The New York herald., 1870-05-14
,.s, Ss,er. recalls what they sung Of the America n
Twas on summers morning,
When The sun was shining bright,
a noble ltttle schooner
Came wing n-wing 70 sight.
Oh. where did she come 6omf
Not one Of them could say,
Hof no ona lh0ughf "a 1aal gnohl

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- Came from Amsrikay
v,h not use the new style Of mast hoops, lifted
pears on the forward side, 70 prevent binding
66sSs. go s me massf Why not use the new tumbliug
SSrawh SnN from the decA by LANYARD. and YOU oan
VIM NJ, your topmast without sending men a0fS.
throug tne ers Instead Of rope cIsay % reeve
uoes hot Yield, and gives atter set 10 tie nainsai
yanhtne,uemns M reums .ry every projected Improvement
aati Nv arm yourselves with balloon jbs: carry
oSam Sam on te nying lio stay that VIII overlap the
nermii yo u. your staysa, reach nearly to the deck
and allow no daylight 70 DO Visible tnronrH your
CLOUDS OF canvas Yachtmen. look well 10 your
canvased. Test nicely the problem wnether vnm
the proper point for the centre OF eort Of All
YOU stand up. In the coming sason NOTHING viii ~
more Important than these peints. Yachtmen, is
may 6e small matter but centre boards froquentiy
exact utility OF their immersion. Laiera resstance
to large measure. depends upon the centre boasd
have an important bearing upon results. The patent
centre board has been tried Dy many; some claim
ing that Il too easily FOULS and Others maintaining
that it works TO perfection. II is always well to give
any new inventions fair test. and II they prove
ecacious their general Introduction should be in-
stantaneous. Marine science has not yet reached
that point where seamen can alord 10 despise inn0
vaiions; AMI with all the mastery that yachtmen
~" PVr.css o'cf tiic cicmcutS tucIt - muC0 W
learn and srover.
1t seems to that the season should open with an
exclting contest between the three spleadtd yachts
OF oaI tle three splendid commodores. Let Commodore
y. q. ste5bns, with his 1ying schooner Phantom:
Commodore Kidd with his fleet Alice. and Commo-
aoIe o Hoornis, with his new Tidal Wave. M-
range Tor an interesting match IN New York
waters. The Tidal Wave illustrates now prin.,
clpes, the Alice hos been altered la her lines
Toa aoa 'ne s,. Phantom reposes upon past iaurels
board schooners is:-Alce, sa3 tons; Phantom.
l233 tons; Tidal Wave 14S tons. As this trio repre-.
sents three CUBS and as the owners and commando
eIs are expert seamen, the race should be OF the
most priillant ever. known In the County, There
might be some diHiculty In arranging time allow
ances since the system upon wnch this basis IL set
tied ID diiieent IN each club, and hence different
with each schooner. But o common table might be
agreed upon; and because the Tidal Wave ts nearly
twice the size OF The Alice and exceeds the Phantom
by twenty-five ions, II might be stipulated tnat the
contest should bcin light and the breeze could
be limited to certain number OF knots. Certainly
sucn an exhibition OF nautical SKILL generous rivalry
and competitive pluck as could be displayed by
these three gazelles would be q hitting movement
whereby to inlugurate the glorious season upon
u.s. and the ve.y fact that 1t would be struggle be.
tween the nag schooners would call out the enthnsi-
asm Of the entire community. Can We not nave 1T