New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-23
pertaining to the underwater body Of the This.h

pertaining to the underwater body Of the Th;.,l.
before and after the races.
The rapid bound, or rather bounds, whit.
American yacht building had made in th,
Yachts, taking three steps from nadir TO zenisI
nroyed SO astounding that even Americans co"ii
scarcely comprehend what had happened it,
hardly to be expected that the Englis, woaIS
nave done So Mr. Bell the owner Of the Tbi,tIee
said after the race
The course is a miserable one. 1t is IN.
worst of which have had any experience. Hal
known it was so bad the Thistle would nevss
have been built. We were simply out.lucka :
Yesterday. and we did not have a fair show.
Then Mr.. Bell had the bottom OF the Thistle
syent carefully with ropes to see if there w,s
any foreign substance attached to her bottom
which had been put there by designing Americana
Wien it was found that the Thlstle's b)ttom
was as the designer hal made ii, there was mora
wonder and all the crew, together with the owner
and designer, went about in that state of mind
So graphically described by Bret llarte:
!. III things Mat they seem,
Or l. visions aboGtF
The English papers az rule took the defeat
rbi,osonhically THE London DAILY News said
N the course of long article The Thistle has
inon bcaten i'm a wind that was. 30 TO speak, %
her own choosing. She never had q chance from
Tho start or TO BE- quite accurate, from the hrst
ho,,or drain our cup of bitterness TO the dregs.
IL is idle to deny It, "hat VIII account for
it, c.ond,rd- in ia editorial said.
No." IN br beaten we wouli rather i should DO
hv America than any other country.
The Daily telegraph said lime and time
or.;n wc have sought 10 push into the first
''acn naturally belonging to Us As the mistress
pf tho scas but as often has our champion re-
;urrcd discounted and east down.
In Paris on the dry Of tn" race me betting was
boa3v' and many thousands of dollar, changed
hands In all the poolrooms and clubs OF the
Frrnch capital bets were made freely, and the
odds given were in favor OF the thistle But
there was another race YET 10 W sdi,iu anu we
Thistle was to have chance over the OUTSIDE
course So mastering what hope they could tie
Scotchmen went ont TO the Sc9uahu l.gnMrshlp
on September 20 10 meet the volunteer lhere
,ras no wind on that day however, ana me race
y"s nostponed until September 30 On that DAY
,hn two champions sailed race twenty miles TO
,wirdw,rd and return from the Scotand lIght-
shin The result was the defeat OF thc inistie py
1', .rutcs as "a seconds This probably is just
standard to take in comparing the TWO Doa,s ana
shows exactly how much better the Volunteer
was than the Thise No cement ,% Sa i xicor %.
There was a moderate wholc-saii breeze blowing
and the course was within POM ol yea" 20
windward The wind held steady most OF lhe
inc For five or ten minutes after tlie second
tack when the yachts We're beating on shof'' the
Wind drcDpcd a bit and shifted from east 70
southcost bitt this was IN favor OF th' lhls'ls
rather than the Volunteer. an ~" "u,rter The
Voluntocr gained from ia" start ana IL WiS soon
evident to all who looked on that 'l VIZ sae
win
vas superb. Inc lh!N'' ""o "'
with her. , r.., x,oda be,tar tina
than the Volunteer, but never s,oou ANY eu ,.IoS
If saving The day. This race, oil rOurS', s' ns
tbc question # the possession oil III" cup i"o
time OIL '''e '"o' ""' 90 ' ELAPSED correc,d
.strt.o rmi;h ,.i ,!!a!f6; 4! !H sGl.
X Sl!,s or ::iSc 81 ss5i2 5:''I 'A as
Upon This the a'ct race for 1 te cup mc a0 to nut
,n end forever 10 these time-honored ana non,
arabic International contests. That was the thlrd
deed of Gift. so much had been written apou,
II 50 disastrous did il prove TO lntcrna'ohai
racing and so completely have its inilu!tieS pen
overcome by modeiat 'nn and spcr,ma'HN ,onIu.s
on the part of Lord Dnravsn ana mos; M,y C ny~
direct the policy of III" Now "rM ~ ,r,"i
that a long discussion Of the instrument woua
No ONT of place here. Those who drew up ue
deed seem to have an idea nat il would ios,e e!
International yacht racing. rs matf = oil liCs
il stopped il for sin years ana drought "HH0a
criticism upon American yachtsnen.
Soon after the defeat of the Thistle the Aiher'
ica's Gun was returned to George l.. SCHUYLER. tns
surviving member Of the syndicate when oW W's
tllc America and he gave il back 10 the Ne",
York Yacht Club under the third " deed OF gu,;
an instrument which had been prepared lpr IN. IN,
signature by members of the club, Inc cel'pra,'u
instrument is a long document, full OF I";'l VT
hinge There is lot about parties or tle pr',
and second parts and transfer and sHt over ana
by these presents docs grant. IN" riaus' IN ,ns
deed which O@casloA'd Inc NUS u ~, -
known as the dimension clause. lhls cldu'e
is as follows:
The challenging club shall give ten months
notice in writing. naming the days for IN" pro-
posed races: but races shall br sailed IN the
DAYS intervening between November ana May
| Recommending the ten months notice of ch IL
lenge there must he sent the nam" OF the owner
and certificate of the RIG and following dlmen-
sions of the challenging vrSS" namely L"ngtn on
load-wator line beam M loaG-wat"r line. extreme
beam and draught of water. winch dimensions
shall not be exceeded and a custom house registry
Of tho vessel must bc sent aS soon rs possible
The Thistle after her return ~ England. was
purchased by the Emperor of Germany, vino races
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