New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-13
A GREAT YACHTING SEASON
THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUBS EN-
TRAORDINARY PROGRAMME
CRUISING ~ 90 AND rs SOME MEMORIES or
TIE PALMY DAYS OF THE AMERICA
EAII.IER


TIE PAIMY DAYS OF THE AMERICA
AND EARLIER.
The Ncw-York Yacht Club has prepared an
extraordinary programme for its members this
season. and the activity in that direction has
attracted attention wherever the popular water
sport is known The season which made
memorable by the Defender Valkyric III con
test was an active one but from present ind
cations It will be placed il the shade by the
season OF 1890
1t Is now about Gfty-nyo years since IN" club
was organized 10y John q. Stevens Of Castle
Point, n. j., and the old house at Tenth ST. and
North River. Hobokcn. which was the clubs
first headquarters is stil IL existence but in
u sadly dilapdatod condition. and VIII probably
soon be torn down by the railroad corpora.
tion which owns It, The FIRST cruise Of tn" club
made from the old clubhouse with seven
yachts. Few people except the boat owners
knew or cared anything about IN, Ituc notiila
Of pleasure craft but from 1t gre" the orr1niza-
tOn which feW years later sent a representa-
tive 10 England ana carried away pri1. which
has been open to competition ever since, over
which there have been many hard fought bat
ties. but always with the same result the
Americas cup remained in the hands Of the
NcwYOrk Yacht club
The original winner Of tn cup th, schooner
yacht America. dressed in new sail, ftcshly
painted ana neat as a brand nov Pin. was one
Of the four hundred vessels that sailed away
from New London last Wcch on Tho annual
cruise
There have lccu great cruise before and many
prctent.ous gatherings Of steam and sailing
craft under the burg,c Of tLc New York Yacht
Club but no commodore Of the club eyer had a
canal in all and
actual yachting worth to that Of Commodore
J. Picrpont Morgan. who commanded the fleet
from his beautiful Corsar.
Among the vessels which attracted special
attention the old America, which. after
bringing glory and the coveted cup to America
changed hands many times. sold to the
Government and was sunk and abandoned
Then she was raised. restored once more to II
scmblance Of what she had been and was again
abandoned worthless. From her second
grave the champion Of 1851 was again rescued
WAS sent to cuba during the war, and to-day
she rides the waters proudly beside the Volun-
tccr the Vgant and the Defender. yachts
which in their day held for the club what the
old boat secured.
These white winged racing machines Of the
past were closely watched and loudly checrcd
for what they had accomplished. but still greater
interest was shown when the Columbia. the
boat Of the season, the which is to decide
whether the cup which the America brought
over in 1851 shah remain here or be carried
back to England in triumph by the Shamrock,
made her appearance. Her sponsors were proud
Of her performances and the members Of the
club who watched her from hundreds Of decks
felt sure that the unsishtly, precious piece OF
silver void remain IN this country.
Every member Of The NcW-York Yacht Club
on hand ana ready 10 do his share toward
making the cruise success when the club
started on its first outing August ,, 1911.
But that was not difficult matter. because the
whole membership roll included. besides Com