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Show r PART TWO VOL, I NO. 283. OGDEN the kaiser aims i OWNS MORE BATING YACHTS THAN ANT OTHER MAN IN 18 A FIRST CLA88 SKIPPER AND HAS DONE WON- - in rormJMumQ the sport in gerxant. Follows His Example Imperial Family fore the preeent Kaieer ascended the Yachtswoman Keen SiSKSrlF lUre. to th.German of the Rexattas Prince Henry, one Moat to Introduce n Herreshoft first ""5? ta Oermnny. to the Sport end Headlee but Yacht The Crown Prince Race, and le Still n Landlubber at the Gate Generally Finishes UjtWJF American Emporar Prefera Hitch With Herreshoff. Copyright, 1904. by Curtis Brown. Kaieer can Berlin, Sept 30.--The handle a yacht aa well as nny Maman be float He le a bora jailor, tvera be the not an Emperpr kipper of a creek racing yacht. to an Thta etntement wne made udlf throne, but during the sixteen years of hie reign he bee made it one of the most popular national amusement I. When the Kaieer aucceeded to the raccrown there wee not n first-claing yacht belonging to nny German owner or sailing under the flag of any German club. Only n few regattas were held every summer along the German coasts, and these were insignificant affairs which passed unnoticed outside the immediate localities in which they took place. The Kaiser changed ell this with the Impulsive energy which characterises all branches of hie versatile activity. So well, has he succeeded that n high class British sporting Jour- - m idvxa. thi eiiwu Bxrmaarg yacht enft wtas nctas la the teau li a kM. luttmm aai always alb tar kma wittM. tat iwnllr taa t. tato a taattaf Inn tar Imperial talut Sto Uw wea tonMrtr -Ite auS iarriraa crataw ackaaaar lust. V W1 American newspaper representative daring the Kiel regatta of 1903 by tbe British yachting expert, Ben Parker, who was then skipper of the German Emperors yacht Meteor. It Is no empty compliment, but n plain statement of fact, which la corroborated by all competent Judges who have bad opportunities of seeing William II. sail-i- n on board his own yachts. Yachting ns a fashionable pastime vaa almost unknown in Germany be- - CITY, UTAH, at YACHTING SIs SUPREMACY er, the Empress Frederick, then Crown Princess of Germany, at a watering place on one of the Frisian Islands. That rare creature In those days, a German yachtsman, happened to be cruising In the vicinity, and the Crown Princess asked him to take the boyi for a sail. They were delighted with their experience. When I grow up to be a big man I am going to have lots of yachts big ones, too, raid William to hla mother when they returned. And I should like a yacht, too, some day, piped up the more modest little Henry. The Emperor of Germany has fully realised hla childish ambition. He owns lota of yachts, and big ones, too. In fact, he owns more of them than any man la the world. Not counting eteam craft, his fleet numbers nineteen. ranging from tbe Meteor, third of the name 120 feet on the water line and the largest racing schooner ever turned out of an American shipyar- to little But It le not for the sake of yachting alone that he goes In for sport so exd-down twenty-footer- s. tensively and encourages hie subjects to do likewise. Hie object la to foster a nautical spirit among hla people, and thereby arouse a popular feeling which will support hla ambitious scheme to create a navy that shall rival that of England. HE'S A DAREDEVIL SKIPPER. The Kaiser Is not an amateur, but an expert In yachting. Every summer he devotee three weeks solely to this pastime. First be proceeds to Heligoland on board bis steam jreebt Hohen-tol- l era to watch the conclusion of the annual race from Dover to Heligoland. He then hoards the Meteor and sails which on her In the Elbe regatta, takes place off Cuxbaven. The Meteor then goes to Kiel and the Kaiser aalls on her In all the races In which the participates during the Kiel week. During the races the Kaieer often takes a hand at the wheel and shows himself an adept at all the tricks of the game; When he le not at the wheel he lies on the windward side of the deck with the crew and obeys the skipper's commands with alacrity. He hauls In