Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-08
BUTLER AS A TAR,
Or What He Knows About Running
a Yacht.
He Engages in Conversation With Jolly
lars and Tells Something They
Don't Know About Sailing.

Nrw YORK. August Among the pas
seneers on the Plymouth Rock yesterday
on her return trip from Long Branch was
General Ben amin +. Butler. He bad been
visiting his daughter ard WAS on his way
10 i ,siOn A reporter Of the World found
rhe & neral spinning yarns in true sailor
style with the man at the wheel. His
greatest boast was that his yacht America
is the one which carried Oft the Greens
cup In 1852. trophy which the EIgli'h
yachts have since been unable To recover.
''Thnt wasn't much OF race, though
he said of he ixirIrd his cHnp-'a clean
SaIk over almost for thu America. Why.
IL Steers, who owned her then, was only
smart enough he would have carried aSay
all England instead OF the
snHII Amount OF money
won by her. He Ieteverybody know what
shr could do. and no one would bet against
her. She beat 'em ell through and easily.
remember Punch Lad q picture repre-.
sentirg the Queen sitting st luncheon IN
her own yacht, which was following In the
course. Which ~ firstT she asks the sail
iBE master as the home stake was being
| nesrsd. The America he replies. Which
IL s,cond?' Victoria asks again. After a
few moments hesitation the sailing mas.
ter timidly says There's no second,
Yonr Majesty. At least ! can't see any"
We'll she carried oil the cup and they'll
never get IL back as long as the America 10
sRoat. She can beat them all, Goud's.
Vanderbil's or anybody else's, whether
they come from up the Hudson or over the
ocean.
~ here IL that fellow going tor shontsd
the General, es fishing smack drew near
| and seemed about 10 head on tie sis9n'
| boat. he II run Us Ashore sure IL he keeps
| on. Nox that fellow d0esn't know any
thing
Ahsst saiIisG.
| are Nv the sails bag They should
! he ~. fst ss q board. that is how We keep
them. and that 10 why the Amsrics b 30
| Were you ever out in big Storm in
| ,err.pfed ap0ther OF the ~heelnien. Yes,
| indeed: and I'm none the worse for u nov.
! nor il the America. We've been IN lots Oh
en-. but the biggest one Was whSn We we're
down in iAe grIf stream on the way 70 NAs-
tau. tell you It blew and rsiBed 70 that
/ n shook every timber in this yacht. The
.,s.s;i rss torn 10 ribbons and the storm.
rnsde general havoc about deck. bus ~
rode II like a fish and landed In Nassau ~
trim and thut a. sysT q vessel did. Therss
| one thing rry vessel did that's never been
done since. We beat uD the 81. Lawrence
oopfinusIly for I've days and IL takts
neal crals 10 keep making beaduay
costinuoGsly sgainst the tides froa the
lAkss, hat We did il and made good Lns at
il, to.
There's HS Grass
| allowed 10 grow on the Ameriaa's keel
| yhsp In aboard" be continued. - hs
chssxed bis seat 20 - TO get gs1d viss o.
the BROOKLYN Bridge.
About the best time we've made. though
! WIS when returning TO WorcrAtsr. want
cd TO get home, and I told kvsd. my sail
ing master, 70 set sail - ~ To get "a
on;ckIy. 'Ay, ~. sir he replied. sni b
lad every inch Of eanvsA vut IN no uns =
Well. We made the last eighteen miles W
.J-.tly thirty FIVE rninutss. anf ihn,e.
ous.tes. II Va fun N sse The n:herasn
irving to salute us - .vs pAssed tnen
, Tbev All kpes Us, and a ve sonio nes.s
. in sigbt they'd dars down the csoan 70 g.
,Itiy coI0rs When thtJ'd reappssr 70 ~
| lpte ur, though. we'd b mile Q, .so ~
/. yond them. One fellow told NE s'tefnnu' 49,
. | that be thought We Pass<dhim ms
s IA de General related this last story
ns ,h,,Imtn lootsd knosingy a. on-
a,o,Isr lie heysn 10 tell smother sp''I' w
: ,,iy 20 S.ufoundfsnd, when the pr
r,Iri ed ard he uss eobne!ie1 ~ 81
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