1 T hall Ie Of "d the
A, the ocean Yacht Club. of stapleton. Staten
Leland the annual election OF officers took place
last Wednesday evening The following members
,y.ro chosen 70 act for the year 1898: Commodore.
,rbcodore f. Chaser: vicc-commodorc. Joseph Earth;
rcar9commodore julius C. Muller; secretary, George
r.; c,o,lctou treasurer John II. Bodt trustees.
,pndolnh Michel. James 4. Dunn and Louis Birke'
AUXILIARY FORCE FOR COAST DhFhNCE'
Washington. April Ex-senator Hale has INTRO
duccd n Joint resolution at the instance OF 'hc
So, penartnent proyidlng for auxiliary navy
,orce for coast defence TO be enrolled In such pum-
hcrs as the President may direct ana 10 serve -.
nna GEAR The resolution provides that olcers to'
the force shall be selected from merchant vesse"