Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-07

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naval academy at that pSaos ID ID 1874. phen
she WAS bought By Gem Butler for the e.
.rsmely low price Of s., 0oo, Y is sid sAe
hauled and uasd Tor 4 pleasure boat until the
next year, when she was entered for tbs famous
Isle of Shoal4 regatta. Among her competitors
WAS Rnfus Hatch's fast yacht, the Resolute,
the Rambler. Haleyon, Foam, Fearless, Com.
me, and other speedy crafts. The race was
over 80 mile triangular course, with dag
boats at each corner Of the triangle AZ
"a: 4 CRAFTY DODGE. = !! :
The night before the day OF the race the
Amerlea put back into Gloucester, and Can't
Jim Read, the skipper, went Ashore Ia d
short time he picked UP a fine crew of prao4
tical and experienced sailors from the fishing
vessels in port and put them on board the
America sending his regular crew ashore.
Arrangements were also made by which the
hagboat or buoy marking the turning point Of
the course on its longest leg, was carried away
out to sea and moored The race was started,
the America and Resolute fighting for frst
the fag-b should have been the America,
then in the lead, came about and stood in for
the judges boat The Resolute and some
Of, the other yachts kept in saarch
of the flag -boat, while the crafty Ben
and his Cape Ann crew laughed in
but the prize was not awarded. Rufus Hatch
was dissatisfied and disgusted at the way the
America had won and challenged Butler to race
him again over the same distance. Butler was
agreeable, and two match races were sailed
between the Resolute and the America, the
latter winning both; one being awarded on
time allowance, and the other on actual time.
During the winter Of 1875 the America re-
ceived complete overhauling, a new deck.
new wales and setting the masts plumb instead
Of the old style of raking masts, being the
principal alterations. In the summer Of that
compete for the Queens cup, won by herself
tWenty-four years previous, but upon her
arrival she was barred out as she did
not belong to the New YORK
Yacht club. She went over the
course, however, showing the other yachts the
America next sailed for the Centennial prize
and silver service, the course being from Sandy
Hook lightshlp to Cape May lightship and re-
turn, distance of 240 miles This she won
quite handily, but only secured the Centennial
priza After this Gen. Butler issued a chaI
lenge to sail any yacht in the New York SQUAD
ron twenty miles to windward and back, but
this challenge was never accepted, although
the America laid in New York harbor for
three weeks awaiting an answer. In August,
1876, she sailed for the Bennett Challenge cup
from Sandy Hook lightship to Benton's
dstagce Of 29s H mieRe in " this o rsos
being carried away while between shinnehook
and Fire island, at a time when she was only
led by one boat. Owing to this accident she
lost the race. - The same year, when tie yacht
the Madeline, OF the New York squadron, the
America met the two boats outside Sandy
Hook and beat the Madeline, the winner of the
match, by four minutes and forty-two seconds,
although she had only her sailing crew aboard,
and also carried pleasure party Of ladies and
this port and her spars and sails
were reduced for cruising. as Gen. Butler
proposed to cruise among the West India
islands. This trip was postponed until
several years later. In November, 1880, i'm
provements costing $4,000 were made upon
below the water line, her length increased six
and a half feet aft, and two feet forward, the
old lines being retained, and various other
changes were made. The America is now los
feet long over all, and SO feet on the water line
% feet 8 inches beam, has draught of Ii
feet inches, and is ninety tons measurement
The main mast is rs feet in height
There are five large commodious staterooms,
and four large open berths in the after cabin,
beside ton berths in the forecastlo for the crew.
koAo rs buIAt OF OAK 1uO uachnaGacK ana plaQKoI
with teak, beside being copper fastened and
diagonally braced with iron. Of late years the
America has not sailed in regattas or made
matches, Gov. Butler using her for pleasure
boat exclusively.
A BLIND YACHT BUILDER
Probably the fastest steam yacht in the
world of her size, and undoubtedly the fastest
in American waters, has just been sold to
Mr.. Mark Hopkins, the California million
aire, now of St. Clair, Mich, and she is now
upon the way to her destination, This yatch
bears the enigmat1cal name of No. 100 and
is e1changed II: for $4,000 and the steam
$2s, 500 The No. 100 was built by the
Messrs. Herreshoff of Bristol, R. l., who
have the reputation Of constructing some of
the fastest small craft afoat The yacht was
designed for the purpose of testing certain
ideas III the way Of marine steam engines that
her builders had recently conceived, and is
LOO feet IN length, with breadth of 1212
feet and has made over nineteen knots
an hour, or about twenty miles. The
No 100 is a fne-looking craft, and
is n,,,na centrally 1 adapted for yachting
boiler occupying but a small part of her hold,
while every inch of the remaining room is
utilized for the cabin, gallery and forecastle
The most remarkable thing in connection with
this yacht is that her desi gner and builder is a
man who has been totally blind for over thirty
J
veloped an ability in work Of this kind which
ranks him at the cad of his profession. This
blind genius is Mr.. John Herreshoff, the head of
the firm. The mod els Of the vessels designed
by him are prepared by well-approyed mathe-
NAUTICAL calculations, worked out mentally
but after tho model is made he goes over it
carefully, detecting Instantly all defects by his
keen sense of feeling. The ability of this Won
derful blind genius Is not confined to the work
of constructing hulls He has taken large
share in the improvements made by the firm in
the ordinary marine engine. Some time ago the
Herreshoffs turned their attention to the con-
struction Of improved boilers, and the blind
brother succeeded in inventing the coil boilers
with which their vessels are fitted out. These
boilers have the merit of not only developing
power in an astonishingly short time, but also
of reducing to a minimum the possibility Of
disaster by explosion The No. 100 is pro-
has at the cylinder what is termed the 'sanpular
valve" an invention of the blind genius, and a
device which has no counterpart in the world.
MIR. Herreshoff has contracted to build small
steamer that will do TWENTY-FIVE knots an hour
and hopes shortly to turn out a craft that will
steam at the rate of twenty five knots IN hour.
Yachts and yachting will grow in size, speed
and popularity every year. NELsE.
Bob Ingersoll's Little Farm.
New Orleans Special: Consequent upon the
publication of the fact that subsequent to the
resignation Of Land Register Richardson, and
previous to his vacating his Office, he caused
the so-called McEnery land scrip to be placed
upon some forty three odd acres Of public
lands, Gov. Samuel McEnerv to-day issued an
proceedings to annul the entries They are,
ScCOrdinp TO thu ATTORNEY generals written