The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1860, Page 2

2 Ca ‘Wan ther mi © ever) (lber imagined’ @ species of craft, from the Duge steamer to the Kittle paffiog towboat, seemed to faay's © thet they to Were, » part of tha aquatic fostir aud enti: d tom ebare of iwenjoyment To comple the pour, te Say eame Gut, sad the parting clouds gare sseoracce (fw: glorions « day asever blessed a yarkie meu’? hevri, Bat now came amother climax, Half. pert ceveu o’ohek, amd he southeast wind waich pad taped ve wings ‘or te start died ‘wey, and fay th yechte were almost wowon'ess Canvess of dimensions vast sought to #00 be gent’ zephyr , bu f ratime ‘twas no ase—old B> | read re med t ve | rocla med @ holiday for himself end cw Clie grant the smuliest fivors, Skippers whistied and s——, or rethe almost said ‘heir prayers; pus © apivs b: Wand tdep Was all that eoswored toeir petitions A this ime the position of (he yechts was much ihe name as at the star— be smaller yachts being ahead, end let ibe Glengarry By good luck or menagement phe had worked far to windward, ano by availing hereelf of the catapews that came from this quarter, was enabled to snoot at least tree quarters ef © wile in advance of the entire fleet. This etate of affairs could not iast long, however, and when off Bag- joe’s Isiand all hearts were gisddened by « splendid Drees fom the west, which seat the flost galloping along the course like 0 mauy | igh moetiled racers, Every vy des reached Robing Reef stake boat the smaller yachts bad ali th y wanted to carry, the time a! this potnt we giva ia the table below, tho reading boats rounding ip the followmg order: —Tho Glen gerry, Manereing, Mallory, Alpha, Rest Haze, Re Decca aod Favorite. The course was tnen laid for the Owl's Bead at ke boat, but owing to the ade’ of" any @f the cocmitten on the James L. Stevens, the #0 calted eommittes boat, from whom to derive offi zal information, ‘we are wpsbie to record the time to that place, either go- ‘tog or returning THE SOUTHWEST SPIT. This point, next to the stake boat at Hoboken, being she most importa tin the regatta, the deepest latoroet was wan)‘ented in the renult bere The steamurs accord- ingly abot ahead of the flect and took up thelr position in Bsemwirel: around ‘he buoy, eufficiently sear to observe ‘every movement, and yet sufficiently distant to be out of the way. all rounded ip gailant style, and the display of seaman- perp tw Securiny the most trifling advantage was frequeat- Ip the theme of plants from the spectators, The folliow- og ¥6 the order of the start and the arrival at the Robias rane boat and South weet spit: — THE START. SLOOPS OF THE THIRD 7 CT ARS, of Retin’) Ref Busy of y- Stare Bat § W. u. HM. HM 8 35 12 54 05 2 41 0 35 1 07 0 - 35 12 39 4 2 3t 0 85 12 49 36 - P THE SBOOSD CLASS. 2 39 30 2 3) 00 2 3 30 2 3% 0 2 33 30 2 3 © 241 Den _ 2 42 00 Pevorita... 10 66 12 57 00 2 3 3% ‘Toe homeriretoh was by far the most Interesting part Of the whole race, and one of the finest contests took place ‘evown in the anpals of the Club. The wind was blowing what sailors would call a ten kmot breeze, Hand over feand ibe larger yachts had overhauled their emalier com. (petkors, anc were now the cyoosure of every eye. Tao Haze, Favorita, Rebdetcs and Restless were aboad, plow. fag along like ma ‘caps, while thd Dalance of the fleet, #oat- ‘ered about bere and there, were following afier like ‘bounds after a deer From this time until the arrival at the stake boat the ex- ‘Phement continued un imiaiahe , aid especially 89 daring ‘Me last milo when tho Haze, Favorite, Zings apd Redooca amy we 4 line, aime! Duried in foam, engaged in one of She c ceest and Most animating races that has ever takea piece in our haroor. Cheer after cheer weat up as each geebt would careen Aimoe! wo her combings, shoot ahead @eéer we impetus of the flew, and thea right tp again to pursue ber way fearieesly along. This scene Bestinved until the arrival of the yachts a: tho stake boat, twhewce they started in the morving, Which they rounded be the following order: — - THE RETCRN. Blysian Fudds Stale Bost aa 8 8 ty 10 apne Peasy lil Sesecesseesse Bicie. ° . Thos terminated the sixteenth annval regeite of the New York Yacht Cub—s more successfa) and eatisfac- ‘Rory one Wan woich it bas never been our fortune to wit- nce. ‘With the rapid appwach of summer pleasures, so wol- ome after & long snd tedious winter, no enjoyment is Gatcipated with greater eagerness by. yachiemen than Woewe acral regattas They Dave already become an iaatitation. Bat ghe real lover of “the biue above aad Bho Dive below’! wants something more thaa a mere river Pegatia. Lic Wants A grand rece at ses, where dashing ‘Wpray and the excitement of the aceae will Koop bin wide ‘@wake; where the potuta of the beautifully modelled yachts will teil om the time tables, and where the 2:40's Bnd 2:00's Bre noted on the (osen Course, When re- gettas of this fort are regularly and annually held yechting will awame the dignity of @ national Sport. It