St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-14
The international Yacht Race.

-Four times during the past week have
unsuccessful attempts been made to decide
the American-Englishy yacht championship.
The badge is large liver-shaped solid sill
yer cup known as the Americas cup, orig
inally offered by the Royal Yacht squadron
as a prize to be sailed for by yachts of all
nations over the squadron's course around
the Isle of Wight. It was first won by the
America in 1851, and in 1857 her owners
gave iC TO the New York Yacht club with
the conditions that any organized yacht
club of any foreign country should always
be entitled to claim the right Of sailing a
match for the cup with any yacht of not
less than so nor more than 800 tons.
The first effort to capture the
cup was made Aug. 8, 1870.
The Cambria, owned by Mr.. James Ash
bury of England, contended against a
whole fleet, as the America had done in
England. They we're the keel schooners
Rambler, Dauntless, Fleetwing, Tarolinta
and Alarm, and the centerboardS Phantom,
Madgie, Silyie, Tidal Wave, Madeleine,
Idler, Magic, Palmer, Alice, Halcyon and
Calypso. The old America was also con-
testant. The Cambria was the tenth yacht
in at the finish. The Magic won the race,
beating the Cambria by 39:12:7. Then
had new yacht, the Livonia,
made, and again announced his in
tention Of winning the silver trophy.
| 1t was agreed that the Livonia should sail
a series of seven races. Only five races
were necessary, and they occurred on Oct.
Is, IS, 10. 81 and %. The Columbia won
the first race over the New Y York Yacht club
course py 27 minutes, 4 seconds, and the
| second, twenty miles, from the lightShip
and retGr1l. by 10 minutes, SO seconds. The
| LivenIssssoT the third race over the club
course, because of the carrying away of the
| Columbia's steering gear. The Sappho won
| the fourth race over the outside course, by
80 minutes, 21 seconds, and also the fifth
over the club course, by 25 minutes, 81 sec
onds.
The Canadian yacht Countess Of Duff
ferin attempted to capture the cup in a
series of three races, the best two out of
three to win, in August, 1876. The first
race was sailed on Aug. 10. The schooner
Madeleine was selected to defend the cup.
| The Canadian was beaten over the club
course by 10 minutes SO seconds. The sec
ond race, on Aug. 12, twenty miles to
Windward from Sandy Hook and return,
resulted in the defeat of the Canadian by
81 minutes 13 seconds. The old America,
with her owner, Gen. Butler, aboard went
over the course and also beat the Countess
handsomely.
Another Canadian yacht caught the
''mug-hunting fever'' in the summer of
1881. She was '.single sticker," the At
lanta, and the New York Yacht club pitted
the sloop Mischief against her, having Sc
lected ner after several exciting trial races
with the Oracle The Atlanta was dis
posed of in two races, one on Nov. 9, over
the regular club course, and the other ON
the following day, sixteen miles to leeward
from Sandy Hook and return. The Mis-
chief beat the Canadian by 28 minutes 304
seconds in the first race, and 3S minutes
81 seconds in the second.
This is the last contest for the cup until
the present attempt at race was made be-
tween the Genesta, an English yacht, and
the Puritan of the New York Yacht club.
Two attempts were made last week, all of
which failed, owing to light wind. To-day
the yachts viii sail over the New York
club course, which is almost sure to be
made. The race over the twenty-mile
course is postponed until Tuesday next.