The New York Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1872, Page 8

YACHTING. JHE JASTERN SEABOARD. ese hntiiations of the Season---What the “Different Clubs Propose to Do---De- scription of the Fast Catboot Bipple---New Time Allow- ance for Eastern Clabs. —_.—__——_ What Harrington is Build- ing at Bath. Sermons The Measurements of the New Yachts of the Season—Desoription of the Now Beverly Yacht Olub—The New Boats Building to Beat the Ripple—Lively Times This Season. HERRESHOFF’S YARD AT BRISTOL Something Novel in the Way of a Centre- board Case—A New Steam Fishing Bonat—Small Sailboats with Double Contre-boards—Mr. E, E, Tow- er’s New Schooner Yacht. Yachting In the Kaetern States is rapidly becom- ‘ng the popular amusement of the people, us there ‘Wt ds not only the rich who patronize this noble sport, Dut nearly everybody residing in the seaboard towne of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine owns a yacht or some portion of a yacht. In many places there are small cat-rigged and sloop yachts, each of which is owned by a small stock company ‘with from four to eight shareholders, These yachts- men, although they only patronize small crafts and form a copartnership for the purpose of reducing expenses, Manage to have plenty of sport during the yachting season and are often absent four or five weeks cruising along the coast. This season promises to be very lively, as great preparations are being made, and although nothing so far has been @efinitely arranged in regard to the movements of the Eastern or Boston yacht clubs, yet they antici- Pate enjoying a very lively season. The Portland club has not made any definite arrangements yet as to what will be their programine for the season of 1872, There ts some talk of holding a grand na- | tional regatta in Portland harbor, to which the yachts of all clubs will be invited, but nothing will be settled until the annual meeting of the club, The main excitement in yachting matters East | thie season will be centred in the doings of the emaller crafts. For the past few years the Dor- | ehester, Lynn, Bunker Hill and South Boston yacht elnbs have been experimenting tn different models ‘of cat and sloop rig. The members of these differ- ent clubs are enthusiastic yachtamen, as the owner fa yacht will in many instances also prove to be tho modeller, builder, sallmaker and captain, This tends to give more excitement in the various con- tests that ensue, as each little craft has number- tess partisans, who have perhaps each as- sisted in some litfle feature ot her con- struction, and therefore feel the warmest interest in her success and the defeat of the representative of the neighboring village. At the Present moment there is considerable agitation and excitement among the small fry as to what will ‘be the success of innumerable small craft of about twenty-two feet water line that are now being con- structed with a view to defeating and wresting the laurels of victory from the famous yacht RIPPLE, Now, as the New York portion of the yachting community are, probably, in blissful Ignorance of the existence of such a craft as the Ripple, it may be well to give a slight sketch of her antecedents, She was built some ten or eleven years ago in Taun- | ton, Mass., by two brothers of the name of Babbitt, for a gunning boat; but, exhibiting remarkable peed, was slightly altered and made into what | “our English cousins” would term a@ racing ma- | ehine. Her dimensions are :— Feet, Length over all vaste, Length on water line. . 2 Beam. + 8.06 | Draught... + 110 Greatest width on water line &.00 | Width at taffrail........ baie 6.06 She is cat-rigged, but hoists a small jib and top- wail in light weather, The Ripple made her first ap- pearance in Boston last year and defeated every- thing she met, thereby giving !mmense impetus to ‘the building of smail yachtsin general. Her owner, Vice Commodore Macomber, of the South Boston Yacht Club, has not yet launched his treasure, but he js daily exhibited in her winter quarters adjoin- ing her owner's residence at South Boston Point. The Ripple is, sans dowle, one of the ugliest looking small boats in existence; but when one comes to examine her lines with a more critical eye, she ex- hibits many excellent points, with a tendency towards fast sailing. She has a most decidedly flat floor, with a gentle incline fore and aft trem the centre. There is no rounding off from the sides to the floor, but they are joined together at an angle of about 120 degrees, certainly does not add to her beauty, but is claimed to be the secret of her success, as when she lays over in the water the angle formed by the sides and floor act as a second centre-board and keep shoving her nose up towindward. She has & long, overhanging stern, that would send Bob Fish Anto ecstacies of delight, and, as she is built with considerable sheer, when sailing by the wind she xls two or three feet more floor to sail on without having to pay for {ton measurement. The Ripple has a twelve foot centre-hoard and & small cabin, andis open to sail anything of the same water line in the world, Bostonians are fully aware of her speed, and it is an understood thing that the boat that beats the Ripple will be the champion of the see4on, and some ten or a dozen small boats are now belug constructed with that laudable purpose. Among the larger yacht owners things appear to be rather quiet, and although the success of the schooner Fearless last season bas excited a little spirit of rivalry, no matches have yet been made. Before the end of the season, however, there will be probably some fun, as there are some eight or | ten new schooners now in course of construction, many of which have been buiit with a view to ob- taining great speed. Mr. Harrington, of Bath. the builder of the Fearless, and Mr. Herreshof, of Bristol, the builder of the Ciytic, Sadie and other | fast sloops, have had their hands pretty ful) this @eason and wil! soon turn out some very handaome | #peclmens of naval architecture. | TUX EASTERN YACHT CLUB { 48 now the largest and most flourishing yecht club [ ailing from the Hastern States and boasts ofa Nect of nearly fifty » | #iding all along the coast from New York to Port- | Jend, Last year the Eastern Club had a wost | Drillantpeason and were visited by the New York | Yacht Clu. The grand entry of the eombined | Meets of these two clubs into Boston harbor | was one of the most magnificent nautical epecta- | ‘eles ever witnessed, but was eclipsed by the giori- ous regatta which followed a few days afterwaris, aoéin which nearly forty yachts took part. ‘The Kavtern Ola afterwards wound up the festivities | by adinner at Tast's, where the menthers of both | clubs met together and enjoyed a Pleasant social | entertainment, The pflicers of the Bastern Yacht Oud for 1872 are:—Commodore, John Heard; Vice Commodore, Stanton Whitney; Secretary, Joun | Jeffries, Jr.; Treasurer, Addison Child, and Meas- urer, B. W. Codman, Regatta Committee—W. M. Whitney, A. 0. Wheelwright, B, J, Jetries, Edward Burgess and ©. H, Walker. b , There haye ag vet been no definite arrangements | chts, owned by gentlemen re- | Onn This point | | as a | comber, of the Dew Drop Inn—i house of rest for | much coveted Ripple. