The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-04

yacht OF the neet, and more especially those OF
smaller tonnage, that leads and 'marshas the Gam.
reaches the home stake boat ahead OF that vessel,
IN ract. or even by time allowance, may fairly re-
saru hefseii as NM r,,,., .
OF the Queens Cup,n and the decorative wreath
that wan enclrce for all time her model that now
adorns the walls OF the club house Will be me-
sDs Of ner peeu1S ,s the the nautical naSa
the seamanshp Of those to whose guidance and
handling her success Is to be measuraby attributed:
Any other or sinister motive for advocating full
and general entry Of the schooner yachts on that
casion would md no approving response among the
boat owners and members Of the New York Yacht
| wrongly win." And We assert without the fear Of
contradiction from the recounted experience OF
Commodore Stevens and his associates While abroad
In 1851 OF the highnnded generous and Just spirit
| OF British yachtmen, and from the more recent ex-
are now the recipients OF their hospitality, that the
preconcerted and unfair interference the part OF
tered yachts with the America in her conf st for the
cup in 1851, was sternly Reproduced and condemned
by the whole yachting fraternity OF England.
THE NECESSARY INTERFERENCE
growing out OF the sailing regulations OF the club
must, OF course be submitted TO, Dut In all other
respects Mr. Ashbury may rest assured that our
yachtmen and all who with them take an interest in
The sports of the wave recognize In Its fullest ex
tent the Hibern1an maxim tnat Falr play Is jewel
al The world round." As far the result OF the
contest rests upon accidents the contingencies OF
every additional entry lessons the chance OF the
Cambrias winning the race; but it must be remem-
bered that tine America had 10 face IN all these re-
spects much more formidable chances IN the waters
or the SOent and around the Isle OF Wight encOnn-
tering currents ana tiderips and .cock -crowing''
breezes from the land well yachts OF all sizes
and rigs. and some That could almost have carried
her on their decks although not. perhaps at their
In every point OF view, therefore, it would seem
that
| FULL ENTRY is IMPERATIvRLY DEMANDED
or our schooner yachts and as an additional incen-
tive 70 the owners Of The schooner yachts, the
cluD should make liberal appropriation Ia order
to present to each OF the yachts beating the
Cambria a miniature fac simie OF the 'Qneens
Cnp' OF due value that should commemorate her
triumph over the champion OF the Royal Thames
Yacht Club, and at the same time vindcate the
claim OF our naval architects 10 the decided SUPERB
orty SO prominently illustrated by the yacht Ameri
Our yachtmen who by the acceptance OF Mr.
Ashbury's challenge, are now specially made the
nduciary custodla1s of the challenge cup or Dy the
usages II not the expressed rules OF the club sloOps
on cutters are not permitted 10 enter for Its possess
sion on the coming OccasOn), should feel personal
and
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY
in the premises no matter what the comparative
rank they hold III the squadron for speed they
should feel themselves bound to enter the list and
''dO all that they ought dO In putting their
spectve vessels IN the best possible racing trim,
and .leave nothing undone that they ought to do''
to- their care "a 'l hefnre yomn ,ba
trophy be borne away by the Cambria we envy not
the feelings Of regret and remOrse that needs must
cling to tine owner OF u schooner yacht belonging TO
the club who fails TO respond to the demands OF a
plain duty he owes himself his vessel and the as
ISOLATION OF which he is a member. 1t Is indeed,
. impossible 10 over estimate the deep and conse-
quentia int rests that centre around that emblem
OF our ackn owedged pre-eminence in naval arclii-
tecture; and 1t is only now after nearly a OF
years, seriously brought into question, aud we are
10 such pre-emlnence Can 1t be possible that the
pleasure navy or our country, or the yacht club OF
this country analogous to That held by the Royal
Yacht squadron OF England; II be that the lapse
fatal security? do they indulge all Overweening
Idea that their progressive improvement In naval
architecture has kept that accelerated pace, giving
them The same vantage ground over the practical |
skill and yearly improvement made by the yacht |
men and naval architects OF Great Britain that was
prominently exhibited In 1851, when the America |
Won her laurelsf Such may have been the case |
some months ago. When Mr.. Ashburys first COM |
municatOn, dated ''suDer alum ndre,' challenQ
ing the New York Yacht Club for the possession Of
the Challenge Cup reached us, his proposition was
collectively, little short of 'presumptuous sln'
but we are inclined TO think and hope that that
opinion Is very considerably toned down at the
present speaking. Ii Ii no doubt true that the
Sappho has SHOWN her superior prowcss over the
Cambria, but 1t by no means follows, nor is 1t logl
Cal or nautical or even necessary consequence, that
the other vessels OF the squadron approx
mately the peers OF either the the other,
cept perhaps over the course sailed by our yachts at
their annual regatta.
The Vice Commodore OF the club, who certainly
ought to know the capabilities OF the Cambria, is
very far from undertaking her nautical capacities,
and their thorough and
MOST PERFECT RACING CONDITION
he has put mis- vessel in OF itself the cleares evi.
dence that he regards the Cambria q vessel by
means to be undervalued or lightly esteemed, but
the contrary q nautical Toe worthy OF the Daunt.
less''' wheel. And with all due Difference we would
suggest TO the schooner yacntmen OF the club .tO
cake leaf from the lOg'' Of the DauntlesS, anu from
that OF the SapphO also, for the Sappho In her
counter with the Cambria found that that vessel
could turn on her heel almost Us rapidly our own
centre board vessels and at the same time bear III
mind ''that those who put their armor may not
feel Us sure as those who take It or"
For the last twenty years, While the
SUPREMACY IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
OF our pleasure navy remained unquestioned as well
AS unchaenged, that artistic and truly caaste ana
classic vase, denominated by Mr.. AshDury ''1he
Queens Cup rarely IL ever Obruhed itself upon
the nOtice OF The pubic or even OF our yachtmeD,
however much the event II commentaries may have
been the subject oil comment and discussion. But
now the bare possibility. we VIII not say probability,
That 1t may be borne away from our shores and VIII.