New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02

| Flint ard Joseph p. Earle; the Mischief, owned
! by J. r. Busk the Ilidcgard owned by Her
mann Oclrichs and the Pocahontas. owned by
! the flag officers of the club, We're chosen to
! sail IN trial races for the purpose of selecting
winner The yachts started over the New
| York Yacht Club course in the first of the
trial races on October i3 Before getting through
the Narrows n strong puff Of wind came over
| the Staten Island hills. and the tOpmasts Of
the Oracle and Tocahon;as went by the board
| The race was won by the Mischief On October
- the second trial race sailed. only the
| Oracle. Pocahontas and Mischief starting. The
Oracle won. beating the Mischief by three
minutes and nineteen seconds. The Pocahontas
proved that she was fat failure. and
far behind at the finish.
The third trial race was sailed course
outside the Hook on October 20 Mischief Oracle
and Pocahontas were the competitors. The
Pocahontas was so badly disabled that she was
towcd back 10 shct'ring basin and laid up
She had proved herself in every way unworthy
of the high hopes entertained Of her. The Mis-
chief and Oracle made fin" race Of il, and the
Mischief won by = seconds. The Mischief
was therefor, chosen as the American champion
The Oracle NOR" popular boat than the
Mischief and many wished that the choice hal
between the two yachts and their speed was 50
nearly equal that the Ncw-Yori vachtSmcn Of
those days were divided into two hoStil" camps,
the piriisrns IF the Gracir and the partisans of
the Mischief Therefore the special commttc"
kept which boat they had selected dark secret
until tie morning of the day fixed for the first
international race. November :.
Tho Canadian yacht arrived here October
,ir,url tho O-,VaGO and Eric
canals for IN" was. lik" the Countess Of DuI"rn,
frc~h-watcr yacht. blilt on Lake Ontario.
She came through the raging cnawl' in safety.
which, in view of her subsequent pcrformln 80,
unkind critics declared. WAS r"uar,lallc ~"
was put in drydocl at once and work was
pushed forward on her 10 get her ready Tor the
racr II had been originally asked by ithr
CanadanS that th" race for the cup b" sailed
in SEPTEMBER hut owing to delay in launching
tic Ataldntl p"~tpou"m"ut had been asked
fr arI .i.At~l WHOM ia" Atalantl placed
in drvdock IN" .racti-"d ~" ~ one" saw that
there was nothing new or startling IN her 'In's
and no Indication Of Great speed still. though
Lor mod. WAS sharply criticised. opinions con
corning her were not all dnfavonbl". Finally
tho ATLANTA WAS ready. The day named for
the first race WAS fogey and there was - little
wind that II was determined 10 postpon" II until
the n"Nt day. Nnf"inl"r -. 'n tGit NY 'H'
Mischief anI Atalnta w"re started in thr first
race over IN. old New-Nork Yacht club couIs"
the start being on Ntaplcton. The Grlci' was
on hand ~ tho start and went over in" cour>"
with the other two yachts, beating both the
Nallnta and Mi,cl ei 70 tue consequent glorica-
ton OF her many partlsauS. I'm fact. about all
the racing there WIS alter southwest spit buoy
was reached wa, between the two American Scoops
the ATLANTA heinz out Of tn" rae" before she
reached the first mark.
The wind at tie start was blowing a good sail