Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-06

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win the Americas cup In 1850 when the
| Ray OF Ousnte Yacht Club, OF Belleville.
| ont challenged in befl8lf OF Captain
| Cnthhert. the designer OF the Countess Of
Dufserin. who bad buk big sloop called
| the Atalania- The challenge was accepted.
and h was decided 70 hold three races. a
| Mischief owned by j. r. Busk. was
chosen 10 defend the cup. The first race
was sailed on N.,nb6,s,r 6,,,, 9Th; over ,the the
| Oracle. which had been beaten by the
| Mischief IN the trials. went over the
course with the contestants. and beat
| both Of them. The only real race was be-
| tween the two American boats. On No.
! VenDer 10th. the second race was sailed
/ from on the point Of the Hook. twenty
| miles to the feeward and return on the
! 0pcn sea. The Mischief won by II min
| utes % seconds. elapsed time and 3S min
utcs IS seconds. corrected time.
THE GENEsTAs EFFORT.
| The next contest for the Americas cup
1as the most notable OF all. For tn hrst
| time since the America won the cup ~"
! New York Yacht club received N 1879
q challenge from the Royal Yacht squat -
! ron. The challenGe named tns cutter
! the competing boat n was proposed
that n the Ccuosta dd not win the cup,
the cutter Galatel. belonging % Lieut'n-
ant Heun, ~ the Royal Northern Yacht
club, should race for the cup after a short
| time.
II was finally arranged 50 that Tie
| Genesta raced for the cup in lhN3 ana INC
| Calataa w The following year The HcW
| York Yacht Club invited all Yacht clubs
| Ip the country 20 enter boats IN the trial
races Two syndicat" boats were quickly
built james Gordon Bennett aui " ~
liam L. Douglas. ~ the New, YORK Nacn'
club. ordered cHp defender from \.
Cary Smith. and General thaI!ts y. id'h'.
| / MqlcOlrn Forbes. ana others Of an
Eastern svudicats gave an order for =
boat a. Edward burgess. The New lotN
| boat tho Priscilla. was built by the li@r-
an Ho'lnSs"4lttnn Tr,2mtp9ns .lt,.,, e;I5d,Cai. i
| boat the Puritan. was built 90 LHwley
| ward. at Boston. Both were centrr-board
Tbo Puritan was built OF wood and the
| Priscilla OF iron The trial races wore
| smoup the most exciting ever held. The
| Puritan won two out Of the three races
| The Goucsta arrived at this port on
! Iuly 18th. before the trial races. She
| measured el feet over all, 81 feet on the
| water line D. feet beam. ana u feet .
| inches drauCht. one attempt to sail th'
| race on September eth was unsCcc'Ssl ll
| owing 10 lack of wind. ON the tollo"inR
| lay the two boats foulcd cach othrr
| II was the Puritan's fault and sh" was
| disqualified. SIR Richard sutton game
| great popularity throughout the country
|
| the course and claim the race. ON sep
| tfmbcr nth the wind was so Hight tha'
! the yachts could not get Over th" cDNtT' cn.1
| within the .rrrscrlbrd ntiit Oh
| hours ON September l2th the SacHD
| v.er. AGAIN unsuccessful Two days later
| however. the first race was sailed.
| The course WAS thirtY-cieht mll"S lohS
| IL had it's starting point OF Stapiclon ar,
i,s 6nIah below the Narrows. a ligh
| wind was blowing from IN" spuihW'S
whon the boats started, at iN.ap ch IS
The Puritan was well in the lead wh'i
| Tho wind died ont and she was D'calIl''
| off H.. Wett Bank iu m" Lower Bay
Tho Gcucsta then crawlcd up unul Sh.
struck the sam" spot IN the water -
fresh wind from the south came ul
| sbnrtIy aftrrward. and thD NachtS wen
t,,kinl. down To- the Southwest spit BUOY
| 1,hc Puritan lol al the way hack am
! | v-nu hv 10 minutes II seconds. on olal's'
; | time. and IT, minutes - seconds on cor
The second race took place on Wedncs
. | lav two days later over course
, | twenty miles 10 lcoward ana I''ui y
1 | from the Scotland lichiship 1he Idc
| v.as ono Of the most exciting ever known
- | Tba Puritan dashed over the unlsnh
| liuo q victor 10y ! minute ~ s'conds. I'M
- settl"l me possession of the famous ca
$ | for That year.
q HENNS GALATEA.
p In the following year Lieutenant Hem
, GaIatca. a good cruising boat. hut h"' :
T. | fast as tho G.ncsta. came over IN scarf
p, nf me Gun General Paine had BurgCs
Z | design a new boat for him. WilCh II
- | named Maynowcr The conItsla"'s ~, !" s a,
s | ,ri.J races were the MayHo%er the Al
- | Iautfc a. urW boat. tho famous iuiltn
- | and the almost equally famous i'S, i' ,ii''
| Tho MayfoWtr won the nlrt w" ~.
- races and was chosen 10 uvl''i ,,,. saile
| The first race for tn" cup Wd9 9s.l'
| an S,utembcr eth. over tho New i'I
N | Yacht club course, win the Sdd Sldd1 ~
Il | StaulctOn At the hghtshlp thc MAP NY W,
p | wns nearly 30 minutes ahead She ha
n ro difIcultv I'm winning 10y II minutes
. | seconds. elapsed time and Il mmu'c9
e. sacouds corrected time. The Secohd IA,
4 | was 10 lac sailed on the ocean 'Wth.
q | miles to Windward ana return, ~, -,
0 | scotland LiGhtship. The yaculS WI .,
> colnrd on September 9th. ana haL
u ',,,,', thn race on September al
q | they started AT y 20 ~ me Iu"i ~ ON
u | no Bphtshtp The wind soon ultt on
L,t a.. Naveower covered the pl7tail..
= | within seven hours anu caalN, "'1t -, =,
III | Galatea 10y 29 minutes II srcolnS' vini'', i,,
y, | time, and - minutes sec"h"''
l. | time. ....,,,.,.,,, -,
nv. last attempt. before the presei
be- ou, to take the cup from this coun,
"a ,.aS n,1a I'm 1857 hy the Scotch cul,'
be- | .rri-tlr luilt especially 20 WIN le va
'p IIar owner was James l5ell' anu ~ "
1t | drsionei hv Watson. Before c"thllS
'r mis- country she started tn ntteen rae
,.i,uin,s eleven FIRST prizes, one se'oi
H aud one third. Burgess h4Ht tne ~
it Voluntcer for General IhlnF' HnT 1U 81
"a ,r,sI races The Volunteer WAS SciTC.
'd as tb, boat TO sail against the hlsp
Tho first race took pace on CTuI
- 1-th over the New YORK h"'Ht W.,
IA inside course. Ihc start W"0
4 G,,,l"fon and the finish at the Narrow
ID ~ Noluuteer won glorious NiCto..
~. | Lr,+ir.. the Scotch cutter 10y ~ hlitu' m u,
pc % Ii seconds. \ ltI Wiz c.,s the Ia