The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-25
THE CUSHING rs TIE BETTER BOAr.
And tho vanoose May Find II Out H They
Meet

Ana the Vamo0se May Find II Out " They
Meet.
II is no wonder that New York yachtsmcn
hope 80 strongly for a favorable reply to their
| request to tho Navy Department that the
Cushing and the Stiletto race with the Nor
wood. the Vamoose tho Javclin. and tho Now
Then. For. should tho request 10 granted.
there would be such yacht race as has not
occurred before.
All tho boats in the race would be HcrreshofY
boats except the Norwood. and II would be in
tercsting to determine whether the Norwood
can beat the Herreshoff boats. as Mr. Munro
thinks so positively. II would also settle
whether tho Cushing Ia faster than the Va
moose. which ia the last OF the Herreshofr Of
forts.
Naval officers laugh at the idea OF any OF the
| other boats being compared with the Cushing.
They say that the Gushing is far and away tho
fastest boat ever built. and that she settled
this fact during the summer 10y n feat which
the other boats have not even claimed the
ability to do
A naval Officer said last night: "One day
during the past summer the Cushing went
down tho bay with an excursion steamer which
was going eighteen nautical miles an hour
The Gushing first made two complete circles
around tho excursion boat. Then she lot the
excursion boat get about n quarter of a milo
ahead OF her. People on tho excursion boat saw
great commotion In the water. and pretty
soon the Cushing passed them stern foremost
and gained SO rapidly that the excursion boat
seemed to be hardly moving. Tho Gushing
had actually backed fastcr than tho swift ex-
cursion boat could go forward.
THE Cushing was built under Government
inspection. Each nail and rivet in her was
went in. The most careful tests were applied
and everything about her was made perfect.
to the tes eG @
.."S She has thornycroft boilers. which occupy
rcssars '' The highest 'r prcssSrc on thu Sis
s,hGs and ocean steamers is never y, mere
@ ker engines i"s Sf hor Ts"n% @
and her stroke may be $50 times a minute.
IS Is nsSss h sf ss s" so st n
In an hours race the vamcose or tho Nor:
to let down. The engineer Of tho Gushing
SSsE nc SoS ss is
smaller. nearer the. size Of the Norwood and
the and she is not 5" perfectly built
as rs: good for more than twentoone nautical
little hope Of the Navy Department permitting
the two Goycrnment boats to enter. So that
e9ad Se ma Sfs s BY WAY & fe"''e
The three other ,Herreshoff boats and tho
Sorwood would make race q much much interest.
tie Javeiin and the NOW Then are older than an
It is said that the Norwood has recovered
ready fS T race about 0et NJ FL. Hearst has
sSSS prize of5srsd tS St tSe xmcr!can Yacht Club
makes an additional element OF interest.
Capt. Hall 81 the American Yacht Club offered
to change the prize from money to plate 4 the
by erss ssd
hali ago which makes i, Just that much older
Officers would ike to see the Gushing entered
the lack Of money for the possible Expense
The Navy DEPARTMENT has not shewn much
the tn Of snp
ocean liner was rejected without much cere-
Ali these boats talked Of for this race claim a
speed Of at least twenty five miles an hour. and
some Of them have shown that they can make
NEWPORT: Sept. 24.-Yacht experts oyer in
the town Of BrIst9! say that if the new HERES
can Vac ut Club it viii be the fault Of ". H.
4 Hearst. her owner Great interest is taken in
score OF American sport. but also by reason OF
the fact that all except one Of the bqats in,
Of arf tine S ns
that very little. sympathy will be felt for the
owner q ii tae yamo%se il ease he som IS; in
only few persons know q it in Newport:
than she should have been This is not the fault
suppose. i is due entirely TO the fact that VI
X. Hearst for whom the yacht was built would
not keep his hands Off and give the HERES
hofTs fair chance to show what they could do
an hour slower than she ought to, be is be-
cause she draGs at the stern. and the reason
TaS sfa$s Ss sasFn because her
70 the ordinary reader il would seem TO be
fHsnssb st HPs dsfh zig a Cart Net
as 3 !" a' w s and az
whore MI Hearst came in and spoiled things.
Mr.. Hearst vented cabin for himself in the
ff S h S1 aHs he Sos
/. Capt. Nat Herreshoir showed in the plans
that the machinery ma , vas to pretty far for,
Hssrst ?issistei that tt" machinery should 60
As the Herreshofs felt sure that they conld
build a boat W to the standard OF the contract.
which stipulated o for snHed Of twsntyys
ana 50 retain the order, So the vamoos. was
the Herrsshotis We're H satisfied; '''''"' ''''
The truth OF the matter is That the Vamoose
does H?I represent tn" greatst skill Of TIE Her,
res, rictions killed that rs a piece of work. Tho
Vamoosc does not at all compare with til" tor
Is that the Cushing is able to steam all around
the Vnmo1sc. 9s the Eap%ose raPered about
II Mr.. Hcur.t had told the HerrcshofYs to
build him the fastest vessel in the world. and
had let hem entirely alone while they did it.
he would not now be searching for n new pro-
peler with which to make his boat go faster.
Weather Msps for the Children to Study.
Superintendent Jasper intends to send to
fifteen schools and to the city College daily
lllla oil l.a NIL fLar