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET made as to what will. ‘he the programme for the coming season, by*, there will be several ro- ttas, and perhaps @ Snort cruise East. It was th intention of the Eastsrn Yacht Club to have visite New York waters Vsis summer on a return visit 6 the New York Yvcht Club, but as several of the larger vessels 0” that club will be abroad during the yachting seasjn, they have determined to postpone their vielt witila more suitable occasion. The an- nual regat/.a will be held early in June, but the exact dav, has not yet been decided upon. ‘The av'oject of time allowance has been money discusved this season by the members of the East ern Qlub, and they have decided upon abolishing Yietr present system of allowance, which is based ‘upon the area and measuring by length on water Mne alone, Some of the members of the club were in favor of measuring by length over all, but they were in the minority, The allowance will be a min- ute per foot on @ forty mile race. nite a number of new yachts are being enrolled in the Eastern Yacht Club feet this year, the most important of which is the schooner yacht Rambler, lately purchased by Mr. John M. Forbes from Mr, Banker, of the New York Yacht Club. The Rater, however, will not cruise with the Eastern Yach Chub this year, as she left last week on a European voyage, touching first at Fayal. Among the new boats now being built for mem- bers of the Eastern Yacht Club are the keel schooner yaciit Latona, W. D. Pickman, and a keel achooner for Mr. George Peabody Russell, both from the yard of Herreshof, of Bristol; the centre-board schooner Vision, General R. H. Stevenson; the centre-board schooner Haze, B, D, Peters, and the centre-board schooner Romance, William Amory, dr. The iast three are being constructed by Har- rington, of Bath, the builder of the Fearless. The above five vessels will be a great addition to the aeany magnificent feet of the Eastern Yacht Club. Several yachts of the Eastern Club have changed hands since last season. The Ianthe has been sold by Mr. Peters to Herreshoi!, of Bristol, and the Sadie has been purchased by Mr. George Peabody Russel from Mr, Frank OTE, Mr. Robert Center, of the sloop Vindex, and Mr, G. B. Durfee, of the sloop Elaine, both members of tie New York Yacut Club, have lately joined the Eastern Yacht Club, THE BOSTON YAORT CLUB ‘athe oldest yacht club in the vicinity of Boston, and although now possessing a smaller fleet than that of the Eastern Ciub, it may be ceded the honor of having given the firat impetus to febhting in the Eastern States, The oficers of the Boston Club for 1872 are:—Commodore, Benjamin Dean; Vice Com- modore, W. H. L. Smith; Secretary, Thomas Dean; ‘Treasurer, Augustus Rues; Measurer, D. J. Lawlor; Trustees, 8. D. Nickerson, Arthur Cheney and Benjamin F, dibbs, and Regatta Committee, A. . Cary, Gustavns Jackson, ©. &. Russ and W. Ss, Whitney. The club have not yet decided upon the date of their annual regatta or whether they will make a cruise this season, but the members are de- termined to liven up and have some fun this anm- mer. The Boston Yacht Club still intend basing their time allowance upon length alone, but with their original sliding scale of allowances. Several new yachts are now being constructed for members of the Boston Yacht Club. Harring- ton, of Bath, has on the stocks a new keel schooner achit, called “The Tempest,” which is being built for Mr. James Lee, of the club. Mr, E. E, ‘lower, another merober, is also building a centre-board schooner yacht, under his own supervision, at Co- hasset. Among other yachts that have lately | Joined the club are the schooner Silvie, belonging to Mr. 0. V. Whitten; Fanchon, H.R. Shattuck, rome of the Dorchester Club; Bunshy, FE. M. Cook; Sparkle, J. ©. Rhodes; Nepenthe, D. 8. Stone; Petrel,’ W, F. Halsall, of the. Dorchester Yacht Club, and the steamer Anemone, Arthur Cheney, THR PORTLAND YACHT CLUB. has not yes made any preparations for the season of 1872. ‘The excitement caused by the visit of the | New York Yacht Club to Boston last year has created a desire to have the same club come as far aa Port- Jand this season. ‘To offer some inducement it has uggested to hold a grand regatta In Portland por and offer @ $1,500 prize for schooner yachts, The annual meeting will be held shortly, and then | all the arrangements will be made tor the coming season. The ofiicers of the club are:—Commodore, James M. Churchill; Vice Commodore, Abliaj M, Smith; Fleet Captain, Edward F. Preble; Secretary and ‘Treasurer, George H. Holden; Messenger, Joseph H. Dyer; Trustees, James H. Churchill, ex oficios A. M. Smith, C.'G. Richards, Charles H. McLellan; Regatta Committee, James M. ex oficio; B. J. Willard, Willlam Taylor, John P, Thomas and J. Hall Boyd. There are very few ad- ditions to the Portland Club this season, THE DORCHESTER YACHT CLUB is at present ina most flourishing condition, and numbers forty-eight yachts in its fect and about one hundred and fifty members, These boats are ail comparatively of small dimensions, ey from about 35 feet to 12 feet on the water line, The oMcers of this club are:—Commodore, Coolidge Barnard; Vice Commodore, Charies BK. Fuller; Fleet Captain, W. F. Halsall; Secretary and Treasurer, William H. | Bangs, Jr.; Trustees, W, T. Adams, ©. E, Folsom | and W. FLL. Smith; Regatta Committee, Coolidge | Barnard, W. V. Abbott, W. LH. Bangs, Jr; C. E. Ful- ler and Omar Loring. This club will ocenpy this year the new club honse, Commercial Point, Dorchester Bay. Laat year the members of the Dorchester Yacht Club had seven regattas, a crulse to Duxbury and an exeursion | an picnic to Downee’s landing. The great | Bucceas of the past season was a se- ries of races which were inaugurated for the champion medals, to be held by the yacht winning two out of the three races, The Regatta Committee have decided to hold a similar series of races this year, and they will be sailed during the montis of June and July. The prizea will be a champion silver cup for each class, There will also bea regatta upon the 27th of May, and another in September, when the regular prizes will be con- | tended for, The annual cruise will take place in | the month of August. Several new yachts are being built for this club, including a new cat-rigred yacht for