The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23

have only ne sail Billy and l." cud-
ding a three year-old sal,urman. go
out in our butterfly, the Ychl, every
day. If ii Were to 60 over | can man.
age him, So We are not afraid"
Not 'fraid," echoed BILLY, with ahSo-
lutte confidence, for had not the Vel
sailed next To- Tn" winner twice at lay
Slide. brdNcd a suuAN and come in third
N race with fifteen { her class at
l.arChmont?
Mrs. MacGrcgor glanced toward whore
a Hight of butterflies rocked on a spark
ling bay.
you see they are underrlgged," she
pointed out very easy for a woman 10
manage; easily sailed. And they're
peculiar. The ocntrcbodrd is not In the
cockpit AT all, hut way forward They
are just the boats for shallow water.
The men say they can really sail II the
dew"
Il can manage one Of them with one
finger. under ordinary circumstances"
laughed Mr.. MacGrcgor, chairman Of
the regatta committee, coming up Ia
hear the woman sailors spin their yarns.
What do ! think about sailing for
women? Undoubtedly the exercise is
good for them. 1t makes them stronger
&
difference in their physical condition"
glanCing about "A circle of rosy faces
Il think the reason We have So many
women sailors in the iIy SIDE club is he
cause the water here is shallow and it
'n's not require So much strength to
handle n b At in ii. And | find that
sailing cultivatcs in women not only bet.
ter health but also scf-reliance, accu-
nd Of
Danger? Why there's no danger
when boat has its gunwale hidden in
foam. Mrs, MacGregor is right at home
If there's a nice breeze blowing. She
doesn't think there's much fun unles.
the side Of a boat is well hccled over.
We'll" consideringly. ITS hard to
say who is the best woman sailor on
tn" Sound, Women have never sailed
consistently and consccutlvely long
enough To enable one to get "A line on
them, There is no way of making COM
PARSONS. because sailing in one place
offers different problems to those which
obtain in another. Then, too a lot of
wom' II SAIL who don't race. OF course
! racing is the spectacular part of sail
ing. but there are lady skippers who
never tried for cups just as capable as
those who win in races.
There IL not a bit Of danger, even
for gre"nhorns, in sailing on the
Sound. because, where one is too ig-
norant of weather symptoms To rccog-
niZe signs of a coming squat, every
woman knows that when she sees big
schooners drop their tOpsails il Is time
for her to put all sails down and prob
ably drop an anchor, There is no dam
ger If sails are furled and the anchor
down. The danger comes in when
women become SO interested in a race
| that they try To go on with il in the
face of natures warnings to lie to-"
And that's the hardest thing to do"
lnterpolated Mrs. MacGregor. zone
fancies there is tim, to sail Just an
other reach or two and cross the finish
ing line before the squat breaks. |
know enough to fur sails and got un-
der them too when see II storm COM
ing up, but there's thrll about taxi
Ing risks in a sailhoat which tempts
every woman, ana lots Of women who
sail cannot swim.
There's another thing about sailing.
the more you do it the greater ITS
fascination becomes The boat cutting
through the water and the spray DASH
ing up does make such delightful
soothing, soothing sound. It's enough
! to calm any kind OF nerves. And then.