New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-02
tn. Yacht clubs-Ihe America, Nc.

or dlilt over NE l4lDNS IlfF Oh az once
come down 70 the ground and are rendered almost
Inotoness b. fear OF the o. sagTeedole visitor A.
though the gentlemen whose business Is on ine AYERS
If ne Soent are neither ~OO1Dgeons nor shYlHks-
and although ne America Is not sparIo"hd',a' .he
eject produced Dy her appantlon OF "esi CoNeS
among the ydch'snea seemsto have oeeA completely
- ne ne word seems because ! cannot be
imagined nat of those who took srcn pri9e lh
the posltlOn Of England not only beng - ihe
head Of the Whole race OF aquatic siorl.meH out AZ
furnishing almost the only men who 50 lsn, pleasure
and health upon the ocean. WI diioN thC llslIous
stranger g. return with The proud boast - the Nc"
World that she had flung down the gauntlet 10 Eng
land Ireland. and Scotland, and that not one n 40
been found 10 take ltup. II she were victorious al,
that could o. SAID WIS thattle American builder hdd
pu, together lighter. sWlfter, and better made mass
Of wood and iron than any The EngAsn olileers hid
matched against hcT no one could atiifm tnefe
was the least sgrace attached 20 "a, from the
fact But # she re permitted 70 sal back -
kew-l ORR with her challenge unaccceptej' ana
can nail under IT, as 1t Is listened up on one
Of her beams, that 30 one dared touch II, then
there vail be question as 10 the plth and courage
OF orr mca and yachting must sink lmne 'suraoy IN
public estimation. and must also be deprived OF me
credit which was wont 70 be attached 10 H. OF oaAs
a nursery lor bringing mp our national naval spirit
10 q respectable and Well-grONn maturity. Inc
discontinue | repeat. would be as nothing II We
were beaten after Well-foughi field compared 20
the discreGit q running away or evadlng a contest
with q Wanting but certainly an honorable enemy
And what, after all, II We are afraid OF phantom
DO not mean for moment 10 assert thdt me Amer
ica rs not the most formidable competitor against
which any Yacht could be- matched but suppose
She has her weak point of sailing what a chucde
her owners would have over MS for NOT trying 10
find 4 oct She has deted every sort OF cr.t from
the eccentric fancy OF he amateur rcger. such as
the Brilliant down 70 the most orthodox cutter and
her cha cnlG is loud sounding one but is y nov
s' possible that though she may peat schooner or
a enter on several points OF sailing. the America
may have Il falling which d long match In q Stif
hreez, mrhi render visible "a quick eve IN course
round the EDDY stone or 10 shdnt ana ia h Most
undoubtedly i Is. The veSsei never yet was built
hat could sail equally well On all points and IN AL
weaihcIs. tust that, whether She runs or not m
the CoWes regatta. her qualities " bc tested 20 me
utmost by some of our iTst class yachis IN "a long
run II said ;hdt Lord Cardigan has o1efec 10 lay
$500 against her. but cannot say u the suoscrp-
ton of which there was some talk lately. has been
prOgrCe sinC or not. AZ the very worst We IN Dut
eDtfedt Of McS,rs. White and Cooper, e. INC 2 ms
o,ps 10 law ASIDE the lcius ION they are the best
builders IN the world. to take a HINT even from IN
enemy, and 10 follow the models of lanNecs, m
stead of pcTsfstmg IA their present shape and mod
OF bow, beam, quarter, and run
There - something strange about the sudden Start
tins challenge has gwen the clubs. They have been
reading month after month OF the giant races. 5000
miles long. over the Atlantic, between British and
American steamers. without the least notion that
ANYTHING afOat could touch Their yachts, They
heard IT sad that the Americans were improving
vastly III ship-buIlGng. some even told them that II
they would put BrltlSh-made boilers INTO their steam
ships that We should be beaten most unmlStakdbly
ana hopee,sly, owing to the better models o.
the Yankee builders. They knew that the New
York pilot boats were matches for speed and sea-
gong properties III Their class bu they are rs mucn
pttnli.d al beholing an American yacht anchor IN
CoweS and al getting challenge from her. as II she
were Chinese war Junk or Malay prdhu. Surely
they had some Indications of what was coming.
