The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-25
n8AGoON REACHES SAVANNAH,
v,sT NEW sLOOP OF THE YACHT
CLUB ACROSS THE RIVER,

She Made an Exceptionally Fast Run
From BROOKLYN to This POrt-W as
commanded by Mr.. Charles G.
D,xis of the Rudder-Came
through the Inner Passage to
u.,ufort, n. c., and Thence by Open
s.a-Encountered Good Weather
An the Way-Regatta of the Sa-
ronuah Yacht Club to Take Place
Nav eG-Mr. Julian Schley to Cap
tnin the Dragon.
The racing yacht Dragon. the property
- a syndicate of the members of the Sa-
,.onnah Yacht Club, reached the city at
,.2o o'clock yesterday afternoon, and is
.rcbored at the foot of Whitaker street,
across the river. In appearance she bears
o,,t ou of the nice things her recent pur-
obosers have said of her and her record on
rho trip South, from Brooklyn to Savan-
nah lends a more than passing show of
o,lor TO the stories that are related of her
speed and seagoing qualities.
The Yacht was given an enthusiastic re.
ception as she came up the river, steamers
and tugs blowing a welcome from their
whistles and the occupants of offices along
The river front waving flags and cheering
from their balconies. Everyone recognized
in her Savannah's champion in the racing
contests of the coming season, and every
one gave her glad welcome to the city,
which she is hence to call her home, and
whose Yacht clubs pennant she is to fly
in the race for the Charleston cup. During
the day she was the attraction for host
of curiosity seekers, who watched her
from the opposite bank of the stream to
that near which she is anchored, shook
their heads knowingly and wisely and
predicted great things from her in the con-
tests for yachting supremacy in Southern
waters.
The Dragon was commanded on her
trip by Mr.. Charles G.. Davis, yachting
editor of the Rudder, and his crew com
prised Messrs. H. p. Ashley, James Jack
son. Thomas +. Day, and c. W. Brown
rigg. She started from Bay Ridge, Brook
lyn, on April II, at noon, and hence has
completed the voyage in about twelve
days From Brooklyn to Beaufort n. c..
she came by the inner route, following
the canals and rivers south to Chesa-
peake bay through the bay to Norfolk
and from Norfolk out to Beaufort. At
Beaufort she left the protecting shelter of
the inland passage and ventured out into
the waters of the Atlantic. She left Beau
fort Saturday afternoon and favored by
brisk and sometimes high winds from the
right quarter has made one of the fastest
trips TO Savannah that the records of voy-
ages by craft of her type present. She
left all OF the sailing vessels that she en-
N = 10 lttrn md
stra led her ability to lose anything that
carries sail and halls from ports south of
New York With the wind in her quar-
ter she is at her best and her new owners
as well as the gentlemen who sailed her
10 this port, feel confident that she will
win many honors for the Savannah Yacnt
Club
The Dragon will be commanded this
summer by Mr.. Julian Schley, with a
crew composed of Messrs Paschal Strong
Edward Stoddard, Stein Bryan, Harry
Strachan Hubert Duckworth and Henry
backus. This selection was made by the
governing committee of the syndicate that
owns her yesterday morning, and a better
one could not be made. MIR. Schley is a
gachtsman and yachting enthusiast of
WIDE reputation, and the young gentlemen
VINO viii assist him in the management of
the new flyer have a thorough acqualnt-
dhce with sails and ropes and all of the
paraphernalia that belong to fast sloops
OF the waters around Savannah and of
the tricks of wind and tide. that will go
lar towards carrying the Dragon to vic
tory IN many hard fought, or hard sail
cd, race.
Inc Dragoon's first appearance in
race IN Southern waters will be in the
contest for the Charleston cup, to be sail
Gu some time during the early part of the
coming month. She will race next in the
regatta of the Savannah Yacht Club. that
1t was decided yesterday will take place
On May Is. 1t is expected that she will
WIN both races hands down. The record
she mas won in Northern waters iustifes
thls belief, and the trim and speedy an
Pearahee Of the sloop gives additional col
Ut 10 The expectation that her friends 50
confidently entertain.
vi her voyage to Savannah she encoun-
tIieu exceptionally good weather all Of
~ way with the exception of a souall
la came upon her while she was maxi
Jug 'he passage through Chesapeake bav.
uiu "hlch obliged her for some time ia
tuh under bare poles. She bore tho frr,
NO.. ,ie DOW beautifully, proving that she
srie. 's tight and seaworthy as she was
She ,, anu trlm During part of the run
sbo io'e speed of eight knots an hour.
r. Has uehghted the hearts of the men,
a1,I ol the syndicate and their friends
go Vnose who had not seen her before
os ieached in their enthusiasm and nrida
bsa %Iudl ownership the full tide thai
0auS possessed those who had