Mr. W. F. | Halsail, which will be named the Petrel, after his old boxt, which was soid to Mr, W. 8, Nickerson and the named changed to Sunbeam. Commodore Coolidge Barnard, part owner of the Pacer, has also purchased the Hebe. The Mary has been pur- chased by D. y. ‘The White Wing, P. Dexter; Viole ; Tarhot, R. P. Hildreth; L ;, Juno, W. H, Gordon; Jessie, . F, Loring; Lottie, J. G. Den- , 8. T. capers Gip: % D, B. Stodman; 0, M,C. Greene, and Adieu, C. B, Macomber, are also new additions to the fleet of the Dorchester Yacht Clab. THE BEVERLY YACHT CLUB will make its debut in aquatic circles this season. It was organized last February with the view to have a club for yachts of small dimensions, whose small size prevents them from joining the Eastern yacht club. Thelr boats are small as pent only ad- mit of less than 26 feet 6 inches water line. The roll of this club has filled very rapidly, and they at present number nearly one hundred members and about thirty-five yachts. The officers of the club are Commodore Edward Burgess, Vice Commodore | William ©. Loring, Secretary and Treasurer, W. F, Whitney; Regatta Committee, W. Tappan, W. Burgesa, W. F. Whitney, F. R. Nourse and H. W. Lamb, and Measurer, W. W. Lewis. The club signal is a white triangle with blue tails and a red star in centre of the white, This club will hoid the following regattas during the coming aes Plare, Beverly. Boston. Swampscott. Jan. » Angust 17, PI September 6.0005: The yachts will be divided into class witha prize for each class. The first class boats will sail over a triangular course of about fourteen miles, and the second class over a trian- gular course of about seven miles. The first class ‘ 5 and the second class will comprise all the smaller crafts. Among the new boats that are being bulit for members of this club are the Victor, Brooks Parker; Tulip, Arthur Burgess; Rose, S. W. Burges: W. Burgess, and Blue Bell, Edward Burge: Waiter Tappan and Mr. Augustus Hemmenway are having two cat-rigged boats built but they are not named yet. The Posy has been sold by Messrs, A. & W. Burgess to Mr F. Allen who is also a member of the Beverly it Club, THE BUNKER HILL YACHT CLUB, | club, whose members are all practical yachismen, sailors and in many instances building their flee: es, The oMicers of this club ja . Bibrim; Vice Comimodore, | re ©. T. Pierce: See: | retary, W. Ferrin; Measurers, George W. Abbott and R. Brown; Trustees, W. H. Herbert, Fd. Cutter and M, Weleh; Treasurer, ( Melvin, and Financial Secretary, P. Hen \¢ members of this club are now busily engaged in overhauling | their boats, in preparation for the coming season, | and several new boats have joined. The prog: | for the coming. season has not yet been d | Kettled, b jub will hold their annaal y | Bast later in the season, ‘This is ong of the clubs that Intend going for the Ripple, anf with that laudable intention they have ust launched a mew cat-rigged yacht named the Kle, Which has been built afier the model of nton boat called the Empress, She haa been Lawrence, Wii and Blackmer. a built for Messrs. Captain Edward Smith, of this club, is having a small schooner yacht built at Lynp, The sloop Ida M Japtain Hivehy, has been altered from her former rig, and wil in future carry two sprit sails, ‘The Ulwa, Vice Commodore Edmonds, has had her kee] deepened, and the Tasso, Captain Abbow, 48 having a uew keel put on, THE KOULH BOSTON YACHT CLUB is one of the oldest clubs in the vicinity of Boston, and they own @ large fleet of small yachts. ‘The ofticers of the club are:—Commedore, P. 3, Wright; Vice Commodore, C. D. Macomber; Fleet Captain, E. D. Robinson; Secretary, M. J. Kiley; Financial J. Winnet reasurer, T. € jan; Measurer, W. L. Anderson; Trusiees, H. 3. McKee, J. M. Wheeler and P, MeKenna. The clab house is situated op & commanding position upon the end of City Point, South Boston. It aiso possesses a fine floating wharf, whick, with the pier, Will extend out about one hundred ar eighty fect, and wilt be available at all tides, The ramme for the com. ng season is mot decided upon, but the club will hold a review and sernb on the 28th of May. ‘The Vice Commodore of this club, Captain ©. ). Ma- the weary mariner—is the fortuwate owner of the A number of new yachts are heing’ built fo club, Among them ‘are the Queen Mab, D. B: and P. Coyne; Peerless, Biber and Bre Churchill, i which was fitted up in the fail and 1s sitttated upon | boats will measure from 26 feet to 18 feet 6 inches, | of Charlestown, Mass., is another very lively little | ae the above are going for the Ripple, and Vice ‘ormmodore Macomber will have a lively time guard- wy eo sber of th small yachts bel to this number of the longtn, club were ont lately, trying one another and getting in trim for the season, Two of the above ew boats, built by Bibber, capsized during the afternoon, but no damage was done, THE LYNN YACHT CLUB fs at present in avery flourishing condition, and musters about one hundred and seventy members and thirty-five yachts, The officers for the present ear are Commodore, E, C, Neal; Vice Commodore, joward Dennis; Fleet Captain, George Baker; Secretary, J. W. Haines; Treasurer, Simon T. Downs;° Measurer, , Allan’ H 3 Trustees, D. H. Sweetser, Q. A. Townes and G.H. Cushman; Re- ae Committee, George L, Babb, George Baker, \. T. Davison, N. B. Chase and J. H. Abbott. ‘The members are now busily engaged in getting their boats in trim, and they will all be in the water by the first of June. The first regatta of the season will be held on the 17th of June. A number of new boats have been built for the club this zea among which are the Alpha, Captain Roney; Magic, Captain Neal; Addie Elmer, Captain Flint Haymaker, ‘aptain Jewett, and George Man- son, Captain L, Poor, YACHT BUILDING in the Eastern States is rapidly becoming a very Sparen uaa and althoug! fete g remark- able on a large scale has yet been turned out from their yards, the builde: im that itis only because they have not had the chance, as their orders con- fined them to boats of small dimensions. This year appears to be very busy, and quite a number of tol- erably large schooners are now in course of con- struction, It is hard to say what builder is most patronised East, but Mr. 0. B. Harrington, of Bath, appears to be the coming man. Last year he built @ centre-board schooner for Mr. Phillips, of the Faatern Yacht Club, called The Fearless, and she has proved to be a boat of no ordinary merit, and conse- juently Harrington has received several orders, ' Henerhot has certainly @ good deal of work on band and is putting together some very likely look- ing yachts. The shipyard of C. B. HARRINGTON is situated in the town of Bath, Me., and upon the banks of the Kennebec River, Mr. Harrington has at present some five yachts in