The times., 1899-10-04
OTHER RACES FOR THE CUP.
History of an Tnbroken Line Of YAM
kee Xieforfe.

History of an Jnbroken Line of YAM
kee Victories
The Americas Cup. which the Columbia
is defending and the Shamrock is endeav-
oring to carry away to the other side OF
the water. is two feet high and elabosatsiy
crnamented Around the broadest part are
medaHions. inscribed with the names OF
the yachts that have won the trophy from
time TO time The initial inscription s:
Zone hundred guinea cup. won August p,
1851. at cowes. England. by yaeAt Amer
lea. at the Royal Yacht Squadron regatta.
open to all nations beating" then foa-
lowing the names OF the other cont ants
il that race. The Cup has been in the Gus
tody of the New York Yacht Ciab at its
house in Madison Avenue. but for q time
wss in a safe deposit vault.
The Cup was offered By the Royal Yacht
Squadron in 1851 for yachts OF all nations.
OF any tonnage. to sail around tue Is e OF
+ Wight For long time il was incorrect
/ ly spoken of as the Queens Cup. Yacht
/ ing tradition has IL that the Queen saw the
close OF the race from Cowes CSs le. She
asked Which is frsts''
| The America was the reply.
Which is second2''
There is no second your Majesty"
The America was a schooner designed
and built in New York by George Steers.
! Fer owners in 1857 made their prize per-
petGal challenge cup. giving it into the
custody of the New York Yacht Club The
next contest was IN 1870. As in the famous
race in 1S5f. there was a large number o.
starters. The English challenger, the
Cambria. owned by James AsabGry. was
tenth, the winner being Franklin 0sgood's
Magic 1t was only in later years that the
contests for the Cup became matches be-
4 fp-c 4~rc. al fnd a. Ia
fastest of its country.
/ In October. 1871. Mr.. Ashbury was again
the challenger. with his yacht Liyonia- In
the FIRST race, Franklin 0sgood's Columbia
/ beat the English boat % minutes ami 4
seconds. Two days later, over a course
twenty miles TO windgard and return, out
tside Sandy Hook the Livonia was viefo-
frious by 10 minutes and "a seconds Thu
/ third race. over the club course, was also
won by the Livonia, the Columbia being
disabled. In the fourth race. twenty miles
10 windward and return. the Livon.a was
beaten by the Sappho. owned by W. p
Douglas. The Sappho also won the fifth
race.
In August, 1876 the Countess OF Duffer-
in, Canadian yacht. owned by Majcr c.
Clifford, was beaten decisvey by tne Made
Ieine. owned by ]. s. Dickerson- The first
race was over the triangular club course.
In the second race. twenty miles to wind
ward and return. the Madeleine beat the
Countess of Dufferin over q minutes
/ In November. 1881, the Mischief. owned
/ by J. r. Busk. soundly beat the challeng-
ing yacht. the Atalanta. owned BY Alexan-
der Cuthbert, of Canada
The Puritan, owned by J. II. Forbes.
/ beat the Genesta owned by Sir Richard
Sutton, in September. 1885. In the first
race, over the club course. the time of the
I Puritan was hours, minutes and ; sec
onds. and of the Genesta, hours. % min
utes and "a seconds The second race.
twenty miles to windward and return, was
remarkably close.
The next challenger. the Galatea, owned
by Lieutenant Hem. r. y, was easily
beaten by Gen. C. J. Paine's Mayfower n
1 1856
Next year came another race. with the
usual result The American boat was the
Volunteer. also owned by General Paine.
and the English, James Bells Thistle
Two contests were sailed.
Then came an interval OF several years.
On October T. 9. and 13. 1898. the Vigilant
beat Yalkyrie III. belonging to Lord Dun
raven. The American representative was
owned by the Morgan-Iselin syndicate
The plan of best three in FIVE was con-
tinued two years later. in 1895. when Lord
Dunraven tempted the fortune of the sea
chiefly owned By William K Vanderbilt,
was successful, but the incidents attending
the races were so unpleasant that the
yachting relations between England and
the United States became bit strained.
In the first race. fifteen miles 10 wind
ward and return, the Defender was easily
the victor. She won by eight minutes and
forty mine seconds In the following af-
fair. however. the challenger poked her
bowsprit through the shrouds of the Yam
Zee boat, carrying away her spreader and
springing her topnast- Although left we'll
behind at the start owing 10 this accident.
the Defender gained good deal on the
second and third legs OF the course. and
was beaten by only forty-seven seconds.
Mr.. Iselin's protest was allowed, however.
and the race was given to him. Lord Dun
raven thereupon demanded that the excur-
sion steamers be kept away from the start
and the rest of the course, but the New
York Yacht Club committee could not COM
ply with his conditions Consequently
Valkyrie III was merely sailed over the
line and then withdrew This gave the
race to the Defender. and the Cup has
stayed here ever since.