The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-17
FOR A SUMMER CRUISE.
nobians Will Sail Saturday on
the schooner Knight.

obiuns Will Sail Saturday on
The schooner knight.
,,.,,,,s of sailing over the waters that
.,,rround the rock-riboed shores OF
80 Scotia. Cape Breton Island and
-,.,,f5undland, of floating through the
,,;f,,1 scenery of those far North
reqions, of fishing for the magnifi-
salmon and the wonderful cod,
.boo+ing wild grouse, ducks and
-aose and of hunting the noble caribou
~o in store for a party of savannah
a. who will leave this city next Sat
14.,, for a cruise that promises pleas
,,res Of the rarest.
M and Mrs. J. G.. Van Marter, Mr..
coin Bryan, Mr.. J. S. Schley. DR.. j.
n cuerard, Mr.. George Beckett and
ra,i NJ. P. Usina will make up the
-.rt, and their cruise will be aboard
-, rilot schooner Knight, staunch
1T 115 feet over all, and of 81 tons
1osi5es Capt. Usina, who will be the
liinrar. there will be five in the crew
N handle the boat.
The Knight was to leave Brunswick
,oet nieht. and is expected in SaVan-
,eb today. She will be locked at
pond. Harrison & Co. s wharf, where
She will take aboard her supplies and
t5e baggage and traps of those who
are to sail away on her.
saturday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
tbc Knight will start upon her voyage.
she will go down the river in tow of
tug and it is expected that several
aft will accompany her as far as
,bs hell bouv as friends of those to
rake the trip are greatly interested and
want TO see the voyagers we'll off.
From Tybee bar, the course will be
that of the ocean steamships bound
for New York as far as Hatteras. Off
the cape, however, Capt. Usina will
Law a course for Cape Sable, where it
is expected the Knight, a fast sailer,
with the benefit of the Gulf stream,
viii arrive within eight days after her
start.
Halifax will be the first port into
which the Knight will put. She will
be anchored off the Royal Nova SEQ
tia yacht Squadron. She will sail I'M
der the burgee of the Savannah Yacht
club, and that will mean that the cour-
tesy OF the Halifax organization will be
extended the Southerners.
After FIVE days in Halifax, it is the
Intention of the voyagers to sail along
the east coast of Nova Scotia to the
Gut of Canso. through which they will
cut coming out on the west coast of
Cape Breton, and making a stop of two
days at Sydney. Thence they will go
to Bay St. George on the west coast
of Newfoundland, where they will
spend a few days.
Up the west coast of Newfoundland
to the country where the caribou are
to be found in plenty, will then sail
the Knight, and just along there are
some of the greatest pleasures of the
trip anticipated. Shooting caribou,
however, lis expensive work for not
only does a lengthy excursion into the
country, with a guide and equipment.
have TO be made, but a license of $40
has to be paid before a hunter is per-
mitted to kill three of the animals.
The sport comes high, but it is royal,
and some of the party expect to have
a try at it. DR.. Van Marter has won
the trophies of magnificent caribou
heads already, and his quest will be for
a moose.
When taste of the joys that New
foundland will offer has been afforded
the party back they will start on their
homeward course. The Island of Anti
cost will be circumnavigated, and from
ueIe the route VIII De TO HalltaX,
where a stop of two days for a new
supply of provisions will be made.
Thence the Knight will sail for Bos-
ton where stop of two or three days
will be made. At Boston Mr.. Bryan
Will leave the party. returning to Sa-
Vannah. as business will demand his
presence here. The remaining mem
bers, however, will stick to the Knight
sailing through Long Island sound,
stopping at intermediate points, to New
YORK, where a brief stop will be made
Then the run back to Savannah will
be made, short stop being expected
at Norfolk.
Those making up the party are ex-
pectant of a glorious time. They will
be gone at least six weeks, and they
40 not see why any part of the time
should be slow. There will be almost
continual sport to enliven the cruise.
From the time they strike Hatteras
there will be fishing. They will troll
Tor Spanish mackerel and for bluefish,
and the Northern waters will be found
TO abound in salmon and cod. Not only
rods but guns, will be given use, for
a hunters paradise is Newfoundland.
ne trip, aboard a chartered boat, is
the FIRST that Savannah party has ar
ranged that has taken in such a COM
prenensive itinerary and required so
much time.