i & notorious fact that ghile education ‘hes gone forward wih giant strides—while science ‘hee beer marked by new ditcoverics, and art bas Goveloped new improvements, we bare bereiofore brew Madly neglectful te not atiaching sufflcieat importance to Who e#sent\al com inal. vos of health an! recreauon with the ‘Ordinary purruite of the people Because they interfered with Dusivers the grvat mejority of our citizens have Deen unwilling %0 participaye in those amusements which Five beanh ana vigor to the body, preowion to the hand na eye, power to the mind, and oouteniment to the @pirtt Energy bas Deon expsnded ia the acquisition of the eim ghty dollar, bea'th @ rifoed to an erroneous idea of euterprise, pleasure dashed to the rignt band, religion to Whe lef, while © wain of phy sical evils ingged oa behind. ‘They forget that “Life tw not to live, but wo be weil.” Al lat, bowever, after simost & coutury of indidfer- ence, an impulse was received from abroad, and Prbiic attention wae aroused from i lethargy on the subject, Games, gayeties, sporta and speciacice ‘came is vogue, and tho result is thes today a gymne- @iam is to be found ip every city; sail aad row boats fot ur rivers; cricket and Dall clubs anound every@here; ‘while bunvag, feBiog, ekating, riding, pedestriaaism, ‘Sparring. fencing and other varieties of mamiy sport are We favorite ccoupations of our young mon fhe fect is Deeommg to be recign nod thet recreation ie as capential $0 cur natore a8 cur daily food—that it sirenginens labor, Sweolens rem, gives eige and keennees to the mind, and & the plessure be man'y ant lawful, clevaves the indivi- Gaal in the pale of bis neing Among the sporte which bave thug besome popu. fer among ue is thet of yachting, and though # We one which can only be indulged im to its fullest extent by the wonlthy, the fact that it has sireaty aroused the ‘aquatic spirt of the whole commantty, a04 resulted in ‘the production of the fagieet and Dneet models of naval @robitectare that float upon the waters of the glove, 4e. ‘Mrcds tat the subpet eboald reoeive more atiention a) ‘our bands than has heretafore been bestowed upon it tn dhe New Word. We therefore dedionte & portion of our olarnms to day to thie object. ANCIENT YACHTING. mpd if al) tbe facts connected with lis lotus me three contaries comid be collected, 8 rare addition De made to the general eresare of tbe country Hl t iver, canted grace! shy slong on thetr conrse, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. to figut toe | member of the Club), arrived the night proviosty, and term is the Dutch word yacht sch'p—o galled, some ef the Olé authorities suggest, from )j.cht-es, which signifies to ourre, to bunt, to rum a’ter, to hestem, It is accordingly | perhaps Venitiens, may | applied to vessels which bavean spwess for peed. A more modern definition of the word ‘yacht’ ts ‘a vessel of State to convey Princes, Ambassadors or other por- sonayes fr m me kingdom to another.’’ To trace the art to its original source would be tmpos- sible. Though unkaown by ts present name, it is doubt- Jess contemporaneous with the earlies! records of ships; | Qnd whether developed m Europe, asia or Africa, the uniformity with which the hums. mind, prompted by the same desires and aided by the same faculties, bas arrived at the same result at one and the same time ia ‘various quarters of ‘he globe, tetally unconnected wilh each otber, and the inhabitants of which were tolally ig- ‘orant of each oth: existence, leace to the supposition that reitber of these continents can claim precedence in the invention of the art. How tittle is the difference in respect to principle, for instance, between the rough cands of the Esquimeux, framed of the boves of beasts and fahes, and covered with the ekins of seals, and the Welsh coracies of the carly Britons, made of basket work, covered with hides; or of the terra cotta boats of the Egyptians, flied in with Jeaves of the papyrus, Or the still more remote rafts of the Romavs, whose borders were of wicker work, moment the wind freshened, and by the time the steamer | covered with Jeathor; or, in later times, among the only by the stare.” roder natous Of the world, what « comparatively alight differewoe exists betweem ‘the felucca of the Barbary const, the switifocted bagguaia of the piratical Arabs; the garoooku of the Persians; the galley of the Venitians; the gay diang of Anam; the junk of the Chinese; the pattemar of the East Indies; the fying proas of the South Seas; the piregnes of the Cingalese on the coasta of Malavar, and the tartan and xebeo of the Mediterranean. The same principle governs them all, Te return to early times, however, we resd in Genesis that ehips were ag old on the Mediterramean even as tue days of Jacob; and that 1,830 years before Christ, Amnon built “Jeng and tall ships, with sails,” on the Red Boa; and that iimoty yeara afterwards the stip “Argo” was built—‘‘the first Greek vesse) which ventured to pase through the sea without eight of land—being guided