Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-06-09
he Yacht Race

sAf fAFIA y A'ilA tsAAts AAAf ifNttfA ~
whicha> been announced bv cable. oc-
cupies large space in the English pa
pers. be Times Of the 18TH, ia 4 long
articlDn the first race. says:
"A3 30 +. ~, the yachts continuing
on tncamc tack. Brighton lay under
the lcbcam, and near enough for pco-
I PIE ouhc beach 70 be seen plainly ~
the 81 from the deck of the Cambria.
which lal now completed the twenty
sevenn mule to windward was JUS 50
/ mucll Teatcr than tile Camhria's by
ler wElward position ahead Of the lal-
ter. Ietwecn >eItca and the chalk ellis
east osIEGhtnn the Cambria certainly
( from The land ali this bit of recovered
gronni was lost over and over arain.
owing to not only the Nappho's com.
paTal'Ne'N greater power, and there
Tore speed, but also To an casting Of
the wind On the vessels gaining an of
/ Ing wcIl open Of Bcachy Head. Later
ln the day they kept their reach along
the land until 40 T. NJ. when thcy
went about again together. and stood
oli % the southward. the Cambria Ill
the time being under the chalk cliffs
east oi Brighton or Roth rdcan. a,
they opened ont from the land the wind
gradually trcshcncd until the lee rail
n ihr Cambria tthc >apphp wa, now
getting - far again from the Cambria
HAT ID wa somewhat difficult to liz oa
the tambrla'S deck and note the Amcri-
cmi yachts incIinrtinnl was Hin on thr
water. lhc accompany sailing
yachts, except the English Guiucycrc
and tAe American Dauntlv-~. were -rrn
nothing more of from this point OF the
race. hr t,ulncvcrc was ahead Of TIE
Cambria and on the track orthc >anpho
aui tile Dauntlc~S was doing similar
DUTY mn the fanhriaS track. and in
Very close company. Tie French s:cam
schooner In Fauvcttc WA also in close
company. AMI continued 20 ID the cn.l.
In tAr Aow full-~ail breeze ana the
smooth water. which was such 4 Remark
nulc feature In II day's Channel racing
10 carly May, both yachts led nlon.
-.rupu~lN, ana the further THE Sapptp,
sailed thc faster she seemed to 20. drop
ping even tile noble GIineyrre. after
opening brachy. almost a. quickly us
She Vas dropping the Cambria At
about 6:ll tine wind Srvrci n more ~
the east. and nom that moment tie
race wA- thc >appho'- barring ~urh an
accident ~, tho loss OF onr Of her bower
sticks. There ~ upt muca more tp hc
saii At a.. VI. thr Cambria wa- Ncry
near thr -yut hXcl f,r IA rendezvous.
ANA tAc >aPpho was seven miles lir-
theg 70 windward, but no steamer with
( tao Iinuirrs On board n- a mara vessel
. W as N sight. What VA, Cd be- done /.
J! ilr t"p yacht, continued their course
thrt would only BE- sailing into the
. darkness M tiIc night ml on M thc
French coast. ami under no circum. lam
ces could ID hn expected tu, MISSING
~t,aAtr Wnuld Me- found there. Mn.
A>-Iary, a. the owner Of thr Cambria.
immediately decided On boar, that
vessel for himself by saving:
'Ine Nlpphp na- l..iriy ann honest
\ Is won tne race; il 4, neither Of our
iu.t~ thai tile Steamer IL hot here. aul
tuc Mrl1r aul a.l The honor, nj the ra..r
aIc cry justly hers. although wr have
NJ mark vessel here u go ruuui and
finish our race from, rs running ia be-
fugv tAe wind nome after our hari beat
t. N.niward. Put the Cambria about
aHl ease of hrr sheets ior Cove,
roads.
"-At this time tile missing steamer
w. ln sight. ~teaming up To- her station
from lccward, ana 1t was suggested ID
Mr. A~Abury by one NJ hi- crew thc
Cambria should, at All events. bc allow
~ NJ ~ round thu steamer. according
10 the regulation Of the race. 80 that
iAe race might ~ claimed by hcr ii thc
Nappho failed to dO the same Ihi,
Mr. A>hbury at once refused tu allow
u IN done, saying he would laNc no
qnibblc raised from the Cambria when
IN Anew the prize had been honestly
Won.
The run home Of the Cambria calls
ior 10 particular remark. She anchored
III Cowes roads. The >appho also an
chored in the roads, and about an hour
afterwards her crew hoisted her flags
ami gave three rounds ofcheers and one
over with tremendous energy. She was
manned for the race BY an English crew
from Cowes, with an English captain
and mates over them
SLEEP.-Every man must sleep ac-
cording to his temperament. But