hand, two of which are nearly completed, while the others are in 4 less advanced condition. There are a large num- ber of hands ig te in this yard, which includes steam saw mill, biock making, rigging, and in fact everything necessary for the turning out of a yacht in complete order, The following description will give a brief idea of what are belug constructed at Harrnigton’s yard :— THE VISION is the name of a new centre-board rchooner that | has been built for General R. H. Stevenson, of the | Eastern Yacht Club, She is now in the water, and was finished about three weeks ago. The Vision has an oak frame, with hard pine planking and white oak stanchions, Her deck Is of white pine, She hasa trunk cabin with one large stateroom. There are four berthsin the main cabin, There is nothing very pecullar in her model, but her lines are easy and she has around stern, Her dimensions are as follows :— Tonnage (old measurement) Length on water line..... Beam... ane Deptt of hold eee Draught, without board. Draught, with board. Centre-board awe. Length of mainm Length of forenast Length of topmasts... Length of main boom. Length of fore-boom Length of main-gaft,. zangth pi toreaee hength of bowsprit....... | Tenth outboard bowsprit 0 Great care has been taken in the construction of this boat, and the best materials used of every kind, HR HAZE is a centre-board schooner that has been built for Mr, BE. D. Peters, of the Eastern Yacht Club. She was launched two weeks ago, and ts now being rigged. Her frame is of oak, and her planking hard pine. She has white oak stanchions and a white pine deck. She has a trunk cabin, with three staterooms. Her dimensions are as follows :— Tonnage (old measnremen)) Length on water line sen Length of main-boom. Length of fore-hoom Length of main-gaff. Length of foro-gaf’. Length of bowsprit. Length of bowsprit : 5 The Haze will be completely finished in about a week’s time. She looks a very likely boat, and is | built stiff and equal to heavy weather, Her run | aft is very clean, and she has a round stern, THE TEMPEST ia the name of a keel schooner that is now being bailt by Harrington for Mr. James Lee, of Boston. She is how on the stocks, and is planed all over. The Tempest is a very neat-looking boat, with a clean run fore and att. She looks a trifle lumpy about midships, but that will probably be done away with when she is smoothed gf. She hasa pretty bow, sharp and hollowed out, and a deep rocker keel. The stern is round and like all of Har- rington’s bud, Her dimensions are :— BSSRESNELS5ecNE > @ Tonnage (old measurement) Length on water line Draught......00...0026. Lengih of mainmast. Length of foremast. Lenxth of tonmasts. Lensth of mal ‘The Tempest is getting on very fast, and the car- penters are now at work at hercabin, She will probably be finished some time this week. THE ROMANCE is the name of a centre-board schooner yacht being built by Harrington for Mr, William Amory, Jr., of the Fastern Yacht Club, This boat is constructed of oak, white oak, hard pine and white pine, like all the others sent from this yard, and has just been planked over, She has a trunk cabin, with one large stateroom, and four berths in the main cabin. She has a peculiar stern, built after an idea of Har- rington's, somewhat in the form of the letter V. Her dimensions are:— Tone. ow Beam... . . i Draught, without hon Draught, with board 4 Depth of hold. mf Length of centre-board ease. . 1S Le 137 Length of fo: 55.6 Length of top 2 Length of mat Length of fore-boom Length of main-gatt. Length of fore gaff. th of bowsprit : Length of bowsprit outboard. :°!: ate 220 The Romance will not be finished before the 10th of June. She has rather a flat floor, and although | the bow is clean it is not hollowed, She has plenty of floor aft and a clean run. Mr. Harrington js also building a small keel schoouer yacht for Mr. Bates, of Scituate. She has not been hamed yet. Her dimensions are:— Tonnage (new measurement)... Length on water line. Ke: De Di Length of main-boom Length of fore-boom. Length of main-gait.. Length of fore-gat. Length of Bowsprit.. ° . Pererren | ne) craft has no Jibboom and is cut away for- ward, Among the other vessels now being buiit at Har- rington’s there is a thirty ton fishing boat that is somewhat of a novelty in its line. The curious fea- ture Is that instead of being & smack below she is built as a smack on deck, so that the fish are kept up above instead of below. She is destined for some parties from Khode Island, HERRESTIOF of Bristol, is one of the most p P Jar builders East for all small craft, and his friends contend that he can build them as proportionately fast on a scale ashe has on the small aly The fa: Sadie is one of the Herreshof bul came from his yards, features in conne: totally blind, and this peculiarity has assisted in making him famous all through the United States, He has also gained considerable reputation as a builder of steam yachts, and be claims thatif he is allowed 160 feet length he can build a good sea- going boat that will steam Lote A miles an hour, lie has two yards, both situated in Bristol, on the | banks of the river, and he has been fully occupied | during the entire spring, large st sloop , and Clytie also One of the most remarkable | THE LATONA ds a keel sehooner yacht that this builder has nearly pd for Mr, W. D. Pickiman, of the Eastern lub, This boat has an oak frame ond is pane’ with yellow pine, and Ohio oak, She has a ink cabin and a cockpit eighteen inches deep. he cabin is panelled in pine and has two stat rooms and.the main cavin four berths. There iv a comfortable bathroom and a roomy forecastie. She | da built somewhet on anew style, hollowed ont and very sharp forward, and has a hollow floor in the midehip section, Her stern is purely American. Her dimensions are:— Length on water line.....5.6...0ce0e Length of beam ‘ Depth of hold... Draught... 4 Length of snainran { Length of foremast & Lengih of topinasts 4 Length of main-booni. g Length of fore-boom... iB Length of main-gnit, 8 Length of fore-gatt, é Length ot bowaprit owtbourd .. 