The New York herald., 1876-08-14
Y A G II T n G..
General Benjamin F. Buffers Views
on the Noble Sport.
THE AMERICAS ACHIEVEMENTS.
Her Owners Challenge to
the Fleet.

ticpanIs. Take for instance the yacht oil Satur
day, between the Madeleine anu Countess OF Dunerin,
for the Queens Cup. Yesterday one could not fail
to notice, q sequel, the interested attention of ex
cursionsts to Staten Island, one prominent yacht
after another passed the anchorage OF Sta
plcton The America the lrst winner OF the cup,
special object of notice. aud her perform
ances were warmly spoken Of General b. T. Butler,
her owner, lounged in the verandah fronting the club
house, in full view OF the passing ierryboats. His
portiy form and familiar features readily distin.
gushed him from his friends, and mado him much
an object Of public attention as his trim and speedy
boat To-day he starts Tor Newport with the America.
The writer called on General Butler yesterday al.
during his stay at tho club house TO inquire
about his reported desire to get on match between
his yacht and some OF the fast sailing clippers OF
waters, and found that under neutrality-suspicious. he
does not fear any OF them. In tact the General Is
yachlsman Of tho old school who does not believe
new tangled no.iops when applied to sailing craft to
Improve their speed seaworthy qualities Hc thinks
some oi the yachts little better than sailing
machines' made tor certain conditions oil WIND and
water, and only Tor these conditions Those
cent? cboard yachts Of tho same build as
tho ill-iated Mohawk ho considers especially
dangerous and he Is graaed moro than little by tho
recent performances OF his own vessel He won tho
Centennial race, and no Is satisfied even TO Ger
ianty that he would have the Brcnton Reef race
but for an accident On . crude and hasy calculation
Of the time allo~an the Madeleine should give tho
America according tho rules OF tho Now York Yacht
Club, he also considers himself the winnor In Satur-
days race Of the cup first won BY the America.
GENERAL BUTLER OFFERS
'There has been . rumor circulated, General" said
the writer .sthat you anxious TO get on q match
between the America aud any boat Of her ut
Is the report true ~
"Yes will sail tho America twenty-five miles TO
windward and return starting IRON Brentons Reef In
cght-knot breeze or upward, against any yacht OF
her size or larger to cquaize ON time allowance ac-
cording to the OF the New York Yacht Club Tor
sum large enough to cover tho expenses Of tho race
s.Then you aro satisfied that the America can hold
her own with any Of themy"
.'Oh perfectly. don't keep yacht for racing pur
poses merely but want demonstrate that there has
bccn no Improvement IN architecture applied
to sailing vessels during the past twenty-five years
'You cling 10 LIE oiu sly loW
''Ycs; consider II Tho best l am keel man am
not u ccntreb0ard man."
.In SO lar as concerns the Americas work this year
you have no reason 10 DO ashamed OF your op.iohs %
.'No; came here 10 stay week and lake part the
Centennial race, l have won that, and now have
stayed TOUR weeks"
'How you satisfied with the sailing oil the
Ame rica in The Brcnton Reef racer"
That l should have won also but for an acci-
don't Of this am convinced, and / can show you
how the America could have 1t but tor that
hap. Before the the bobstay IN thc yacht
was little chaiod and ! got new ono made
by a first rate New York mechanic Shortly alter
wcathering Montauk Point stin southerlv breeze
struck US and that bobstay broke, obeing US to
repair damages. should say that "A fourteen knot
breeze was blowing time, which caused the other
yachts TO take kites would have gwen tho
brought her in winner by O'Clock y. NJ but ior
this mishap The winning yacht did not get 10 the
stakeboat until hour alter the time that we had ng
ured should have reached IT,
SATURDAYS ACHIEVEMENT
On hasty computation OF the allowance the Made
lcne would have TO give tho America IN Saturdays
race tho America was tho winner by something moro
Taxing a copy Of the HERALD General Butler road tho
following significant parag ph:-
Tho Official timing OF the yachts was as follows-
Start Ears sSas p,,,,. 1s,ms' 1,ms Corrected %~s
Nm. s. H. A. s. H. MS AA& H. A s.
