New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

Commodore, H. G. Higginson; Yice-commodore
OBrien, Frank Wood, Patrick Delany, David
Brown and w. Sawyer: treasurer and secretary
W Kidd.
The well known 51-foot Syce which has
been the flagship Of the Stamford Yacht Club for
several years, has been sold by Commodore Fred
erick NJ Hoyt to L. F. Robinson. of Newport
With the exception of one race in which the Kes-
trel finished first, there do not seem to be any de-
feats recorded against the syce, and she has been
an eminenty satisfactory craft from start to finish
Commodore Hoyt was equally successful with his
previous 4O-footer Norota, and as he is now re-
ported to be bringing out third flyer; II may f DE
any class he builds in
The sloop yacht Nymph. which was acquired last
year by Commodore Joseph E. Fletcher, of the
Bristol Yacht Club. is to be replaced by new and
larger racer for the coming season.
Francis L. Herreshoff of Brooklyn, is going to
have new racer next season, to replace his centre
board knockabout Opossum
It is said that Rear Commodore Philip 7. Dodge
Of the Larchmont Yacht Club is going to carry
out his original intention of having a 6O-foot
schooner built for himself On the day that o7 the
Dodge he said that she was too short for him ne
having been sold to a Toronto yachtsman.
ofeldt of South Brooklyn. has nearly finished
the 1O0-foot yacht for William Gillette, the
actor and playwright
Harrison Drummond joined his steam yacht Sap
phire at Charleston, N c.. last Wednesday. the
yacht being then her way TO the West Indies
This Sapphire was previously owned by Amz L.
Barber. of the NewYork Yacht Club, who recently
purchased another yacht in England and called her
by the same name.
The Larchmont Yacht Club and the New-York
Yacht Club will have hagships of the name
this year Both will be called the Colonia. The
Larchmont vessel win be the steam yacht Alberta.
bought her, and the leading craft of the New-York
club viii be the schooner Colonia, Which Mr. Led
yard has just bought from Mr. Postley
On January 81 the Greenville Yacht Club will
hold its annual reception in Belvidere Hall, Dan
forth-ave. and Old Bergen Road, Greenville, which
Is composed OF Commodore Z. :: Leach secretary
Pinkney and William Brown.
The Indian Harbor Yacht Club is one of the few
yachting institutions which have not changed their
commodores this year c. T. Wills, of the sloop
Acushla is still HIS old post and at the elections
last week the following officers appointed for
the coming Vice-Commodore George G..
Tyson, of the schooner Nirvana; Rear-Commodore.
Alfred Peats, of the steam yacht Lorelei; secre-
tary, Charles Wright Kirby; treasurer. r. Out
water; measurer. Frank Bovine Jones; trustees. to
T paats tRo Years henry r. D9remus ana cured
man; Charles E; McManus, D.: Willis Merritt,
The seeretarys report shows membership of 2s5
and fleet of Sc yachts.
The steam yacht Varuna, owned by Eugene
Higgins of the NewYork Yacht Club locked
ast saea r Ia @ and T now take
Sued West is the new name of the American
schooner Alcaa, which has been purchased, to-
gether with the Lasca, by German yachtsmen.
The Sued West left Boston some days before the
Lasca, which cleared from Tebo's yards, South
Brooklyn on Christmas Day. They both arrived
at Southampton on the day, the Lasca hav-
ing made the trip in twenty days and some hours.
The latter vessel, which enrolled in the feet
lists OF the Royal Canadian Yacht Club at Toronto.
is much the faster of the two schooners though
there is little difference in their dimensions which
are as follows: Lasca over ALL 119 feet; water line,
100 feet; water line 90 feet; beam, 226 draught of
6pth sGaoonsrs are OF steel The Lasea
for the raging ;g OF the new schooner classes by
There interesting relics of early iceboatng
at Poughkeepsie, where has a pair of ice
boat runners which 10 years old They were
IN IN $780, and affixed TO an oblong four
cornered box. The two forward skates OF this box
were fixed to 1t rgidly. and the two steering
skates were at the after end This box contrivance
e eaDS o By Du aS mm
frozen canals of Holland AS found on the Hud-
often to be taken down before tie boat tai wond
come about The introduction of the single stern
skate for steering was not made for many years
later, apparently about 1850.
The winter number of THE London Yacntsman'
contains seventy-ave large double column pages of
finely illustrated yachting stories and news Mr.
Hamilton, the editor, has illustrated several long
/ cruises. and the reproduced photographs of the
wild cliffs Of Cornwall and the dread rocks of the
sciys tell Of the dangers that beset the English
cruising yachtsman. Views are given of Gibraltar
the Riviera North Africa and Spanish cities and OF
important yachts and designs. The pictures of the
Victoria Parade and attendant yachts during the
celebrated "Cowes Week help TO complete the
charm OF this holiday issue
The cutter Queen NAB has been purchased by
Clifford " Brokaw, ard will be slightly altered
for the racing OF the coming
Stearns of Marbiehead is TO build S5-foot sail
ing yacht for II. c. Fowler, the former owner of
the steam yacht Huntress
The Queens new yacht. the Victoria and Albert
which was lately found to be top heavy, and under
present conditions unsafe. has been the ex-
pensive pleasure vessel produced. her cost
prior to the late accident AT the drydock being
something like 2. 10000. She Is 4S9 feet over ali
with a Ssc foot wateriine and a beam OF 90 feet
Engines OF u.ooo horse power are now In her. and