2! ‘The keel of the Latona was January, and she laid on the joth of is now completed, THE TRITON W, Weymout, aud Welcome, W. Chapman, is the name of @ centreboard schooner yacht now | nm With Herreshor is that he is | being built in this yard for Mr. A. the Atlantic Yacht Grab of Brookiyne of oak, and she is being planked witn hard pine Ohio oak. Her rails, hateh combings, companion heatly panclled ‘and co e four large ratatersome. el She has somewhat of a flat floor, but with very ines, and a beautiful projecting stem, sharp and hollowed away. Her stern is purely American, but jhe will be rigged forward ina manner somewhat of ‘ompremise between the American and style. Herreshoff is experimenting in somet! novel connected with her centre-board. If the ex- Periment does not prove a failure there {8 no reason Why the Triton should not prove one of the fastest of the new boats of 1872, Her dimensions are :— & i Lei Length of fore-mast. Length of top-masts, Length of main-boom. Length of fore-boom. Length of main-gaff. Length of fore-gatY. Length of howspri Length of bowspri The keel of the Triton was laid on the 1st of April and she will be launched on the 224 of May. is the intention of her builders to have her all ready for the regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club on the 18th of June. Herreshoif has also on hand a small keel schooner, which 1s being built for MR, GEORGE PEABODY RUSSELL, of the Eastern Yacht Club, This is a cabin boat, with a shallow cockpit and a rocker keel. She is built with water-tight compartments, Her dimen- sions are :— "Feet, Length on water line. Bean Length of Length of fore-mast. Length of top-masts, Length of main-boom Length of fore-boom. Length of main-gaff. Length of fore-gaff. 9 Length of bowsprit. “e ale This little craft bas been rigged witha lug fore- sail, and is now completed, Herreshoff is also bunaing small steam yacht for Mr. A. Agassiz, the son of the Professor, which is being constructed with a view to cruising in all waters, She will be about see feet loug and built with reference to speed and safety. She has air-tight compartments, and is very handsomely put together, She will be finished in June. There are a number of small boats building at this yard, among which are THE TULIP, & centre-board sailboat, for Mr. Arthur Burgess, of the Beverly Yacht Club. She is heavily sparred and built with uir-tight compartments. Her dimensions are:— Feet. Length on water line. 16 Beam... eecccee i Draught without board 4 THE ROSE 1s a centre-board sailboat, for Mr. 8. W. Burgess, of the Beverly Yacht Club. She is built with air- tight compartments and heavily sparred, Her dimensions are :— Length on water line. OMIA tec ttishi Draught without board. THE PANSY | 1s a centre-board cat boat, for Mr, Walter Burgess, | of the Beverly Yacht Club. She is heavily sparred Her dimensions and has air-tight compartments. arei— Length on water ne... Beam... eer Draught without board z THE BLUEBELL js a centre-board cat boat, for Mr. Edward Burgess, Commodore of the Beverly Yacht Club, Her com- aurtments are air-tight and she is heavily sparred, ier dimensions are i— Length on water line. Beam Draught without board. Pare Herreshoff {s also building a centre-board cock-pit ‘acht of twenty-four feet on the water line, for Mr. . P, Adams, of Boston, In this yard there is also a very handsome steam sloop, which has been built for the Bristol Fishing Company. are:— Power of engines (horse).....++0++ seeeves seeeeseeeee ones Her dimensions She was commenced about the middle of Febru- ary, and is now ready for her machinery. This is the third steam sloop that Herreshotf has built for the same company, and they have done away with satling craft altogether. She is very comfortably titted below, and is built to steam thirteen knots, NEW LONDON is comparatively dull this season in respect to yacht building, as there js little or nothing doing. Mr. E. B. Beckwith has had nothing to do this season in the way of yacht building, but is now at work on a smail steamer, which is destined to carry passengers be- tween New London and the Pequot House, Her dimensions are :— Length over all Beam. Depth of hold Draught att. :43 She is to be a screw boat, with a large cockpit, covered with an upper deck open at the sides, She will be fitted with double engines, eight by nine inches, and was launched last week. There is a large cockpit sloop, about fifty feet over all, in course of construction near the Pequot House. She is being built by a man named Norris, and is destined to carry pleasure parties, ‘The Columbia has been put in thorough trim for the coming season, Mr. Lester Wallack intends mak- | ing no alterations in this beautiful boat, and has only | put ona new figurehead consisting of an eagle, with a spear running out between its raised wings, and ornamented with a blue riband on which the name is written in gold. At the stern she has | a blue riband with Columbia in gold letters. An- drew Comstock is her captain, with Smith (former mate of the Rambler) as mate. The Columbia ar- rived at Stapleton last Saturday. The Magic is now being overhauled and prepared for the coming season, Itis understood that Rear Commodore Franklin Osgood intends taking the lead out of her Keel. Crandall, a brother of the captain of the Fleetwing, will be captain, as Nelse Comstock intends to stick to his business as New New York Harbor pilot. The Fiectwing, Captain George Osgood, will prob- ably be overhauled very soon, and it is not decided yet whether the Phantom will be in commission this Season. There is a considerable amount of yacnt building going on now in the immediate neignborhood of Boston, but it is principally confined to small yachts, The largest yacht in course of construction is a contre-board schooner, now being built at COHASSET, for Mr. BE. E. Tower, of the Boston Yacht Clab, This yacht is being built under Mr. Tower's own super- vision, from a model furnished by D, J. Lawler, of Chelsea. The master builder is B. Bates, of Co- | hasset. Her frame is of white oak and hackmatack. She will have four staterooms and a main saloon, the latter panelled in pine, tinted and gold mould- ings. The walls, of oak, will be two and a half inches thick, and the planking, of hard pine, tw inches thick, She will span between timbers six- teen Inches from centre to centre, increasing to twenty-four inches forward and aft. All fastenings will be of composition and galvanized tron, and | nothing but refined iron will be used. Her dimen- sions are:— Feet. Length over all “1 Length on water Ii 63 Beam a1 Draug! 