Proceeding further along, we read of @ yacht (if by a stretch of dictionary licease we may use the name) that was built in centuries past for Ptolemy Philopater, King of Egypt, for sailing up and down the Nile, called ‘the bedchamber ship,” and woa- der what that costly fabric could be like, with hor im- Tense conveniences and magnificent apartments Not Jens wonderful was the yacht built for Hiero, King of Syracuse, who delighted in conceiving vast desigas, and Pessesred & peculiar taste for naval architecture. This ancient floating edifice was built under the direction of the celebrated mathematician Archimedes, by a saip- builéer at Corinth, and the wood was cat from Mount Etna. The floors of this remarkable vessel were paved witb smai! and curious tiles, on which was depicted the ‘whole story of ‘‘Homer’s Jil'ad”’ with wonderful art At the highest entrance was s gymoasiom, or exercising school, containing gardens planted with all kin ts of shrubs, to which waier was supplied by conduits of lead end tile work. The walks through these were oversna- dowed by tvy and vine branches, the roots of which re celved nourishment from moistened earth by the same leaden canals. Neer this was the dining room of Venus, paved with agates and other precious gems. The walls sud roof were of cypress; the doors of ivory and thyia wood, Near this was the library, its doors and walls being of box, and the cetling having the appeerance of the sky by night, with the constellations embossed upon it, There was also a bathing room with three brass batus, ‘and arotber of Tawromenian stone holding forty gallons, We read, also, of tho barge of Cleopatra, of the Thala- megus or pleasure boat of the ancients; of the dromones of the Romane, ‘long ship* first used In satling matches,” im which Leo, the Emperor, used to pass from Coastanti- nople to the Asiatic coarts—s species of which the Sultan continued to ute until # late day: of the fulcatoria or fe- Tuceas, the gondolas of the Venitians, and « variety of other pleaeure craft common to difiorent countries in carly times. Tarping over the mouldy loaves of eacieat Angio- Saxon history, we learn that somewhere about A. D. 1000, Harold sent to Athelstan @ present of a magaifi- cent ebip, with « golden beak and purple vals, eurrounded with shields internally gilt, in which the monarch dvubiless enjoyed royal comfort, The Angio-Bexore 9180 seem to have bad amali ploasare vesrels whicd wore called pleg scrips, or “play ships,” bet cothing definite concerming their manner of coustruc- tion or age bas been Landed down to posterity. ‘The pecigree of yachting, therefore, without being det- nitely uiecovered, ia traceable to ite rudest elements, aad the #port comes down tous with the seal of ages upon tt, so dm acd misty in retrospect that their existence seems almost a (abulous creation of the mind. YACHTING IN ENGLAND IN 1600. ‘Toking « flying leap over six bundred years, and leaving the gsp to be filled up by imagination, wo jand in the lap of 1604, when yachiog by namo, if history speaks truly, was fleas introduced in Eogland, ‘and bore a semblance to the present amusemeat. We flad at this date that Henry, I'rince of Wales, had a yacht or pleasure vessel, built by Phineas Pett, to whom the Enghah Bavy were much indebted in the reign of tho carly Stuarts, the idea being suggested by the Datch cuiters of the time, which occasionally visited English ports. Pepys, in his ‘amusing and instructive (faery in 1660, when Charles II. was the reigning monarch, mentiour that ‘‘the King hath Deen this afternoon to see the yacbt that Commiseioner Pett is building, which will be very pretty; as also that his brother at Woolwich is making.” It appears that in the same year the Dutch East Indid Compasy pro: vented a yacht to the King, called the “Mary,’ and it i probable thet the impulse thus given to ‘tho matoral sporting disposition of Charles was the moving cause of the subsequent pro- reas in yachting, if not the origin of the sport in Eagiand. ALG later date of the year Pepys telis us:—'' Before we dined this day we had « great pleasure in seeing 0 trial with the King's and dukes’ yachw, and the two Dutch ones; bat Commissioner Peti’s did prove mocn better than the two of @ Duteh build.” Honest John Evelyn in his quaint diary also mentions that, on the Ist of October, 1061, he eatled “ with his Ms- Jjenty in one of his yachts (or pleasure boats), vousels not kpown among 08 until the Dutch East Jndia Company pre. sented that curious plece to the King, being very excellent eniling vesvels. It was on & wager between his other new pleasure boat, built fri- gato like, and one of the Duke of York's; the wager £1008 the race from Greenwich to Gravesend and back. The King lowt it golng, the wind being contrary, bat saved stakes in retarning. Thero wore divers noble persons and lords on board, his Majesty sometimes steering him- welt.” ‘Cyarles, Uke @ connoteseur as he was, does not seem to eve been satieGied with this result, and continued hie ex periments. Tn 16¢2, Pepys tells ve:-—“ Aug. 13 —Went to Lambeth, and there taw thre little picasure boat in building by the King, wy Lord Browncker and the virtacsoces of the town, according to new lines, which Mr. Pett cries op mightily ; but how !t will prove we shall eon eee.”’ ‘The race took place Sept. 5, 16€2, when Popy tolle ue: — “By water to Woolwich; ia my way aw the yacht istely ‘Duilt with the help of Commissioner Pett set out from Greenwich, with the little Dutch beran, to try for the mastery; and, before they fol to Woolwich, the Datch beat them balf a mile, and | bear this afernoon that ia coming home it got before three miles, which all our people are glad of.” Rven at this carly day the sport seems to have ansumed woch & degree of importance as to have become the eud- ject cf sclentific investigation and improvement. Boate were Duili upon new models, new lines were suggested, and various experiments tried to secure the great deaiderata of safety and epeel. We bave the result of one of these experiments in 1663, whee Pepys eaye:—'Mr. Grant showed me letters of Sir Wiliam Pet ty's wherein he saye thet his veerel, Which he hes buil\ upon two keels © model whereof hath been built for the King, hath this day (July 81,1663) wom @ wager of £50, tn mailing between Dubdiin and Holyhead with the pac- quette boat, the best ship or yeesel the King hath there, and he offers to iny it with any veusel in the world, Iie abou) thirty tous burthen, and carries thirty men, with Goud Condition, as much more as aay ahip of ber burihen, and 80 ny vemel of this figure shall carry more men With better condition by balf than any other ship. Tale carries also about ten gung of abvat five tone weight. In ther going Deck from Holyhead they started together, and thie vessel came to Dublin by five at night, and the proquetie boat not before sight o'clock the nert com they id believe thie ves, Weft Dehind, not ‘The mest eatisfactory paternity we can find for the al others im sailing, carriage and security; | Not required in theee piping times of Dut she was at lest lost in a tempest ‘® great fleet the came might. conce ving the ides, to Rnglishmem belong the bonor ana glory cf having adopted this right roya! amusement. THE ENGLISH YACHT CLUBS. From this me onward yachting continued to thrive! Salling matehes took place every season, until they be- came @ fixed institution; apd in the year 1720 was orge- nized in Ireland the first yachting association in the world, under tbe title of ‘The Cork Harbor Water Club.” In 1628 reeeived the mew appellation ef the “Cork Yacht Club,” and on Wilkam the Fourth’s ascending the throne itrecelved the addition which sow makes it known as the “Royal Cork Yacht Ciub.”” This club has the peculiarity that its commanding officer is styled “Admiral,” and not “Commodore,” which is the rank Tecognized in all other Glubs in the world. It ‘# said thet Wiliam the Fourth wished ord Yarborough to become Admirai of the Roya! ‘Yecnt Squadromybut the proposed taovation at onos fell Jo the ground, owing to the jealousy of ihe royal navy. ‘The next oldest club ie the Royal Yacht Squadron, which was originated im 1816, im the very month and year ip which the battle of Waterloo was fought, under the title of ‘The Yacht Club.” In 1817 the Prince Regeat Decame one of its members; in 1820 it received from George the Fourth the prefix of “royal,” and in 1833 be- came known as the Royal Yacht Squadron, which title it etl retains. It may be mentioned hero that owing either to ite age or aristocracy, this ts the only British vlyb per- mitted to wear the white ensign of the royal nayy. To Decome a candicats for admission in the R. Y.S, it is mecestary to be at the moment the owner of a yach} 0 ‘Dot lees than thirty tous, a rule of exclusion not existings im soy other club. The rendezvous is Cowes harbor, the entrance fee fifteen guineas, and the annaal subscription eight ‘sovereigns, nearly al! the other clube requiring the payment of only three, two, or even one guinea per annum. The club now contains more than one hundred and twenty-five yachts, and stands pre-eminent above all other clubs formed for kindred objects, not merely for the superior quality of the boats which grace the waters of the Sea God, but for the syetematic arrangements which direct ite proceedings and the encouragement it bas uniformly given to any improve- ment suggested in the acience of naval architecture. ‘The noblest yachts in the world sail under the squadron burgee, and the wealthiest noblemen in the land are among ite members. The #quadron regattas are heid only in Avgust—a month, it may be added, whea yacnt sailing is too frequently marrei by calms, here ag well agin England, and when it often ocsurs that powerful craft, which require sirong winds to display their beat qualities are tantelized with geutle zepbyrs, and compelled to yield to inferior vesrels, whose clouds of white duck have ena- bled them to leave their sturay rivals in the rear and claim the laurels of the day. ‘The