The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
THR FLOATING OITH.
Fleet of Excursion Steamers ss Large ~
on Previous Dayo.

The feet that followed the Yachts over the
course was ss large 40 on the two preceding
| days. but the excursion steamers. with few
| exceptions were not nearly 90 crowded with
| spectators. The Peck and Plymouth. however.
| were black with passengers. and orowdng to
one side OF the boats they made them list way
over.
Lloyd Phoenix's handsome auxiliary yacht
Intrepid was ono OF the first vessels to start
down the Bay. The Intrepid 10 rugged as .
three masted schooner and carries a square
sail on her foremost. The old schooner Alert
sailed out under foresail and lib and made
quick time. Percy Cbubb's old defender Vigil
liant was out early and had her topmast housed.
The little steam yacht Sybilla Of the Phia-
delphia Yacht Club was another early arrival
on the scene. The schooner yacht Wayfarer.
owned by w. H. Patterson. sailed out under
lower sails and went through the water at o
great rate.
John H. Hanan had stag party on his brig
antine- rugged steamer Sycamore. The May.
owned by Commodore Alexander Van Renssa-
laer OF the Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Club.
was another early boat. and SO was F. Bets Sy-
bella. Charles Fletoher's Seneca. Charles W.
Harkness's Peerless Eugene Higgins enter
tanned a large party on the steamer varuna
On the Niagara Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould had
handsomestin the feet. and the upper deck was
decorated with palms and ferns. There was a
Hungarian band on board Ex-Commodore
George J. Gould and Mrs. Gould entertained on
the ATLANTA. The Valiant. W. X. Vanderbit's
big steamer, arrived before the start was m ade
One OF the abandonment yachts In the feet was
Col Oliver H. Payne's Aphrodite. The jose
phne owned by p. A. b. Widener OF Philadsl-
pha: the Narada. owned by Henry Walters; ;
Alcedo. owned by George W. c. Drexel Of
Philadelphia: Ailsen. Richard Stevenss
new yacht. Alberta. the boat built this
year for A. Edward Tower. and
Aloha. the auxiliary brigantine recently built
for d. Willis and A. Curtis James, were con-
spicuous In the feet.
Other yachts noticed were j. d. Grim
minss Admiral. W. g. sraulding's Avene.
Edward Kelly's Barracuda. ]. Nicholas
Browns Ballymena, 4. b. Sheldon's Black
Pearl. W. r. Hearst's Buccaneer. Albert J.
Wises Chelotule. J. Harvey Ladew's new
steamer Columbia J. A. Spoons Cou-
rier. T. II. Hostetter's Duquesne. Fl.
Darlington's Elreba. A. ]. Cassatt's aux
Hilary brigantine Enterprise. J. T. Williams
Emilia. Miss Eloise L. Breese's Elsa. Miss
Susan de Forest Days Scythian. ]. Gardner
Cassatt's EuRenia. Howard c. Smith's Halcyon.
Fl. C. Hutohins's Jathniel. H +. Noyess Katrina,
Nourmahal. E C. Benedict's Oneida. A. Hart
McKee's Parthenia. F. K. Sturgis's auxiliary
schooner Palmer Abbott 8. Rogers's Ozhesta.
Amzi l.. Barber'a new yacht Sapphire, John r.
Drexel's Sultana, Joseph Stickney's Susque-
hanna. Frank T. Morrell's yamoose. William
Hester's Willada and J. Rogers Maxwell's Kis-
met.
Commodore ]. Plerpont Morgan had large
party OF friends on the Corsair. and SO die John
p. Duncan on the Kanawha. It was thought
that these two fast yachts would have a race
during the day. and Harrison b. Moore was
waiting around with the Marietta to have a
try for honors too. There were also on hand
the English yachts Fri King. owned by A. j.
Moxham and White Ladye. owned by T.Lanson
Johnston. They flew the Blue Ensign Among
the others were the Ibis. Adele. TUNA. Trophy
and Mindora.
All the big yacht clubs were represented as
usual. The New York Yacht Club members
were on the Republic The Atlantic Yacht
Club has chartered the Gay Head for the series
OF races and the boat was we'll filed with the
members OF the club and their guests. Tho
Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht Club mem bers
we're on the City OF Lowell. the Riverside Yacht
Club had the Cygnus. the members OF the
Larchmont Yacht Club were on the big tug.
Fred b. Dalzell. The Buffalo Yacht Club char
tered the tug Thomas Flannery
Among the steamers that followed the yachts
were the Monmouth. Myles Standish. Block
Island. Columbia. Montauk. Plymouth. st.
Johns. Miami. Richard Peck. La Grande
Duchesse, Ponce. Georgeanna, Dolphin.
Oneora. Edmund Butler. City OF Quincy.
Shinnscock. King Philip. Albertina. Sam Sloan.
Victor. Bay Shore. Viking, Cepheus. Cam
bridge and the Warwick The Cambridge had
her starboard side about amidships stove In.
having been run into by some other steamer.
Shortly after tho yachts had started, the
Cunarder Campania steamed out on her way to
Liverpool. She passed to the north OF the
yachts. and as she drew near. the Shamrock
flag was hoisted on the triatic stay. Her pas
sengers crowded to the rail and watched the
yachts as long rs possible.