The morning call., 1893-05-29
IELD, SPORTS OF THE TRACK, SPORTS


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f1ukes and accidents (which in cross
channel match are quite possible) the Ma
vance ought to have little difficulty in re-
trleving both trophies.
Now, a word as to the boats that are on
the ways. and which will play an impor-
tant part In the Yachting affairs of the cur
rent year. Altogether there are eight I'M
der construction, of which q number of
Americans are building four, while Eng
land is turning out the remaining four.
These eight yachts represent all types of
marine architecture, from the English cut
ter to the radical Yankee fin.
The American owners. the Archibald
Rogers syndicate. the E, d. Morgan syndi-
cate. General c. }. Paine and the Boston
syndicate. The Herreshoffs. of which firm
the famous blind designer, Nat G. HERE
shoff. is the leading member, are building
the first-named boats; Hawley of Boston
the Paine boat, creation of the generals
son, John B. Paine, and Pussy & Jones of
Wilmington, Del, the B0 ton syndicate
boat, designed by Stewart 81 Binney.
The British owners are Lord DHnraven
Nf the ValkyrIe, the Prince of Wales,
Scotch syndicate and A. D. Clarke. G. L.
Watson designed the Valkyrie and Wales
boats; w. Fife Jr. the Scotch syndicate
craft, and j. NJ. Soper, Mr.. Clarke's boat
are being built entirely of steel. That ex-
ception is the Morgan craft. the submerged
hull of which will be plated with TObin
bronze, while the upper part will be of
steel. The bronze Will add ma teriallv to
to the weight OF the craft, but Designer
Herreshoff declares that the smoothness
gained and the non-foulng properties of
the bronze will more than offset the in
creased weight. The bronze plate entails
an expenditure OF $4,000. Every one of the
British built boats Will be of composite
construeti0n--that is, they will be wood
planked on steel frames.
Particular attention is being directed. in
the construction of these boats, to immense
area of sail and more canvas will be spread
than ever before. BoOms of really gigantic
size are being turned, and skiliiulness in
manipulation of such tremendously heavy
rugged boats Will in truth cut most i'm.
portanL figure. The English boats, ex-
ceptIng Soper's, which is a Semi-fin craft,
are kees. OF the American vessels the
Navahoe and the Morgan boats are center
boards. the Rogers is a keel and the two
Boston boats are fms of the most pro-
nOunced type.
The length of these boats on the load
water4ine is about eighty-fve feet, barring
Soper's which runs along 10 ninety feet.
These hgures VIII give pretty good idea
of what the boats are like, and. when it is
added that the length over all is forty feet
greater than the load water-lins in each
case, the minds eye will have no great
task in realizing what extreme "over-
hangs" there are in the most modern types
of marine architecture. There is this much
to be said about the American boats. None
of them has any decided advantage over
the other in material and weight, and, for
that very reason, they will stand upon a
mnre even footing than ever before. Out
side of Lrrd Dunraven' Valkyre, the Que
boat in England which is focusing the
attention of our yachtmen here Is the
Soper ninety-f0oter. She is the longes1
single sticker ever turned out bT the
builder, Fay of Southampton, and he has
showed veritabls fact OF cracks" into the
waters in his day. She is expected to give
Mr.. CARROTS Navahoe the hardest kind OF
a battle for the royal Victoria gold cup
Her Overhangs are nearly half of her watt
line lie 9Th. and her main bonn, ninety feel
in length. is The longest slung in British
boat in years. In fact. Mr.. Soper has de.
signed a boat that has out-AmericaneG
Americans.
Mr.. Carroll suggested TO Lord Dunraven
that the Valkyre and the Navahoe ma Ike
race of ii across the Atlantic when the
NayahOa returns. and the Vaikyrie com es
To inset the flower OF our cup defenders
| flock in these waters; but Dunraven cour-
t|ousty declined on the plea that he
wished the Valkyrie to be as fit as a
fiddle in the great international contests.
Nobody ought TO find fault with Dunraven
for that. for he will have everything al
stake, while Mr.. Carroll snail have
flushed the m. jor part Of his racing
schedule for the year and he is not to ba
interested as competitor in the trial races
on this side. And again, il anything got
out of gear with the Valkyrie in trans
Atlantic race il might open up the way t.
a cry that the American cup defender won
Cd . ''fuke" or mad the British boat at g
most decided disadvantage. This is pre-.
cisely what we Americans wish TO avoid
| The races must be absolutely on ever
terms so far as boat and boat are con.
cerned. The New York Yacht Clnb does
| not desire the boat which shall be chosen
| to carry out the cartel it has accepted from
i the ROYAL Yacht Squadron, through whom
! LORD Dunraven challenged. to win the
Americas cup on anything that bears the
! slightest suggestion of a "fuke."
! On this side of the Atlantic COMPARE
! lively little is known about Lord Dun.
! raven. In the House of Lords he is
| Liberal, and his opinion of liberalism is tt
allow thai person who does not happen
! to agree with you may be as honest az
yourself aud, possibly, more farseeing and
correct. He is brainy. wealthy and popu
lar, and, although an Irishman and ar
Irish landlord at that. he is kind anC
| generous, albeit he has frequently stood
out for justice to landlords as well as Il
tenants. His very liberalism led Dunraver
to favor the opening OF art museums on
Sundays, much to the outspoken chagrin
of his achievement ers of the Sunday
society. of which he was at one time The
president He was appointed in 18S;
| Under Secretary OF the British colonies
For years he has been among the fore.
most yachtmen of England, and two years
ago he started to bring over the Valkyrie
mot the present one, however, to race
but the hitch in the Ameri as cup pre-
vented. He moves in the highest circle:
of British aristocracy. but is said to bt
democratic withal. J. A. FYNEs.
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