Show I ONCE ROYAL YACHT NOW A TRADER J ii IIi IIu e N1 mli rnIiort1iFmr i i 1 tijtij I 11r jt 1 I r Ili sn 1 u i Lt 11 i I i iiI eiY I I h p Iii i I IIJ I i J t4i I Ioi l I j d il iiliiHhII i 11 I 1 n dlfihdi I 1 Ii i I I 1 k II in I I d I I II a fIi1 I II 1i rLu It liil + I 4 i I I u I 1 r I 11 I IIi I i p41 I ItI Ir I Ir h 1lftlj i1 6 id I f rf i riJ I IWr I M 1 I H fn Ih iii I Ie 4 i I 1w II al ill t I 4 lit a r I j I I yl llql 11 IIHI I 1 I 10 It I II I I 1 Ie Ii ilP Ir I fi OfI I 11 1111 Ii I t > 1 r p i j I Jh I I i I d II I r i 1 i r 4d p r rr li Il i uIlffII l I I I I yr i ItF 1 u u I Ifuih hllrI I a K d Ii rllm I ° I dnWtl i Jd + 4Y ul G JI h Jdniata i Hrlml i 1 = Hlldegarde The famous schooner yacht Hilde garde which was built In 1871 for the prince of Wales now King Edward Ed-ward VII was towed last week up the Hackensack river In New Jersey to Little Kerry where she will be dismantled i disman-tled and turned Into a trader probably prob-ably to carry brick I The Hlldegardo was built by Camper Cam-per Nicholson at Gosport for the prince of Wales who raced tho yacht successfully and mado many cruises on her It was on this boat that tho prince won many of his prizes and enJoyed en-Joyed many Informal gatherings of friends Sho Is said to have cost about 80000 In 1887 George J Gould purchased tho boat for 30000 and had her brought to this country Ho became much attached to her cruised In her for several seasons and then sold her to Gen B M Whitlock for 20000 Gen Whltlock who has been experimenting ex-perimenting with auxiliaries sent hor to Bristol and had compound engines fitted and the boat was quite a success suc-cess as an auxiliary Blakeley Hall was the next owner of the craft and ho had her on his hands fur some years and only had her In comrnlslon for a short time tho Hlldegarde Is 127 feet over all 102 feet on the waterline and 18 feet beam She Is built of Chinese teak and her deck fittings are mahogany and brass She draws 15 feet of water and that made hor rather objec tionable for a cruiser to be used along tills const Tho Interior fittings are very handsome hand-some Tho tapestry upholsterlngs with which she was originally decorated deco-rated are still on board tad the room used by tho prince has not been i changed since the boat was built In some of tho other rooms accordIng accord-Ing to gossip some of tho smartest women of the princes set were quartered quar-tered when Albert Edward entertained entertain-ed yachting parties among thorn Lad I Brooke who after tho baccurat nf fair was known In London as Babbling Bab-bling Brooke Tho Hlldegardo will mako a good trader She Is as stanch as tho day she was launched and has lots of room which will bo used for cargo space She Is following tho way at many successful yachts |