New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-17
OUTDOOR SPORTS.

AQUAIIC.
TIE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE - ENGLISH
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS - SLANDEROuS RE-
PORTS.
LONDON, May 16-Tbe result Of the inter
national Yacht race which occurred Saturday, forms
n theme of newspaper comment and general conVersa-
ton 1t reported that the return OF the tug Gem 10
Coyes certain persons from board industriousy cir
eulated the fasehood that the sappho unfairly shot
mile and half ahead at before the signal To start
This statement has been teegTaphed 10 many OF the
sporting newspapers of England The universal c3h.ie
ton is, however, that the Sappho 1unled an tn9
conditions Of the accurately and h0noIably ana
those most concerned readily admit It. ME- AShPy U
time aoWanees EGgsh pilots speak IN soI 1nG Tey
terms of the weathcrly qualities OF the oapplo. ltS
say she shipped water and made6O miles III one Reach
REJOICING OVER THE VICTORY.
SroNINGToN, May 16.-Thirty-four guns were
fired from the yacht Madge this morning in honor of the
| triumph Of the Sappho in the International Race on
| Saturday. The cOlOrs were set on the MadEie, me
steamer Narasanset ana on all the Other NesSes III c
| THE sAPPHO.
! Some facts in connection with The American
! yacht sappho, which has just beaten the famous
English yacht Cambria, of interest at the present
| time The first time she visited England it was not
| to race generally supposed. Her masts had
reduced high buwarks put and in other points
she fitted to successfully Withstand the heavy
weather likely encountered In doubling Cape Horn
for her owners intended 10 send her into the Pacific TO
be sod but she had ample time to get down TO cape
Horn for the most favorable season, after run TO
CoWes and thinking she might be sold there there she
was first sent. She sailed her first voy-
age in command of Capt. Baldwin, retired
shipmaster and merchant, who had formerly sold
vessels the Her crew consisted beside
the captain officers and six before the mast,
not one of whom had been previously attached to
yacht having always sailed in square-rigged vessels
she had no racing sails and had not even square-Sail
vet she made the passage Cowes in fourteen days. that
port being miles further than Queenstown so that her
passage about the same as that of the Daun-
less. Capt. Baldwin having much confidence in the
sappho after her splendid run across the Atlantic under
uDfayOIable circumstances allowed himself he
hurried into "A without the preparation That Is
thrown in al Ncw-York 1t the wish OF the owners
in case it found expedent TO test her speed i'll
English waters TO send over thorough iacht salhg
master with experienced crew that had been acCus
toned TO fit yachts for racing as well as sailing heln
The of the first being around the Isle OF
Wight subject and unequal currents, the race
depended much upon the skill OF the ot az ulnh the
speed Of the yacht majority Of the crew were English
sailors hired FOR the occasion only day or two before
the race and the result defeat The sappho did not
belong to the New-York Yacht Club, nor did she repre-
sent tie Club in any way and stated by Capt
Baldwin at the time, yet the English press londy APP
plauded what they considered national triumph
The owucrs of the SapphO did not have their faith In
the yacht shaken particle and believed she was the
fastest in the world; and knowing that Justice
been done her. ordered her home To put her In
racing trim, with the intention of sending her back to
England with efficient yachting crew, confident that
She would redeem herself and the reputation OF Amer
yachts. -
In the meantime Mr. Douglass having witnessed her
performance at Newport, where she beat every keel
Yacht in the regatta OF the NewY0rk Yacht Club, pur
chased her for "a voyage TO England and UP the Mcd-
teranean Previous 10 her sailing, she put In com
pce racing trim under the supervision OF Mr. FISH, Her
high hulwarks taken Off, her masts put n her wire
rigging changed for hemp and also by the advice Of some
the friends of Mr.. Douglass, she hpped o.
able her to carry sail The hippng "shOuld-
eriug il is termed IN England is done by swelling
ont mdsp section the waerline, and tapcrng
off gradually forward and att In her II was carried
about Is inches and tapeTed of to about 30 feet each
way. The chipping" process, although enabling
the vessel to carry more sail, does not
always result in improvement of speed, as the
additional resistance caused by increasing the area Of
the mdshp section generally annus the power given by
the increased sails. The hpping' does not impair the
original beauty of the yacht, ii is confined to the mid
ship section, and being mostly under the waerine the
slight alteration II hardly pcrceptblc. IL IL not yet
definitely known whether Mr. Fish Capt. Brown. who
sailed the America. had charge when the Cambria
beaten. This is known-the Sapph0 has recovered her
reputation and again American yacht flies the vie
toiious pcunaut, having beaten England's sInarteSt
yacht in English waters over two courses chosen by
Englnd's greatest yachtsmcn
OPENING DAY OF TIE HUDSON AMATEUR ROW
ING ASSOCIATION.
Tomorrow the Hudson River Amateur Boat
ing association comprising clubs along the rivers banks
from this city Troy, assemble for the annual review
before the fleets Commodore, Benz +. Brady. The pro
graInIuc embraces beside the review singcshell race
down to the Annual Dinner The steamer Jasper
leaves the dock foot Of Chris0phers al II noon to
Vey guests IL the course, which runs sOuthcry Il miles
from Pleasant Valley