The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-09-29 00:00:00

ROVES PROM A DURNOVARIAN IN
AMERICA.

THI GUAT YACHT RACK prrwEr; THE GINIATA
AND THK PCHITAN.-THK ENGLISH CRICKITTKRA.-
GRANT'S TOllll.
_ To the Editor.

Altar week,' of excitement the great yacht raee
between the Genesi^ and the Puritan for the
America's cup rerialtr in a victory for the latter. and
the consequential retainim, of the cup in Yankeelaud
Heap. of money hao changed hands, and Sir Richard
Sutton goes haCk to England bearing the well wisher
of all for his gentlemanly and urbane conduct
the whole content. It har been very
dittionit to instil no, the .%merican mind that this ha.
been a etre.y lieriedial enterprise on tho part. of Sir
Richer, , amid that his yacht, as is the Caw, With the
Puritan, is not the 4414.40 yacht 'of the lading Cllll, in
England, backed financially by that club. Such a
thing would is. impossible in England, if it had been,
it is very certain the Genesta would not have been
wet. Certainly she is a fast lwat, lot there are
several y,sehts ni England which have beaten her
eyeatedly -the Lorna. the Des, and the Marjorie.
Mend wr., of tie. It' oval I brat Yacht Club and Wey.
tnoitiltian. will readily remember that in the regatta
of I/441, w4it by the frinix, and in which the Genesis
was one of the contestant., the latter was not even
placed. However tbe raee has provoked a
wonderful doces..4 interest, and an all sides the hope
is oesprese.,l that se.. ere leg see Sir Richard
Sutton return with another yacht, and make a second
effort no regain the clip which Eagland 31 years
ago. Now that dm contest is over people will perhaps
Is able to talk of something rime besides yachting.
Nelhillg has been heard for weeks put, in places
where men conitrorate, lot gecko:cal yachting tome'.
The nen.nantical mind ha* been perplexed with talk
alsont spinakers, eltib-totscsils, the relative advantage
,4 akii ttttt ing dirlies over cutter', and with wilitle
dissertations upon pinning and reaching. It is won.
derfool how prole we are to pick up half knowledge,
oatsitnilate it, and make it a part .4 our mental fur.
nem,'. You will hear iii the street Car, or in the
hotels, ti,' v. nest land•litliber deliver himself
oraeillarly alout this yacht race betweeu the I ienesta
and the iNiritan. It im ten to one that he does not
know the difference between a sleep awl a ochooner,
yet will he revel in the west abstruse ter ins tof sea-
taring lee,. Of cotirso it is all nololoish, but the moth
to appear wiser than one's fellews is a kind of dye that
is A fast col.onr
If the Goierta could not win the yacht race, the
English cricketers and bicyclirts and tricyclist,' are
having thing* all their own way. Tho cricketers, so
far, lir, not lost a single match, awl only one 114.
lawn draw's. The drawn twitch was thuir first, and
was played in NeW York. The tram had not then
get fleetest :mud to the sery trying light of thu., lati-
tude', moreoser, the heat war to them Aimee inauffer-
able. They play here again next week. They have
play4.l in Detroit, Toronto, and Montreal, winning
everything. This week they play the Gentlemen of
Philadelphia at Philadelphia, the dame team that was
in England !art . Then they play all New
York, then .I‘ll Philadelphia, and finally All New
England, at Riadoti, Nfaitieteltuaetts, E. J. B:solders,
who is di.. Engliehniett'm manager, and who is playing
a gm.' game, is well-known in Ihwset, where lie has
played many tient.... ll.' is the secretary "of the Devon
ty Club. Roller liaa lest his form since he haa
been here, and now ham hurt his wrist seriously. He
told no. that the light bothered him, to say nothing
of the wicket, which theoghout America and Canada
is set soft as a aping,: compared to an English wicket.
Riverside Park is the Mecca at present of all
yisitim, to the teetn,polis. It ir escheated that 20,000
pee tole made a pilgrimage to General Grant's resting-
place lied Sunday. They come, form itt line, march
paid the il.s•r 4,f the tonli, gate at the interior, which
IX filled with offeringe of many kinds from many
people, and then di.perse to look upon the more
Interesting living soldiers who are in camp to guard
the sepulchre.
DURNOVAIIIAN.
New York, September 16th, IAIIS.