Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-24

The Mischief beat the ATLANTA 80 minutes 81
seconds, and the Oracle beat her 81 minutes 10
seconds.
The New York yacht club now decided that
the old deed OF gift was inadequate, and re-
turned the cup TO Geo. L. Schuyler, the only
surviving donor, who once more made it over
to the club with new deed Copies of this
document were sent to all foreign yacht clubs
and the Canadians, who bad talked OF chal-
longing again, declined to do so. The only
change. however, was the insertion of the
clause designed to prevent competing yachts
from N"inF brought here on the decks of
steamers or by way of canals.
THE GESEsTA.
On February 26, 1895, the Royal yacht SQUAD
ron and the Royal Northern yacht club,
through J. Beaver Webb, challenged the New
York yacht club to defend the cup against the
cutters Genesta and Galatea. The proposition
was to have the Genesta sail FIRST and. IL the
New York defender won, then to bring for
ward the Galatea Immediately. The New York
yacht club accepted the challenge. do not
propose to weary the reader with an account Of
the arrangement of the details of the race
Suffice it to say that the final program pro-
vided for the contest between the Genesta and
the American yacht, the Galateas races being
deferred till the following year. There was
the usual discussion between Mr.. Webb and
the cup committee about the courses and the
allowances. the former asking. as his successor
dad. to have all the races sailed outside the
bay. 1t took the New York yacht club long
time to discover that the bay was not a suitable
place for yacht racing. but the way in which
the racers were crowded by lot of lubberly
steamboat captains finally carried the point,
and this years cup contest will be settled in
open water, as it ought to be. A letter was sent
out by the New York yacht club to all
yachting organizations in this country, in
wiling them to enter competitors in the trial
ra e.. One clause in this letter stipulated that
the committee reserved the right of forming its
own judgment ms to the fitness of any entry for
the purpose in view irrespective of the actual
result of the races. This point Is worth bear
ing in mind: The best boat does not always
win, and the club still has the right to select q
beaten boat, II 1t is deemed desirable.
THE PURITAN.
James Gordon Bennett. commodore, and w.
p. Douglass. vice commodore, of the New York
yacht club. resolved to build u yacht about the
size of the Genesta, for at the time there was
10 single-stiCker larger than the Oracle i'm this
country. For these two gentlemed A. Cary
Smith designed and the Harlan and Holm IS
worth company built the iron eenter-board
sloop Priscilla. About the same time several
Boston gentlemen. chief among whom were the
now famous yachtsmen Gen. Charles j. Paine,
j. Malcolm Forbes and Edward Burgess, put
Their heads together and evolved the design
OF the grand Puritan. / do Mr.. Burgess
no injustice when say that some
share OF the credit for her design be-
longs 10 the two gentlemen whom have
named with him. The Puritan was built by q.
Lawiey i Sons Of Boston, and many enthusi-
astic admirers still believe her to be the best
sioop sfioat IN all weathers. The Priscilla was
fast yacht. but the Puritan was faster. and
when they first came toge Ser in n heavy wind
and sea OF Newport the ktter won the Goeiet