The New York herald., 1870-05-29

owing to am accident to The Sappho Which necessl-
iated ner being taken into dock Ior REPAIRS 1t was
pos'pnneu Dy mutual consent, un'il Tuesday. May
~ me steamer Vects, fine vessel, belonging TO
the southampton and CoWes Steam Packet Com
convey the umpies wi Who were NJ Mr. .f Henry ndson
,ne owner OF me Mariel and Derwent for Mr. Dous
s as aaa ga ar, G. Marett, OF The New Thames Yacht
oiuo, LOT Mr. Ashbury and these gentlemen ap
pointed Mr.. ]. d. Lee TO olicate as r.ieree Cards
OF invitation 70 view the match from the vectis were
forwarded m by Mr. Asbary - the representatives q!
al the leading London journals, and IT 10 currently
reported that In each case they were accompanied
tie disparity beween the two yachts yachts in point Of
tonnage according TO The Royal Ihanes facht Club
@ e Sr % w ne U az py
the Royal Thames Yacht Club ana New YORK Yacht
Measarenent. Measmenaeat.
Tons. Tons.
Cambria. .24S 1888
IL Will be seen from the above that whlle accord.
3 70 se M New Yr1 a aa Gp scse a e
only the English system OF measurement makes 1t
200 tons.
THE EvENTFUL DAY.
Tuesday morning broke raw and cloudy, the
WIND being southeast, with every prospect OF fresh.
to leave ncr nloorings, in tow OF tie steamer Ruby
about hali-past Jour A. NJ and half an hour later
the vectls took the Cambria in charge and steamed
out Of Cowes Roads to the Nab Lightship which had
been selected by the umpire3 as the place Of rem
dezvous: The Nab was reached about twenty
Ws,
bria arriving at the scene Of action a few
minutes before her opponent. The wind still
the yachts ON southeast course and, on being cast
on by the steamers, both lost no time in getting up
their canvas. The Sappho set Whole mainsail and
foresa main and fore Jibheaded tOpsails lib stay
sail and jib topsai while the Cambria carried Whole
lower canvas, over which she set her small square
ng ead 70 opsas ssS Gr and 6 a The p@pires hay
;ie Cambria the two eses We're % ordered to bring
p, up, MIN neiu snesis 10 windward, midway between
the Nap Light and the vecs. which was lying at the
tlme about three miles southeast or the lightshp,
and, all being In readiness the starting gun was fired
at twenty-sevel minutes and thirty seconds past
TIE POINT OF START
Inc bearings taken from the steamer at the start
weIa Nab Light nortll-noltheast, Dunnose north
west by west consequently sixty miles 10 southeast
from the point OF departure would bring Beachy
Head to bear north hall east, about tweniy-cight
and halfm'''s als's95 ~ % ss1.
On the signal being given boT yachts eased OF
sheets anu went away on the port tack, heading
south half east, the Cambria being to windward
aud for amoment forging slightly ahead OF her op-
ponent. u was for moment only, however. as
directly the Sappho felt the full pressure OF the
breeze she began to rorereach the English schooner
in remarkable STYLE walking away upright as
steeple with every stitch OF canvas drawing, her
English coJ'tescent! pronounced her topsails to he
somewhat baggy."
better wind than the Cambria, though the latter
was sailed bit closer, little too close indeed, la
the opinion OF mos. competent Judges They
held on the same tack until tiity-lve min
ules past eight, when the Cambria went about,
the American following suit some three minutes
AFTER and though trihe slow In stays she was lead
ing by good cables length on the Cambrias lee
bow by the time she was fairly over on the other
tack. Both made ma & long leg to the nor northeast 6rt
headed northeast by east, the Sapph0 continuing to
forereach her opponent and weathering on her per-
At n.ne minutes past ten A. M. both went about
on the port tack heading solth-southeast, the
mile to windward, to the undisguised astonisnment
OF the partisans OF Mr.. Ashbury's schooner who had
all along maintained that the stranger, whatever
she might be able to do with the Cambria or the
wind, would not stand the ghost Of chance with
her IN o beat dead.
Both vessels again went about almost smulta-
neously, at sixteen minutes past eleven A. NJ, head.
ing northeast by east half east, the American high
on the Cambrla's weather auarer with lead offuIy
two and q half miles. They were again about at
noon, steering southeast by east, One.quarer east
and held on the same tack until hafpast twe,ve,
When, the wind drawing little further south
ward the Cambria wenI about on the starboard
tack the Sapph0 following suit lOur minutes later
the yachts having made by this time little over over
now headed east-n0rtheast, and favored by o
Hood weather tide and freshenlng breeze, the
along in good style; but the more the breeze fresh
ene1 the better the Sappho seemed TO like it, and by
one p M. she was fully four miles ahead on the Cam
br;a's weather bow.
During the next hour, however. the wind continued
to draw TO the southwark. ana the Cambria. appa-
rently finding II point ireer, began to close rapidly
with the Leading vessel, both yachts in the meanwhile
making long stretch along the Sussex coast, and
continued until they were abreast Of Bright
on, about hali.past three p NJ, by which
e er posoa s on the I saoho ~ as to 5 pw
two miles OF her, standing dead. in her
wake, both heading east by south. At forty
went about, having held on the same track
for nearly three hours and quarter, and as they
stood OIL the shore the wind backed to the east
ward and freshened, into spanking breeze
The Sappho, from her position, was the nrst to get
the benefit OF the start and easing on sheets spun
along glOriously, leaving her opponent hand over
hand, dropping her. indeed, so rapidly that by the
time they opened Beaciy Head the yachts were
No further change OF importance occurred be.
tween this and SIX 7. NJ, at which time the American
schooner % was 81 looking up south by east half east
miles distant; but both the yachts had lost
slgnt Of the vectis for upwards Of two
ings for which she had been instructed to make
nothing was TO be seen OF the missing steamer.
Those on board the Cambria were equally non.
plussed, but 1t subsequently transpired that both
were little out OF their proper course, the English
schooner having bore away somewhat to the north
ward while her opponent had overshot her marx
and was considerably to the southward, or eeward,
of the turning point, though she had actually sailed
over the spot where the steamer ought 10 have
been.
On inquiry it turned out that the vectis had held
ward. for upwards OF thirty miles, when she hove
to for some time, the officials being under the
preston that they had Overrun the yachts Of which
they had lost sight for upwards OF an hour.
For some time opinions were divided as to the
proper course that ought to be adopted under the
circumstances, but ultimately the umpires de-
clded to depart from their original instruc.
tons and bear east-nOrtheast IN search OF the
competitors IL being toerably clear tat unless they
sighted them before dusk there would be very little
chance OF finding them in midchannel after sun
down. All things considered, this was, perhaps the
best course TO pursue; but the result proved that
sufficient allowance had not been made Tor the shit
OF wind, which had materially assisted the progress
or the yachts, having freed upon them every board
after one O'Clock P. NJ. 1t subsequently, indeed
turned out that at the time the steamer was hove to-
in expectation OF the yachts coming up with her,
they were several miles ahead, right under the
coast
THE FINALE.
The upshot Of the matter was that on the Vecus
resuming her course and steaming head TO wind the
yachts were deserted about hye O'Clock p. M. OFT
Beachy Head, reaching In the direction Of the main
land but 80 far ahead as TO preclude all hope of
the steamer overhauing them before they
made the turning point. An hour later the American
schooner was made ont. heading sOuth Inv east md