The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-22
FOUR YANKEE YACHTS.
the one to Run Against
"nion the EMngIishman M This Summer
New York sun.

New YORK sun. A.. A.
The most substantial eViuen.o .,a;,,,' wy .o
Ait.o, llo 1n 90 tbis gorgeous land are going 10
".-l S"oa'SNlJn ",ariors time this summer may De
ea5 '''no " ,,', ,,ernsal of the American 1achF
IVs.4 Iiat orvniied Inv steward Neiis olsen oI lne
H1as.' n1lo'' VdriY Yacht Club 1t has tWeh'y-SN
n'ow oro 1,ages than last years list ana recorus
,,loio p''eS9 dimensions and ownership OF
'i.o ,oo ,-acbts Six more CLUBS nave
aooa' 49, fov fovn,od since the Puritan -1enes'a
sooaa roaI.;,c, total of seventy-nVe eluOs'
The gentlemen who are regaluou Td,,,ord
American Yacht designers, Messr', r,i,1.ortb
Burgess. A. Cary Smith ana rnii "a, ;a o,,,,
have done more work this year tnaii - &c.
two wears heretofore. The makers u 49,. ~ 70
are not happy. They may DC ne Araeri-
Cantain Uenn's steel racer takes tne Ai,S.l ~
can cun to England in the fall. Ina' hoisno.
ths caiatea nor any other British cutter
can do this is the general opinion Oh anAee
--.isoI aI,o~ns Tbat opinion is based on
tbe existence of four splendid centerooSiur
ers the Atlantic, Mayfower, tbst mat these
PrieciIIa There is a probability tla' % aaof
Yachts NAV have trial eontes1 as Nv u f,ne IL
Ia Of the Atlantic 1acns the commodore to
The club has authorized the conn lporr,sci1hl
invite fine MayfloWer, Puritan anu, tLaoora-
IN fake mart in the regatta, prey .l0 n a.
mittee in charge of the Atlantle ueei1 ereafer
yisable to let her race: ineIe ~ ,of - meas
probability that the big sloops VIII nos in,,srb
IRE their long noses until they plottSin n
thronph the seas off Newport III Aus"'' 40
the battle for the Goelet cups, bot ohout
Theonly one of the mastery quta,'rIed1e is
which we have any positive knOWle4tsooo t'ooaT 30
tbe Pnrifan We knew something lase Ho"s
about the Priscilla, but she Is pracslft"be p,It be
new Yacht now, and her ability musS oce oc
matter of conjecture until she enseiS enseiISs 4binfs
Her new owner, Mr.. A. Cass Canneid, tnisho ehe
she is going to be a mighty lively boat. M, 2ne
will oo into commission this week. Inc e nia5 ~
Hover renresenting the acme OF sclentihc V4
signing AS practiced in the East, anu enS ~
lantic typifying the highest ueyeioplI,Tl 'ipnInown
forces. Captain Phil Ellsworth and MI. III ~
ward Burgess have the reputation OF pulbtu pIabr
ING none but fast yachts MeasH9iIeL "Uht, vgho
Hyslop of the New Iis,a'. oIK aons Savs She is
powerful sloop. He calls her an ilP iinPlVfett thot
Puritan. He is inclined to the Dellel S tnaS
She will beat any single-stieker' een'elDo"iu
OF cutter af1Oat. 4to priscilla
Commodore a. Cass Garfield OF the oealMsll- oeaMal-
bakas Corinthians, is going to try conclu2siUnt' SUI
with the Puritan at the regatta ol elio ',o,tb
ern Yacht Club off Marblehead next nlO4.n' s.lI,i
She will be towed hitheT from Wllmlng.oil'
Del. next week. The slOop Oracle, the laSt-
est of the old timers, will slip into the WSecn .
in few days, looking handsomer than eyer aver
after the extensive changes she has undeIt.
gone She has additional freeboara' an niIi oid
Of Oregon pine two feet longer than the r2. 9lu
one. and new bowsprit, gaff and boom. Her
owner, Mr.. Joseph Earl, expects her to 90
some lively work The schooner yacht
Dauntiess, Mr.. Caldwell II. Colt, which le1
the Genesta run off with the Cape May ana
Brenton's Reef challenge cups last year, IS
at Poiilon's shipyard fitting out. Her iron
work, which failed her last year, VIII De en-
tireIy new. Mr.. j. Beavor-Webb has been
making strenuous efforts to secure dlileIenS
races than those accorded to r.
The cup committee has, it is
give them to him. The famo
America is going to have