Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-09-01
SATISFIED WITH The RESULT.
Yachtsmen Say the Mayfower
Is the Best Boat.
Promptness OF the Americas Cup Com.
mitiee. Capt. "Joe' Ellsworth to PILOT
The American SluOp.

| The select on OF Boston new sloop yacht
Mayaowsr by tn, Americas cup committe
to dfend that trophy against tho British
cutter Galalca was the chief topic of CONVEX
sation among ya,htsmen at NV York on
Thu sday - h. Those who witnessed the
| trial races were MT Surpri,al mt + 10 result,
and all com )lim ned cv C)mmo lore Jam ~
| d. Smith an W lliim Krtb o cir excAl-
| Int management Of the contests aud tn ir
pro upt dec lsiol at ths conclusion ofWednes.
DAYS race.
After the Maya)wcr returned to her an.
chorage, she was visited by number of
| ynchtsmAn representing tho Atlantic, New
Go k, Lnrchmont and other clubs Gen.
| Pain, entertaine them in the sluops abin.
He was warmly corgratulatel Oh the sele =
tiol of his hand ono va h., aud every ore
wished hi II sAccs IN the coming inter-
IN ional contests Gen. Paine personally
thanke his crew for their faithtulness during
the races.
Lieut.. Hem of the Galafea, speaking Of
tie tral aces, sai'I II have been most
handsomely treated by the comm t o, during
these contests, and through the courtesy of
| Commodore E,dridg, T. Gerry, have had an
opportunity TO wit ess the races and judge
the merits of the yachts IRON the deck of his
beautiful steam yacht Electra. After the
| first race | was satiSii ii that tho Maylower
was the yacht should have to sail againt,
and consider the committees s,iec,ion
wise one.
The 10 ~ owner Of the Galatea al led that
CIV since he h ID arrived in New York
waters he had beel the recipient Of ovation
after ovation, an that he was overwhelmed
with kin Inc IS on every hlnl ut was q
great contrast he said, 80 my departure
from thu other side for, al h)u III We laid
among large fleet of English zach $, not
one even waived handkerchief or bid us
GodSpeed"
The Lieutenant VIII SO pleasant manner
has won him many friends here, spoke with
confidence abolt his "ship" as he calls her.
He greatly a lmires the Mayhower from a
zach smans standpo nj, bur thinks her crew
med more training IN the handling Of sails.
In stiff breez, to windw nd and a choppy
or heavy seq he is more conf lent Of beating
the Mayilower than in light weather. TIL,
Galatea's racing boom Is shipped and her
racing sails are bent She sailed over the
New York Yacht Club course TODAY, aud
she will be sent out continually be,ween nov
and the day set for the first race.
The Amer icas cup committee, through ex-
Commodore Smith, its ciairman, sent their
full report of the trial races to-day to Mes rs
Chase, Cahoone and Robinson, tie regatta
committee of the New York Ynch Club, in
whose hands the management of the interna-
tional races will be placed. Ex-Commodore
Smith paid n well-dcServed compliment to
Gen Paine to-day, when he said he con i'd
cred the Mayllowers owner ons of the bes5
yachtsmen IN America, and that the people
could not have better man and yacht as
their champion, 81 believe, sail he "that
the greatest caro- will he taken on the May
flower in the matter of election of ironwork
and the testing of rigging, so that nothing
shall be left undone to bring the Maytlower
to the line the be't-iitted yacht that ever COM
p ted for prize in American waters" 1t is
undertook that Gen. Paine will invite Capt.
joe Ellsworth to pilot his yacht in the in
ternationnl races; also that If either yacht
meets with an accident, sufficient time shall
be allowed to repair damages.
Mrs Hem, it is aid, will surely sail in the
Gaatea during her races. She is so much
at home on board that her husband can
ha div induce her to 90 ashore at all. Gen.
Paine left for Boston and will return to per-
soaally suierintend the fitting up of the
Mayiower. Latham \. Fisher, owner of
the GrayliDg AMI part owner OF the Atlantic,
said this morning: I'VE We're fairly beaten
by the Mayiiowcr. She is unquestiOnably
the best yacht to meet tn, Galatea. The At
lan,ic will b, stripped and laid up at once.
Puritan took the defeat of his yacht
phlosophicaliy, and appeared satisfied with
the committees decis on
Commodore A. Cas- Garfield of the Pris-
ella. who spent large amount of money in
the preparation of bis yacht, feels his defeat
keenly, but ,ceptS th9 situation in q true
VaChtsman's Dirt