New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-11
Ton
mage.

1t was a disappointment that the schooner Rain
bow and the Prince Of Waless Britannia did not
enter, but the yawl Julanar the schooner Cetonia,
and the Arladne, formerly the Boadcea. are fast
cruisers. With the Ariadne Mr. Thelluson logged
49, knots an hour from Cherbourg to Ryde The
borough Club, Pail Mall, last Saturday, is composed
OF the Marquis OF Ormonde. the Earl OF Lonsdale
r. G. Allan. Professor Busley and Captain Paisley
secretary OF the Royal Yacht Squadron. The EN-
peror gives one prize for every three yachts that
by the way is decorated with medalons Of queen
Victoria. and is worth 5000. The race Will be
started June 10. and will be sailed from Dover
to Heligoland.
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM
Christian NJ Meyer, New-York Yacht Club, has
been entertaining a party OF friends on his steam
off Bath Beach.
? The sloop Pirate owned by Fl. d. Stillman, flies
one OF the flags from Admiral Cervera's flagship
1t given to Mr.. Stillman by H. f. Nichol
p Iaw1ey has supplied an estimate for 20
foot schooner intended into the Amorita class
The designs made by ]. Beavor-Webb. for a
New-York yachtsman
The Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club has Ave
OF its knocka bouts In commission, all OF which will
sail at oyster Bay this summer. These are the
Kid. owned by Mrs John w Geary; the Faree ed
Of the commodore Robert Toand's Grlse. the
Fly. and the Surprise
John T. Clarks racing catboat. the Marie has
been overhauled and painted at Bath Beach, and
she will go into commission tomorrow
The annual regatta OF the Old Mil Yacht Club
will take place on June 49, and the open regatta
is fixed for July l6. The club headquarters Is on
Old Mill Creek.
The skipper who took the Vgllant across the
ocean. and was formerly the skipper Of the old
schooner cup defender Columbia. will have
command Of the new steam yacht virginia, when
York Yacht Club Captain Leander Jeffrey has
lately been in command Of one of the big transport
steamers.
The firm of Tams & Lemoine has given Lawley
an order for schooner yacht, which is to be
100 feet long on the water line 100 feet ALL p
feet beam and "A feet draught she Is to be OF
composite build. and is for a New-fork yachtsmah
An English paper says that hollow iron spars
were tried in England more than thirty years ago.
and that the venerable old Arrow in 1856 had an
iron boom. with inside trussing. That Is true
but IL may also be said that the spar now IN the
Defender Is different from any other steel mast
made for yacht The fact that IT'S interior ,hI Is
research to prove that England tried this forty
years ago.
+ NJ Lassell New York Yacht Club, has had
Captain Terry put the sloop Gloriana in commits
sion al Walkers Cove. and the boat is now cruis-
ing Allowing for all the minor alterations tnae
done more than any other one boat 70 chahge the
shane OF the most modern racing yacht.
The 7O-footer Quissetta Is at Narraganset Bay
being prepared by her owners, Henry F. and K
Lincoln Lippltt for the coming tussles In this fast
schooner class She will be in the regattas or the
Tarchmont Atlantic and New-York Yacht CLUBS
to be held on June II. % and p.
A hn-keel racing yacht has been built from
Cranes designs at Canarse. but the name of her
owner has been withheld. She carries $3.50 pounds
Of lead I'm the bulb on her fin. II was reported that
sha would have her first trial at Sea Gate yester-
day and also that she would race IN the Seawan-
haka Gun trials at oyster Bay; but II IL be true az
stated that her water line is q feet. she could nor
carry sail enough for this class Her over-aii
observed and the boat has the hallmarks OF an
out-and out racer. so that the reporIeu ineaSuie
ments may have been given out as bllnd.