The New York herald., 1870-04-16
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10 TIE EDITOR or TIE LoNDoS TtdEs;--
SIR-ln the letter you kindly Inserted On the 2ist
inst on the aOoyc subject. I enIeayorel 70 avoid
saying anything OF a controversial character, and
regret Mr.. Douglas letter published on the 23d re-
quires should reply thcrslo II that gent, eman
will carefully read tns drst portion Of my letter
dated the 17th ne will nld specially referred to his
proposei channel race from tae Isle OF Wight to
Ch"rp0ury ana back and the Atlantic race az being
tis forna challenge - all England and totally with
out reference 10 later paragraoh whch said 'hat
NJ. D0u uyias II ready 10 race the CAMBRIA IN English
and American waters II ! VIII accept this challenge
Tor race across tho Atlantic demonstrates
1,me sze ang ofsona naxey wa,s w, We 'has
mlne intended AZ re'erring to q part Of
Mr.. Douglas letter or March II. thns:-'liai you
oiven me any oOn1 Hte omen race such the Azores
and back. or across the Atlantic where any superior
power thc Sappho may possess would have told in
her favor, should nave been perfectly willing 10
have given The Cambria lu allo owancs Of time either
0y the New YORK Yarnt Cub or the Enalisn Custom
House measurement" He concEndes HI, letrer 10y
saying:-''The race now decided upon, viii Q It gives
the Cambria sixty mics on her besl point u sailing
head wind. cuts or ron tne Sappho all chance OF
beam wisld whicn consider her best point. 1t
may Oecde which IA the oest vessel on a wlnd, but
not which ls the best all round" The general I'M
course was an unfair one aud that 9th. mad been
offered.
nav, therefore be permitted to say that. conse
uent on the invitation Of tue 9th OF January, have
had the pleasure OF Offering Mr.. Douglas six
series OF races, thus:--No. 1 SerIes.-rO pa con.
cent of the Camoria's size by the New Yorg
Yacht Club measurements, with time allowances Ia
CLUBS ami New York Yacat Club rates respectiysiy
the Atlantic race eyceote1-'irst, round the Isle or
wight; second. from the Wight round the Cherbourp
Breakwater and back; third from the WignC round
the EddysGOne lighthouse AMI back; fourth from
the Old liead u Kioslle to New YORK the 4th OF
Juy nth. sixth and seventh, sixty miles trlangn-
lar course IN New York Bav Series No. First
round inc Isle or wigas; second from cowes ronni
the CherDourS BretSwltsr and back: Lnird rom
nd kar
Series No. s-rnree courses round the Nan AMI
Oares lightships aud q steamer marx boat an
chOred twenty miles out at sea, 80 as thus to form
triansular course OF about ffty-three mics series
No 4.-ihree races OF slXty miles dead to windward
l0wances Series No. 5.--Tnree races round the Isle
u wight; no conditions or time allowances. series
NO 6..Thrse races in New York BAY sxty miles
dead to wtndward ann back; no conditions or time
allowances Although he has selected Series No. 4.
or three races deal to w'ndwarl, cannot agree
with Mr. Douglas when he saws such course ''cuts
OF from the Sappho ali chance of a heam wind"
eaiing article IN the Fieid OF the 10th Inst. on
this subject saws -
matter " Of fact unKey bst ,ss match W.T. pom s.S
perence for tho win 20 remain true to ponor thirteen
pied sixty miles Sossender and al the
p". sc dsrS w % @ ss
these circumstances we pre,ins station vessel will be di
continue to steer direction until ss,mei sixty
To she viii see @ na 'G se s
OF points nv vesr IL IN as mt
isoly TO be placed in thus dilemma, pres,mng the wia to
ss ns 5 ons s 5 BE- e. the '
stlrboart tack foir mics apart and the wind suddenly
vantage there wouI be bsa; to winiward
y the points the c,nse were dsei On the other hand
oss,11 loved e, ocsHrrs wha canl be aoas 70 con.nn
be- yacht. together Start them as ST nj.
% hse 10 e. d9n tn, II re seems
after en- have been male to Insure a. far as possible
dead beat the yachts m st take Their chance.
And another paragraph says
or ,u'sc the fact that the sapp,o IA
and the fact Is not altered by presumed or the
speci which, however ye. open to proof oysr ihe saopho
who fairly coa,isrs .c viii say that the
two yachts sane terms accordn. the recor.
nizei rules of match sailing Ia force here In America
Some few months ago a statement appearing in
the Fteld thai the Sappho's CAPTAIN had stated his
Canorla the owner, Mr.. Douglas. thus wrote TO tne
FFeld on the 23d OF Oct0oer 1867
much surprised to the Of the 9th OF oco.
Der statement to eject that the sailing master the
Sappho had nttei that neither the Danntess nor the
Yachts as the Cambria AMI thu Ans KnSwns w capsa sai
Daytons nb,unde cont encs Ia tho 5appho there
ceived enpha OF his ever hav n, made such
as statement On the contrary he his convcton
match for any yacht in England
The question at ISSUE is nov which vessel Amerl.
can English is best Off the wiud but which ls the
best VINO, and the series of races to wind ward
and about the 1st OF May Will probably sc tie this
point in conclusive manner, notwithstanding my
disadvantage and the disparity in size between tn,
Sappho and the CanDra-the former by onr rule
being as near as we can guess, from $50 to 400 tons
as against loS
1t IS not my intention to trouble Won with any
further communication on this subject. az your
Portsmouth correspondent wli be on board the Cam
bra during the races, and will d0u b ess give YOU an
able aud dsintere5leJ report Oa all the prOs ard
cons OF "on Wind and or the wind" Yours truly
LONDON. March 25 1870 JAMES ASaBURY.