Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-29

E"F. W. F.'' on the above t0fics And must say my opinion differs from his, for believe 1 in the cutter as the coming yacht.
 The cutters at first. and I may say up to | the time Maggie and Bedouin and two or three other prominent cutters came out, were called 'tscow," 'plsnk on edge" ''lead mine" and various similar names, and it was said that, while they were good for cruising, they were "no good" for racing. But about that time several cutters came out that re- vsrssd the name and gave them the name of tracing machines." First they were 'fscows''now they are' racing machines;' truly consistency thou art jewel" When the Bedouin came out and took prizes in every | race in which she entered, the sloopn1en be- gan to whistle and look around for some, l thing to beat her. The Bedouin, as far as I l know, up to the time of the trial races, had 1 not been beaten by sloop. s'The Genesta is ! good for racing and that is all she is good for" Thank you Mr. "F. w. F." but would you mind 1 crossing the ocean in one of your centre board sloopss you would do that it might settle nooted question. Iwould merely say, in answer to the above question, that there are more cruising cutters than there
 arc racing ones, that is those designed for I racing. And how many cruising sloops arc l there in proportion to those designed for | racings And, speaking of racing machines, 1 let me say that the Priscilla is to be altered to e schooner, and so I believe is the Puri- tan, because, as the papers say, they are fit only for racing, and yet the sloopmen, such 1 as "F. w. F." growl about racing ma chimes. The Genesta, instead of having to spend thousands of dollars in having new | rig put in, merely sets up smaller set of spars and is fit to cruise around the world II her owner so wishes, and yet she is so- called tracing machine"
 "F. w. F." says that American yachtsmen don't care to go cruising in diving bell; l just so but I sincerely hope they don't care about going yachting in 8 saucer. To prove that the cutter is not diving bell l would refer ssF w. F." to the international races at Nice, April 15 and 16, 1884, when the yawl- rigged English cutter Florinda walked away from our much bossted of Dauntless and !. ana. Florinda won from g. quarter to
 hah an hour in our own weather, viz, mild winds and smooth water; and as Forest and Stream appropriately said at the time, "lf
 under such conditions the English yacht can
 over-match us from quarter to half an hour, what would she not do in a slogger with pile driving in head sea?'' And I would again
 refer IF. ". F." to the Bsdouin's victory in
 the Brenton Reef race in August, 1884; the course being from Brenton Reef light to the
 buoy on the north end of Block Island, leav-
 ing it to port, thence to and around mark
 25a miles W.S.W. from the West Island
 light, leaving it to port, thence to the start
 ing point; in all about 45 miles. I believe
 Bedouin won, beating the crack sloop Athlon
 by 1 hour, A minutes and IA seconds cor
 rscted time.
 And yet, as said before, they are not mere
 racing machines, and the Genesta has prev |
 on it, for she crossed the ocean as everyone
 knows, and if that is not enough test what
 more can you find? There is silly rumor
 going the rounds that the men on board the l
 Genesta were afraid to go back in her, for l
 on the way out everything was at1oat. Of
 course everything was afoat; how on earth
 afoata In all probability some sailor got
 that off pun, and straightway your ex-
 tremely nautical reporter misconstrues 1t DJ
 not being sensible enough to see the joke.
 'sF W. F." quotes the Times saying
 that the Genesta in ths Brenton Reef race lay
 teen feet up. Well, what if she did; doesn't
 that prove the seaworthiness of the yachta
 For if it had been a sloop she would have |
 gone clear over instead of heeling little. And now for room. Has IF. W. F." ever |
 been on board the Raiab, of the N. H. Y. CT
 If so he must have been satisfied with the |
 room on board her; if he has not, here is a | description given in Forest and Stream, May 1
 1, 1884. 1 only take part of the full de- | scription, the parts relating to furnishing l being left out, as individual taste governs
 that: "When the New Haven investigator
 climbs over thirty inches freeboard at the
 quarter and proceeds below upon the invi-
 tation of the commodore, he need not even
 douse his plug hat. The first thing l at which he will express aston
 ishment will be the delightful cool ness and quiet light of the sun may be shining Forward he will find roomy fo1 ecastle and berth for the foremast l hand. Next between the bulkheads he will | find large pantry. Abaft of this in the ! mid body of the vessel he will admire a spa cious main cabin with the companion ladder coming down at the after end Surely this is all-but no; pass through door and you face an after or ladies' cabin and then dis cover a bulkhead with trap into . large sail and store room. Standing height with hat on fore and aft. Over the after cabin is skyiight admitting more air than is needed and 30 much light that the rays have to be softened by colored glass sashes. She is absolutely non-capsizsble and non- knockdownable into the bargain" The Rajah is thiIty-two feet long on the water line. Contrast this with the close, stuffy cabin of the sloop, that you have to bend nearly double to get into, and then decide, MT. fF. W. F.
 have further proofs as to the non-safety of the sloop and safety of the cutter, but will not use them unless compelled to.
 The Herald must have altered it's opinion of the yachts, for when the N. Y.Y O. were talking over models early in the spring, and all the daily papers were runningsdown the cut ter, under the influence of J. G. Bennett it (the Herald) wheeled about and took position in favor of the cutter. MT. Bennett was in Europe and cabled an editorial that set his paper right and threw bombshell into the camp of the sloopmen.
 IF. ". F." says that the Boston gentle men struck the happy medium between the sloop and cutter when they built the Puri- tan; it so happens that the Boston gentlemen claim that the Puritan is a full fedged sloop and not 6 compromise. But believe IF. w. F." is nearly right; for had he said she was nine-tenths cutter he would have expressed my opinion, and to 1 support my opinion let me quote this little incident given in Forest and Stream Ssptem- Der 10th. It was headed, "Was He Cor rect" "Two gentlemen were walking down Nassau street, New York, one day last week, when one stopped the other in front of store window in which some photos were displayed. 'There,' sad he, I'll show you VI hat an EngllSn cuIIef IS, see tLaG straiSnC btera ana | that long, thin overhanging sterns See that tall topmast and the forestay with iib on it and the other iib without any stay and the round bowsprit, that's 6 cuttsr.'" The name at the bottom of the picture was Puritan"
 In my opinion (and it is getting to De the opinion of nearly all yachtsmen) the three points of yacht to be looked after are in the following order: First safety second comfort, third speed The English cutter has all of these requisites and therefore think, in spite of all s.F w. lls9 said, that she will or ought @ be the bostsof th4 future. NEW HAVEN Sept A 5s36. SAIMo. / Salvation Oil is an infaIiible cure for heaar1 ache, baekache, pain in ths side and limbs and all rheumatic and Aneuralgic affections It relieves pain and extirpates the dissass