New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
NEw.YORK DAILY TRIBUNE Sunday AUGUST 81 1902.
PRINCE BORIS SEES CADETS
THE GRAND DUKE VISITS WEST POINT
TO START TO-DAY FOR NEWPORT.

The Grand Duke Boris spent the greater part oi
Yesterday in a visit TO West Point On the ride
down from Buffalo Thursday he had been I'M
pressed with the commanding site OF the hlh1arS
Academy, and expressed his intention OF Visiuhs
the place II time allowed. Yesterday the departure
for Newport was mt of TO O'Clock this afternoon.
and the attractions of the Futuriy at the Sneeps-
head Bay racetrack were weighed In the DaIahce
and found wanting against the inspection OF the
army college. with ride the Hudson on the
swift yacht Arrow and dinner at Ardsiey. 10
Russian of position military training Is OF great
Importance. and the methods Of a for'isn country
naturally interesting. There are no less Ihah HNe
military academies in St Petersburg The Academy
of the First Corps of Cadets. on Nasiiyevsky
Island however. has such ideal position as
West Point I'VE have large military schooi III
ST Petersburg" said the Grand Duke, "and give
the matter much attention" And then, at the
question whether he himself had attended there
he explained-with wave of his hand and the
we of imperial blood-"No we do not go there
To West Point however. he went yesterday with
his military aids. and received by the of1cer
commanding the corps of cadets
With his suite the Russian Consul General OF
this city, and Baron Schlippenbach. he arrived at
the pier at West Thirty-fth-st at 1:l5 p n some
what fearful that they had mistaken the appoint
ed place, as the yacht not in sight. The yacht
which Charles K. Flint had placed at his disposal
soon swung In, however. flying the ensign OF the
New-York Yacht Club. When the Grand Duke
stepped aboard this down and an imperial
On the yacht with the owner. Mr.. Flint were Ly-
man J. Gage, Melville E. Stone. William NJ WINS
Charles r. Crane and Mr.. Whtehouse Harry D
Black president of the George A Fuller Construc-
ton Company also expected, but after waiting
till LAO p. m the vessel steamed away without niin
One boiler only was coupled up. and attempt
at the excessive speed which the yacht Is capa-
bic purposed. An easy, comfortable sall thoush
| at snails pace, was intended. Still. the run up
the river was made in what would have been re-
rkab1 cho Orda
was plenty of time for the Grand Duke TO re-
view the corps of cadets with Colonel Mlls- AFTER
this the grounds buildings were Inspected. ana
| the Arrow was boarded again at O'Clock for the
| return. Much interest shown by the Grand
| Duke in the conditions and appointments at West
Point
stop was made at Ardsey. where the party
spent the evening as the guests of Mr. Flint. din
ing at the clubhouse According to the latest plans
the party will leave here this afternoon at cioc
| for Newport riding in special car
| Russian consulate attaches were on hand at the
Waldorf yesterday morning at 9 O'Clock IN answer
| to cards word came that the grand duke would
probably rise in an But the night before; at
| the close of The Chinese Honeymoon, the prince
Visit to the the Union Club Though he has given the
impression here of being wideawake young h1a Tn3
O'clock became H. and finally breakfast had " to be
Rchafd g Grage gst at tRe II Holland House
sympathetic inclination to deler the ne too great
familiarity with his Russian friend IN some sol OI 5
| sad Mr. Crane He is a most democratic fellow
In Chicago while the guest of the resident t
/ he deliberately walked into the hiIcHeH
| and COMMUNICATED the cook. ~
| The grand duke himself, while waiting on @ lne
| nier for the Arrow yesterday, was led TO express
fmpatence with the methods OF some ne"sP1pySIIs yI
II do not consider it joke he said. ITO tell lies
But then. pay attention to them td dhe s4S f6e
natured remark of his secretary suggested Tue tue
source of the princes irritation when SPEAK th
| of their movements after the performance at tle
Casino. he said that they did not meet any
| chorus girls s 5,,1-a,s
| sister who was married to Prince Nlcnoias @ On
| Greece replied to her brothers consra IuldtoI
| cable dispatch yesterday. She said the Wedohs ar
| rangemens and plans had been beautlfuliy carreu
| ont. -, ,-osstors
| of NeW-York three hours after he had set 1oo1 IN
| a hanson cab at the Grand Central Station The
| idea struck him revolutionary, and ne reiuSGu
| to have any. But with this beginning II pFopA!olS
| did not require the lapse OF three Gays 10 oIItSS
| him to the conclusion that there were 700 hyCH
| rush and hurry here. His present opinion - .ndt
! life Is one continual whirl of excitement ana SO
| thinks the actuating ambition of Americans IS 70
| mIionareS. while IN Russia tne ruiAls
| passion is retire from business comIorIaoIy
| Chicago, in his eyes. is. as thlnS 10 Iook dt
| stmDlv hateful-a wilderness of endless unildS
| streets New-York Is cosmopolitan and makes him
| Of his eye; there the people are so easygoing
| There IS a charming, easy, restful peace aooII
| San Francisco that puts 1t at the head OF Amer,
can cities, In his estimation II Is 10 De oDser
| that the grand duke came straight east as the
| crow flies He should have slipped down below
| concern