New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
NEWPORT NO LONGER DULL
FIRST TOUCH OF PROSPERITY FOR THIS
SEASON-EX OF
CROWDED WEEK.

Newport. r. L. Aug. 80 (speciaD.-In the presenf
week Newport has had its first real touch % p.o7
nsritv for the season Every hotel and boarding
house in Newport is fun and accommodations are a.
a premium. But this good fortune mas come 'oo
late to pull a bad season out so tnat shOpNS0P
NAV outt even However. everybody Is MAKING en0
most of the present era. and no stranger Win. -
gates of Newport is If he can pc lnHuee'
to accept the accommodations available Ut 7'S
il has been one mad whirl. and the season WHICH
began most unpromisingly will go out IN a Oi@17 u
glory 1t is the hope that the conaoineo amy 60. -
navy roanoeuvres will the means OF dra"ihs
many to Newport to take the places OF 'nOss -
will go away Immediately after the morse shO"- -
ia expected that the theatre Of operations viii %
near enough 10 the waters OF Narrasansett Day -
attract MANY Some Of the late arrivals nave sish
fed their intention Of remaining III Ne"pOf.
into September and there IS very little EooOe
that the social season will continue mueh lohs9-
than has been the custom heretofore Areaoy IHe
.ra cards out for functions extending into Septei
ber as far as 18th. and it is reported that l
will he others that VIII take up the relhainuei U
the month This is being built upon hopeiuAy nsss
and il II proves a fact will have tendency Ol
Iessening the present losses Of the season. "Hies
has been looked thus far as the worst III many
The condition of things IS not without Us lesson %
to the business men OF the CITY. t sISroviie the
ways depended the smart SCI 70 RiI 1 Ivsit
attractions for Newport AID have sto1d o. ta+
society retains only those things which can GS
made selfsupPorting and thas 9qtsg ae or twenty
wnrn aa ago has not been perpetateG in their sue
year. asG has Therefore become apparent them
other business proposition; that TO induce vlslta .
than the natural beauties of the place as an al
traction 1t has dawned upon them thal IneIe -
no feature equal 10 horse racing and this winter
effort will be made to reach an % it Ioae
niflcent grounds and clubhouse Whea nave i osS ~
run run b at sy be Converted into regulation mile
track If the necessary financial support can "
/ the lists against Saratoga, and make bid 1Or tno
patronage which mas gven I Ine 5rosSeFous Summers
is argued and apparenty With WISDOM; % 3,i fnss
i that Newport stands in need or would a9IeAly
follow Its deploraoe lack OF noSsl Iacee7 me- -
is true that society, in the common acceptance or
! fearing that it might be the means of bringing
undesirable element to newport & Dy %Gn Si YI Is
: iiy who might be attracted by the glitter and
the place and its attractions exclusively 70 them
selves. This policy has done more to In]urs % @ Ine
/ thing. However there is a new and wiser gen
| Grafton growing up in Newport who will disregard
the policy their fathers and reach out for trade
which will make Newport what lt hattraly @ I ounI %
to be- the most prosperous and hghest cIass sum
| home given on Monday night by Mrs, C1rneliGs
aided events the affair far exceeded expectations
! 1t had been foregone conclusion that tne az
might in many respects equal some OF the HosI I'M
but in point of fact it exceeded in every particular
anything previously attempted In appointments ri
ticuar and il IS doubtful if the entertainments will
Next Monday viii be a busy one. and society viii
! be unable to attend all the events that on the
of fGI the Newpcr Yacht Racing
the State. the opening Of the annual exhibition at
the Casino. Of the horse show and POO later IN tn
| day. Some of these affairs must Surer from 4acA
II is reported on what is accepted as the r2ost
trustworth authority that Cornelius Tander6,I mas 9
piaced Win bt vne f rscn II is said 70 be srip1-
lated that the craft be finished and ready for
it is Mr.. Vanderbilt's Intention to have the yacht
aks sptsin PAM Clayton @ if Han SON Of Captain Hank
Haf. who has made for himself an enyiable TsPq-
taton in the present season on Mr. vanderDts
| 7O-footer Rainbow. will be in command Of the new
! man and was one OF the original number that
formed the first fleet OF one-m9del boats when the
terward one OF the fouc to have built T0-foOter.
| crack racing schooner. In addition to this. Mr..
Vanderbilt has the finest stable in Newport. and
On september Is the fleet of SO-footers Will have
since this class came into favor The racing began
place. except one On that occasion the heet went
after drifting about one hundred yards from the
greatasf interest has been taken in the T9ces bv
the owners of these shifty craft, and handsome
Hbt " ~ nb 1d fbe NeNport Yacht Racine. ASso
| ciation of the cups offered the Esperanza. owned
and sailed by H o. Havemeyer. has won four.
| owned by Pembroke Jones. by about dozen points.
| From appearances, unless the ESperanZd
| strikes an extraordinary run Of bad luck, it viii
be impossible to prevent her from carrying OF the
| championship of the fleet for the summer
| The last of the series OF races 70 be held under
the auspices Of the Newport Yacht Racing Associa-
! programmes promises rich racing. In the
class 60-foOt slOOps the WectamOe the Nicola
will battle for handsome trophies. and the Humma.
45footers. In the 7OfOOters IL is expected the
Rainbow and the Virginia win be entered the lat
ter be raced by some other than the owner
account Of the death OF his 6rother-in-iaw Charles
Fair 1t is expected that the AnlOrita, the Muriel
and the Almina viii ll the class for schOOGers
the 30fOOters will all be in their An
invitation has been extended TO the owners OF the
BuzzaTds BAY Heel OF thlruSs out II Is not prob
in the is taken here and II is expected thar
| big fleet of steam yachts viii follow The racers
The Newport Yacht Racing Association has been
| quietly at work perfectng u permanent Organfza-
members the most influential yachtsnen AID mill
| ionaries IN the country 1t IS probable that no
| organization of small membership in the world
represents in the aggregate much wealth as the
Newport Yacht Racing Association IL has already
! such amount that the interest IS sufficient 10
| pay the running expenses OF the association, in
| annually offered The avowed object OF the or
ganzation is to make Newport the yachting centre
bid for the international cup races. The members
are men of international influence. and work
| the Newport Yacht Racing Association. in point OF
both
| The Philadelphia colony is rapidly increasing a,
this city, and II the rate OF the last three years Is
continued representatives OF the Quaker CitEili b.
n n IRe ascendant hfTs Ia I9s last week Edward
| the cottage Of Edward V MOrrell. purchased one
| OF the few remaining building sites In Bellevue
ave. IL is Mr. Knights intention To begin building
| operations at once. with the expectation that his
of lSo He has released the Morrell villa next
season. a Philadelphia architect is now engaged
I is In keeping with those in the Immediate reich-
bOrhood OF the plot just purchased. will be hand