New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-13
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM

The we-known yachtsman ex-Commodore John
4. stetson has sold his senooner Rusaka TO
The 45-foot schooner for John H. Cromwell. Of
New-York has been laid down, and the moulds are
anssed Mr. CROMWELL will use his sO-foot yawi
Sultan
The crew Of the Defender, under the direction Of
Captain Rhodes Is overhauling the boat The deck
beams have been painted. and now the men are az
work on deck galley is being built. II
is likely that she will sail for City Island. ~ Y, in
less than three weeks. 20 be drydocsed. II there
i not sneus water S she hs p ss IS en at
scaled of the upper aluminium suake' "nlcn Is
The swanhilde D-foot wateyiine freak An that
has Just been finished by the Herreshoffs for Ger
man yachtsman has been towed to New-York By
the steamer Augusta and IS now on BOARD an At
lantic liner to be taken across the ocean.
Twelve Of the combination and sail boats,
IL feet long for members OF the Bristol Yacht
Club, have been completed by Socun, Of Bristol
have not not Yet arrived They viii race Memorial
Day for cup to be given by ]. f. Fletcher
The celebrated H-footer Gloriana Is going into
commission. and the owner. ]. ". Laselle has en-
gagged Captain James Berry as skipper
The schooner Coionia has been launched at Haw-
kins's yards and at anchor yesterday close
by. She Is fitting out and will be in commission IN
a few days. The Colonia Is the flagship Of the
Larchmont Yacht Club.
The schooner Amorita. owned by ". Gould Bro
kaw, Of the New-York Yacht Club has been low
cred into the water at City Island and has gone to
her anchorage at Larchmont.
The Vigilant is having her spsrs vanished and
prepared for at Hawkinss yards The owner.
fly In few days.
c. X Clarke, OF the New-York Yacht Club has
chartered for the season the steam yacht Mlndcra.
overhauled at Newburg -on-the-Hudson.
S. W. Roach. OF the Larchmont Yacht Club. has
his steam yacht Emelne at the Morgan Iron
Works. Ninth-st. and East River where she Is re-
ceiving extensive alterations. She will be one OF
the first TO take UP moorings at Larchmont next
week.
One OF the anchors of the Columbia arrived al the
Herreshor yards on Monday. 1t is made OF gal
vanized iron. and stock five feet long and nukes
rather smaller than those generally used
ridiculous story started in Bristol and has
been printed In Providence. Boston and New-York
papers 1t is that members Of the crew Of the
Columbia are paying for the privilege OF working
on the boat In her races.
Inc Nerlla, the steam yacHt until ldtey hho"n
as the Narwhal. is being prepared for the Of
her owner. Edgar Harding.
The Penataquit Corinthian Yacht Club opened ITS
clubhouse yesterday at Bay Shore. The first
of the club will be the annual regatta to be sailed
on Memorial Day.
At Frank Woods yards. City Island. Charles P.
Buchanan has his one-design schooner Uncas
hauled out prepare for the races OF the Atlantic
Yacht Club on May 30.
man who has seen the Columbia says that she
resembles the German Emperor's Metsor. In shape
and general proportions there is little to choose be-
tween the Meteor and the Valkyrie III, both these
boats being designed by Watson. This bears out
the statement that the Columbia. owing to her
greater beam, Is more like an improved Nalkyrls
III than an improved Defender.
Captain Harry P. Han is busily engaged In lifting
out the fast schooner Quissetta r. Lincoln Lip
pitt OF the New-York Yacht Club. This vessel.
which will sail among the 7o-foot schooners, hss
been laid up at City Island for two years.
II is learned that Captain Hank Half is 10 be the
skipper the former cup defender Volunteer this
season.
The steam yacht Eugenia, recently purchased W
DR.. Herbert NJ. Howe. OF the New-York Yacht Club.
is having machinery put into her
Mrs. Van wicke, the owner of the steam yacht
Marjorie. will receive her yacht at New-York THIS
week. The Marjorie has been fitting out az Bristo.
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SEWARD PARK GYMNASIUM.
The new Seward Park Gymnasium and Piay-
ground which has been built under the direction
OF the outdoor Recreation League. will be formally