Roya! Toames Club was founded in 1823, and no ees than one hundred and fifty sailing ma‘cher have taken place under its aurpices in one river since that time. The Royal Northera Yacht Ciub (Scotch) was or- gapized in 1674; the Royal Western of England and Royal Western of Ireland in 1633; the Royal Evstern in 1836: the Royal Southern in 1640; the Royal Harwich in 1843; the Royal Mersey in 1844; and bere we pause,to recall an incident which may yet be fresh in themtndsof many of our readers. It was a member of this clab—Commo. doré Liitledalo—who, in his yasht, the Queen of the Ocean, saved, under circumstances of great difficulty, the lives of thirty two of the crew and pampengers of the ew! grant ship Ocean Monarch, of Boston, destroyed by fire in Abergele Bay, on Thursday, the 24th of Augast, 1943, In the same year, one of its yachts, the Sullana, of 100 tons, raced around Ireland against the clipper bark Panic, of 400 tons, the course made being 696 miles. This te the longest yacht race on recor@. The Sultana won. ‘When will our New York yachtsmen treat usto such a contest? * To continue our history, the Royal Victoria Yacht Club was founded in 1645—~‘‘im commemoration of the honor conferred oa the Isle of Wight by ber most gracious Majesty in having chosen Osborne House fora marine palace, and as a lasting testimony of the gratitude of the town of Ryde for this favor.” Bo the commodore of this club, G. H. Ackers, Baq, the yachtsmen of England are indebted for the ‘Universal Yacht Signais.’’ ‘The Royal 8. George’s Yacht Ciub, of Ireland, was founded in 1846; the Royal Irish Yasht Clab also in 1845; ‘and, combining usefulness with recreation, one of the rules of the club is that yacht owners shall endeavor to pro. cure information respecting the condition of the fisheries Of Ireland, at and near the several ports they may visit, and transmit the same to the Scoretary. The Royal Welch, the Royal Dee, and the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Clubs were all founded in 1847. Too Royal London Yacht Chub was the “ Arundel Club” of 1845, but as ite nambers increased and boats grew in dimensions, it throw of tts swaddling clothes, and is now one of the most prosperous among the Eoglisb yacht clabs. In 1862 the Vice Commodore of thie clad tork his flag yacht, the War Hawk, to the Baltic, where she carried off one of the two handsome prizes given by the Imperial Yacht Club, of St. Petersburg, at the Croostadt.regatta in June, and was at once purchased by the Russians. The Royal Boston and the Royal Wear Yacht Ciubsare the offspring of the impetus given to the sport im 1851 by the triumphs of our own ‘‘America,” and completed the lst of eighteen yacht clube at present under the patronage of Britieh royalty. The river Thames has been prolific im yacht clubs: but, aa they have improved in wealth and numbers, they have gradually been merged into some one of the organizations above mentioned. At present it contains only the Prince of Wales Club, which was called into existence im the year of the Crystal Palace, A 0. 1851 It ia, howsver, one of the moat flourishing associations of the kind in Engiand, baving aforcs of nearly eight hundred mem- ders and a fleet of nearly @ hundred sail, ranging from three hundred tons down to the modest three tonnor. In addition to thet are the Clyde model, the Holyhead, the Birkenhead, and Ranelagh Yecht Clubs, organized ‘within tbe last five years. The present home pairons of the Royal Yasht Clabe of the United Kingdom are her Ms jeaty the Queen, the Prinoo Consort and the Duchess of Kent. The foreign patrons are the Emperor of tne "’ for 1858 shows that there were belonging to Ea- glish, Irish, Scotch an¢ Welch clubs in that yoar 1,354 yachts, a number which, at the present time, in view of he growing tntercst in the sport, has doubtiess been ta- creased to at least fi’teen hundred. Of this number twenty five are steamers one is of part of he British navy iteeif. LIT fy ROYAL YACHT CLCRS, COMMODORES AxD Names, + Singapore, ‘Lisboa, Am: sterdam and elsewhere. THE CHARACTER OF ENGLISH YACHTING. In England yachting differs very matarta'ty {com the port in this country. Im the first piace, yachis aro owned Dy gentiomen who take some pains to bring thoir astling qualities to perfection, and next, they are instrumental ia, educating several thousand feamen for service, |’ neces sary, in the naval mariee of the country, With same | yechting amounts to & padsion, and ‘s pursed from boy- hood. They work their own boats, and know every rope and bolt sboard, from the bobstay to the mainsdset ‘They occasionally dagh off into bine water, encounte: ian. gPr, Seek adventure, amd combine sport and inatrnction with travel. One of these thoroughbred yaohtamon =a naval oMeer—te graphically desoribod in a receat Kagiah ‘volume ne fellowe:— i i : Datties of nie Qacen, and incapable of be devows overwhelmed 8 portion of bis fetsure and wealth to of the Dutch, and | ighorant fabermen to bul boats ta and = : iavock tacts Gan haven to