The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-23

Aqueduct Board to one OF their number,
Alderman Ignatius Flynn. 1t is to be hoped
that no such bargain has been concluded. The
Crotch Aqueduct Department has hitherto
escaped the contamination of the ''ring" and
has been managed for the good Of the city
and to the satisfaction of the public. II 1t Is
now to be used In the trading operations Of the
squabbling operators Of the "ring," we hope
the Legislature will take all control over the
department out Of the hands Of the city gov
eminent
Tho Ocean Yacht Race and Its Benenciai
Results.
Amid the general chorus Of congratulations
upon tho pluck and the enterprise of Ameri-
can yachtmen, a. displayed In the recent races
to Cape May and In the arrangements for an
ocean sweepstakes from New York to Cowes
during the cold and stormy month Of Decen-
Der, We hear but one disoordant voice. II Is
that Of . ooppsrhesd contemporary, which,
having opposed the war for the Union and the
restoration Of the Union, Il very naturally an
tagonistic to anything national The navigator
Of the "elbows Of the Minoio formed by the
sympathies Of YOUTH" is Of course better
acquainted with the Atlantic and its dangers
than those older but less experienced sailors
who have crossed tho ocean ,oftener than he
has seen salt water. Speaking with author
ity, therefore, and not - tho Scribes, this
horse marine Ia able to declare that it ID no
great feat TO sail from New York to England
in December, that the winds will be calm and
the waves a. smooth as glass and that the
ocean race is . mere game for money-nO
more hazardous or exciting than the rolling
Of two rain drops down q window pane.
The tempests Of the mid-ocean and the
snow squalls of the British channel are nothing
to him. Not intending to 60 in any Of the
yachts, he can contemplate these matters with
perfect complacenoy and write caustic criti-
cisms upon one or two Of the yacht owners
who cannot accompany their vessels ON
account Of business duties or family obliga-
TONS
We should be disposed to place great deal
more reliance upon the pleasant predictions
Of our copperhead contemporary did not
events so often fatty contradict him. He
rallied against the war, as he now rails against
the ocean yacht race but the war was q sue
cess after all. He decided, in advance of the
people, that all the recent elections were to 60
against the republicans and in favor Of the
democrats; but the elections went just the
other way, and the democratic party ID finally
dead and buried. He insisted that the "ring"
of Associated Managers was to rule the metro
polls and that all the independent managers,
headed by the unrivalled Grau, were to fail
dismally but the "rins" Is breaking up,
resorting to immoral spectacles and leaving
the theatrical business, while the independent
managers, now largely In the majority. are
having crowded houses nightly, and RistorL
who was specially singled out for attack, and
who makes her farewell speech ct her fare
we'll benefit tonight has drawn larger
audiences, under Grau's able management,
than any other artistic who ever visited this
country. These circumstances, with others
that might be mentioned, convince us that our
copperhead contemporary ID neither prophet
NOR the aon OF prophet, and that he knows as
little about yachting a. he does about war,
politics, theatricals or journalism. The only
result Of his sneers, thus far, has been to
increase the popular interest In the first great
American ocean race and to cause the mer-
chants Of this city TO breach the project Of sub
scribing purse Of one hundred thousand dol
lars for the yachts now entered.
On the other hand, We hear from every side
the most encouraging accounts of the bene-
fetal effects which the excitement about the
hoa Iu Tn
the leading gentlemen have held a meeting to
form yacht club. In Philadelphia q move
ment Is on foot to increase the membership Of
the halfand-half club now In existence there,
and to procure larger yachts than those which
now skim about the river and contend for little
prizes In catboat contests. In Baltimore o
yacht club will soon be organized upon
national basis. Other seaboard cities will take
action in regard to this matter presently,
and we have reason to hope that be-
fore another year has passed grand ocean
sweepstakes will be opened for Ameri-
can yachts and that tho yachtmen of
every seaport, from Portland TO New Orleans,
will struggle for the prize. The victory Of the
America over the English feet created mania
for yachting which gave new life TO the New
York Yacht Club and led to the present
marked Improvement in yachting, and we
anticipate that the approaching ocean race,
inaugurating new era Of the marine sports
Of this country. will lead to the establishment
Of similar clubs all along the coast Hitherto
gentlemen have been rather more disposed
to spend their money upon fast horses than
upon fast yachts. Tho reports that yachts
which attempted to cross the ocean in the most
favorable weather have been Eve days under
water or have arrived In port almost total
wrecks did much to encourage this indifer-
snce 70 yachting. But we believe that the