Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-02
ne Ocenn Yacht Race.

s,nea IA davs whenS the entire human
raca eaiiaf'to tba naak ~ a varat, M A SIMPLE
hoat. the history ~ the world might almost
Ne written In the history Of ships. MARI
time tlIacoverv seems TO have preceded or
Al least attended. ali great eras. But the i
ancients were afraid OF the sea, andtev
when Greece was In her prime the Medter-
ranean was more frequently coasted than
crossed. Jason, when he brought the
Golden Fleece from Colchis, was thoughtan
esnecial fayorite of Neptune. and tue eOas Il
ing trade Of Carthage WAS Justly held
marvel of eFIterbrise. In the dark dges
which. followed the fall of Rome, there was
little enternrIse on the OCEAN, exceptiugs
that of the Mortimer who discovered lee
land, Greenland, and eye1 In lO0lg Assomei
claim, the Continent oil America. In the
fifteenth century the sea, that before had
been the divider Of nations--the ocednus
dfssocidbilis--b became the -hnOyant bridge
that brought the nttermost ends OF
the earth into communication. The voy,
ages o.. Columbus rev0lultonlz "a the Old
World By giving lt tile New Ior q val, anu
there Is mo historian wh0 has dared 70
speculate upon what Would be theconditioh
OF Enr0pe had America remained TILL thls
day undiscovered. Portugal then TOOK the
lead, and, Yascn, Ill Cana doubled
the Cape OfGood Hope1n vessei OF wiilch
Mr.. Maretzek's operate craft was not en-,
tirely caricature. Then Balooa Denelu
from the peaks OF Darien the unknown
Pacific, with Its Invisible 1slands. sea des-
| tined to be the pathway OF NATIONS. Inc
Armada, the Venetian and BRUSH naVai
| supremaeies, the circumnavigation. OF the
| globe by Cooke, are among those trlumpns
over the ocean to which we need not lurIn-
| er refer, but which have brought us graduo
ally by gentle descent from the year 2549
B. c., when Noah sailed about IN MS ark,
to this memorable year when three little
American yachts have crossed the Atlahtic
and astonished and. delighted two contl-
nents. In writing OF such an event. de-
cent regard for its dignity demands httle
| historical preluding.
! American ship builders ana sall9rS, anu
| indeed. those who have never stooU on.a
| deck, and don't know much ABOUT tan.
rail, or jibboom, to whom "avast there
| and 'sousou' west three pints on iler Zee
are cabalstic expressions, VIII all reJolce
inthis victory. victory It's, not merely
of the Henrietta over the fleetwlng anu
/ Vesta, but OF staunch sfnpsi0NerWnu anu
sea, of enterprise over pre]udlce' OF AherI- ,,I
can yachtsmen over tnose Oh EUROPE. We
have once again done the thing tnat NOBODY
else dared to do, and have rignC 70 throW
up our hats in modest way, ana cheer ior
the Stars and Stripes, Here are Chree ilItle
yachts OF 200 tuns burden, never Deiore
more than 200 or30O miles from ianu' Whlch
start out In midWlnter on race vi Ihou'-
ands of miles. They make steamer lime
across the Atlantic. The western wind as
if anxious for the honor of America, swell
ed their sails from Sandy Hook TO the Need
les, and the Henrietta weighing ner anchor
at o'clock Z. M.pecemDer iiJetlC 90 agaln l1
off Cowes at 5:4O I. nj. on CnrlstinaS' WIN, y,
ming the race In the nnrlvaied Time ol 10
days and " hours. rms astonishing Speeu
Of sailing vessel may be measured Dy cue
4 fact that the voyage was actually one uay
and halt less than that OF the iast put Que
i Cunard steamer. More than TINS, the Hen
rietta, had she not been Obliged TO neaVe 70
4 for twelve hours in heaVy STORM, woulu
u have so badly beaten the Java tnaG' y
steamers could blush, she wonld nencelortl pc
be bright crimson color. Inc EleeGWlnH
and the, ,Xesta did almost as well' Ine one
n being but eight hours ana a quarter, ahC
4 the other but nine hours ana three- quarters
behind the successful yacht. In race o
three thousand miles neither oil, 5ne loslns
yachts can be said TO nave oeen uistanceu
lif the Henrietta has most OF the glory, mel
rivals have no discredit, and all Wen ueserv'
the smiles of Royalty ana the applause Oh tht
Republic. Its too early before we know ~ th'
details Of the race, 70 speculate upon th'
causes OF the defeat OF the fleetWlng anu Gh'
Vesta, but we tnInk 1t proOaOle that Ihe
Henrietta won the race on, tne day Wnen
she ran $50 miles. When tne yacnts dls'
. appeared OIL Sandy HOOK they were clos'
together, anu Ine e9Sa T Hqu 49, Snnt. S,Sns az
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