5.6 Dranght with board 2 Length of main-mast.. 267 Length of fore-mast. 66 Length of main-boom. 43.6 Length of fore-boom 23.6 Length of main-ga 1B Length of walt, # Px} The work on this yacht is progressing rapidly, and Mr. Tower expects to have her fiuished early in August, SOUTH BOSTON | is doing its share in the small line, and a good many | Small boats will be turned ot from that locality tiis season, The Pierce Brothers have just completed a cat- rigged centre-board yacht for Messrs. Briscoe and Coyne, called the Queen Mab, that stined to be a ripple chaser, Her dimensions ar Length over alt . ngth on water line. ranght without board. |; They are also le another boat of the same model and dimensions for Mr, EB. E. Tower, of the Boston Club. As an experiment this boat is to have two centre-boarda, the after one of iron, 4 feet long, 1 foot 6 inches deep at one end and tapering off to 8 inches at the other, Mr, Frank Witherell is having a small steam yacht built at South Boston, Jt will be a screw boat, measuring about 37 feet over all, with 10 feet beam. A centre-board sloop is also being built by Mr. W. Weymouth, which is attracting a good deal of attention. There is nothing very pecullar in her model, but she ts sharp and clean forward, with a flat run att, She is called the Quis, Her dimen- sions are :— Feet, 20.6 10 Length on water line... Beam... ives Draught without board... Bibber & Brother have just completed a new eat- rigged centre-board yacht of great expectations, She is andéther Ripple chaser, but they will have to ballast her down @ little more before they can ex- pect to get hoe gl eed out of her, She waa ove of those capsized a few days oF, When a boat has got @ geod Moor to sail on, a! i means keep her on it if possible, The dimeng: of this boat, which is hamed The Peerless, @ ow Fer, Length over all oeccssreg ge 2.8 Lenxth on water fine..." 18 +o niieed' fetonengs 8.6 Drought att. ° 18 Draught deeward 08 ‘THE WELCOMR 1s the name of another Ripple chaser, that is now nearly completed, This boat is nearly a simile Of the Ripple, With the exceptian that he per- %, ates if | haps famner 4 p Her 7 | wierasianer cat. boat has also just been i rigged J tit centre-boara by E, Her dimensions are :-— is the centre of the shipbuudin, ig trade of Boston, and Te that the schooner Caprice was put Captain John Carlton is having a kee} schooner si tia ee ana clean, sharp forward and round! gentle Oe wath nothing to sto; keel. fier dimeumeoa ee on will have @ rocker Length over all. Length on wi Bea Feet, 41.6 “0 iM » 59 89.6 £0. R ig SBE, it 123 Mr. Thomas Armstrong has just completed a handsome centre-board- sloop for Mr. Edwin Dean and others, Her dimensions are:— Length over all... ngth on wate: Mr. A. F. White is now sneamee in the construc- tion of @ craft that is destined @ Ripple chaser. ‘This boat is built on a somewhat similar model to the craft that she intends to try to defeat, but she will carry a second centre board aft for the purpose of easing the helm when sailing free. She will also have a small keel, She will probably make her first appearance in public at the Fourth of July regatta, ler dimensions are: Length over Tenath 8 » 16 . Ambrose yn has also just completed a neat little centre-board sloop yacht of 19 feet water line, 73g feet beam and 16 incties draught, MR. LAWLIE, OF SCITUATE, has just built @ yacht of such peculiar construction as to attract the general attention of all yachts- men, boat is built after the model of a French steam naval launch, with a bow projecting for- ward under water, making her longer on the water line than she is on deck. The dimensions of this experiment are :— Feet. Length on deck. Length on water jean. 83 112.8 She isacentre-board sloop, and has aslightly over- ben tp Oy ern. There is another boat of the same model In Dorchester Bay, owned by Messrs. Cary & Cunningham, Mr, Lawlie is also building a cat-rigged keel boat for Mr, W. Parkinson, of South Boston. This boat will be about 18 feet on the water line, and Is being built deep forward as an experiment. LYNN is very lively this season, and will turn ont quite a number of new boats. Snow & Chapman are building a centre-board sloop called the Magic, for Commodore Neal, of the Lynn Yacht Club. The model for this craft was furnished by D, J. Lawler, of Chelsea. Her dimensions are:— Messrs. Snow & Chapman are also at work ona centre-board sloop for Mr. Lorenzo Poor, This new yacht is tobe called the George A. Manson. Her Gimensions are:— Length over al Length on wi Beam. Dranght. Mr. Allen Hay is now building a centre-board sloop for Messrs. Flint and Smith, which will be The dimensions of christened the Addie Elmer, this boat are :— Length on water line an ; Beam, .. Draugiits.::; : The same builder is also at work on a cat-rigged centre-board boat for Mr. W. C. Maxwell. She will be called the Lizzie and will measure :— Length on water line. Beam... Draught. The Haymaker is the name of another centre- board cat boat in the hands of the same builder. She is being built for Mr. Augustus Jewett. Her dimensions are:— ngth on water line..... arn. Draughi Be Among the other boats building at Lynn are a centre-board cat boat for William Alley, She will be 20 feet on the water line and about 844 fect beam. Mr. J. 8. Hiller ia building a centre-board cat boat, 22feet on the water line. J. B, Roney has built a centre-board cat boat measuring 18 feet 5 inches on the water line, 9 feet 7 inches beam and drawing 2 feet 3inches of water. J. E. Lambert has flnished a new cat-rigged boat about 17 feet on the water line, and Reuben Alley is now at work on a centre-board sloop of 20 feet water line. MISCELLANEOUS, Some very Ha alterations are being made in a number of the yachts this season. One of the most peculiar experiments of the feason is being made by the Messrs. Dean, of the Boston Yacht Club. They intend putting a sheet- iron or funnel mast in their sloop Fannie, for the Purpose of getting, lens welgi forward. ‘Their wooden sticl meet about three hundred and twenty Peeler and they expect to get about one hundred pounds less weight forward by making use of the iron funnel, Whether it will stand tho weather remains yet to be proved. The base of the mast will be, as usual, solid wood up to about three feet from the deck, when the funnel will commence. The schooner Mary Meek, Captain Bast, of the Lynn Yacht Club, has been altered into a sloop. Her dimensions are now :— Feet. 33 13.2 3 ‘achts are being bullt at Taunton by bitt for Mayor Joseph B. Leonard. Length on water lin Three new i Alfred B. Bal ‘These are all destined for Ripple ne are built somewhat on the same model as that flyer. the water line. Vice Commodore Whitney, of the Eastern Yacht Club, is having his schooner yacht Julia altered from a keel to a centre-board yacht. The sloop Shadow hits been gold by Mr. 0. J. Sis- son to Mr. C. J. Randall, of New Bedford. ‘The Shadow will sail several matches this season at New Bedford with the White Cap. The Shadow Measures about thirty-seven feet on the water line and belongs to the Eastern Yacht Club, A FESTIVE SEAMSTRESS, She Dresses Herself Up in Another Wo- man’s Silke and Goes Out for a Ride— Her Arrest and Recovery of the Prop- erty. About two weeks ago Mrs. John Bleecker took into her service a seamstress, a comely-looking young woman, named Esther Vedier. On Thursday pight she mysteriously left Mrs, Bleecker, and in the morning about eight hundred dollars’ worth of jewelry, clothing and other articles belonging to Mrs. J. A. Harvey, a visitor of Mrs, Bleecker’s, were, it 19 alleged, missing. The police of the Nineteenth precinct were referred to for assistance in the