New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-07
WOMEN At THE TTLLER.
Their Keen Enjoyment Of Their
Race an GraUesend Bay.

There, the Mary's running Up her spinnaker st
last" announced woman on the veranda OF the
Atlantic Yacht Club house al Sea Gate Saturday
afternoon, she handed the marine glasses 10 her
husband.
The ladies' race" was on. and Gravesend Bay
was s1Vu IN ky with the sails OF the women skip
pers or their way back the stakeboat-a process
sion o. snowy moths flying home before a soUtherly
wind
We'll on general principles. I think the Bobtan
VIII De the winner" said a young who had
been watching the progress % the race through
telescope Mrs. Luckenbach always has good
luck and the Bobtan is fast walker over the
face Of the waters"
1T isn't luck ~ all-you shouldn't say she has
good luck corrected one Of the group, woman
IN a white duck skirt and white shirtwaist with a
white naval cap atop OF the pretty head that leaned
hack against her scarlet sweater. Those. by the
vav were the Yachting toys OF half the women
-here-v-hte skirt White waist. naval cap OF black
,- WHITE or else 10 hat al. and sweater.
either red or white. Extremely picturesque TIE
e-ouue % women looked crossing the old RED
brick paved courts adjoining the handsome CRIB
hosrse- splash Of scarlet. moving Whiteness. and
then ripple ~ crisp feminine laughter and soft
clatter ~ feminine tongues they swung Up TO the
dubious vera1ds and made for the hospitafie
chairs under the shsdowy awnings. And then II
was lemon souashes or sarsaparillas all around
with more talk and merrirent and a dof1ng Of the
CAV sweaters for the afternoon was warm. even
a. Sea Gate For the men. white ducks and blue
pes1ackets. with naval caps were Of course. de
-iFueur.
Saturdays race. with its women shippers at the
wheel % each whteNugs vas the second such
race the Atlantic Yacht CIub has had this year
The wives of the members have always sailed their
husbands boats more or less. but they had had no
formal races until Commodore Robert r Too pre-
sertod silver bread tray TO be won by the woman
who should make the best time in sailing her boat
twice three and one quarter mile triangular
course The course was the same that taken
Saturdsv-across from the clubhouse 20 Fort Ham
n-ar. around the stakeboat II the Marine and Field
club over DO spar buoy living further up IN
'sraveserd Bay. and th~uee back 10 the Atlantic
Yacht Club stakeboat Sixteen boats were entered
r that first race. and they all started together
ne ssht as they swung past the stakehoat and out
Toward For HAMILTON Was pretty one
On saturday only eleven we're entered, and they
sailed in tUo divisions within FIVE mi-utes OF each
other Although the circus was thus DIVIDED into
fHo rinEs. as u were the race was exciting and
beautiful The view from the clubhouse vera1da
was ocllEatf1L Gravesend Bay stretched before IT,
sl1ery blue uuuer white SKY. whose hazy horizon
iappec up the vsterline in a dim perspective.
Prom shore 10 shore the waters were thicky seeded
Win yachts. ssluOats. naphths launches here and
nero. a rowboat moving over tho blue like oenti-
pele running across q table cover Lying At
chor opposite the clubhouse was q crowd OF
Yachts. both steam and sailing. There were the
steam Yacht Claremout. owned by John W. Gates:
tle LovsL Of Commodore Doremus. and C1mrno-
core Iodls saiune Yacht Thistle. A little further
ripie decSed green sno white houseboat The
49, 1oioN, ~ The way, r. one o. The social
as Wright are seldom without company. Just
Low t.eE are entertaining Mrs Wrghr's mother.
A4.7 ~ eniVorth, and Or and Mrs. O DE Wayne
a week aeo Ms Wright gave big siN handed
slcfre tor III benedt q q crippled chidren's
s.ose. There were hfty guests present. she gave
George ". copelsnd 81 brooklyn. and Mrs. J. Il
-.ttth-lfN won urEl. second ana third prizes.
is5tecile-y. ans Mrs. Frederick J. Ravens the
Other Yachts that were spectators Of the race
- - ass Breese.s Elsa GeorEe NoIntoshs sloop
L--Alslnl. Mr. Nason's sailing cutter lsolt. the
holseooat KanaUa- tho Aroc and tie sailing
BACK and form and across and round sailed the
-t 80 winch were 70 take pafE IN ne race, until
tes Summing across the line on thei, way 20
80 hanilton. They were the Bagheera. renll-
Ers Henden Chubb. The sobtaiL sailed by Mrs.
80 !. --e kenbach: Vivian II sailed by Mrs ; r
!. a. Dyer. Sbe vssa55nd ssiisd by Mr. 7 a
MINUTES later the gun doomed again. and across
tie me went the Wrath owned by Calvin Temp-
-.iee by ". Grundner and sailed by Miss Hanna:
~ Pccius. by Mrs George II. church. The nc
~ laier became disabled Al the wheel ~ esch
vas raced. and with her The owner % the boat,
generally the husband q the steersman. and two.
Ire OF four men 70 manage the ropes. as the size
W ne boat might demand
have the men work the sails" remarked enc y The
49, 81 Who were following the race rom TIC ef.a
~ ~ So Gate dock. but Il requires coz sioel ao-'
- &C Judgment and a good ess ara p c.ear
st5a and lots II other things. 70 % = Success
.--l. One has know the course thoroughly IA
We IESf place. or one would be forever making Tor
enc distant mark only 70 tuc later that one
.lont want there II all Many women when
LEY steer yacht. steer IN such an urcertali-
l-efo -to-rn0srth way that the wake looks IKE
slreak y zigzsR Hrhtnfnr-snsses. Ne vachtinE
Nurler call g. II the easiest Thing - The "ofld
~ make snakes and hard 20 steer lu pee me
without haz-rr - oo~recr ones first movements
- 20 The longest Wav round. clever SKIPPER
vi anticipate the work of TIE -nen ~ the roIes.
~, perhapS ehot,I6 zsv they viii work together.
80 coTnrrehencrr end interpreting the o-ner-
riss<.ns s-xo taxes q lot OF strength IA os