the ropes and helps totrimthe sails with an enthusiasm which stimulates the crew to equal exertions. He has had some hairbreadth escapes through hla passion for yacht racing. When sailing the Orion In a nee a year or two ago the Kaieer clapped on more sail than could be safely borne In the gels that was blowing: - Suddenly the tomast was carried away and came down with a crash close to tbe spot where the Kaiser was standing. During this year's Kiel regatta the Kaieer had another close shave when the American schooner Ingomar came within an ace of running down the Meteor and cutting her In two. This Incident took piece In n nee between the Meteor, Induna, Hamburg and Ingomar from Kiel to Eckernforde. Tbe Meteor end Ingomar wen sailing unpleasantly done to one another, and the Ingomar, being on the starboard lack, had the right of way and It waa the the Meteors duty to concede course to her. Ben Parker wee sailing the Meteor and he held on In hla course, contrary to nil the rules end regulations of yacht racing, until it seemed Impossible for a collision to be nal rounded out its account of the Kiel regatta this year with this pregnant comment: English yachtsmen who were present will frankly admit that much Improvement must Jake piece In tbe a port in British waters if this country in to maintain Its supremacy at the game. William wna a very amnll shaver avoided. THE KAI8ER NEAR TO DEATH. when with hta young brother, Henry, Tbe Ingomar waa nailing under full be had hla first sail. The taro little straight for tbe princes are re staying with their moth- canvass in a wind the Meteor and In another thirty eecon would have crashed into the Kaisers yacht The Meteor certainly would have been cut dean Into two parts and the Kaieer, who waa below at the time, Inevitably would have been drowned. The eenaation of the Kaieer being sent to the bottom of Kiel Bey by an American racing yacht waa fortunately avoided through the smartness of Charles Barr, who was sailing the Ingomar. Although ha would have been justified in holding on hie course, he avoided a collision In the nick of time by putting about, at the same time hoisting a protest flag to indicate that he had only done no under compulsion. Tbe Kaieer who had the genuine was excessively sporting instinct, annoyed when he learned of the mistake which his skipper had made. How it happened that so experienced n yachtmaa committed this unpardonable blunder remains a mystery, but he paid for his mistake dearly, for the Kaiser dismissed him the same day. The Kaiser began bin yachting career by purchasing tbe Thistle, which bad been defeated by the Volunteer for the America's cup In 1887. He rech listened ber the Meteor, a name which be always bestows on the reigning favorite among his yachts It is frankly suggestive of his own position In the monarrhlsl firmament He raced hhr persistently and on board of her mastered most of the tricks of yachting but in British waters Ae always had to trail after the Britannia, owned by King Edward, who was then Prince of beaten by hla continually uncle was not at nil to tbe liking of began casting Williamll., and he around for another craft, and commissioned Wsison, the deelgne of the Thistle, to build him another big cutlimit. ter close up to the ninety-foThis Meteor kept tbe Emperor's yachting flag well to the fore for six years, proving a much speedier boat than the Britannia, which may have bed something to do with King Edwards decision to retire from tbe yacht raring game. The first Meteor meanwhile, rechristened the Comet, was turned over to the naval authorities at Kiel to be used as a training vessel for yachting hands for heretofore German yachts, the Emperor's own Included, had been for the mo pert dependent on British skippers and British crews Spurred on by the Kelseys example many wealthy Germans bought racing yachts, most of which Inat this period England. A ere designed and built groan of Hambury merchants, headedn Hamburg-Americaby Director Ballln of the Steal! .ship Hamburg merchants, beaded by. Director bow, de ot . h p"- - ta a1 lit HACIWQ, WITH TH taut Nr Mb k Anarkw-aa- Bhism m tkta mmmt It