New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-17

Con,o,r CIousen will be the skipper OF the new
stear Yacht now about to be launched NJ fir'e
wards in South Brooklyn. The name Vi ."e ne"
craft will be the Osceoa. and she Is being quiz tr
THOMAS l. Watt. The plankrg Is near! n.lsnssn'
nd ,ho ,aunch will take place In about two weeks
Tho wcll-known yachtsman, Chester W. ChaPh'
who was formerly the owner OF the schoo"e, y"o".
yompa has had another yacht buiit lot MIN ~
Tomra Fla Mr. Chaplin is also the owner Oh vi.
able yawl Polly. forty-eight-foot "hte' -,''e
that was lately on the drydock at Tcoo H ie
spending SIG go the Polly he fCuna heI To-, sn9
shoots during the winter months. and the shaoWea
craft now completed at Tampa mas mas oasv 70
engih o, rd ih wll have good deal OF room. Cap
tain Wallace Eldridge leaves BROOKLYN .iis ia nm
take charge Of her. The Poly mas o''" '
here.
The steam yacht Vcrgana shows marker ','
movement in speed since the alterations maze !"
~ u,aohtrorv She now makes fifteen miles an
hour instead Of her former thirteen and haf as
shown in her trial run from Tebos Basin 70 nres"
wich conn. The new four-b laded prope,,s' ~ =
dfcI RencdIr OF the Network Yacht Club Captain
Lupton and Chief Engineer Hearst are "'" "
charge OF her
Tho rev steam Yacht Alcedo has been Kept pusy
since she was built last spring. After making
long cruIse 70 the Baltic and German waters she
arrived At her home port OF Philadelphia on peceh-
hor n and will now go to the yards OF her builders
tho Harlan e. Hollingsworth Company, at Winning ,no
ton Del TO be Heightened am hdIds P1rcyel Of the
New-York Yacht CluD. intends 10 nave M coal
huners sn nigS1 so shs viii be large boat with
the new addition Her present hsr besm is
erbtv over a feet and she draws II feet Of water .
skipper Frank r Dyer who TOOK me A'ce'o u ''''
North Cape and back. Ia still IN charse'
An order has been received by L@~ley. o. SCUM
Boston to build wooden steam yacn,. III zee,
over all with soot Taierhe SO Tar declined
10 Give the name OF the intended owner
q, bar yvav home from a two months cruise In
.ho Mediterranean the steam yacht Maid or hohoI'
now chartered by {. II. Pearson was driver .'lo
Lisbon for shelter. When she tried 1t again TWO
DAYS later she did we'll for the first forty hours
and then ran into northwest gaze 'na' "au
mountainous sea in It's grip. one Dig wave VI III
wau-s,ded variety came aboard amidships with ire
,rondous force The first and second stewards,
who were inside the after deckhouse were bn
down into the main saloon dsd NE sci smashed
the Gig and flooded the main saloon AIter t'iS
the yacht hove 10 for elgn'etn " Inr tor
ne i .b gaIe came out Of the southwest and
chased the Yacht the whole OF the way TO Sou aps
her vjrtue is now established beyond cav'l.
An English Yachting periodical has been raising
a question as to the measurement OF racing so"o'i
ured as If set the foremost and no allowance
, made for the lost area OF the foresail and FORE
caf-topsaiI when the sail Is hung up on the main
The present conditions are not so easy to remedy,
either for 1t is conceivable that the foresail ana
tb 20, snnnaker is set This however might be met
by giving the owner the choice OF me- nf.ct ,bn
mainmast The spnnaker should be Of an area equal
- b S shouId choose the foremost might be meas,
ursd as II is at present The mainmast mas ueCIueu
eggns1ions were carried out most masters would
probably be willing TO put up with them'
The above remarks apropos Of the possible
revival Of schooner racing in England. The new
schooner being built by the Hendersons for e l..
orr Ewing NJ p. and the recent purchase OF X
Suydam Palmers Yampa have brought the inter-
osts OF the two-stickers under further discussion
The Yampa. having now completed her voyage TO
SOUTHAMPTON In the remarkably good time OF
eighteen DAYS will soon be in form TO meet yachts
from an, side Of the North Sea. The only schooner
in England that hold the Yampa IS the Amphi-
triie ana aiter seNttal coi'est' . IN ,u,o
still exists as 10 Which Is th- DETER OF the wv
In the last match race the Amphtriie won, and IN
time, but was debarred Tor carrying 100 numerous
a crew. No two-sticker in British waters could
In light weather and when John +. Brooks TOOK
his schooner. the Lasca. TO England. four years
The Lasca. though excellent cruiser. proved
rather disappointment in the high-speed frater,
be- arranged for her in England proved the neglect
which the racing schooner class has suffered from
on the other side.
Members OF clubs find difficult to keep track OF
that wonderful ship, the Varuna, belonging to
Eugene Higgins OF the New-York Yacht Club.
She reached Bermuda when NEWCOMERS were
lust hearing Of her start. Astonishngly soon she
was sighted off Gibraltar Since then the dis
patches seem 70 have become niue mhea as .ne
Tuns. and arrived at Palermo. in Sicily: on the
same day. This boat is flyer. but she cannot
do" the Mediterranean quite as quickly as this.
even though she has a Chicago man aboard.
The steam yacht Chere Annie. which was lately
purchased for Government uses In Southern waters.
has arrived at Southport \. C.. on her way to
New-Orleans
The Royal Mersey Yacht Club. whose head
quarters IS at Birkenhead. near Liverpool. has
added 10 It's membership Henry Walters OF the
New-York Yacht Club. Mr. Walters Is the owner
Of the big steam yacht the Narada. which is now
about to leave New-York for cruise to the ORR
entail waters.
The Ice Yacht Club OF Orange Lake turns out
fourteen speedy trianges In It's feet. Commodore
Higeinson's the Cold Wave and the Ice King owned
by G. NJ Stebbns. were the first to appear, and
there will be spirited competitions later. The
thaw OF the last few days has no. improved the
ice which five inches thick at the beginning
Of the month. Up at Newburg discussion has
taken place as to whether the word "hotila,"
| meaning a feet OF small vessels, Is properly APP
picab bic to n fleet Of iceboas. 1t is contended that
| n notila must float. The replies that the ice
noats and that the ice itself is water An erudite
| pcrson who possesses dictionary. has produced 1t
10 proyc that the Saxon "hcotan" meant to swim
or move on the surface and now both sides assert
that the Saxon root supports their contention AS
| In the long fought question about baptism the
idea OF immersion Is prominent
| Tho auxiliary yacht the Arcturus belonging to
Rutherford Stuyvesant. OF the New-York Yacht
! Club is now at the yards OF Fay & Co.. Southamp
ton preparing to go into commission in February.
after which she Will meet the American fleet In the
Mediterranean.
!. Edward J. Bergen. of the Atlantic Yacht Club.