The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
The Challenger.

The Challenger.
OF all these challengers the most per-
slstent have been James Ashbury and
Lord Dunraven- Sir Thomas Upton
has been quoted as vowing his inten-
ton to win this cup if he spends his
entire fortune in the attempt. Each
year the endeavor becomes more costly.
Mr.. Ashbury determined to have a
try for the cup in 1883, when his vessel,
the Cambria. beat the Sappho around
the Isle of Wight, but he did not get
the match arranged until two years
later. 1t cost him $40, 900 to build the
Cambria, and of the fourteen American
yachts which raced her the Magic won
She stood her owners $35, 900. Twenty
thousand spectators witnessed the first
of these races and lots of money was
lost on the Cambria, which had been
loudly heralded. Other races were run
at Newport and it was sufficiently DEM
onstrated that the English boat was
outclasSed. Nothing daunted, the Eng
lisi1man made an expedition the next
year in quest of the cup with the
Livonia. He spent $4,000 on her
Franklin Osgood put sS5, 900 in the CO.
lumbia, which was selected to meet the
challenger, and she won two races. On
the third she lost her fying-jib stay
and finally her steering gear broke,
compelling the crew to take in her
mainsail. Even with this rig the Lii
vonia beat her only by Is minutes and
10 seconds. The Sappho, built at cost
of $4,000, then took the Columbia's
place and proceeded to clinch our hold
on the cup. Mr.. Ashbury wanted to
take it willy nilly, however, and claimed
the trophy on the following basis: The
second race because Columbia went
on wrong side of the stake boat; the
third race when Livonia beat Columbia,
and the sixth and seventh races because
no boat was on hand to meet the Lii
vonia- He accused the club of unfair
treatment. and left with unpleasant
memories.
In 1876 the Canadians tried conclu-
sions with the Countess of Dufferin,
which cost $35, 600, and the Madeleine,
a $1,000 yacht, took care OF her. Five
years then elapsed when the Atlanta
came down through the Erie canal and
met the Mischief; got it too. The for
mer cost SIS, 900 and the latter $4,000.
The year 1885 was a gala year for
racing The English determined that
they would get back the old mug that
for FIVE years had been resting in Tiff
fany's vaults covered with cement and
acquiring age and dignity. Sir Richard
Sutton spent $4,000 on building the
Genesta and Lieutenant w. Hem about
SO 900 less on the Galatea- The for
mer came over first. To meet her
James Gordon Bennett and William p
Douglas, flag officers of the n. Y. Y. c.,
gave orders to A. Cary Smith to build
the Priscilla at an expense of $25,0 00
At the same time Boston yachtmen
were aroused to the task and headed
by General Paine they turned out the
crack Puritan. She represented $35. 900
and walked away from the Genesta.
Lieutenant Hem next year brought
over his cutter and the Bostonians
again took the lead and built the May
flower for $4,000. The New Workers.
spent a like amount on the Atlantic
and the Priscilla and Puritan cost S10,-
900 each as trial horses,
Expenses Growing Greater.
Yacht racing by this time is becom-
ing more expensive and we find Messrs.
Clark and Bell spending $4,000 in 1887
to win back this old piece of silver
ware. But the Thistle is beaten by the
Volunteer, which cost her owners $685.
00O and the Britons were so much dis
couraged that they left six years elapse