The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14
WILL BE SAILED IN JUNE.
,,,, rftARLESTON YACHT TO BEAT
DRAGON is BEING BUILT.

,.R occs of This Year VIII BE Sail
.1 IN Three Successive Days, and |
r,,o Victories Out of the Three
contcsts Will Decide the Possess
-ion of the Challenge Cup, That
s,ounah Now HOIds-PrObabIe
rh,t the Early Part of June VIII |
witness the Observation-Disclosures
rntbusiastic Over Their New
CHAMPIONS Chances of Victory.
.hc Na, Have Two Savannah !
Y.chts to. Outsail and Outpoint.
p,tb savannah and Charleston yachts |
u,eo are actively preparing for the chal- |
i.rqe race, that will be sailed in Savan- |
-,5 waters during the summer 1t is not
,st decided just when the race will take |
,loos but the indications now are that
,1ree days during the first part of June
nil be ultimately selected.
The rules under which the races are to
he sailed have already been prepared by
q Joint committee of the Savannah and
carolina Yacht Clubs and have been ap-
nroved There remains nothing but the
election of a date, and it is thought that
tb,s can be chosen and fixed so that II
will suit the mutual convenience of both
,bs local yachting enthusiasts and their
Gallant and sportsmanlike antagonists
from the Carolina coast. Commodore
Starr is authority for the statement that
three DAYS in June will in all probability
be chosen.
To meet the boat that a syndicate OF
Charleston yachtsmen is having built for
the contest, the Dragon is sill here
looking as clean and trim as when she
first sailed down the harbor and to her
anchorage across the river. She still holds
tbe perfect confidence of the Savannah
men that she can show a clean pair of
heels to anything in Southern waters, OF
her rig and length, and the yachtsmen
are not Disconnected by the rumors of the
vigorous preparations to have constructed
Yacht that can beat her that are borne
on the winds from Charleston. on the
contrary they welcome all signs of 4
healthy yachting spirit and give a glad
greeting to everything that will make for
a good race, in which none of the com
petng boats will have an advantage and
in which the victory Will so to that one
that best deserves ii.
There is a possibility that the Dragon
will not be the only antagonist that the
Carolina Yacht Club viii have to defeat
I'm order to carry away the cup that now
rests in Savannah. Mr.. F. u. NJ. Strachan
Of Brunswick, who is a member of the
Savannah club is said to have in contem-
plation the building of fleet racer which
he has resigned virtually himself, on the
lines of some of the celebrated cup-win-
uers from across the water, and which,
when finished. he is said 10 be assured
will hold its own with Dragon or any
thing else. The new yacht, so rumor
hath it, is to be of approximately the
same size as Dragon and will be
ready to enter the regatta of the Savan-
nah Yacht Club when that is sailed in
May
Meanwhile the Charleston yachtsmen
are not inactive and their champion is al
ready in course of construction. The
Charleston Evening Post has this to say
Of the new boat:
The construction of the Charleston
Yacht which is to race Savannah next
spring for the Interstate challenge cup is
well under way, and the yacht will proba-
bly, be completed by March 10. The syn
dicate of Charleston yachtsmen commits
stoned Charles II. Crane, of New York to
design the boat and Constructor Cawley
Of South Boston, who was selected by the
syndicate to build the craft has begun
work. AS already stated in the Evening
Post, it was with great care and Judg-
ment that the Charleston syndicate made
its selection of designer and builder FOR
their racer and now that actual construc-
tin has been begun and its completion is
in sight the members of the syndicate eX-
press themselves as we'll satisfied with
the outlook of beating Savannah next
year, and see no reason to regret the Wis
dom Of their choice.
Both the designer and builder of mo.
49,, as the new yacht is called, are well
known in the yachting world, being eX-
perts in their lines. Mr.. Crane is a de
81 ner of considerable reputation and Mr.
Cawley's yards at South Boston have be
come noted The Charleston yachtsmen
are now beginning to look forward with
expectation to the day when a practical
test of the yacht may be made in
Charleston waters. 1t is expected that the
new craft will develop speed powers OF an
unusually high order. Every contriVance
ana mode known to modern yachting eX-
perts will be employed in the building of
Charleston's yacht"
The races will be sailed, if wind and
Tide and other condi ions permit, on three
successive. days, the victory to go to that
club that is successful in two of Inc three
contests. The course will begin near the
club house of the Savannah Yacht Club
ana will run out to the spit buoy, dis
tnce of about twenty nautical miles Tor
me entire course. The yachting spirit IN
savannah has been emphasized by the
pur chase and performances of Dragon,
en- the friendly rivalry that obtains with
charleston and the members of the club
nope chat il will continue to increase in
intensity until there is a fleet of yachts,
SIMILAR in construction and speed to the
present champion, belonging to members
Of the club and sailing in the annual re-
gattas.