aMar tor a laclag KAISER Sralmce tawi Mtn nUl ta wulirS ' aid ns fey A. AT THR WIIEIX. Our JtaHk, tta Wl tar Oummoina Ftant'a twwatletav ham'. tar fraqarat MMti ta tta lofonai HU SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER PRICE FIVE CENTS 1904. signed by Watson, and dechrtstened Wales. To be N fc 7Hw. 9 T0 16 PAGES forced delay, tbe passengers began ta grow restive and clamored tor the cap- ber tha Hamburg. Much kmger than ths Meteor, she proved rather mors than a match for her, and ths Kaissr, determined to be at the head of the procession In bis own waters at least, ought sort her yacht. WH YIIE CHOSE AMERICAN TACHT. Meanwhile, tha superiority of American over English designed boats had been demonstrated in German as well as in English waters. Tha Kaisers brother. Prince Henry, had purchased the Wenounh, a herreshoff boat about tborty feet on the water line, that had defeased everything in her class in England, llechrutened ths Gudruda, with Prince Henry at the helm she showed her hn-l- to everything of her slse in Germany. The Niagara, n larger hnkeel racing craft built by Hsrresboff. after decisively deopposed to feating every twenty-rate- r her In England bad been sold by ber owner, Howard Gould, in a German yachtsman and bad repeated her in Germany. In the schooner Yampa, a magnificent sea craft of ths cruiser type, which he bought from William Suydam Palmer, the Kaiser was already tha ovfner of an American boat. But she had not been especially designed far speed, and was not big enough to meet ths Hamburg on equal terms- - So when he had determined to regain his yschting supremacy, ho presented tbe Yampa, whleh he had renamed the iduma, to the Empress, and guvs an order for a bigger boat to her designer, A. Cary Smith. He chose n schooner because he recognised that tbe day of the big racers is over, and he iningle-stic- k sisted on a vessel of wholesome type, that should bo far from a mere racing machine like the cup challengers and defenders of recent years. All tha hororo plan were inbrnTtLed to him Interior they were carried out. The arrangements wers largely of bis own dedevising. His minute attention to tails which to cUnrncleristio of hint, ta showft by the fact that the supwere plementary mushroom ventilators made from designs drawn by himself. With this third Meteor he again de feated tha beat boats in German and wna entirely satis lie i Commodore Plant's Igomar, fresh from Amerls, defeated Mr so signally and frenquently at Kiel. It aa natural, therefore, that he should hava toglvea the the order for a fourth eMteor the great the of Ingomar designer Herreshoff. THE HITCH WITH HERRESHOFF. tl M. Recently, however. It Is reported a serious hitch has ocurred. It la said that Herreshoff submitted plans of whllch ths Kslser did not entirely approve. Ths Kslser. so the story goes, made suggestions and sIterations and returned the pinna hff Herreshoff to recommenda cafry out hls ImperlaF tions. Herreshoff derlarad that if he built a yacht for tha Kslser at all he must build according to hla own Ideas tolerate exclusively, and that he could even an Interference from no one. not on that receipt stated Is It Emperor. of this communication tha Kaiser said that bo would cancel the order given to Herreshoff to build him a yacht. Ths Lokalsnzelger, a adJournal, published this story, and to ded that tha Kaiser has decided have the Meteor reconstructed. He summoned Germany's beat yacht builder, Herr Muller of Mel, to submit sugsupgestions, which he will revise and Meteor plement. A reconstructed would thus be the Joint product of the shipbuilding talent of tbs Kaiser and Herr Muller. It may be, however, that the differences with Herreshoff will be Kslser has adjisted. As noon as the a new yacht he Intends to make a present of Meteor HI. to the Crown Prince. The Kaiser's interest In yachting has stimulated other members of the imperial family to go in for It They have to do this to stand wall with him. Ha of regards It ns quits an essential part their training as his ambitious maritime policy. But the Empress needed no urging to take to ths sport. Rhe Is almost as fond of It