New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-04
SOCIETY AT NEWPORT.

Newport R. l.. Aug (SpeciaD.-The Columbia
and the Defender will have more try at a race.
after all before the annual cruise of the New York
Yacht Club begins Work in removing the Column
bias steel mast and replacing the old pine stick is
so far advanced Bristol that IT is promised that
she will be In condition to again by Saturday,
and this afternoon the Newport Yacht Racing AS
ISOLATION announced that she and the Defender
would be in the special race arranged for that day
off this port The two will start with The Vigilant
and the Navahoe. the four yachts making two
separate races though sailed AS originally
planned. the association will give cup for the
Columbia-Defender match and Also a cup for the
Vgilant-Navahoe match.
The association will also add a cup to the winners
OF handicap between these four first class
soops, the handicaps 10 be made upon the record
ed racing averages OF all the past races between
the Columbia and the Defender. the Defender
ana the Eigilant, and the Nigilant and the
Navahoe. Under this arrangement the two big
boats will not only come together again. after
their two failures to make a race but the
contest will receive added interest from the
fact OF being sailed together with that OF the other
two flyers. the Vigil Mt and the Navahoe Besides
this contest, there will also be the race previous
~ announced between the Kestral and the Syce
for special cup offered by the association in this
class. The courses and conditions will be the
same in all the of this port. and the
sion should he one of the biggest and best of the
yachting season here
Just at present there two fads which have
a strong hold upon society people at Newport. and.
though one is necessarily more restricted In its
workings. 1t is difficult to say which has struck
the harder. one OF these of course is the auto
mobile which Is pervadtng all classes of society
people with such rapidity that scarcely a day
passes without recording some new convert TO the
horseless carriage. To-day for the first time Mrs
George b Deforest was out on the machine. taking
her initial lesson in its management. and succeed
ing in handling IL well
The other fad is the 3O-footer and those who have
the fever have it badly. John R. Drexe has AL
ready purchased the Raccoon. one of the dozen
originally built from the model She is now
laid up somewhere down the Sound, and a repre-
sentative of Mr. Drexel left tonight TO put her in
condition and bring her here soon as possible.
to take part in the races. Young Robert l.. Goelet
son OF the late Robert GOelet is another victim.
There being but twelve of these boats In exist
ence. ten OF them being already here. one under
purchase by Mr. DreXel and the other known TO
announces his determination to have one built. And
the present owners of the fleet say The more the
merrer."
As usual Thursday nights the Casino dance was
the chief feature in social circles to-day, there
being again large and distinguished attendance
OF cottage people. custom is growing up,
that OF dining at the grill rooms before the hour for
the hop TO open, and tonight there were number
a subscription dinner for nearly thirty guests, while
other parties were entertained by William Cutting.
cottages dinners, were given by F. G. D Hauteve;
Mrs. Pembroke Jones and Mrs. R. l. Gammell. and
Louis Q. Jones. Luncheons were given this after
noon by Mrs. Austin Flint, jr.. and George p.
Eustis
Congressman Henderson. of Iowa. with his wife
and daughter. are receiving many invitations from
social nature. They are accompanied by Colonel
NJ w. Parker eX-Commissioner OF the District OF
Columbia. Mr. and Mrs Cornelius ~, Vanderbilt
Pier to see the polo matches there.