The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
DRAGON SAILS SOUTH TO-DAY
NEW CUP WINNER OF THE sAVAN-
NAH YACHT CLUB COMING.

| The Approach of the Yachting Sea-
son in Evidence at the Club House.
Put in CommiSsion-The Dragon
VIII Enter the Club Regatta in
MaY-In June She VIII Contest for
the Charleston Cup at Charleston.
Has Won Forty of the Fifty
three Races She Has Entered.
Some of the Boats That VIII Fly
the Club Penant This Year.
The Thunderbolt river, in the vicinity of
the club house Of the Savannah Yacht
Club, wears a gay and busy appearance
now, and is filled with craft, large and
small, belonging to the members of the
club. The boats are being put into com
mission for the summer yachting season,
and are being overhauled repaired and
painted, and in some cases Temodeled.
The event that Is being awaited with
expectant interest by the cub members
at the present time IS the advent of the
Dragon, the new yacht purchased by
syndicate, and which viii leave New York
for the voyage to Savannah to-day. The
Dragon has the reputation in Northern
waters as being one of the fastest boats in
her class sfloat. She has been entered in
fifty-ihree races. and of these has won
forty nine She will take part in the an-
nual regatta of the Yacht Club in May,
and will fly the club pennant in the con-
test for the Charleston cup. that will take
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middle of June.
In these races she will be manned by
special crew, picked from the members of
the syndicate. These nor the officers who
will be in command have not been select
ed, but it is surmised that her captain
will be Mr.. Julian Schiey, a yachting en-
thusiast of experience and ability than
whom no better could be chosen. Specu-
lation of this kind, however is perhaps
a little premature, as no meeting of the
syndicate for the purpose of selecting the
crew and electing the officers of the ORA
COON has yet taken place. This meeting
will be called at an early date, and that
1t will result in the selection of officers
and crew who will get out of the speedy
cup-winner all that is in her passes as
surance.
The Dragon is sloop-rigged and meas
ures AZ feet over all, with q feet of water
many additional thousands have been
spent upon her since she was first launch
ed and placed in commission. She was
obtained by the syndicate from a wealthy
Northern yachtsman, who wanted to ex-
change her for a larger boat, and was
willing to sell for a song. She is said
by those who have seen her to be beauty
and a darling.
In the contest for the Charleston cup It
G "a T0ro ba
posed by the Katrinka, of the fleet of the
Charleston Yacht Club. The Katrinka is
a flyer, but the members of the Savannah
Yacht Club. and especially those of them
who are interested in the syndicate that
controls the Dragon have no doubt of
the latter's ability to show the Charleston
boat clean pair of heels.
The club regatta of this season prom
ises to be the most successful in its histo-
ry. There seems to be more general in
terest among the members of the club
than has ever been exhibited before a
greater number of boats will be put in
commission, embracing several new ones
beside the Dragon, and from these in
dlcations the officers augur an interesting
and exciting regatta and a prosperous
year. Mr.. Cecil Gabbett's schooner yacht
Shamrock has recently been remodeled
and built up and is enc of a number of
this class Of boats that will be placed in
commission this year. The number en-
braces also Mr.. Pat Strong's Doris, Mai
w. A. wilkins Triton and the Siren of
Capt. F. G. Strachan There is usually no
race for yachts of this class, but it is rath-
er expected that one will be included In
the programme of events for this year
The sloops that form the first class of
boats that take part in the regatta, com
prise the Dragon, Mr. Isaac Becketts
Glance, Mr. Edward Stoddards Mabel,
Mr.. Paschal Strong's Cora and others. It
is probable that the Katrinka and the Ii
tania viii come over from Charleston to
contest for the prizes in this event Among
the smaller boats now or shortly to be in
commission are the Yvonne, owned by
Messrs Stein Bryan and Fred Saussy and
El Captain, the property of Messrs. Har-
ry Daniels, North Chisolm, Lang West
and w. B. Barnwell.
The large number of boats that are now
undergoing renovation and repair and the
near approach of the yachting season
bring TO the club house daily many of the
club members and their families and
friends. Then the wide piazzas of the
club house, with the view they offer of a
sweeping expanse of marsh and river.
there can be imagined no pleasauter place
70 spend an afternoon. The restaurant is
now under the supervision of Mrs. Bannon.
whose fish suppers at Bannon Lodge linger
IN the memories of many visitors TO Thun-
derbolt and affords the refreshment that
Is craved by the inner man. The bracing
salt air of the marshes and the scenery
with the jovial companionship of those
members of the club who make of the
club house their afternoon abiding place,
make up enc sum of its attractions.