New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

r-Commodore Edward Weston and by Barlow
s. Weeks in addition the regular club prizes.
sail over. second and third prizes, in accordance
with Rule 2s.
Entries IN writing must be filed with the chair
his Office No. ITO Fulton-st., not later than
Friday. September H.
For this regatta the starting times have been
wisely cut down. and other committees will do we'll
perfectly absurd to send off every class by itself
n1 aG ~ nfPf S m bCr Ii and Srte five MIN
utes to start seventeen classes. The Atlantcs will
take just thirty five minutes to send off all classes
Under the usual method the first and most inter
esting classes are generally out Of sight before the
committee steamer gets away, and the newspaper
men on board are expeGSe9 to tell about the racing
day. The Atlantic starting schedule is follows
l2 m.-Blue peter. as preparatory signal
1919 1913 s red 2s5 balls s for Pr al & sshoGn5s start
1920 P; m.-TwO white balls for Glasses of
1925 p. m-Two blue balls for Glasses l. and n Of
1880 m-one, white and blue ball. for classes
and ) or sloops and catboatS to start.
12:s5 p m-one blue ana one red ball for all other
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM
The steam yacht Presto mas been sold by Com
nodore J. Adolph Mollenhauer of the Pentaquit
Corinthian Yacht Club to T. H, Nefberry of
Detroit, Mich. The Presto is said to have a record
Of one mile in l minute SO seconds and is 50 feet
inches long over ALL with gle feet beam and feet
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launch 80 feet long in part payment which will be
used tender to the sailing yacht which is now
to be built, as well as for general club cruising
Allison V. Armour of the New-York Yacht Club
is on board his three masted auxiliary Utowana
in the Solent, and he has number of Turks in his
sensation wherever the boat goes.
The steam yacht Josephine owned by p A B
Widener. has arrived in New-York, after cross
ing by easy stages She left Cowes on August TO-
At the annual meeting of the Huntington Qong
Isandj Yacht Club, held Thursday evening at
the clubhouse. the following officers were elected
for the coming year: Commodore. Robert L. Crooke
of BROOKLYN vice-commodore. Arthur X Buxton
of Brooklyn; rear commodore. Albert W. Palmer of
Fast Orange, N j.; secretary, Daniel Slote Wood
haitian: trustees. Anson B. Gdersieeve and IL George
r. Rogers OF Huntington.
Late issues of English yachting weeklies say that
Mrs Robert Goelet's steam yacht Nahma was the
largest and finest pleasure vessel seen at the last
soent racing and they report the visit to the yacht
OF the Prince and rincess of Wales, the Princess
Victoria and the Duke and Duchess of York
The Fisher Cup, an international trophy on the
Great Lakes. will be sailed for tomorrow by the
Minota. representing the challenge OF the ROYAL
Canadian Yacht Club, and the Genesee the pres
ent holder of the Canadas Cup. In the recent
trials at Toronto the Minota proved faster than
the Payne design Beaver which lost to the Genesee
and 4F1milius Jarvis lately commodore of the Royal
Canadian Yacht Club, will handle the chaII enger
These two shippers in charge of the re-
spective contestants in the last years racing for
the Canada's Cup. and large fleet of Canadian
yachts arrived yesterday at Charlotte the port
of Rochester Among these are the Fife design
Zelmai Mr. McLeod's lately imported Gloria, the
English winner of the Coupe de France the
schooner Gldrlta built last year by p T. Dodge of
New York: the Vreda Commodore Boswell the
Merry Thought Mr.. Jarvis; the Canada. the win
I ner OF the Toledo CUP; the Agse and the steam
rister, of Hamilton. has been chosen to De the
the Rochester Yacht Club. and Mr. GRAY OF tin,
Royal Canadian Yacht Club. The races will be
sailed on Lake Ontario
The schooner Miranda. owned by Charles N Mel
son. OF the New-YOrk Yacht Club. had a curious
accident the other day. The captain was bringing
her up To anchor. and the chain was let go it
removed the hawsepipe in the bows. As soon as the
anchor got its grip the chain % 6egSn to saw the
been cut through will be replaced at the jacob
yards after the schooner is brought from
her present anchorage, near Sands Point.
w c. Whtney's floating bathhouse has been
brought City Island for repairs and to be
painted. This curiosly shaped craft has several
apartments and looks like hOuseboat. II is gen
orally anchored near Glen Cove. In Hampstead
summer home Wheatley Hills Long Island IN
order to use the craft
winter his schooner Indra. which was built for
John NJ, Richmond last winter at Boston
One of the first yachts that the Herreshors avar
built is now at City Island. This is the ss-foot
Gentre6oard sloop Nimbus now owned by Joseph
The Nimbus came out In 1869 and is therefore
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