New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09
YACHTING.
ACTIVITY AT ALL PLACES WHERE PLEAS
IRE CRAFT ARE BUILT OR STORED.


URE CRAFT ARE BUILT OR STORED.
In the Yachting world coming contests cast sun
shine before them. In New-York there never mas
been a spring season when yachtsfnen were moro
DESTROYS TO 20 TO their favorte summer sport
From Bar Hnrbor TO ST. Augustine. ana as iar
West as St Paul every place where yachts are
stored and built is the keen jump. and as FAR
as can he seen at present the Importance OF ono
race has not swamped the interest IN the multi
tude OF other contests for which yachtsmen arc
preparing.
Old huks that have not been in commission FOR
FIVE years are being calked and "slicked up 10
take another plunge Old schooner yachts which
have been candidates for the oyster trade for hf-
teen years are having auxiliary power put INTO
them Disused tugs that have been lying far UP
the creeks in the salt meadows are having new
planks put into them.
One Of the busy yards In this neghborhood Is
that Of John Hawkins, at City Island There soma
well-known yachts are hauled up. There Is the
Navahoe that sailed many races In foreign waters
with her owner. Royal Phelps Carroll ana MIS-
Carroll on board and which won the last Goeet
Cup for sloops when sailing against the Vigiant
There is the schooner Qussetta, the fastest 10
foot schooner in the world. which Mr. Lppitt has
just taken from Mr.. Harris for the purpose OF
putting her into every race OF the coming sum
mer Beside her is W. G. Brokaw's Amorita, which
will make many a try for It with the Quissetta
The cup defender Vigant lies close by. the boat
that in 1898 beat Valkyrie II. Here. too. is the
Colonia the flagship OF the Larchmont Yacht Club.
a boat that proved too fast for her company. and
IS now without a class to sail in. Hawkins is at
work dozen or so smaller boats and Is pre-
pairing the knockabout Goblin and the special thirty
Mai for launching. At Frank Woodss, City Isl
and. is the Kestrel. owned by John b. NILS, OF inc
contribution New-York a craft that went slow
y for such good-looking model In her FIRST and
only trials two years ago. She Is going 10 meet
\eOcedOr, Nanenna
Acushla n and II she really cannot sail there Is
At the Webber yards ut New Rochelle. the big
auxiliary yawl being built for Captain Hartshorn
are getting ready 10 slide down the ways. Not
far off Huntington's yards where much new
schooner Uncas is here. preparing for an early
fitting and also. II is said for race with the
Gloria. owned by Philip T. Dodge.
FOR THE CHICAGO TRIAL RACES.
From one OF the experts professionally interested
in the Chicago trial races It learned yesterday
that one Of the 35-foot racers which being
built for these contests is at Munce. Ind Messrs.
whitley and Grfiths. OF the Chicago Yacht Club.
have given the ORDER and the construction has
been carefully secreted. The boat is keel cutter
- feet long over all, with a waterline length OF
2s feet and beam OF 10 feet inches She will
draw seven feet Of water The trials will begin on
July Z.
second boat for Chicago is supposed to have
been sketched by W. p Stephens. the designer OF
the Ethelwyn and other Seawanhaka craft, but this
is not certainly known. Commodore Frederick w.
Morgan of the Chicago Yacht Club, with Charles
II. Thorn. the secretary. and William Herricks:
being built somewhere on the st. Lawrence River,
and Will be towed TO Chicago after completion.
Tho third craft Is for Vice-Commodore George r.
Peare George II. Lytton and s. y. Smith. all OF the
Chicago Yacht Club. The fourth Chicago boat has
not yet been laid down. and the syndicate that has
to walt while.