New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-06
sIG FLEET AT NEWPORT
,ppOR FULL OF YACHTS.
Hundred Craft 4nSrrer Call
w. :, Ne,e York Y. c. Cruise.
nv Telegrarh 70 The IIiDOIe

lh s-Forty-three yacht owners
N,rpors az Two bells In the first dog
sdereo to-'"s ~,or5a,l Of TIE brigantine Aloha
ssici o. ,,n OF the New York hscht Ciuo- AZ
ne icy ss..ins. meeting which always preoedes
SIS ue !, c-use u the club, ana the yachts
as sn ,bsre to-day by their owners lneluoe
rpFes', ,,stliest, handsomest and s"irtest yes
sns - y, in American waters Ihe'e are more
- h,nerea craft in the haFoof'
:" a.. the present commodore OF the ciup' AT
Bssloe :. 1anes. there were present four former
or CuNs ss T,roes Dickinson Smith. who. with
snnlo0oles. E,s,eIle as his flagship. was in com
% s 'l'o- ,sSs 20 1883 and whose number on the
rano % the membership now being SSs2;
sap y" - cerr, whose steam yacht Electra was
soilas' .bs club Tor the FIVE years he was COM
teshp 80, ,sSs 10 1882: J Pierpont Morgan. who
s'a''s, ,sore from 1897 90 1898 with the Corsair
20 e0D sr,, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose
~ ,rss The flagship from 1906 70 1873 Vice
MTn - = TAdvsrd Blair and Rear Commodore
ol~'1 pratt were also at the meeting. as were
lANs -. Frank J Could II the Seawanhaka
lSa l.sson Yacht club. Commodore L. Walter
os."- -s fbs Eastern Yacht Club and Commodore
- MARSHALL Of the l.archmon; Yacht Club.
VS. VS.. bearded by al as an excellent indication
- interest and enthusiasm in yachting
man, representative owners OF yachts
An 4
W. ,- :. ., the flagship AS each flag officer went
nFs- -. s,artoard gangway he was received by
~ co,,s,n Franklin PlurnmEr. while the bUgleC
80 his call The others were piped over the
- 4, ,,an-o'-War fashion. and all were then
W 50 Nv the commodore on the further deck.
=. meeting the details OF the coming cruise
s,..,ssea briefly as Well as the plans for the
= ., The Aston cups ard the Kings Cup. which
-. ~ sailed OF this port tomorrow and Satur-
re- entries for the Aston cup races include the
- pueen. Corona. Elmina, MuTIel. Trolita
"a rsr,ish ana the slO0ns Aurora, Istalena. Via
= avs,cer. WeetaInoe. Affair, Aspirant, Flea
= sUwosa II ard Adventures, and the yaNi
- Tue last four viii enter IN the morning.
-, ,,ch,s represented AZ the meeting. with their
=. sollew. Steamers-The Corsair J. p. Nor
r.. tbs North star. C. Vanderbilt; the Electra.
vs.srs 2 Gerry; the Ssrada. Harry Walters Che
- e Benedict: tic Celt. J. Rogers Max
~ ,As csrraina. Joseph F. Fletcher the Diana.
> r.sv,rd Blair: the O-Nve-ra. Fred H. Stevens
:. H5srita. F. : Gould TIE Hauoli j. NJ. Smith
4, srl,sua. Stephen :. Palmer (charter) the
,-,,, George F. Baker. jr the Idalia, William ID.
u.is. ,be sultane Charles r. Alexander; the
49,. rrse Il. Stevens: the Florence Alphonse II.
,r-gr. ,bs Thetis Hiram ". Sibley; the Nomad,
Enssus Quick
WILSON MARSHALL Ailt oTl.-td NgFoIA e -AFi-
- " mo Arawan. Charles Lngstreth. the Nis-
m, n Harry " Brown. the Alcyone. Henry w.
pnsm; the Viking. JAMES y. Smith. and tie
AHA Arthur Curtiss Jar7es.
gshooners-The Queen, J. Rogers Maxwell: the
wilma. + F. Brewster. The Muriel, Charles
snthsrs. the Iro.ta T. Walter Clark: the Sea
"a. Dallas B. Pratt: the Miladi. George Scott. and
m Dsrvish, Robert Toiand.
Ssgs and yawls-The Aurora. c. Vanderbilt
III lstalsRa. George II. PynchOn: the Dorello
Gorge L. Batchelder; the Eleanora. Lawrence
lsr. the Weetamoe, Charles Lane Poor. the
aunrsr Robert W Emmons; the Mimosa III. Ed
uh 2. Cole; the Altar. George {. Meyer; the
Eglant William Z. Iselin, and the Polaris. Louis
! AbergeT.
aptain Charles Barr. the famous America ;
. skipper. viii sail the sloop AYenger in the
AZ and Kings cup races. with Lem Miller as
rEA Robert ". Emmons sold The Avenger to-day
Alexander Smith Cochran. The slOops Aurora.
EaEns and Winsome had foot added 10 their
wnsst hackstay spreaders a. the Herresho5
Ird, and his their owners hope. VIII prevent the
nss Of sny more t0pmasts.
The weather to-nigh; is misty. with light
sssery wind, but the predictions are for clear
weather for io-mOrrow's race. The start viii be
naoe on BFenious Reef lightship. al 1870 o'clock