onaay skiffs, equally now yearly seck the far brides in pursuit of the treasures of the deep: Tals gal- lant yacbinmen resides in a love'y villa close to = hamlet by such squatic deizeus, where bis benevolenc> jas made him universally brioved. thie: He buiice & boat about the ze! ee ee viliagers, at A sped ce encourages rmen to race with bim, ually, rated them Laat <2 they come to beat bim, every year fu ‘witb better boats, ne builds a new one of larger sine and swifter Several sucd boa's bas be bdui't snd al- ee till at lepgth he hes rateed ding in his viciaity to such per- fection thet there is berdly a fsbing emack you could not make a clipper yacht of vy putting & counter on ber and F [ sterner fight trims bie boat for ing contest, Sroka, Sesniog the wanton, with ali a sailor's a genervority in the important affeirs of life, he ® perfect Machtave! in yacht —he bids his eolitary hand let draw the foresheet, apd as the iisher- man’s bow breasts his lee rigging, he fils and lets his Deautiful boat glide through water in a style no other for. ‘and bulk- wat cw twelve his op- ponent forereachipg on him then he gradually cails to his man to aft, apd if that does not do, then he begins fo sbift inst. If that won't do, them ho tries to foto tideway, or on &® lee brisk than on the other he ‘Wher be pute leo side as poble ehip be last commanded, while ene Dm; tremb! broadsi achting dividual amusement. Another peculiarity of Roglish yachtemen is that. not only during the yachting season are they engaged in the "port, but eummer or winter fads them more or less on board their craft, They also have e great number of re gattas. Daring the year 1868, for instance, there were failed no less than ove hundred regattas, the season com mencing in May and ending in October, The prizes then amounted in cash to £3,896, or $19,450, of whicheum the royal clubs contributed £2,615. Four yachts, the Mos- quito, Vigilant, Tulworth and Ursuline, won upwards of $6,226, and besides thse no less than seventy others won Prizes more or less valuable. ‘The Queen also encourages the Engtish yachtsmen by ber personal example. Not only does she own one of the most fheautitul yachts iv the kingdom, the Fairy, but sbe delights in the invigorating pastime, understands the bearings of the compass, the use of the sextant and log, ‘and, it is said, can reed off the ship's signals ag they float im the air with the accuracy of an accomplished sailor, All these things taken togetner have conduced to estad- lth the system in England upon ite present high basis, and to creates spirit for the sport which ie worthy of Oar emulation. YACHTING IN THE UNITED STATES. Having thus adverted at some length t the sudjeos of yachting in England, where i has become « national sport, we tarp our attention Romeward, where, if we have not been able to equal our British brethren ta pains of wealin or numbers, we have left them far to leeward both as regards perfection’ of model! and capacity for speed. From first to aston the water we have always ‘been thelr superior, and whether testing our power with the flytpg privateers of half a century ago, the stusly clippers of the present day, or the [airy like craft we have sent across the ocean to engage in contest for the vietory, we have ever maintained the supromacy of Ameriean art. As an amusement, there are mo record which enable us to trace the history of yachting’in this country pre- vious tothe year 1800; but every child ie familiar with the triumphs of our Baltimore clipper schooners, our pri- vateers and vesecls of marque, which long before this date were identified with events of the time that have made them celebrated in bistory for speed and dariag. ‘The first yacht or pleasure boat of which we have any account is the famous litle “Diver,” built ia the year 1602 by the lete John C. Stevens. This gentleman may tberetore be regarded as the father of American yacht- ing. Subsequently he constructed several other yachts of larger tonnage, among which were the “frouble” and the ‘‘Wave,”’ doubtless yet remembered by some of our older yachtsmen, the latter boat being without @ competitor in ber time. fFollewing these was the Onkable, which was bis first attempt et a eherp bow and clean run; but its sucoces was only partial, and it soon af- torwards was adapted ase pilot boat and sold into the pavy. ‘Two of three other boats were built by him after this, emong others the Gimcrack; but unquestionably the mas. terplece of Mr. Stevens’ architecture is the unrivalled ‘yacht Maria (now on tho stocks,in process of change from a sloop to @ schooner), which it is conceded is one of the fastest of her tonnage in either the Old or New World. The late George Steers, by his splendid boate, aleo gave great impetus to the spirit of aquatic competition Which bad been aroused. In 1880, @) the age of six. teen, he built @ eail bost seventeen feet loog, named ‘Martin Van Buren, which beat the Giediator three miles in arace of twenty-four, and at the time crested immense astoniabment. In 