The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-30
MISCELLANEOUS

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Whats in a name?' A great deal
sometimes, and it is to be hoped that
the solution will not make US lose faith
in the belief. When Mr.. Iselin chose
the name Columbia" for his new
yacht he selected one which Is highly
respected in the annals of American
yachting Back in 1871, when James
Asbury of the Royal Harwich Yacht
club was struggling in the tolls of an
Americas cup race. his schooner the
Iivonia, could be opposed, If the de-
Tenders thought it advisable, by a diff
ferent yacht each morning. The center
board schooner Columbia, owned by
Franklin Osgoode, was chosen for the
first contest and a more sweeping vic
tory than the American gained that day
has never been recorded in the annals
of international yachting.
The two boats raced off Sandy Hook
and when the Livonia crossed the fin
ish line the Columbia had been home
twenty-seye minutes and four seconds.
The next day the Livonia raced the Co.
lumbia again, and something like ten
minutes was the Columbia's winning
margin. The third race saw the last
of the American yacht, although it
was through no fault of its skipper
that it was beaten. Its steering gear
gave way while out on the course ami
the Livonia scored it's only success.
The Sappho succeeded the Columbia as
defender of the cup and in the next
two races lost the Livonia in the fang.
After twenty-eight years the old Co
umbia has been succeeded by the new.
Yachtsmen in 1871 would probably have
stood aghast had vision of the present
Columbia been presented to their view,
so different from those of the present
were their ideas of yacht construction,
but 1T is doubtful whether the Iselin
Columbia will be able to defeat the
Shamrock in the same proportion that
the Osgoode double-sticker vanauished
the Livonia. The only thing that is
bothering the superstitious in the repe-
5tition of names is the breaking of the
steering gear on the old Columbia #
the new yacht emuiates the example
of Its honored ancestor in that respect
the result Will be disastrous, as there Is
no Sappho to take the Columbia's place
as there was In 1871. Yachtsmen find
solace in the belief that all possible ac-
cidents are Detailing the Columbia now,
and the supply. 1t is hoped, will run
short before October.
Malcolm Lee Mcbride of Cleveland,
O., the captain of the Yale football
team, announces that he will not have,
any summer practice for the Yale foot
ball team. He viii ask the candidates
to report in New Haven on September
20, ten days before the opening of the
fall term. r,
The abolition of summer practice is
a radical step. and Mcbride has taken
1t regardless of what Harvard and
Princeton may decide to do about this
much-discussed point. The graduates
are all opposed to the summer practice,
as they believe it OVERRIDING football.
Several efforts in years past to get
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away with summer practice have failed.
While he has made no official an
nouncement, it is known that Mcbride
has engaged Jim Robinson, the old
Princeton trainer, to look after the
physical condition of the Yale team
this fall. 1t is not yet known who will
be head coach.
Frank H. Davis and Edward J. Ash
have reached South Paris, Me-, on their
way from Rockiand, Me-, to Portland,
Ore. They left Rockland without
money, and are to walk the entire dis
lance on a wager of $1,000. They bear
of Rockland and Portland and will Sc
cure like papers from officials in each
city through which they pass.
In contrast with the various rumors
concerning trouble and disagreement
among the crew OF Tne COlumnla.f the
statements which come from England
regarding the crew of the Shamrock
ring in different key So that the
Shamrock's crew may have more than
a mechanical or passing interest in the
exploits of their boat and the results of
the great race, Sir Thomas Upton has
decided that they shall share in the
prize money in the event of victory.
Two hundred dollars is to go to the
first officer, $3.50 to the second officer,
and to the crew $40 each. AS for the
two sailing masters, they are provided
for by a special agreement. One re-
port, indeed. had 1t that the men were
TO be pensioned at the rate of a SOW
ereign week If the Shamrock proves
a winner.
Jacob Schaefer has accepted the chal-
lenge of Eugene Carter to play a series
of three night games at cushion caroms
for $4,000 side, and has deposited
forfeit of 500 to show that he is ready
to sign an agreement for the match.
Schaefer is satisfied with Carter's prop
osition to play 400 points a night for
three nights, and has given Carter five
days in which to cover the forfeit.
At the st. Augustine athletic games
last week John Flanagan of the New
York Athletic club broke the worlds
hammer record by a throw of 1874 feet
enc inch.