The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-06-21
A ROUGH VOYAGE.
Chicago Yachts Fail to Reach Keno
sha in Time to Take Part in
Dinner Saturday.
TUG WENT OUT AFTER THEM.
But the Merriment at the Club House is
not Deferred by the Late Arrival
of the Commodore's Guests.
TUG WENT OUT AFTER THEM.

The cruise of the Chicago Yacht
Club to Kenosha Saturday to attend
the opening of the new club house of
ex-Commodore Fred w. Morgan was
not an unal1oyed success, as only three
of the eight yachts which left Chicago
at 10 O'Clock in the morning reached
Kenosha in time to take any extended
part in the ceremonies. The yachts
started in good time, but they were
forced to fight against stiff northeast
wind all the way up and the constant
lacking was too much for them and
they fell far short of making the trip
in the time which had been allowed
them. The yachts were expected to
arrive at s O'Clock, but the only boat
which had made the harbor at that
time was the yacht Chetopa, which
had lost a part of her rigging at
Evanston, and which had been towed
to the city by the yacht club tender,
the ]. B. Bradwe11.
The hour arrived for the serving of
the magnificent buffet dinner prepared
by the Commodore, but the banquet
remained untasted and the wine went
unspi11ed, at least in any great quaint
ties, as only about twenty of the hum
dred guests arrived in time for the
dinner.
The Siren, which was the first boat
to sail the course, arrived in the har-
Dor shortly after 8 O'Clock and the
guests on her were received with open
arms. Toward nightfal1 it began to
look as if the dance, which had been
planned as the great event of the even
ing, would have to be postponed until
some future date. Not a single other
yacht was in sight and the people be-
gan to fear for the success of the
party, as the Hawthorne, which was
still far in the rear carried on her decks
twenty-five of the women who were to
grace the ball room with their pres
ence. At last the suspense got too
great and the tender was sent out to
look for the de1inquents. After cruis-
ing about the lake in and about
Waukegan for an hour or more the one
yacht sought for was sighted and an
hour later the ladies were brought to
the Kenosha side of the lake. The
other yachts were sighted in the shad-
ows of the night and an effort was
made to give line to the Charlotte X,
but she refused to accept it, and game
to the finish, made her way into the
harbor shortly before midnight. The
others came at all hours between mid
night and morning, but the tired sail
ors showed their gameness and as soon
as they reached the city they entered
into the gayety of the occasion aid the
dance proved a great social success
Notwithstanding the 1ateness of the
arrival of the dancers.
Most of the yacht people remained
in Kenosha over night and spent the
night on the boats, at the Sanitarlum
and at the hotels of the city. They
were greatly impressed with Kenosha
as a center for the Chicago Yacht club
and there is little doubt but that sew
era1 new club houses will go up in the
Kenosha harbor before the season is
over Capt Stefens, who was in
charge of the fleet, is especially
pleased with Kenosha and has secured
an option on a piece Of dock property
near Mr.. Morgan with the view of
erecting a club house in Kenosha.
The yachts started on the return trip
to Chicago early Sunday morning and
with splendid wind'behind them the
journey was made in a short time.