1841 ho built the rowboat Joun C Ste ‘Vens, thirty feet long, which, with @ full crew on board, drew only four inches of water, and weighed but 140 pounds. Upon ¢xaminetion, it was found that she was not only the lightest, but in all probability the fastest boat im the world. He then isid the keel of the well known pilot boat Mary Taylor (for our pilot boats are nothing ‘more nor lees than yechte made prac:ically usefal) oa an early conceived principle, which he carried out in every versel be ballt, based upon the assumpton that, for a Verse! to sail carily, steadily ead rapidly, the displace ment of water must be nearly uatform along the lives; and engaged tn advance to make « faster, « drier and Stendier craft than bad ever left the port of New York. In this he rucceeded beyond bie mest sanguine expectations. Tn 1842 be Duilt the pilot boat Wm G Hagstall for the Jersey pilots, and it was said ber speed was 00 great as to excite againat Mr. Steers the euimosity of the New York Dut this is not #0, because oar pilots are not & class t> be affected in this’ way. They “pick their (ints and try i sagem” Then followed the yachts Syren and Sybil, bullt for the New York Yacht Club; the Cornelia, a schooner yacht of 90 tons; the world-(amed Amorics, of 21 tons, to which we shall hereafter refer; the Syivia, of 100 tons, also mentioned the Pride of the Seas, @ trading schooner Of 247 tons, which, it Ie enid, bes beaten the time of every other sailing veesel of her kied in the world, ment, the fect winged little craM almest simultansousty apringing into existence In New York, Balumore, Buston, Phiadelphia, Providence, Salem, New Orleans, and even in the cities bordering on the great lakes. THE NEW YORK YACHr CLUB. ite object the systema: {ostcring of the soble art, and the developement of that usefuinces of which it le in many ways susceptible. On the 0th of July of this year there assembled on board the Gimcrack, off the Battery, the following gentlemen, representing the yecbte severally attached to thetr names — of the Ciud, by-laws and reguistions wgre in accor ‘nee with a resolution te that Among the boats beloaging to Boston ot this time was 8 beamtifol little yacht named the Syiph, thea the pre- perty of Mr. Joba P. Cushing, now of Watertown, Meas. Bhe was built about the year 1832, and in ber day was Teckoped among the tleetest of her class. ’ The Oret regular election of offcers was held om the ‘11th of March, 1645, when the following geatlomen wore cbosen:— John C, Stevens Vico Commod: Hemilton Wilkes Corres! jing Secretary. George B. Rollins Joba ©. Ja ‘So popular was this movement that almost immediately members began to flock in, and hardiy a meeting of the club bas since been held when ite numbers have not been swelled by the addition of gentlemen ranking high in the social and financial circles of the community. From nine, in 1844, it bas, in the ehort space of sixteen years, increased Onear five hundred members, while the number of yachts bas been more than five times multiplied. Ia 1845 the Orst meeting of the club was beld in the present club hovee, ip the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, which was erected for the purpose by the enterprising Commodore, who owned the grounds, and gave the privilege of using the same /o the club. In Jaly, 1845, the first regular regatta in the United States took place, ou the following terms:—First, the ton- Rage was the Custom House measurement; second, foriy- Sve seconds & ton were allowed for the start; third, a cup of the value of the entrance moocy was given to the winning boat. The following yaonts entered for the race :—The Cygnet, 45 tons; Sybil, Soray, 37; La Coquide, 27; Mipna, 30; Gimorack, lewburg, 33; Ada, 17, and Lancet, 20, From that time until the present a regatta has been annually sailed, besides several match races each year} ‘and for the laat three years there has been asquadiroa cruise to some one of our neighboring cities, In 1847 eight yachts were entered for ths race, the prize being taken by the Cornelis, of 75 tons, This was the yoar in which the celebrated sloop Maria first appearot, ‘The total number of yachts at present belonging 10 lab is only forty six; but if many had not beem disposed Of from time to time, to be used as pilot boats or coasters Or for: other purposes, the aggregate would bo greater. he total number of yachts of over five measurement owned by gentlemen throughout the coda. Wy, who have not the opportunity or disposition to join & club, is, probably, not less than five hundred; for i hardly « river, harbor or lake within habitab) Quarters that is not prolific with them. ‘The terme of admission to the club are, that each indi- Vidual shall be proposed by some member of the club, and that on his election he shall pay the sum of $20, Each subsequent annus! payment is $10. All yachis in Service are required to woar @ sigaal flag; ani when Joting the Commodore at an anchorage, or leaving the éame, the captain mast report to the senior officer in