Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-17
KAISER wILnELM'S CAIQuEs
Yacht Ilohcnlollcrn VIII Garry His.
torical Gran Presented by Sultan.
New York Tribune

Among the many tokens OF friendship
that the sultan has sent 10 the Empcr-
or II Germany AZ memcntos ~ his
visit IN the nosporus arc two native
built cniqucs. These were Included
among the presents at n late hour. and
were not thought OF until the emperor
as student 81 nnc yacht modelling.
expressed his admiration Of the grace
ful craft. The kaiser N delighted with
the two. which have now arrived In
Germany. Tho oars of these are heavy
and LONG. but they are made Ia balance
on the Runwnlo by curious arrange
mont. The inboard end ~ the oar be-
tween the thoicpln and the handle IL
enlarged and IN shape II like an clon-
gated ostrich egg. This extra weight
Of wood inboafd tends Ia balance the
cupboard part ~ the heavy oar. and
thus takes much strain OF the row"r'a
arms. Even with this contivancc the
USE ~ two such oars at once needs con-
siderable physical strength. aud scores
uf the professionals who take pasacn-
gers across the Golden Horn. between
Pcrn and Oalnia. and across the IioH-
porus TO Scutnri. are ~ hcrculcan
build. The oars have no ruwiocka. and
are merely attached TO a single tholc-
pin by small icathern moose. ~ In MI
the Mediterranean ports except Venice.
whore the gondolicr works his oars
against an upright post that has four
or flvc different notohes 90 receive the
oar In making different strokes.
The kniHcr'A calquea ARE built ON the
ancient pattern. curying up out ~ the
water nj both ends. somewhat like the
craft that was adapted a. home uses
after Venice became the Tyre of the
ftaNaN4NI. Tho 80 HNsa an lsaHf
II not only the most ancient that II
known, but also the most modern and
the fastest. when they have a good
deal OF sheer. the shallow cnnoo-likc
huilH ~ the fastest modern racers are
practically a reproduction 81 the
caidue. only with the fnkecl added FOR
ballast. Some students who have stud
led the migration ~ races through
Himllnritica of words and implements
have cunjecturcd that caiquc and kynk
might b. the same word aud have
stood for the same shaped boat. These
Identities ~ sound and form which
connect the cran % the Eskomo with
N that Of the lloaporua have brought
the suggestion that the original ndnp-
tcrn ~ this boat In arctic regions were
caHtnwnyH FROM among those Levant
traders who In almost prehistoric times
brought home tin from the Sicily Is
lands aud amber ornaments from the
Baltic.
How the water % the Black Sea and
Aegean toomcd with vessels and sail
ors In the ages of the huge civilizations
Ut Asia Minor Is suggested by the fact
that the unlmportnnt Greek colony NJ
Trchizond was almost but not quite
able 10 provide boats for 10000 men
when Nenophon rctreatcd from Gun
AKA. The caiaue got ita name from
locality Within a days sail ot the BoN-
phoruH. Like the ''macilnaw" from
the Straits NJ Mncklnaw, and other
boats that take their name from the
water In which they are built. the
caique got It's name from the River
Caucus. called Kaikos 10 tho Greek. a
river ~ Myrin cmptying Into the Aeg-
can opposite Lesbos. Here a citadel
city. Pergamos, protected immense
wealth and commerce. where Ncnuphon
lived as a guest H. say " g 90.
The emperor has, therefore. received
"A historic boat Starting with the
sound "calquc," and still represented
In the modern Turkish as "qaiu" or
"knik." the word In found In later con-
turtles In the Italian "caicco." meaning
q little vessel. Commerce took the
snme word tu France. whore u was
apelicd "caiche," which became Angli-
cized when the channel sailors adopted
u similar boat and called II a "ketch."
a RIG that H. now like a yawl with
large mizzon. and which was used by
the Nigilnnt and both Nalkyriea In
their ocean trips, The emperor Intends
Co have at least one ~ these cniques
swung IN the davita " HIS huge yacht
the iIohenzollorn, Members of the
crew viii br taught 10 use the Turkish
oars, 80 that this most graceful OF
small boats may be used aa "A dingy
when the kaiser takes fancy 10 30
ashore In II.