Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-02
More About Yachts,

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: Will "F. W. F." please explain what he
 means when he says "her entrance into port flying three frst-class prize flags won in her
 contests with American yachts seems, how ever, of doubtful taste in view of total fail
 ure in the grand object of her visit here" The Genesta won those flags gallantly and what I should like to know is why she
 shouldn't fly them. I do not wish to hurt
 "F. W. F. 's'' feelings, but, to tell the truth, I think he is prejudiced against the cutter because she did win those flags from our yachts. If it had been the Puritan who
 crossed the ocean for the Queens cup and lost the race and won three other races and
 had entered Boston harbor flying her flags of triumph it is my opinion that ''F. W. F." would have been correspondingly elated as he is now angered. Why? Because he is prejudiced against the cutter and for the sioop. and I hardly think he would allow the cutter to race if he could help it. Mind, l only give this as my personal opinion, drawn from the articles he has published through your columns.
 Of all the nonsensical articles I ever read
 in my life, his article in Saturday, issue is the most SO. So a yacht cannot even let her friends and countrymen know she has won prizes. What is the use of winning prizes if you can't let your friends know it! If IF. W. F" or the New York Yacht club or any other sloop man don't ike the Ge- nesta to have those prizes why didn't they furnish some of those wonderful speedy sloops they brag so much about to keep her from winning them in the first place! But now that she has won them from our so- ! called best yachts, the only thing for the sloop men te do is grin and bear it. As it was they only kept the Queens cup by graft ing cutter principles on the sioop, and when +hn PI11.it thauE ial m q dous runpus, cheering and firing cannon, etc. |; and now that the Genesta has dared to sail calmly into port with flags flying, indi- eating three victories which she won fairly, they are growing and kicking about it. SIoop men must be fearfully and wonderfully made.
 am not going to go into any details about cutters and sloops, for evidently gave IF. W. E." enough in the last little brush we had shown by his suggesting that we drop 8 fruitless discussion. The amount of it is, l don't think 'tF. w. F." knew of any ything keep quiet. I don't want to brag, but is it not so s'F w F.?" If IF. ". F.'' wants to argue on this subject let him come out and
 say so and not deal underhauded blows every once i'll a while. The discussion will not be fruitless, for t will show up the cutter ana
 sloop in their true light, and if there are any amateurs about to buy or build yachts it viii
 aid them in deciding rightly. Perhaps he is
 afraid I ..ill show up too many bad points ili the sloop, and if such is the case, leave
 my readers to draw their own inferences. One question here: Are we capable of hold
 ing our own in the schooner class of yachts? 'fOf schooners both center board ai2d keel
 we had brilliant array capable of hold ing their own with yachts of their classes be-
 longing to any country" Something like
 the Grayliag probably. who went over on
 her beam ends as soon as she was fairly of
 the ways. The only scnooners of any merit
 are the Mon n5auk and Carnelita. The Carmel
 ta is in California, and now where is our br1l-
 liant array of schooner yachtss
 I wonder how long those Boston gentlemen think it takes to decide on proper recogni- ton of their service to she New York Yacht club The New York club has decided to present them with a piece of silxerware and the order has been given, I understand, to the ieweler, and yet beeavsa is takes some t:..as ta turn out Q fine piece of work they groyVI saout ''no thanks; they are putting thamselves in very aWk-
 ward position if they only entered in the racF for the notofisty and the thanks they would get for winning.
 . ''fhe desired explanation will be receiyet' with lively interest and many thanks, and will be certainly looked for 4ntsl it comes . On, will it? I diln't know but what it n glt be looked for after 1t came. SALAIO.