aa her husband. She devotes three weeks of every summer to yachting, and at the regattas along the German cnast Emperor and the Empress are keen rivals. When EmKaiser sails on the Meteor, the press sails on her own yacht Iduna. Dressed In a simple blue yachting costume, with n picturesque sailor cap, the Empress lies oa tha derk of the Iduna from the beginning of a race till ths end, watching all I ha technical details of ths content with practiced eye. At the end of the Kiel regatta' the Emperor and Empress cruise In company on board their respective yachts. Meteor and Iduna, eastward along ths Baltic coast, touching at Travetnunde, Warnemunde and Swlndemunde. Prince Henry, as becomes a naval officer, la a clever skipper, but he prefera tbe excitement of racing In n small craft In which he can make hta own individual skill count for mors than In n big boat with a targe craw. At preeent his favorite yacbt la the Tilly VI., a smart little flyer of about feet water Une length, in twenty-threwhich be has won many prizes. He dose not own n big yacbt of hta own, but when be wants to take a cruise he borrows one of bis brother's usually the Orion, formerly Meteor II. CROWN PRINCE A POOR YACHT-MA- tain to proceed. Crown i - ,ri; i i t . (Continued t op page 11) 3231 EIGHKrf GRADUATES roeaivo 60 par OwJ n STUDIO, 270 26th SC iCBgBSS - s ;lF !' r a aw oust on. pictures taken within the next SO days st . r - tri-nm- 9 i' 1 : WINES to f SL LIQUORS I oW Sar mue MS "talHWnkBS Del Sar Bale of S m Stapli a Mg KAISER BILL gha, ro Dai (M feV.I morn) I wttWM katas UgM esS e taliuotpua af Sar aaptala'a 1 " ta tie lessee liMeSas an Sar i Ckrtaap danger of being run down by a passenger steamer, which waa compelled repeatedly to stop, back astern and change ber course to avoid a collision. The steamer waa crowded with Sunday excursionists, and suddenly n voice was heard on deck shouting: Why can't that fool steer straight and keep out of our way! Tha Crown Prince immediately put tbe Angela about, contrived to come alongside the steamer, and sent aa officer on board to demand satisfaction for the insult offered to him. The officer, who was In plain clothes, went on to the captain's bridge and said: "That yacht carries His Imperial Highness, ths German Crown Prince. Some one on your steamer shouted an Insulting remark at His Imperial Highness. Hta Imperial lilghuea or ders that you shall not proceed until that man has been Identified and ar- rested." The course taken by tbe Grown Prince was entirely Illegal, but the captain nevertheless, aa a matter of courtesy and respect, asked ths officer to Identify tbe offender. Ths officer thereupon proceeded to walk through the crowd of perhape 600 passengers In ths bops of discovering the man who After half aa hours haif,. si touted. search he was still unsuccessful. While the eeareh was proceeding, the crown Prince lay alongside and once shouted to the officer: It waa a man with n red flower In hta buttonhole." Finally the Crown Prince emlmary left the steamer without Identifying the man. Toward the end of hta en Bar The WATTS I BEST Prop. ''K:C. M. 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He steered ber himself, but In atl eblRFRFu.vG iter himself, but In alltherncesin which be took pert, she was Invariably the last to cross tbe finishing line. His method of sailing reused spectators to fear for bis safety, for he crammed on excessive sail In equally weather, when he ought to have taken In a reef or two. Tbe experts who watched tbe races from tbe umpires' steamer declared that It was almost a miracle that hs escaped repairing. Tbe Crown Prince was tbs hero of a curious affair on the Wannsee, the large lake lying between Potsdam and Berlin, recently. He waa sailing the Angela on n 8unday afternoon and handled her with such lack of skill that he Incurred tbe Prlnoe or Grown Prison Whan ths Crown Prince beared off without aecompllAlng his aim. ha wna followed by jeers from hundreds of lusty throats. Tha neVs-papetook up tha scandal and pubhg opinion severely condemned the Crown Prince's illjudged action. 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