Telegram-herald., 1890-04-29
ENGLISH MUG-HUNTERS
WI Eesy Try Thls season fo< TIA
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kow that TIE noble uug huntsr. the
EarL q D1Araven Las received tie -
p-y q The New York Ysehl Clubs spsS
IA eomuittse 10 his letter ~ inquiry
Informing ain that. 4 she Cubs ee1
seat ear be obtained, the ten E-onths
notice Ray be saised ard al lztssns
tlonal match with tie slksris or som
ether kngilsA yscht arranged, the hope
0f yschtsfesn fer lively racing seasei
are rsTivins TAs answer was ds.
patched - Nr stephen Peabody, Cap
tain 0f the Fleet. On the 5th inst.
-Dunrsven said member ot the
Club yesterday. has not even answered
she challenges We sent him IN behalf OF
four Of oar elubmen. several weeks ago
BE was then invited % come over emo
try for the special Challenge Cups in e.
series OF races with the shamrock
Iitanis, Oracle and Katrina, but he eyi-
IDENTIFY wants the American Cap or moth
ing. Wlll Re be Accommodated We are
entirely willing that he SHOULD be. The
four challenges sent have no reference
70 the Cup, and are not Club challenges
a. all They are simply invitations
from private gentlemen 10 the Earl and
Ar Ralh, the owner Of tie Nsrana, g.
come over here and race. II We should
have Cup Tase, the usual method
would be followed BY the Slubof having
series of trial races. the swiftest Yacht
70 be selected % meet the Englishman q"
''N hat do yachtsmen here say about
the new Irex. now building at South
anp.on, England, for Mr. Jameson
"Well, she viii have the same
boat or Mr. Rallis She l.
probably a worry good boat, but nobody
can give an opinion about yacht until
she has been tested.s As far as our sid
is concerned, either the Puritan or the
Volunteer Is as liable 10 be selected 70
defend the cup as any other Ia chal
lenge races, competitors are entered ir-
respective Of class, and the size Of d
boat makes no difference.
This disposes OF the widely circulated
story that Mr.. Oliver Iselins' boat the
Titania, would probably be the compet-
itor chosen to sail against the English
cup-hunter. The Titania is q beautiful
match for the Valkyrie, as far as
measurements go, however, being 60
feet . inches along the water line, while
the Royal Yacht Squadron's crack is
exactly one inch shorter Both the
Valkyrie and the new Irex are compro-
mises between the cutter and sloop. and
each carries a centerboard.
There has been a great deal OF dis
cussion here lately about the prospects
of an International cup race" said
Manager Owain l.. Hughes, of the down
town headquarters of the yachtsmen.
'The general impression now is that
the difficulties will be smoothed over
and that match wi IL take place"
Mr.. Francis NJ. Scott, Chairman of the
Regatta Committee of the Lsrchmont
Yacht Club, and an authority on the
sport, takes q different view of the out
look for cup race. He said:
1T is hardly probable tha. the Val
kyrie will come across, although Lord
Dunraven's attitude las. year yindicated
@ disposition to come over, oven If he
did not race for the cup. The form of
his proposition was such that the New
York Yacht Club could not consent 10
race on his terms. They would have
been altogether too favorable to the
Englishmsn, leaving him nothing to
lose and ever ything 20 win.
American Yachtsmen haven't sufi-
cient data to judge of the yalkyrie,"
he added. "Apropos of English boats, l
don't see any indication of the English
coming over 20 the centerboard. although
there has been considerable talk about
it. They will unquestionably stick to
keelboats. AS far a. Americans are
concerned, we will continue 10 prefer
the centerbosrd for large boats. but for
small craft the tendency is to keels
They give more cabin room. and better
accommodation below, besides enabling
us 10 get the ballast lower down Within
the last few years, tendency has de-
veloped in favor Of building boats with
greater depth and less beam This will
make the boats wholesorser and safer
than the old models. giving more room
and making them better 10 work In.
During the coming season, the racing
in American waters will be very good in
certain classes. There will be fine
sport in the 20 foot elasa. The Titania.
Shamrock and Katrina are tho best
boats in this class There will also be
capital racing in the 20 foot class and
among the crack 30footers. too The
L !
ere among the crack to-foot boats. and
the Kathlene 0f New York, Sarscen of
Boston, and Tomboy OF New York. rank
in the LEAD among the 30-footers. The
prospect is that the classes are 20 BE-
smaller this year than usual. and thst
there viii be fewer 40 foot boats racing
than last year. 8 number OF boats are
going to be lsid ap and in some cases
the owners are abroad
''Ihs Boston raciag feet said NJ
Scott. 'isa much more important factor
In yashtinz than is supposed
Roston las tanned ont ia the last few
years a majority of The best boats built
On this country. slthouEh some verv
good ones have been desi znsd su3 built
In NeF York Ihe TitAnis. which last
year Tas tas bsst of the s0-footsrs. va
desiEnsd ia Boston by Borgess.. and
hrlir in Eev Fort Tie Quirkstep ard
rachem, ths most successf1l schoonsrs
in tae last fsr yesrs. were both de-
sned sna built ia Boston. Ibssrsti.
Owned in Providence and the Iast i1
N7T iork The Fsproose. Bsbboon md
Nfn - we're a.. designed s1d buiit in
fo-,an Al thrss we're prize winner,
u iasif eissf Tie L.ris. probably o..
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