St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-20

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action between the steel s.Gss; and bI on5:a
bottom. Work, it is said, will be commenced
at once on the new boat, at the Herreshoffs'
Bristol yard, and it is expected that she will
be finished by the last of August. She will
be completely rugged and fitted out, and Nat
Herreshoff is to have one month to try her
before she is sent abroad. While no one but
Mr.. Bennett and the Herreshoffs know what
sort of yacht will be turned out in the Pru-
nellie, it is claimed that she will be wide
departure from the Wasp, Navahoe and Wig
liant, and that there will be considerably
more rake to her keel. . -s,zz - 9tr..Ef-
1t has long been the earnest desire of Mr..
Bennett to bring off match with the Prince
of Wales, and the chief consideration which
the designers of the Prunehe will keep in
mind will doubtless be the conditions under
which such a race can best be arranged If
the Britannia and the Ealkyrie have any de-
cided advantage over the Vigilant, it is in
facility for turning and maneuyering, and
English yatchsmen, in regulating the condi-
tons under which they will race, will natur-
ally prefer courses favorable to their boats.
They will avoid, so far as possible, a direct
trial in reaching and running, in which the
Yigiant's superiority to the Navahoe is
frankly acknowledged.
Mr.. Benefits career as yachtsman dates
from 1860 During the civil war he was with
the Union cruisers in his schooner yacht Hen
rietta, and in this yacht in the month of De-
cember, 1866, he raced across the Atlantic
against the Vesta and Fleetwing, and won.
The American yachtsmen although it was in
No oyfl of oil o,,% Lo5
grand reception at Cowes the members of
the Royal Yacht squadron mastering in great
force to welcome them. In 1868 Mr.. Bennett
purchased the schooner Dauntless, and in
1870 matched her against Mr. James Ash
bury's schooner Cambria to race from Queens
town to New York. The Cambria won but
by one hour and three-quarters only. Mr..
Bennett raced the Dauntless in America after
this; but in 1882 he took to steam yachting
and built the Namouna. He, with W. P.
Douglas (once owner of the famous schooner
Sappho), built in 1885 the large sIoop Pris-
ella as Americas cup defender against the
Genesta, but she was not the vessel selected
for the purpose. SEQ ,,.e i.i sYss-
The Prunelle will be entered next spring in
the races at Nice, in which also the Vigilant
will probably take part This regatta prom
ises to bring together the best. yachts in the
world, and to stimulate interest in yachting
both in England and America, since the chal-
lenge cup won at Nice will subsequently be
contested for at Cowes and at Newport, if
not in New York waters.
The forty-six footers promise to be the
leading class of the New York Yacht Club
during the coming season. The Gloriana,
recently purchased by H. NJ. Ginig, is now
being fitted for active racing, and is sure to
have several hardy competitors. The Wasp
this year is now owned by the Lippitts, of
Providence, who will race her with the view
of adding to her reputation. The Harpoon,
it is said, will be fitted out and, in the hands
OF her owners, the Adams boys, OF Boston,
will be found hard to defeat. The Carmita,
owned by c. H. W. Foster, of Boston, has
been improved, and better things are ex-
pected of her than was the case last year,
when she was constructed. Lastly, the Clio
riana may, with new sails and master at
the wheel, display SO much speed that the
victories of her first year 1881 may be bril-
liantly duplicated. Should she show her old
time way of going, and with it slight i'm