Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-29
THE OCEAN RACE
Interesting ParticuIars

Interesting Particulars
Tie New York papers are ai,ea with ,,rtie--
l1is % 'He ihternat'onal Yacht Race between
the Cambria and the DaHntless.
FROM the Eroisg Mad we take tn foll.u.,,,
The statistics a. 90 The distance MA. ~ a.
riNai vessels are not only remark attic in them
sSlyts, bat show hoE dependent ti.e Nsca.s O.re
on good iuek IN sttiAing isvoraSle S-n4s. Eor
ins anSC, on tic 5-h the Cambria mad. rfrk-siN
miles, while on The same day the Daunflsss
EtALr one hEaIr'd and t.lrce Nu ;ao Nth
asS'a, tae Canhi n mace ssvsnty-scEea milss
asaiusJ two hundred and ten % The pagltlcss.
rhe difference between the la-s 81 the two
yschts occurred near tine srsrt. and m ght Ne
fairly attributed to superior jad. ment un the
art OF captain SsmaIls in the c, grse he took
But We doubt whether any naVigato No ald pre-
tend 20 predict which of the two courses " a. me
better Tor week ahead and duriag ne light
and fswy winds of Jdly. The DAuatlr-s. Il h.
true, sailed f0rty-one miles further than the
Cambria, enough to more than make 1p the
difference in the times Of arrival. bat in nine
cssts cut oi ten the route she sailed IA sRt have
been the better one. On she 9th aud Goth.
when the two yachts yere comparatively near
each ether and experiencing similar weather,
the performance OF the Dauntless was decide.ily
tier than That oi the Cambria ou the 18th
tie Cambria sailed eighty-iVe mixes aud the
nauntless ninety three, while Oh the 18th the
cambria sailed eighty-two miles aad the DIuut-
less inetv-fvc.
The r&ce as } a. been shown elsewhere wsss
uial between two dificrent STYLES of slim In Id
ing, and Americans are SO firmly convinced OF
the supeitDrity Of their own models a. q refuse
10 accept the present defeat a. having any bear
ing ON the relative advantages OF either system
Tie bettIng was active on the side cI the Ameri-
can vessel, and good deal OF money has
changed hands on sccosnt Of her defeat rho
b n as two 10 one in favor of the pauu,-
lesS' IN one case 500 TO S3s0 being offered aus
&C e. te :. The loses. however. have been fak al
vtry good nsturedly, and everybody seems al
posed 10 give due credit 20 the succ.ssful bsai
though II - not believed that she will be able y,
preserve her present superiority at the fsll
rac-s
VI is runored that the cause OF DELAY OF the
Dauntiess Was want ot unanImitv oI action
among her officers, 80 that they could not agree
on the course 10 be taken. Others accept the
statement OF Captain Samuels, that She was
prevented trom coming In first by the time spent
In Try ing 10 rescue the two men who were unfOr-
tunately washed overheard The latter also
states tha; he encountered q succession of cales
dead abe ad from the start and tha; the weather
was more like winter than summer. After all
as one intelligent yschtsman remarked, an
ocean race II more question OF skill in sc aman-
ship than OF mere speed, and neither the success
OF the Cambria nor that OF the henrietta proves
anything more than that their masters were
good navigators. The Henrietts was notori-
ously a slower boat than her rivals aud n =
believed that the Cambria cannot surpaSs sDme
Of our best American yachts in our home
waters.
The Cambria will be sent today TO the Brook
lyn Navy Yard to be overhsuled aud rettted. 80
ss 20 he IN perfect racing trim. Her owner (bir.
House, where he has received a number OF vis-
itors who called 20 congratulate him upon the
result OF the race. A meeting cf the New York
Yacht Club will be held tonight. at which il Is
expected arrangements will be ma &c for giving
a complimentary reception 20 Dir. Ashbury aud
the officers OF the Cambria. A soon a. the at
ter is in condition TO be seen she viii be thrown
open 10 visitors, 50 that all will have an op7or-
tunity TO inspect her. t IL understood that
after competing for the Queens Cup. now kcli
by th. America. the Cambria will proceed 70
the West Indies.'
Tie New York Commercial of last evening
says:
"NOw there remains to Mr.. Ashbury another
duty and another contest, and when ne under
taket these he will arouse at once a popular
feeling such as has not clustered about auy for
lleT international rivalry I'm 1851 the Yacht
America went TO England. and in a variety OF
races bore her flag triumphant. She won the
Queens Cup which ''bsuble" has been for
many wears the property OF the New York
lscht Club. who hold II subject to the challenge
OF any reputable competitor OF another nation.
hr Ashbury Il 10 run for this cup. Successful
in the ocean race, he cannot refuse 10 contend
for the ownership OF this choice prize. and 80 all
Yachting circles are alive with interest. In a
letter written some time ago, Mr.. Ashbury said:
. IL Is an esteemed honor for any EDglishman
to win at any time 'srke' Queens prize: bat 4
venture 60 think none would he 50 much valued
AZ the one so triumphantly taken away in 1851
10y the America. andsubject to conditions which
hope Will be deemed equitable and reasonable
10 all concerned. now have the pleasure 20
ask on 10 kindly state TO your committee that
! am disposed to challenge all America for
the Possession Of the one In question
hen he wrote he was disposed TO challenge an
America Now he can do il Confidently and TO
that race, " wherever it NAV be, will come the
picked yachts Of the New York Club Squadron.
The Ssppho. three times Triumphant in British
waters, the Dsuntless fresh from her Thousand
leagues OF travel. the Idler with the prizes OF
two successive rcgsttas, the America rcfitted
and refuTnished. the Palmer. the Phantom and
all the rest OF the whi:e-wlnged sea birds valor-
Gus 10 save that cup to the United States, and
determined 20 keep the royal guerdon under the
flag which SO worthily won il. This is the race
OF the future, and 10 this the public will look
with eager interest The Cambria ought TO be
beaten then. She should he content with this
great victory. But beaten or not, Mr.. Ashbury
VIII have no occasion TO note a lack Of cordiality
among our people, and il he takes away the
Queens Cup We can but 60 after il and re-
take it,"
DICKENs's ISK AND Par Elm the biogrs-
ply OF Charles Dickens which has Just been
issued by Mr.. hotten, attention il called 20 the
Boyelist's use Of blue ink. IL is true that he
always used particular blue ink which has the
advantage Of drying quickly, and Of not clog.
giDg the pen by much use-advantsges shared
by the violet ink, now also in vogue. The fact
that Mr.. Dickens always used ink OF decided
and unalterable blue is not better worth men
uoning than another fact, namely, that be
always wrote on blue paper. Now blue ink upon
blue paper will try the eyes OF most ordinary
men, and some who have had scores OF letters
from hls hand have vivid recollection OF the
difficulty of reading the painful dazzle OF blue
upon blue If the communication was a long one.
The printer who had TO read his mi inutely writ
ten manuscript in blue upon blue must have
had a tine time OF il. The point is worth nothing
as an Illustration of the physical perfection OF
his vision. Though he himself somewhere
speaks of his eyes as none Of the best, there
never was a man who surpassed him ia powers
Of seeing. or course he brought mental power
OF seeing TO aid his eyesight; but the physical
organs were in their kind perfect, and did their
duty with infallible accuracy and intensity.
Their quickness Of apprehension was prodigious-
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