The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-06-02

TIE SAPPRo.-The New York Tribune o
May 18th says:
Some facts in connection with the Ameri
can yacht Sappho, which has just beaten the
famous English yacht Cambria, are of inter.
est at the present time. The first time she
visited England it was not to race, as was
generally supposed. Her masts had been
reduced, high bulwarks put on. and in other
points she was fitted to successfully withstand
the heavy weather likely to be encountered in
doubling Cape Horn, for her owners intended
70 send her into the Pacific to be sold; but as
she had ample time to get down to Cape Horn
for the most favorable season, even after run
10 Cowes, and thinking she might be sold
there, there she was first sent. She sailed
on her first voyage in command Of Captain
baldwin, retired shipnaster and merchant,
who had formerly sold vessels for the same
owners. Her crew consisted, beside the Cap
tain, of two officers and six men before the
mast, not one of whom had ever been preyi-
ously attached to a yacht, having always
sailed in square-rigged vessels. She had no
racing sails, and had not even a square-sail,
yea she made the passage to Cowes in four
teen days, that port being 23l miles further
than Queenstown, so that her first passage
was about the same as that of the Dauntless.
Captain Baldwin having so much confidence
in the Sappho, after her splendid run across
the Atlantic under such unfavorable circum-
stances, allowed himself to be hurried into
a race without the preparation that is always
requisite, not even disturbing her stone bal
last, thrown in at New York. 1t was the wish
of her owners, in case it was found expedient
to test her speed in English waters, to send
over thorough yacht sailing-master with an
experienced crew that had been accustomed
TO tit yachts for racing as well as sailing them.
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Isle of Wight. subject to strong and unequal
currents, the race depended as much upon
the skill Of the pilot as upon the speed of the
yacht. A majority of the crew were English
sailors hired for the occasion only day or
two before the race, and the result was defeat.
The Sappho did not belong to the New York
Yacht Club, nor did she represent the Club
in any way, and it was SO stated BY Captain
Baldwin at the time, yet the English press
loudly applauded what they considered ma
tional triumph.
The owners of the Sappho did not have
their faith in the yacht shaken particle, and
world; and knowing that justice had not
been done her, ordered her home to put her
in racing trim. with the intention OF sending
her back to England with an efficient yacht
ing crew, confident that she would redeem
herself and the reputation of American yachts.
In the meantime Douglas, having witness
ed her performance at Newport, where she
beat every keel-yacht in the regetta oftae New
York Yacht Club, purchased her for a voy-
age to England and up the Mediterranean.
Previous to her sailing, she was put in COM
plete racing trim. under the supervision Of
Fish. Her high bulwarks were taken of, her
masts put in, her wire rigging changed for
hemp. and also, by the advice Of some of the
friends Of Douglass, she was clipped" to en-
able her to carry more sail. The chipping"
or "shouldei ing, as it is termed in England,