finding of the missing seamstress and the recovery, if possible, of the purloined property. The case was given to Detectives McGowan and Crowley, who arrested the comely Esther while driving up Sixth avenue yes- terday afternoon in a carriage. She magnifi- cently attired insome of the missing is, She was ver’ of an in- recent and played the pa: Jured lady with the police, who, however, took her and the carriage to Mrs. Bleecker’s residence, where she was fully tdentified. She tried no iurther concealment regarding the larceny, and informed where they could recover nearly the whole of the lost property. Yesterday afternoon she was ar- raigned at the Yorkyille Police Court, and held by Justice McGuire, tn default of $1,500 bail, to answer, She says she was born in Fngland and emigrated to Montreal, Canada, with her husband, a doctor of medicine, about ten yearsago. For three years she lived there very happily. Her husband then died, and shortly after that event she came on to this city. Here she formed the acquaintance of a doc- tor, with whom she lived and had one child, a giv, now supported at a friend’s house by herself. The doctor, however, refused to have anything further to do With her after he had made the acquaintance | of an estimable How she spent she became an whom he married, after that, until inmate of the Sisters’ Home, in Mulberry street, she did not say. She is evidently a woman of superior attain- ments, and even yet shows traces of beauty, and exhibits, in her conversation and carriage, those characteristics belonging only to the well bred lady. For some time past, she says, she has been | addicted to intemperance, a love Of which she con- | tracted since her arrival in this city, because of the | misfortunes that met her at every step, and if she | had not been very drank when she took the clothes | aud jewelry she would not, she says, have done it, | PERSONATING AN OFFICER. John Gorman, aged twenty-four years, residing at 251 West Sixteenth street, was arrested by OMcer Brenhan, of Captain Byrne's precinct, on Thursday | night, on complaint of Edward Sullivan, of 194 | Greene street, charged with personating an ofcer and threatening to arrest the unfortunate females who prow] through the Fifteenth ward at all hours of the night. The complainant failing to put in an appearance before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday, the prisoner was locked up lady, her "time 6a¢ the oficer acnt in search of the comp!sinant, They will each measure avout twenty-two feet on | THE LOST LORD. | The Great Gould-Gor- don Contest. ti Motion to Strike Out the Complaint, the Plaintiff Failing to Appear, ANOTHER ADJOURMENT. The Gpuld-Gordon cvstroversy was again re- newed yesterday morning, but owing to a legal “hitch” in the proceedings considerable delay oc. curred, Gordon failed to appear, and the assem- Dlage was once more disappointed, Mr. Root, of counsel for Jay Gould, presented an affidavit setting forth certain facts, and asked for an order to examine W. H. Orton, Superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, relative to the contents of some telegraph messages which passed through his ofice. Judge Leonard declined to grant the order, on the: Ground that the aMdavit was insaficient for the purpose mentioned, A lengthy discugston ensued, when Judge Leonard directed that the entire subject should be referred to Judge Brady, who had previously heard the case.’ Counsel then proceeded before Mr. Justice Brady, who satin the room of the Board of Supervisors. A large crowd followed the legal guns, Mr. Field moved to strike out the complaint, on’ the ground that the plaintiff had falled to appear in Court. Judge Brady asked why Gordon did not appear. Mr. Field replied that the counsel on the other aide would doubtless answer the question, Judge Brady said ho had not asked him, Counsel inquired whether there was an afldavit of personal service on Mr. Gordon. Mr. Field said the Court must take precedence of counsel. Counsel observed that an order was made on Monday last constituting Mr. Gordon a witness, and he should be dealt with as any other witness, Mr. Field then proceeded to read the several. or- ders previously made, and submitted that the com- plaint should be stricken out owing to the failure of the plaintiff to appear, ‘Mr. Strahan, in reply, read his own amdavit, showing cause why the complaint should not be Stricken out. He set forth that Gerdon left New York on the 20th inst., not having been served with any papers and having been advised that his de- parture would not be in contempt at that time. Mr. Field said he had a number of afMidavits frony detectives and others showing that immediately after the order was issued Gordon left the city. Counsel obaaien to the reading of the aMdavite, Judge Brady said that in regard to the examina- tion of Gordon he should have attended, and if he failed to appear his answer should be stricken out. Ex-Judge Parker in the course of his address submitted that no notice had been served upon Gordon, and that it was likely he did not know of the present proceedings. He claimed that, accord- ing to law, Gordon should have been personal served. Under all the clroumstances he claime that Gordon should at least huve some time to ap- pear for examination. Mr. Field said he had no objection to allow some time so long as a certain day was specified. After a brief discussion Judge Brady adjourneé the case till the 7th of June, when Gordon must ap- pear or the complaint would be stricken out. Two other motions—one to vacate the order of arrest and the other to vacate the order for examl- nation—were also adjourned to the same date, Further Developments. By way of rebuttal the following among other affidavits were referred to in relation to the case:— mre Me NC - RS, BELDEN. x th Sarah BE. Belden, being duly sworn, says:—I am the wither: Willtum Belden of ths clty of New Work, amd re- fide ‘at 11 Park avenic. in sald city; 1 know the per above named as Gordon Cordon; T first met him In the city of St Panl, Minn., where he was ifftroduced to me. Mrs. Colonel Loomis, About the month of December, 1871; I'eaw and remember very little of him in the West, except that he professed to become very much at- tached to my brother, William 8. Patten, that joined our "pt pparently ¢ accident, upon our return eastward, and accompfnied us as far'as Milwat -Keo, where he left us; we renclied New York on Bunda January 7, 1872, and on the day following a telegram tomy brother, Me. Butien, which I saw and read, an which was as follows :— “Tam at the Westm inster Hotel. Mr. Gordon soon called at our house, nue, whore he for the first time met some time he called on us there very frequent Afier some days he commenced to talk of the incon- fe, aud of bis