Madeleine. l2l72 Sois2 7s7n 7l9E rs 40
DuIerin. l2 II So 5l3A s035s $4,000 = 40 90
Thus the Madeleine beat the countess 2om. la. on
actual time, 27m las corrected tlme-a victory
decided than her first triumph oy l6n. l5s.
AMkRcA's
In order TO contrast tho several performances, the
time OF she America is given as andor:-
Start Mark Boat Finish Tine
H. NJ. s H. AS H. MS INNS
America. Il - % O4 t3 40 90 726 81
you see" ho continued, ''that with time allow
anco OF 1--WE minutes the America would have been the
winner in this contest Besides she was not racing
with regular and all preimlnares that 30 a,l
a vessel IN such u race had party Of ladies ON
A YAcHTsxAx's OPINION.
Among these was The owner OF the Psyche who gave
tho following description OF the ce:-Iho America IL
must be understood was no. here for racing. but on
pleasure the ladies uf families
owners and without any expectation preparation for
u race OF this kind. She had balloon ,opsail
board, any crew adequate to the demands OF
On the other hand, the Madeleine and the Coun
bad spared no pains or expense 10 prepare Tor the
struggle. which, IN certain sense, was 10 determine
tho superiority oi people IN the nr upon which COIN
iucrce depends. Both Of the vessels had just como
coated
whereby the surfncc friction ~ reduced 10 tre
ana the case OF motion through tho water gncnted
to tho greatest possible degree The owner OF the
America however, merely t. see how much thoroughly
prepared racing boats could beat the Amer IN run
nins order sailed with them proved her superiority
both OF them in that quality most difficult 10 be
obtained--'he capacity 10 20 10 wndward
In sttrtng. the America Lrossed the line on the leo
sdo OF the passage between tic judges boat
aud Tho buoy, 5" as not 10 interiors with
the racers, but Ia doing SO she lost $50
yards which the other boats gained by keeping close to
Tho weather SIDE Of The channel The Madeleine crossed
nrst with the Countess Oh her weather quarter, aud
the America followed IN about iour minutes To the lee
the Madeleine. The wind very hight, south
east by south, and the boats slemming strong
flood tide close hauled Of course, the light centre.
board schooner, drawing six feet with her balloon top
sails, outsailcd the deep drilt America drawing nearly
twelve iect Of water aud so long as tho ves, light
breeze lated they increased thor distancc hut all tho
time the America was working 10 wndwari and IN part
making up by closer sailing Tor her losses by ther
greater speed IN drny race. Tue breeze, however,
began 10 ireshcn little after two hours sailing and
win the America began TO close the gap. At the
tnTce nwuTs racers 10 Tue sOuthWau,
ami the America followed suit. The Countess then
beaten by both the Madeleine and America, and the
ceased 10 DO Interesting; but there 10
o between the Madeleine and America In which
the Madeleine started about mile ana half to wind
ward and abcam vi the America on the same course.
Very evident that tho America beating
the Madeleine ''sIdcwisc" very last; by winch Is
meant that the America, as both vessels sailing
on their course, was "iaylng' much
closer TO the wind than her adversary
that the two, which were far apart, rapidly
approaching each other this direction, and IN two
lpur gaed le Wak ol t1c
aud was overnaung her very last The vessels again
tackled Tor the mark boat. which thcy passed, tho
Madeleine leading only three minutes, that the
America beat the Madeleine from the start minute
and half after having lost in the very hight weather
mile ana half OF distance. Tho vessels then squared
away for tho Hook, with decreasing breeze, aud the
Madeleine set her square head forcopsa aud all her
kites winging out her forcsail, while the America
had nothing but working topsals, and without spars
hold her forehniL OF course lhe Mndclenc with