The Washington times., 1906-07-29
Yacht Races
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10 iCCtGICI
NEW YORK. July 2s-Most Of the
I masculine ele ment Of New Yorks Four
] Hundred will be ahoat from Wednesday
next for the ensuing week or ten days.
/ The time has come round for another Of
/ those annual cruises Of the New York
/ Yacht Club. which have become one OF
| the popular features OF our social year.
/ The cruise which commences on
| Thursday az Glen Cove, l. J.. will be
! the sixty-second OF the series. the first
! having started August 2. 1874.
| Inasmuch as the number OF pleasure
craft taking part IN the cruise this sum
mer viii be larger than ever. and as.
| moreover. each vessel VIII carry besides
4 its owner a full complement OF guests.
] II will be readily understood 5hat few
men of any account VIII be left on shore.
| The races for King Edwards spendid
trophy and for John Jacob Astors cup
viii be decided OF Newport. and every
night during The stay Of the squadron
| entertainments will be given IN honor
/ Of the yachtsmen and Of their friends BY
members OF The summer colony.
J The fair sex are not as vel ,ome 3
guests on board on this occs sion az
/ they would be at all other times In
/ fact. they are given distinctly 20 un-
/ derstaud that their room IS preferred
/ 70 their company. and not even the six
/ women who are identified with the club
/ through election thereto as flag mem
/ bers' are admitted TO participate IN
| this annual voyage OF the Argouauts
| The nag members consist OF Mrs
| Thomas NJ. Carnegie, widow OF the
Pittsburg millionaire of that name;
| Miss EIoise Breese, elected on March
| 20, 1896. Mrs. Robert Goelet. owner Of
| the superb steam yacht Nadna, and
/ who was elected March IS. 1886; Miss
/ Julia R0thschild, Mrs. Charles /. +
Robinson. and Miss Atala Thayer
/ Mrs. Carnegie owns the steam yacht
! Skibo
Miss Breese is the happy possessor
/ OF the steam yacht Elss. Miss Thayer
owns the steam yacht Zoraya. and Mrs
Charles L Robinson has a houseboat
/ rather than q modern yacht. These
/ women pay their annual dues. but no
initiation fees Their association with
/ the New York Yacht Club continues
| only so long as they either own boat
( OF have chartered one. and they are en-
titled to the following privileges only:
| The right 20 fly the club burgee, 20
/ have their private signal registered
/ with the secretary. 20 enter yachts In
/ club races and 70 enjoy the use Of club
/ stations and floats.
In this matter the New York Yacht
/ Club has shown itself decidedly more
/ liberal than its English counterpart
| the Royal Yscht Squadron, which is
| the senior yachting organization OF the
| British Empire. For the Squadron has
never consented 20 admit women. even
! TO the restricted prerogatves accorded
/ by the New York Yacht Club
In England certain yachtswomen
| take active part in the various yacht
| races, but not one OF the six feminine
members Of the New York Yacht Club
has entered her boat for any contests
Of the kind this year.
| EnEland's counterpart Of the New
/ York Yacht Club cruise, namely, the
| so-called Cowes regatta, usually coin
/ Cides herewith, and on Thursday next,
| at the same time when Commodore
| Cornelius Vanderbilt assemblies his great
/ feet OF pleasure craft at Glen Cove,
| preparatory to the start a similar gath
ertng Of splendid yachts will be in
| progress on the Solent, under the eyes
/ of King Edward. Queen Alexandra and
/ also OF King Alfonso and OF his English
/ consort, who viii spend the week or
/ board their steam yacht Giralda. There
| will, however. be but few foreign flags
visible off Cowes this year. For the
| Germans resent the species Of boycott
/ TO which the English yachting world has
| subjected their annual regatta at Kiel.
/ and American boats are keeping away
/ owing 10 a certain lack OF hospitality on
/ the part Of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
| The latter virtually controls everything
at Cowes. not only in a maritime but
! also in a social sense.
Those who are unable to secure the
/ club privileges for the week are out
/ Of everything. quite as mueh as II they
/ were subjected TO the severest kind OF
| boycott. The mere possession Of a fine
| yacht counts for nothing, and it cannot
/ be denied that ever since the Valkyrle
/ episode in connection with the American
| cup races over here years ago, there has
! been a disposition on the part OF the
| club TO discriminate against Americans.
Lord Dunraven, owner of the Valkyrie,
| having a strong following in the club
| 1t is, H. fact. that element which has
| successfully resisted the election of Sir
| Thomas Upton.
Under the circumstances it is not sur
| prising that Americans who have been
| spending the season in London. and who
| propose to remain abroad until later
| in the fall. should hold alOof from
| Cowes. and have already scattered to
the various fashionable watering places
: and thermal resorts on the Continent
While in one respect the annual horse
/ show of Bay Shore this week will suffer
| through its coincidence with the cruise
Of the New York Yacht Club. 1t will