The sun., 1902-03-10
COLUMBIA TO RACE ABROAD.
KiISERS YANKEE YACHT VEL
CONE TO 4 TRY WITH HER.
Al Corners. boat for BOat. the Holder
Of the Americas Cup VIII Be Ready
to Meet Announcement Made After
Prince Henr,'s Visit to the y. y. y. e..

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Yacht Club 10 Prince Henry last night,
j. Pierpont Morgan announced that he
would put the Columbia In commission
and send her across the ocean 10 race her
| against anything afoat, boat for boat.
The Prince had just left the clubhouse
when Mr. Morgan made this remark. Mr..
Morgan was then talking to Admiral Won
Baudissin and one or two Of the Princes
| party
Commodore Ledyard, who was with the
party, at once waved his hand for silence
! and repeated to the members Of the club
what Mr.. Morgan had said. For moment
the members did not realize what was
meant, but as soon as they did hearty
! cheer was given and from that time nothing
but the possibilities opened up by the CO.
lumbia's racing abroad was discussed.
Under boat 10 boat conditions all ques-
tion Of class Is waived 80 that the Emperor
william would have chance TO race his
new Yankee schooner yacht Meteor against
the Americas Cup holder IL he chose
For more than two hours Prince Henry
and his staff mingled with the members
Of the club, chatted about yachts and
yachting, inspected the clubhouse. saw
the famous Americas Cup and other tro-
phies and loo ked over the models of all the
yachts that have been famous in the his
tory OF the sport in this country.
There was no formality during the even
| ing. It was at the Princes request that
this was so. and the officers of the club
called IL simply visit from the Prince.
| The clubhouse had been prettily decorated.
Palms, ferns and smilax formed the floral
decorations and the German and American
flags, the German and American yacht
ensigns, the German man-of-war flag and
! the burgess Of the kaiserlch and the New
York Yacht clubs were draped about the
model room in which the Prince was TO
first meet the members.
All the trophies held by the club were
displayed. The central piece was Of course
the Americas Cup for which the British
yachtsmen have strived for so long time.
Then there was the Cape May cup which
was taken TO England by the Genesta and
brought back by the Navahoe. The Ben
nett and Naval College cups were in their
positions and many Goelet Astor and
Ledyard cups and cups won by the Mineola
and other yachts were displayed.
The members began to arrive at the club
house early and only members and few
invited guests were allowed in the house
during the evening. The Prince and his
party were not expected until $50 o'clock
and until then the members ohstted and
waited Promptly on time the carriage
with the Prince drew up at the door.
He came In so quietly that few OF the
members knew that he had arrived and he
was taken at once TO the elevator and 10
room on one of the upper floors which had
been prepared for him. He was accom-
panied by Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans
nd fnllnvyipu niiiplxlyy hahinn him
Vice-Admiral Baron Won Seckendorff. Vice
| Admiral Won Tirpitz, Gen. Won PlesSen,
Vice Admiral Won Eisendecher. Lieutenant
| Commander Schmidt Won Schwind, Dr.
| Won Holeben. the German Ambassador,
and Rear Admiral Count Won Baudissin
Major-Gen. Corbin and Col Bingham OF
| the Presidential party were also present
Prince Henry quickly came down from
his dressing room and met Commodore
Lewis Cass Iedyard in the handsome model
room OF tho club and was introduced TO
| some Of the prominent members of the
| club. The members soon took charge OF
| the other visitors and escorted them
throughout the clubhouse showing them
| it's treasures.
Prince Henry was particularly interested
| In the model room. He examined the
models OF the meet famous yachts and paid
| particular attention to the model OF the
| schooner America when II was pointed
out 20 him. He also cast longing eyes at
| the Americas Cup.
| After the model room, the library was
visited and in turn the other rooms Of the
club were shown to the visitors and finally
| they got down 10 the grill room on the
| ground floor and where refreshments
| we're served. This room Is built like tween
| decks OF a line-of-battle ship and every one
| OF the strangers was delighted with the
| idea.
| were on board ship and went back to their
| midshipman days. For two hours and
ten minutes the Prince and his party chaited
| with the members. No speeches were
| made during the evening and no toasts
were drunk, hut every one had good time.
| Prince Henry spoke very highly of the
| clubhouse, which he admired greatly and
he WAS particularly Interested in the model
| room.
| II was twenty minutes to IL o'clock when,
escorted by Commodore Iedyard and eX-
| Commodore j. Pierpont Morgan, he went
| out of the house. Rear Admiral Evans
and Capt Titus got in the same carriage
and escorted by the mounted police he went
to the Waldorf Astoria The others in the
party left shortly afterward.
| There were about 100 members OF the
| club present and IL was far the largest re-
ception ever held in the new home of the
| club. EN-Commodore james ID. Smith,
| who had served on several Americas Cup
| committees was one of the first to arrive.
| Admiral Frbon was another OF the old guard
| Among others noticed were Charles r,
| Flint, who owns tho steam yacht Arrow,
| which is the fastest in the world,
H. II Rogers, owner Of the big tluer
| Kanawha: August Belmont, an ex-Nice Com
modore of the club and part owner of the
! Constitution: ext Commodore =. Nicholson
Kane. the chairman of the Regatta Com
! mittee, who has managed several of the
/ international races. Newberry ID. Lawton,
| who j. a 40 a m mber Of the Regatta Com
inittee; GeoIge A. Cormack the Secretary
| of the club, who was one Of the party on
the Yampa when that yacht was at kiel
| John Jacob Astor, owner Of the steam
4 Yacht Nnurmahal; T., a. Willard, who sailed
/ The Nigila 1t in the racas against the De-
fender IN 1895; Fleet Captain ". T.
| Duncan. Jr., who last year handled the
| Constitution, Frederick 1. Adams, owner
Of the Sachcm and Commodore Of the Larch-
mont Yacht Club, Robert L. Tod, owner
Of the big topsai schooner Thistle and
! Commodore Of the Atlantic Yacht Club:
Royal Phelps Carroll, who owned the Ma
vahoe when that yacht won the Brenton's
| Reef cup from the Britannia; Rear Cummo-
dore Frederick c. Bourne, who is a MEM
! Ter Of the Constitution syndicate; A. Cary
Smith who designed the Meteor Ill; George
! L. Rives, owner of the schooner Varuna