New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-07
YACHTSMEN DRESS SHIPS
Brilliant Show When So Boats
Throw Out Lines of Flags.
VISITING DAY ON FLEET
Reception on Board the Katrina,
Challenger for the Brenton's
Reef Cup.
rRy Telegraph to The Tribune :

nv IeleRr1pn 10 ihe itlbbHr
New London, Conn, Aug. 6.-This was
visiting day for yachtsmen and their guests
who are taking part in the cruise OF the
New York Yacht Club The weather was
IDEAL on a signal from the flagship Diana
the ninety-six yachts which compose the
cruising squadron dressed ship the
pretty rainbows Of flags remaining aloft
until the shutdown gun
Perhaps the most imposing Of the larger
craft in the matter OF decoration was the
three-masted schooner Katrina. Besides the
usual set OF flags that stretch from the
bowsprit upward and across each truck and
then down 10 the taffrail. lines extended
outward TO the yardarms OF her SQUARE
sail yard on the foremost. There was an
informal reception on board the har'ha
in the afternoon, many wishing 10 inspect
the Yacht whose owner. Robert b Tod, mas
challenged for the Brenton's Reef Cup. she
will start next Friday morning IN race
10 Sandy Hook and back for that trophy
against Wilson Marshalrs Atlantic the
present cup holder.
AT o'clock this evening when three
rockets were sent up from the nasshlp
Diana. all the yachts in the fleet were IL
Eliminated The electrically equipped steam
Yachts made an extremely attractive ap-
nearance. while the beams Of their search-
lights PLAYED Enthusiastically among the Tor
est Of spars and occasionally on either
shore OF the harbor.
several Yachts have Joined the fleet here
among them Charles Longstreth's Ara"ah'
George Mex. Browns schooner Moiliiila'
: T Hubbard's schooner Mavis and YER
non G. Browns speed launch La Mouet'e'
with the intention OF ascertaining II there
WAS anything wrong with the trim oil the
schooner Westward, her owner mad her
towed up the hsrbor short distance anu
the trim changed at times, 50 that she VIII
not have 10 be remeasured, according 10 the
rule.
H : Duell owner Of the sloop Rowdy
! belonging 10 the New York Yacht Cluo 81
foot class. has offered a cup as q prize 70
be- raced for by the class from Newport &c
New York. sailing outside Long lsiand
The start is 10 De made on ne mornlhs
Of the Kings Cup race, August il. Inc
entries 80 far are George Roosevelt ia
hinda. H. $. Duelrs Rowdy, ]. ". Alker
Alera. j. F. Morgan, jr.'s, Phryne ana D
c. Hunters Juanita.
cock colors will take place at Fort Ponc
Bav tomorrow, after the arrival there o.
the feet. The start tomorrow morning VII
be at 10 o'clock. from Saralis Ledge buoy
The distance 70 Fort Pond Bay is twenty
one miles. and the finish line will be MARI
about three-auarters of a mile north o
Rocky Point.
The prizes for to-morrow's run are IN
alumni association Of the United state
navy challenge cups, one for schooners am
one for sloops. The next days run Is Z
New Bedford.
Former Commodore Edwin d. Morgan
who has charge of the Westward. said n
believed the yacht had not yet attained ne
proper trim. He hopes 10 have her IN cor
dition before the races for the Astor Gu
and the Kings Cup of Newport on Thurs
day and Friday next