New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

shah do my best to keep faith with the execus
tive, cannot say that i would be willing to lei
the conditional promise stand in the way OF Civ.
ing the new boat thorough tuning up for the
Dig race. With the Cup races hxed for August
and the exhibition coming OF in June. Al
the earliest. and possibly in July. l may have
70 ask to be relieved from my promise. /
not now absolutely certain that i shall send
tne nrst Shamrock across to America The
chances are that shall do so. but the matter
depends to some extent on the result OF trial
races which the two ShamrOcks will first sail on
TINS side In any case you may be certain that
AWNING likely TO hinder the best preparation
overheard.
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM.
Chester W. Chaplin OF the New-YorkYacht Club
who lately sold the yaw Polly which he had used
for number of years in Florida. IS now having a
steel auxiliary pole schooner built. for him
at the Nixon yards AT E1zabethport. " j. which
are rapidly becoming tavoritcs is shown BY the
number @ being built This one will have a water
s dFaught Of feet INCHES made shallow to suit
veteran Cary Smith, and is being plated.
Captain sheldrake will be in command of the
new auxiliary schooner which is being completed
for James Sibey Watson. OF the New-York Yacht
Club at the Nixon yards. The masts are already
stepped. and the rigging IS about TO be set up.
which in few days viii be given her se rst uttTTiai
under steam and after thar she win be sailed un-
der canvas on an experimental trip.
The steam yacht Priscilla has left for the West
Indies, This is the old Aqulo with her name
ey ehSnse% from sPSe 35 shy Sy & Of this
the Mcintosh basin. South Brooklyn
When in this country last summer Captain syca-
more greatly preferred wheel to steer a yacht.
and he also preferred crosscut sails and ne hadn't
an an Englsh I prelude anywhere about him. But
Jo % III AiierlSsl since Inen ne mas written watson
stick the Shamrock ii Win SerraHy be pSSyided
With up and H5 down n othe IN bT 70 sn9 ng hT One qg bn
Is sure-that Ratsey does believe in the cross
first With Watson When he was here on board
the Erin Ratsey said: Il cannot possibly think
ITS shape as we'll on the sewing as II does the
Vice-Commodore Robert p. Doremus. OF the At
lantic Yacht Club. has sold mis- we'll known i'm
q, 42-foot water line. to Sir Henry Van Horne, ot
Montreal. the Canadian Pacific Railway magnate
Cornelius Vanderbilts 7O-footer Rainbow received
little injury through going ashore the recent gale
and she has been hauled up at the Herreshoft
YANKEE %hh has @ been e nh ancse YaX as the
ceiving steel plating along her under body be-
The Herreshofrs have received orders for tour or
five 51footers. TO be built in the winter but IL Is
not known where they will be framed The Shark
has had little done to her beyond a few plates
being affixed. and there has been a general clear
ing up of the south construction shop 10 make
room for the new defender. 1t IS Thought Thar
there Will be room enough under this roof TO huId
one ol-footer at ttme while the defender Is being
put in frame The conveniences for building q
large yacht are much greater in this part OF ihes
yards
1t is said that Watson has figured out that ths
double planking to be put a chit Of challenger
size VIII not materially the weight OF
bronze plating If this be true the finding GER
tainly flies In the face OF the best calculations OF
the United States Navy experts, by one OF which
Il was estimated THAT a wooden boat OF Val
kyre Ills size would be seven tons heavier than
craft OF the same size built of bronze and
seventeen tons heavier than a similar craft wftH
upper works built of aluminium
A Glasgow correspondent comments on the tact
that many heavy leaders have been writtan i'm
England giving the challenger advice about ths
races which Is utterly ridiculous on account OF
the ignorance shown concerning the conditions
under which the -aceS sailed 1t Is
noticed that a London publication which koztows
10 a club now suffering from frost Is calling the
OF British attempt at slight, of which II may an
least, be said that II buffers no parsnips'
THE KAISER TO FURNISH A TRIAL BOAT.
Glasgow Nov 24.-It is announced here that
Emperor William Of Germany has consented that
the yacht which George L. Watson Is building
for him be used as a trial boat with Sir Thomas
Lipton's Shamrock II.