Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-09-15
LATEST NEWS FROM THE YACHTEks
From the New York Express.


The following is said TO have been written bv one
OF the Jorred" hands, on board the yacht "America "
10 TREND OF his here; and gives, presume, an ac-
curate las certainly is graphic sketch OF the
it describes
THE ROYAL YACHT cLUB-'IN FIN"
"a New Song to an old Tune)
Come listen to my ditty, and song 10 you I'll sing,
vi tour and twenty yachting boys, all anchored in
twas "Tho Royal Yacht Club"--oUrs1sE Of Eng
And the pride of all the Yachting clubs that ever had
from Ryde.
The champion Yacht of England" too, was there
with banner spread,
And on its folds ALARM" appeared-a name Granting
dread
And near her lay another yacht-the beautiful TIA
The pride and boast of all who felt pride in old Brit
ANNA.
1t happened there one morning, as the sun was shi
ming bright,
A modest looking schooner rig came ewing and wing
in sight:
Where came she irom-or what she was-not one Of
And no one thought SO small craft came fom Amer
lea.
But on she came as lightly as bird upon the wing,
And rounding to" as noselessly, cast anchor in that
Her stern presents an EAGLE SPkEAD-fiom sarbosrd
side to port
And that was all the ornament she bore Of any Sort
Twas thu '''The Royal Yatch Club" began ito smell
rat"
Some thought she was "some punkins' -some thought
her more than that;
But lntesahnge OF visits soon made it clear day,
That this was Brother Jonathans own AMERICA
As soon as her arrival was in the papers read.
A thousand boats of every size came pouring round
Spthead,
The day was scarcely long enough to crafty the
Of YEoMEN and of YAcHrERs who crowd the Isle of
Wight.
Our Commodore was silent, kept quiet as mouse
It'll the Queen and all the Royal folks should come to
"Osborne House,"
And when Prince Albert came on board our Cap
tain took his stand
And gave an honest welcome with an honest sailors
hand.
Says he, my noble Prince, suppose that horn and
drum
l heard this from Osborne House. proclams your
wife has come;
In you and me-your Queen and mne-each boast
FAITHFUL SQUIRE;
You call your yacht "V1cToRA," and call mine
"MARA."
But this not THAT yacht good Prince that you now
stand upon,
left her snug home for friends to take their sailing
THIS one was beat by THAT. one day, as easily as
when
THIS may be beaten by your Club-(BuT NOT, pERHAps
TILL THEM
And now, good Prince, you're welcome and if you're
so inclined,
Well drink "gocd luck to both our Queens. and all of
woman kind"
The Prince was quite delighted with onr noble Com
modore,
And together drank bumper and together went on
shore.
Now this was the beginning OF the sport that followed
And which | may relate to you before my song is
done;
Breakfast dinners-suppers-f morn till late at
night,
Were now ''the go"-on sea-on shore-aIl round the
Isle OF Wight
And next our worthy Commodore challenge did in
dite,
challenge frank and bold, and fair as any man could
write;
He told the noble Wilton he'd run his Yankee
yacht
'Gainst ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS size he
cared not what.
Says he, "My noble lord. ask one favor, if you
Don't sartme in race, my lord, unless it BLOWS A
BREEZE;
sTx.KNoT BREEZE, at least my ord-or else it is no
test,
Unless to show, not which can SAIL, but which can
DRIFT the best"
"Now l don't care to win, my lord, your money, but
your cup,
From which shall be pleased to drink my cider when
sup;
But if the gold is wanted, have on board pile
VI DUST, as pure as ever came from Caornias sie.'
His lordehp sent the challenge round to all the country
wide
But none Of all that ROYAL CLUB. from Portsmouth or
from Ryde,
Were found inclined to risk their yachts, prove them.
selves such nihnies
To lose, not only name and rank, but perhaps their
guneaS.
Some said "they didn't like the rig nor form nor yet the
looks
Of this Yankee Doodle schooner and her hidden keels
and Crooks"
And some more wise than Others sad "she had an ex-
ira crew,
To turn some hidden crank below, which turning TURN
Ed SCREW"
So the challenge went begging along proud Albons
And if YATcHRRs didn't feel it, some REAL JACKS felt
Some said "THE ROYAL Yacht CLUB was good at
chicken pies"
And others id their buttons and others I'D their
eyes,"
And said it PRETTY GO for folks TO come SO far
To meet the ROYAL YACHT CLUB, and find no British
Tar
AS Is MAN. TO prove the truth of that old BRITISH
sTAvE,
Which tells u.s. it tells the world Britannia rules the
wave.'
The yachting seasons over, and we've had lot of
Jun,
And the CUPS and PURSES handed to the winners who
have won;
The ladies' pass and kiss their hands in token of adieu
And all the cocks in coops about, crow ANKEE Doc
DIE do.o-o-o"
The stanzas omitted very graphically sketch the royal
uisu by "the Queens majesty in person." accom-
panied by the royal children, and the bang-up style in
which they were received on board all OF which being
OF private nature and belonging exclusively to the
social relations of"her majesty and "our commodore"
are, with good aste directed by the writer TO be omitted
In the publication. Suffice it to say, the Queen
as happy a bird ,"and the commodore as spry as a
boy;' so runs some of the lines We suppose if the
same honor had been extended to of her maesty's
own subjects, 1.-THE Times" would have detailed every
event. not with tour folks" for as Halleck says of