com- mand of the squadron. The annual regatta always takes Place on the first Thursday In June, when a steamboat is provided by the club for the exclasive use of tho mem- bers and ladies accompanying them. No member can be interested in more than one yacht entered for a regatta, and every yacbt contending for a Prizo must be the bona fite property of « member of the club. A true model of each yacht is required tobe do- Dut being dismasted she was obliged to retire | posited with the secretary, which shall be the property from the contest. In 1849 six yachts wore en- | % the club, and no person other than a United States tered, and the race was won by the sloop Citra, { S&Val constructor san copy the same without permission ‘from the owner or builder of the yacht. This privilege is. Granted to the United States authorities in eonsideracion of ‘an act of Congres which entitles yachts to procesd ort to port of the United States without entering or clear- {pg at the Custom House. rf Tn @ regatta the allowance of time to the classesab> enumerated is as follows;—First class, 1% seconar foot, Becond class, 2); do. do, Third clase, 3 do. and the several yachts are allowed to carry the lowing complement of men:—First class, one for four ons of her measurement. Second clas, | every three and a-baif tons of her measurement, third class, one for every three tons of her moagure’ besides which every yacht is required to carry a In 1850 eight yachta were entered, and the race was won by the Maria, but in consequence of some deviation from the rule, the first prize of the drst class, which con fisted of bosts of over fifty tons, was awarded to the Ultra. Ip 1661 six yaobts were entered, the first and second prizes of the firat class being awarded to the Uns apd Ultra, and the first amd second prizes of the secand class to the Sport and Alpha. In 1852 seven yachts were entered in three different classes, the first being over fifty tons, the second under fifty and over twenty’ five, and the third less than twenty five warement. The first class the Silvie, the second In 3863 eight yachts entered, and spectively won by the Una (first class), clase), and Alpha (third class). entered, and the prises were won by the Uss, Ray and L’Reperance. In 1865 sixteen yachts entered, and the prizes were awarded to the famed Juha (her first appoar- ance), the Rey and Alpha. In 1856 the prizes were taken by the Julia, Una aad Richmond. On the 2nd of Acguet of this year the squadron assembled at Whitestone for ita first annua) cruise, which was mede to Newport. During tte absence @ race took place, is which the Julia ‘Was egain vi:torious over all of-her class, the America (eloop) over ail of her class, andthe Richmond over all of ber class. _Jn the annual regatta of 1857 twenty-one yachts were entered, and the prizes were won by the Jutia, Rowen. and Lockey. In 1868 twenty-three yashte were entered, and the prizes were awarded tothe Julis, Baswell and Edgar. In 1659 nineteen yachta were ontered, and the Prizes were awarded tothe schooners Maigie and Dawn, and the sloops Deer, Haswell and Flying Cloud, The Deer, like the Rebecos, yesterday, having no competitor in bey class. ‘The mest exciting race that ever took place im the Uni- fed Ststes was in June of 1858, the course being around Long Isiand, a distance of two hundred and fifty miles, or more thaa six times the length of the favorite English ractpg ground around the Isle of Wight, which is only forty miles. The yachts which gailed were the Haze (schooner), Silvie (schooner), Favorite (schooner), Rebecca (sloop), Madgie (sloop), Una (sloop) and Minnie (sloop). The owners of these made up @ sweepstakes of $800, of which a moiety was sailed for by the sioops, and the other half by the schooners. The start was from the club howve. The race was won by the sloop Rebecca, but owing to @ misunderstanding, which led to her taking different course from that presoribed in the sailing direo- ons, the sloop prize was Awarded to the Minnie, and the schooner prize totbe Silvie. On the lst of October of the same year, however, the Rebecca again proved her superiority in the fall regatts who Doard, whil the halls are of every imaginable form that finds birt in the fancy of the builder. Ons fine summer's day it i¢ one of the prettiest sights in the world to see. dozen or fifteen of these mimic craft, buried under a cloud of can- wore as , aA 6 40 68 q “ 1b te m8 16 In the year 1666, after baving been in the office eleven yeare, Commodore Stevens tendered bis resignation to the Club, in a letter wherein be says — chased drinking cup of the value of $286. Looking the Sandwich Islands, we find one or two Amertoan yachts there. Passing on to China, there is a whole fleet of priity yachts gliding around the harbor of Canton, built mostly by Mr. Forbes, an American merchant there, used by him (© while and then disposed of to olher gentlemen, to givo Place to some new improvement which has occurred to bis 2 eee 238: ogo yo? Bog BES2) zee SSGRabeSNSE Ss. 3