The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-26
YACHT CLUBS NEW FEATURES
NEW ATTRACTIONS BEING ADDED
TO THE CLUB GROUNDS.

A Tennis Court and CrOquet Grounds
with Swings for the Children.
Traps for Clay Pigeon Shooting
VIII he Proyided-saIe of Dragon
Not Yet Made and She VIII PrOba-
bly, Not Go to Charleston This
Week, but VIII Probably Go July
11-Date for the Clubs July Re-
gatta Not Yet Determined.
The officers and members of the Sa-
vannah Yacht Club and especially the
Improvement Committee seem determined
10 make the club grounds a Thunderbolt
not only the handsomest but the most
attractive spot in Chatham county. In
addition TO the numerous Improvements
which have already been made, others are
being added for the benefit of the men,
bers and their families. Even the chill
dren are not left out
Among the improvements now being
made or about TO be made are a lawn
tennis court and croquet grounds for the
benefit of the ladies and children and the
younger members, and swings and other
attractions for the children. For the gem
lemen trap-shooung apparatus for clay
pigeon shooting is being put in. The
traps will be placed in the rear of the
grounds behind the stables so as to be
out OF the way of danger and far enough
distant to deaden the noise of the guns.
The shooting will be acro-s the marsh.
so that there will be absolutely no danger.
The Yacht Club has always been one
OF Savannah's most popular clubs, but UNI
der the enterprising management of Com
modore w. w. Starr it bids fair 10 out
strip ali others in popularity.
The present and future status of the
yacht Dragon, Sayannah's former cham
pion and prize-winner is a matter of
considerable interest to the members OF
the club just now. The syndicate owning
the yacht has decided to offer her for sale
and is awaiting satisfactory bids. Al
though beaten by the Charleston yacht
Maris, in the recent regatta, the Dragon
mas won more races than any boat OF her
class on the Atlantic coast and is unques-
tonaoly one of the best yachts TO De
found anywhere. There are some who be-
lieve that with some alterations in her
mast so as to enable her to carry great
er amount of sail she would be a formd-
able competitor for the Marls or any other
yacht.
The Dragon has three fun sets of sails,
which cost altogether $500 besides a fun
equipment of everything needed for a sail
ing yacht and in addition she has 6,000
pounds of lead on her keel. Her equip
ment alone is easily worth $1,000 to say
hothlng OF the value of the yacht herself.
AS the present owners have lost inter
est and the probability is that a sale will
not be consummated for several days
1t seems out of abe question for the
Dragon to attend the regatta at
Charlsfon this week. This state of af-
fairs is regretted by the members of the
club, who feel that they should make
some return for the very decided interest
manifested by the Charleston yachting
people in Savannah's events. Very few
OF the smaller boats of the club are in
good shape, and it is feared that with
the Dragon out, Savannah's chance of
being represented with anything in the
sailing line at Charleston Thursday is
very slim.
1t is said to be very likely that the
purchasers of the Dragon will take her
to Charleston for the race July II or u.
during the session of the National Edu-
cational Association in that city It IS
pretty we'll assured that Mr.. F.. D. NJ.
Srachan's fine new yacht, the Monsoon,
will also make the trip to Charleston az
that time.
The date for the July regatta of the Sa-
vannah Yacht Club has not yet been Sc
lected. II is proposed to name a day
when, with a suitable tide, and the hope
of a favorable breeze. a course can be
arranged leading directly past the club
house. SO that the crowd may gather there
and the club be the center of the festivi-