The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-21

On Decoration day, with its opening sal to Double Beach, the City Point Yacht club will formally open for the season of 1900. Members of the club are enthusiastic over the prospects for q lively season and cont- dently predict successful one. The club has spent a large sum of money during the past winter i'll Improvements and now boasts one of the best situated and appoint cd club houses on the Sound. With It's removal from it's old situation further down the shore, the club not only gained one or the prettiest sites on the harbor front, but an unrivalled anchorage as well, and now vessels of any ordinary draught can get Ill and out of the basin at low tide. As II Is now situated the clubhouse Is great ueal more accessible than formerly. The three hundred foot dock which leads out 10 the landing float runs almost level Wlth the street, and q new arc lght-placed there by one of the club members-nakes the ap- proach by night as plain as by day, Thq house itself now rests on spillng ana as lI has been thoroughly renovated inside ana out Is a very handsome building: Iaken all in al the club members have just cause for being proud of their club and US ad- vance since it's start q few years ago.
 The opening sail this year will be very enjoyable one, and judging from the num- Der of those who have signifed their inten- tion of taking part an unusually large one
 
 The start will be made from the club Da- sin at eight o'clock in the morning at the sound of gun fired from the sloop yacht the club and the property of Commodore Frank Swift As there will be a number of new boats in the fleet by that time, and many of the old ones will have new and larger rigs, the sail down will undoubtedly prove quite interesting.
 Dinner will be taken at the Double Beach House, after which the fleet will cruise still further to the eastward returning to the city In the evening
 The uncertain weather of the last month has rather dampened yachtsmen in thelr efforts to get their boats into the water, but number of the City Point fleet are already in commission. More will be drop ped from their ways this week and next Sunday will see most of the fleet atoat. Some of the boats which will be in com, mission by Sunday are the sloop spray Commodore Frank Swift; "Egeria," Messrs. Wagner and Marshall; ~, .Made- nle leine," John p Mason; . Irene, Andrew vsti2 Me ''Freda," Frederick. Delert; knockaboutss Cora" George Ashton Kay. "Typhoon,' Fred Catln; catboats at 9 t mNahma. van4hn J4hn Launch .'Leda,' Messrs. Tontaine and Hei
 An acquisition to the club is the fine new sloop "Eaglet,r recently built by Thatcher II feet beam. It is extremely, able carries q cloud of canvas and sails like. cup de- fender. The boat made its trial spin yes terday and delighted its owner as we'll as the yachtsmen on board.
 Major George A. Albee has sold his schooner yacht "Curew" and has pur- chased another schooner yacht of about the same dimensions. The sloop yacht stranger has also been sold by its own CTS, Messrs Wagner and Marshall, to Fair Haven parties.
 A number of the club members have re- gently purchased large sharpies, and races in this class this summer are being looked forward to with interest. Among the lat ter are Viola Frank Barnes; anna Eta" .'Parela," Clarence Eaton; and "Fleet- wing" Charles Button