preterences for life in & jue, and we invited him to make us a visit he the inv! n, came to our house, an ro at our guest: during’ this tate ‘he talker Ine, an others in presence, concerning himself, his wealth, his influence, and his past actions, Among other things, Lhave uently heard him speak of himselt as a meinber of the House of Lords of Great Britain, and [have heard him say that his opin- fon in the House of Lords was considered of great moment, and that on one occasion, when he rose to speak in the House of Lords, it was 'so quiet that one could have heard a pin drop; T have heard him fre- quently. use the expression, “we Peers of the Realm; T have heard him say that he had conlucted negotiations with Bistnarck, and that whenever thero were any very dificult matters of Btate to be settled, he was usually s6- lected by the British Government to'conduct them, on account of his shrewdness and ability; Ihave heard hin say that he had large landed estates In Scotland, and at one time that he must go down town, as he expected to receive $30,000 from his rents coming in. During the visit which [ have mentioned Mr, Gor- don also talked a great deal about the Erie Railroad, and ‘what he was going to doin counection with its t Heard him say, that he coutd control Erie stock enoug to carry the election; I heard him say, over a again, that conclusive proofs of what he'could do to con- trol the Erie election were on their way from England, and he several tines specified the day when he wou spread those proofs on the table before us; I heard him say several times that a mesenger had already from Heath & Raphael with the stock. certificate: ne fixed the day when the messenger and these proofs oul k, that I came to think ad to Mr. Belden, in my presence —_ what he said was a telegram from tho firm Raphael, and which stated that one of that firm. had ship] to Gordon a containing the certificates and powers of attorney, so that they would come "safe, sure and speedy" and) I heard hun say that the Dox oar from ‘Heath & Raphael contained Erie stock te GORDON.” No. 11 Park ave- ir. Belden, and for hearing, Hout ; trol the Erte election. “have heard him say that he couid control the prem of New York, as Mr. Horace Grocley firmly believed in him, Mr.James Gordon Bennett was named after a Gordon, and oue of Gordon's ows Tamily stood Kodruther for him and assoon aa Mr. Bennett knew thata Gordon was in the country he would be ready to do auything for him. Priof to the occurrences on Murch IL, known as tho Sicklex movement, Me, Gordon told ine, tHiat there was a a ovement on foot'n Erie called the Bickles movement, put that Mr, Gould need have no fear of anything, for that, he sald, “is my movement.” ME. Gordon never told me to what family he belonged ; but, while he was at our house, and before his controversy with Mr, Gould arose, Mr. Belden told me that he sald he was “one of the Aberdeen Gordous."” On ‘Sunday, ‘March 2 last, Mr. Gordon came to our | house, as he had frequently ‘dono since his visit the terminated. He was there at lunch on that day, an he stayed there all night, and left on Monda: mornlig; the occurrences of Saturday, March 23, w frequently referred to by both Mr. Gordon and. Mr, ‘Bel: den, in conversation with me, and with each otherin my presence ; Mr. Gordon seemed’ on perfectly friendly terms with Mr, Belden; he asked Mr. Belden, In my presence, Mr. Belden did not think he had acted very honorably. jn ving up Mr, Gould's property, and he nsked me if Mr. | Borden did not think he had act onoradl: the property ; he said that it was “all up Gould, he tad turned over the Erle rond to the Vanderbilt party's that Mr. Belden had told him that he ought not to Jone at night, as he had go much money about bho might be robbed. = “ AFFIDAVIT OF ALEXANDER M'CLURE, wr: State or Puxxsvivanta, City or Patuapsurma. ” & "lure ‘bel 0 ‘ he F spoke About “Lord Gordon.” ag he called him, 1 had never heard of Gordon and knew nothing ¢ Erie Rail- way affairs, except what I bad read in the newspapers it was the first or second time that f eve taw Mr, Sears that he introduced t of Cordon and the control of, the Erle management; (he dl tinctly named. the “Right Honorable. Lord: Gordon to me as the person who had ig ontee a oar pting the control of the English stock; sald. that lon had been in the counts for a considerable time—vetween one and two years, if Tremember—and that he had succeeded to his title and estates since he came here; he said that fala Wd gu the ja ete with Gofdon some time hheeltatin ‘ne lie agen foe ale naioh was heel cp “ol eo i Titkros batt would do fo lf Colthel Root monte tole ee and Gould in selecting a now tanagement; thatif Colonel Scott would entertain the matter, Gordoy would consent to ‘onfer with Gould, and agree to retaln Gould in the prest- lency of the company, and would Accept the control of the English shares; a8 requested by Mr, Bears, I ntormed Colonel Scott of the proposition, and informed Mr. Sears the next day that Colonel Scott would confer with Gordon and Gonld, Iragreeable, when he next went to New York, and that he would bréakfast with the party; Mr, Sears left, but met me on the street soon utter, and informed me that English lords were very panctillous, and that Ford Gordon cord. ‘not’ call "om colonel sect unlers Scott would first call on him, or send him a card, and he particularly tm ‘me with the neceasit; At once to the of Colonel Seott cinding his eard “Right Honorable Lord Gordon,” giving me. the title in full with the name; tn accordanee with Mr. Sears re. quest I went into the ‘Continental Hotel and wrote end sent a note to Colonel Scott, what Mr. Sears had {old me. and suggesting that he send his card at once tor the “Right Honorable Lord Gordon” to some friend in New York and have it deliveres Gordon; I saw Colonel Scott aiterwards, and he Inte me that he had done so, and used the title of the “Right Honorable Lord Gord asl had requested; Mr. Sears did not inform eas he states in his aMdavit, that Lord Gordon fons in’ New York, #0 a8 to ry, info effect a change in the Sag Mont atid policy of said (Erie) company; he stated distinetly thay ay had the option of the abso- lute control of the English shares, a at while he was indifferent about i ye WAS quite pacer en he would the trust, and act with Gould, If Colonel Scott id unite in organizing a new Banigement; 1 guid statement, for certainly would jour not have been mistaken as to Mr. Sear: had never heard of Gordon before, a not have sent a pote to Colonel Scott aski 5 larly to address his card to the “Right Hon. “4 wt Not been special, i re ad ‘pecially requested gon, Li t Other aMmdavits were also tnoluded, showing the character for truth and veracity of Wiitiam Belden, end A 80 setiing forth representations jordyi