For tie irst time appeared IN Hunts list this year
the names Of " The Newly orb Yacht Club" Com
modorc. Mr. j stevens, Maria, 100 tuns and then
came a return Of ii vessels most of them Of good
Sfy. md IN gf =
ndmcs. And Yet when The America, which has been
beaten hy the aforesaid Maria, makes her number
before me ROYAL Yacht Squadron Club house, all the
members N6 their eyes and pol >h The ends ui iher
glasses TO take surprised look 20 her. The America
mas been already briefly described. and It IS enough
To add that she uuit by Steers of Newly ork, on
The modci mVeNtcd many years ago 10y one Daniels,
Of tAc same place for the pilot boats and that her
lines differ very little from those generally adopted
ln SuchNeSseis.
pay after day gentlemen IN most wonderful COS
tunes, ranging IN style from DHck liaitcucA 10
NIg1, IN an Acopm farce, ST al he windoNs, ofln
the porch Of the clubhouse, with telescope To eye
staring 40 The phenomenon, or they VOW around her
IN gTotcSQuc hilic punis. or go On board and have
"a chat with the Commodore, his brother, and Col
Hamilton, three very caut Gus and genlemanly per
SOns-as downuphl cuie ami keen rs the SmarleSj
IN the states, but who can hardly disguise. never
thClcss their pleasure a. John Bulls dstOnl,i-
neIt and evident perturbation. - wing, Is hc does
d reci OF about 500 yachts OF an S,Z.s-'rOm
nearly 400 tuns down 10 three tUns. A. the
taking hIui, they ha,e prepared p1-boOm and no.
and there IS also talk of gaf-iopsUl having Deen
sent OF board bN Ratscy, OF tOWCS. Al the week
past she Law quietly al her moorngs ull FRIDAY RNde
regatta was gong on but she had Withdrawn or fle
very weak ground that she had pul forward chal
lcnge 10 ali the rest a. tie world up The l.th OF
August, though Al Is now generally though, tA,
withdrawal Wa> only q piece az SUBJ IN vulgar
MorC> II dodge to escape tue course round tae
Isle OF Wight, which Is n0.onOuSly one o. the most
unfair 70 strangers that can be Solected-and. indeed,
Goes not appear good race-ground 20 any one mas
much asthe current and ldes render local kuoWl-
ecee q. more value than swIit sailing and nautical
skill.
All tie ycople at Ryde appear 60 be anorineunder
a perpetual dCiuslon that "the Queen = coming ."
aud even or FRIDAY last the mania was as RE as
ever, though WAS known that Her Galesty was Ci-
gagged m giving the u>u Al annual f,fs To the farmers
laoorcrs and The crews OF the yachts For some
reason oT other, though there whole arna Ia OF
Yachts al kyde on FRIDAY, there AdS great difficult,
IN getting MP race For ne $50 cup for square
usecd yachts OF The Royal Victoria ach, Clue. oa.y
two enlr Is were made 50 tA~: The match could not
come of, a. he club requires three entries for ca'h
race. For the second race, pnze ESQ cup fo- cu--
,cIS of 5 10 los tens II the Royal Victoria va ,t;
Club. Only the GOnGola entered. an : tun cutter.
winch All Noodhou>e, the owneI. i SAID 10 be de-
siTous 81 running Against the America 50 mere
- horace
Al lasl three iore and al :, boomers Of the Rovsl
Victoria Yacht C!Co-ihc FcTnance, 20 tun>. MAJOR
Martyr AracCnda, ne unS, ST { IhbciSou Blan-
ca. 81 tun>, Nh. Webster, che Fernando. II Will De
seen, one 81 tie competitors with the Amerlc for
lie Royal Yacht Society -lcJ cup o. FRIDAY next
tiereC. The Blanca declined the contest bef re TAG
race was hall over. and the match ieft between
the other Two. the Anaconda proving The better boat
IN such weather there Was, ana nal>hing TIC
course. which was twice round nom the starting
vessel ot RNde per 10 the BTamoeS round the Cal
shot hshi-VeSSe and then round tAe Nab IN advance
OF the Fernando The event OF the day, however
was The app arance OF The Yankee | suppose she
was tempted out by the breeze o. wind. Nhch was
not however quite good for knots, ~ the SAILING
OF several crdck Scho0ner> from CoweS and 0y The
ce>ire ~ ran past OSBORNE decorated Tor The fft
ana with the ROYAL yachts lying dressed ii the roads
close under the house 81 that the Queen might sec
Mhat a cram brother ICntthan could Llrn Olt
NnstSNtr me reason, out she came. With thc wind
SN her quarter, cater some three or four SchOOnerS
hav gv vel ahead ~ her, under malnsal iorcSail.
ana the new io She went along very steadily and
well W 70 Ryce 81, did nH Sh6x any great slp.a-
noIty ilii she Mas Of the pier about 26 when Sbe
seemed A. II She had put a screw into her stern.
holSsd her tore and an topsail and began 10 s'