Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-08

chpped ON moro sail than could ho
safely borne In the gale that was blow
Ing Suddenly the topmast was car-
ried away and came down with u
crash close to the spot whore The kaiser
WAS standing
During this years <iel regatta tho
kaiser had another close shave when
The American schooner lngomer came
within uu ace of running down the
Meteor and cutting her I'm two This
Incident took place In % race between
the Meteor Iudma Hamburg and In
gomar from Kiel to Eckernforde. The
Meteor ana lug0mar We're sailing un-
pleasantly close 10 one another and
the lngomar. being ON the starbosrd
tack. had the right Of way and II was
the Meteors duty 90 concedo the
course ~ her Ben Parker was sailing
the Meteor ana he held ON I'm his
course, contrary 90 an the rules and
regulations ~ yatht racing. until II
seemed impossible for collision to be
avoided.
THE KAISER NEAR To DEATH
The lngomal VAS sailing under fun
canvas IN a heavy wind straight for
the Meteor aud IN another 30 seconds
Vould have crashed into the kaisers
Yacht The Meteor certainly would
have been eat clean into two parts and
the kaiser who was below at the time
Inevitably would have been drowned
The sensation OF the kaiser being sent
To the bottom OF Kiel bay by an Amer
ftaIH
avoided through the smWtness Of
Charles Barr who was sailing the In
gomar Although he would have been
justified In holding on bis course he
avoided a collision I'm the nick OF time
by putting about. ~ the same time
hosting protest nag 10 indicate that
ne had only done SO under cOmpulsion
The kaiser, who has the genuine sport
Ink instinct. was excessively annoyed
when he learned of the mistake which
his skipper had made. How It hap
pcned that so experienced "a yachtsman
committed this objectionable blunder
remains a mystery. but he paid for his
mistake dearly for the kaiser dis
missed him the same day
The kaiser began his yachting career
by purchasing the Thistle. which had
been defeated by the Volunteer for the
Americas cup IN 1851 He rechrls-
tened her the Meteor n name which
he always bestows ON the reigning ia
vorite among his yachts. II Is frankly
suggestive Of his own position In the
monarchiCal armament, He raced her
perslstently and on board OF her mas
tered most Of the tricks Of yachting,
but I'm British waters she always had
to trail after the Britannia, owned by
King Edward, who was then Prince OF
Wales
To be thus continually beaten by his
uncle was not at all to the liking Of
William II. and he began casting
around for another craft. and commits
stoned Watson, the designer OF the
Thistle, to build him another big cut
ter close up to the 9O-foot limit This
Meteor kept the emperor's yachting
flag well to the fore for six years. prov
ing a much speedler boat than the
Britannia, which may have had some
thing TO do with King Edwards de-
cislon to retire from the yacht racing
game. The first Meteor meanwhile re-
christened the Comet was turned over
TO the naval authorities at Kiel to bee
used as a training vessel for yachting
hands. Tor heretofore German yachts,
the emperor's own included had been
for the most part dependent on British
SINNERS and British crews,
Spurred on by the kasers example,
many wealthy Germans bought racing
yachts. most of which at this period
we're designed and built IN England. A
gioup of Hamburg merchants, headed
by Director BALM Of the Hamburg
American Steamship company pur-
chased speedy boat designed
by Watson. and rechristened her
the Hamburg. Much longer than the
Meteor, she proved rather more than a
match for her, and the kaiser, deter
mined to be at the head Of the process
sion IN his own waters at least, sought
another yacht
WHY He CHOSE AMERICAN
YACHT
Meanwhile, the superiority of Amerl-
can over English designed boats had
been demonstrated in German as Wen
as I'm English waters The kalsers
brother. Prince Henry had purchased
the Wenonah, a Herreshoff boat about
90 feet ON the water line. that had de-
feated everything In her class in Eng
land. Rechrstened the GudWda, with
Prince Henry at the helm, she showed
her heels TO everything Of her size ~
Germany The Niagara, a larger mn
keel racing craft, built by Herrcshon,
after decisiyely defeating every 20
rater opposed 20 her In England had
been sold by her owner Howard Gould
to a German yachtsman and had re-
peated her triumphs In Germany In
the schooner Yampa, a magnificent sea
craft of the cruiser tyne. which he
bought from William Suydam Palmer
the kaiser was already the owner OF
AN American boat But she had not
been especially designed for speed, and
was not biz enough to meet the Ham
burg ON equal terms So when he had
determined TO regain his yachting su-
premacy. he presented the Yampa
witch he had renamed the lduna, TO
the empress. 7nd gave nm order for a
bigger boat TO her designer A. Cary
Smith,
he chose schooner because he re-
cogu.zcd that the day OF the big single
stick racers is over ana he insisted on
vessel of Wholesome type that should
he far from o. mere racing machine Ike
the cup challorge and defenders Of re-
cent wears. an the plans we're sub
mitted 10 him before they were carried
out. Tho interior arrangements were
largely of his own deysing His min
ute attention 10 details, which is char
acteristi Of him, Is shown 10y the fact
that the supplementary mushroom Nen-
tlIntors were made from designs drawn
by himself
With this third Meteor he again de.
eaiod The best boats In Germany and
was entirely satisfied with her until
Commodore Plants lngomar fresh
fom America, defeated her 20 sIgually
and frequently 40 Kiel. II was natural
therefore. that he should have given
the order for fourth Meteor TO the
designer Of the lngomar-the great
Herreshod.
THE HITCH WITH HERREsHoFF,
Recently, however It is reported that