Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-08
TIE YACHT RACE TO-DAY
IHE YACHT xACE oFrs,,

The great Yacht race OF New York - lecis,
whether England shall rec . N the Qaeer = can
wen by the yscht Aueri - "a 49,. CON- % 90
Gay. viii the Cambria as the coat,st.rt 4, -
hslfo OF Britsnia. The yacht Amerea has also
been roiitted 20 contest IN behaIr of tae United
States for the retention Of tie hoRers won lor
this country by her 50 Gs'isntfy nearly 'werty
years ago. She has been rerlanked aud rebuilt
% many times within that period that he Is
much hike the Irishman's iacknife that had had
aosen new blades and as many new handles,
eu' vas The same good old knife. IL remains TO
oe seen whether she il the same good Old Amer
iea or whether she has lost h.r s,,,i,, ,,.lt,,..
I'm the opinion OF some Who shoald kaau- her
present plsnking Is much too be.vv ,ra har =.
pairs are altogether rather OF the sr,,S.,,,s.,
than the graceful order.
The following brief account OF ;hs ,,r..,
International Yacht race of lSsi, an ~h,cS -,
America wss winner against Seventeen CON
pettors, the course being around the Isle OF
Wight, Is interesting at this time
AT hye inmates before ten, the signal gan
20 heaSe snort and prepare Tor s-Arlug Was
bred. and a nome NJ siterwsrd fores al aud los
were run up upon siN OF seven OF the >auadro-.
Within three minutes all were ready bnJ the
America She u0t only astcrn. h.t
apparently resolved not 10 harry hersel;. AZ
length the enoi nous forcssil was q st'svsd:
-''' as II 20 show how expert her crew
Cau1l he ~ 'fA~~ss ihtr 10. hs-h neT
fore and aft ma,nsaiis and gaa topsssi on
her main were spread in instAIt. and
when the second gun ~ss nred, httle before
ten O'Clock, she swept away With The rest.
The Beatrice led, the arrow being second, the
Nolsnte third, Gipsey Queen fourth, the remain
DER pretty close together, AMI the Ameri = last.
A light breeze was then blowing from wcst
southwest. Within the first minute the va
superiority OF the America becam- Visi Die. The
began at once 20 glide up 90 the reet. and then
70 pass one yacht after another until cu old Cas-
tie Point, and before the steamers thA. were
going round 90 kentnor had got Their passen-
gers on board she had taken the fourth place
the Nolsnte being inst, Arrow second. and Be
atrice third, and all that could be said Tor them
was that they were delaying her from taking
the lead little longer than the others.
The only question now was whether the Guitars
could beat her in rounding the island. a. she
had already beaten the Pear 60 wiulwa ard. A.
she spun along AL old sea dog observed Dive
see that ere steamer ? I'm blessed In the Y .u-
kee don't beat her ought OF sight around tha
| islands, and the sisna-msster a tie club hou~e
said To gentleman who asked for IuIosma-iop
"Pshsw, sir, catch her? You ght a. vel sc'
bulldog 90 catch hare"
The rest Of the story Is soon told. The Ams-
lean ran ahead 20 fast that when she return
10 the starting point, Cowes Castle, the iolioa
ing memorable collo9uy took place beSxeen "a.
Queen and one Of her officers Who j. fir,t -
said the Queen. "a The America" "who Is
second 2" Nobody :" The fact il that when
the America nTst appeared no other Yacht waS
in sight.
The coSrKsrANrs
The following schooner yachts have been en-