The times., 1899-07-16
THE OLD CUP DEFENDERS
Not Laid Aside When Their GlOries
Have Departed.
Boats That Won Trophies Still Sail
ing on Sen and River HnIcyon
Days of the Magic, America, Puri-
tan, and DnuntIcss The English
Yacht Cambria Carrying Coal.
lrrnm the New York rrihnne. !

Mnere DO Cup uefenderS go TO Wnen tney
die? That depends on whether they have
been good" II they have not been found
good enough in the trial races to defend
the Cup they may so to Ballyhack under
any rig, SO far as anybody cares; but If
they have been successful in repelling the
invader they do not die. A successful Cup
defender has as many lives as Buddha, the
Wise One. The original schooner yacht
America has been sold many times; has
been a Government vessel, has been sunk
and abandoned, resurrected and started
afresh, has rotted and been rebuilt, has
been heightened, replanked, retimbered,
and now she is back again among the
pleasure fleets and actually put into races.
She was rescued from obscurity by the
late General Butler, and on his death
passed to his son, Paul Butler. Mrs. Ames,
of Boston, went to Cuba In her last year
to bring back her husband, Gen. Adelbert
Ames, and the famous yacht that brought
the ugliest and most beautiful of all possi-
BILE trophies from England in 1851 will ap-
pear once again this year on the racing
course when the Shamrock makes her at
tempt.
The schooner Magic, owned and raced by
Franklin Osgood in August, 1870, against
the first challenger for the cup, Mr.. Ash
bury's Cambria, Is still in commission, af-
ter having been often repaired since the
! early days. She was reported last year on
the Sound, and is now owned by John S.
Clarke, of Pittsburg.
The Columbia, owned by Franklin O5-
good, and sailed in October, 1871, against
the Livonia, also owned by James Asbury,
| is now sailing and kept in the best of con-
dition by Vice Commodore Joseph De f.
| Junkin, OF the Corinthian Yacht Club, of
Philadelphia. Until the death of ]. 7. Per-
| kins. late of the New York Yacht Club,
she had always been owned in New York,
and her last skipper here was Captain
Leander Jeffrey. who subsequently took the
Vigilant to England to race for George
Gould. Columbia l is ia feet long over
! all, SO feet inches on the water line, 25
feet beam. with SIP feet draft OF water.
| With her high bulwarks and general ap-
pearance Of trader "a look they all had
| in earlier days., she seems, when ranged
alongside the most modern racers, like
the side OF a house, though she always was.
and still Is, a fast boat. Commodore Jun
kin will have her here in October when
number of the Philadelphia vessels will
| cruise to Sandy Hook. Between Column
bia I and Columbia II there will be won-
derful differences to be seen, alone worth
the trip to the Hook. The first Columbia
lost one race to the Livonia, said to be
through an accident, and this was the only
race ever lost by an American yacht in
the Cup contests. except the one sailed
by the Valkyrie III, which, on protest,
was not allowed.
The schooner yacht Madeline, launched
in 1867, was owned by ]. S. Dickerson, OF
the New York Yacht Club, when she sail
ed against the Canadian schooner Coun-
tess of Dufferin In August, 1876. and she
is now owned by John S. Dickerson. and
her hailing port is given as New York
The second Canadian challenger for the
cup was a sloop called the Atalanta, de-
signed by Alexander Cuthbert, who had
previously designed the Countess of Duff
ferin, and was met by the New York slooT
Mischief in November, 1881. The Mischief
was then owned by J. R. Busk, and is said
to be still in use. She added another VIC
tory to her increasing list, and it was
not until Sir Richard Sutton challenged
with the Genesta that another interna-
tional race came on.
This was with J. Malcolm Forbes slooI
Puritan, which met the Genesta in Septem-
Der, 1885, and defeated her. After th(
starting signal for one of the races wa!
given, the Puritan fouled the Genesta anC
carried away her bowsprit and when tht
race was offered TO Sir Richard he replied
that he had not come over to win race:
on fouls, and he chose re-salling afte
his repairs. When, in later years. Val
kyrie III did about the same thing, prac
tically, TO the Defender, the Defender
manager protested, and the club gave th
race to the Defender without the option o
re-sailing, and the decision was accepted
by the Defenders manager as scoring. Ii
effect, one victory for the defence. Tn
Puritan was altered by Mr. Forbes to tn
schooner rig in 1896 and she Is now owne'
by John o. Shaw, OF Boston, who has he
in commission.
In 1886 the sloop Mayfiower was brough
out to meet the challenger Galatea, owned
by Lieutenant Hem, of the English Roya
Navy. Cen G. ]. Paine, of Boston, wa
the owner OF the Mayfiower and there wer
several other boats built to contest in tn
trial races for the selection of the craft Il
defend the Cup. But General Paine's boa
distanced them all, as she did also the Gal
atea. She was designed by the celebrates
Burgess, and was altered by Lawley to tn
schooner rig in 1883. She is now owne
/ by William Amory Gardner of Boston. an
: has been in commission every year o
her life.
The second vessel prepared by Gen. c
]. Paine was the sloop Volunteer, whic
D was brought out to meet the challenSe
! Thistle, then owned by James Bell, @
l England The successes of the Voluntee
in September, 1887, are too fresh in tn
8 memories of most people to require com
!. ment. She was another Burgess creation
built OF steel, and heightened by Lawle
= and changed to the schooner rig in 1881
n She altered to the cutter rig in 1894. Sh
a is now owned by ]. Malcolm Forbes. an
is commanded by the celebrated Han
o Haff," who has fooled more defenders
victory than any other man living.
; AS the Vigilant, wfa h defeated tn
K Valkyrie II in 1898, she is now in com
mission, still under the cutter rig, an
owned by Percy Chubb. The Vigilant wa
the first defender produced by the HERES
hoffs, who have since retained the Gu
n with another boat The Vigilant Is bull
: OF steel and Tobin bronze, and is good I
e last for an indefinite time. Since Deatin
v the Valkyrie II here she raced in Eng
n land, but was generally beaten by th
IS Prince of Wales Britannia. When he
: uses as a sloop are over she will make
o good schooner for cruising.
e The next defender was not built for
g long life, but for a temporary use IN beat
: ing the Valkyrie III. Still there is no rea
1t son why she should not be rebuilt In OF
y der to preserve her as an historic reli
t. To do this 1t would be necessary to re
g move the aluminium plates and frame
n which were put into her TO secure eN
: treme lightness in the upper hull. Sh
a was the first OF the big racers to folio
e the demand for extreme speed into un
safe constructions The present challen
i ger the Shamrock, is OF the same kin'
g and cannot be allowed to cross the ocea
: without a convoy The defender for tn
IL year, the Columbia II. is a much strongi
= boat, and will be able to cross the oeea
o alone. She is an exceedingly fine an
e beautiful vessel, and will probably last a
" long as the interest in Cup defender