The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-20

part of the crew were told off to see
that they did not pry too much. In
fact, they kept so close that we lost
the first races we were in
This is a feature of the narrative
that Captain Hoffman cannot be per-
suaded TO dwell on. You know" he
said, with wise blink of the eye, that
sometimes you want to pitch a stove
overheard when you are getting a
yacht into sailing trim and it is not
convenient TO have spectators about.
Well when the day came for the cup
race, we had that boat cleaned from
stem to stern. We did this before the
English recruits came on board. These
chaps never forgot that race, I'll bet
You see. twelve men We're not enough
to handle the boat in a race. and the
skipper had six go ashore and hire six
Britishers, who were turned over for
us to watch.
I'VE didn't like the looks of them
very much. and they dIGn-t seem to
fancy us. We're going to have trouble
with these John Bulls reported big
quartermaster named Connors. Not
if you know your business replied the
captain. One of the crew suggested
that the Englishmen be divided up so
that not more than two would be to-
gether at one station, and this was
done. They were thus surrounded and
under such. vigilance that they could
not do anything crooked.
A Yankee Ship Sailed Down the Bay.
THE morning of August % broke
with a clear sky and soft breeze from
the west, and before 10 o'clock fifteen
boats, of all lengths and sizes. had
gathered about us. AS the Aurora
went by maneuvering, her crew were
hosting the mainsail. When they got
9 r.
old song, a Yankee Ship Sailed Down
the Bay and the rest of the crew
came in on the chorus. Pull, bows,
bully boys, pull. You'd better save
that sheet for tow called one of our
men, but the Aurora had passed and
did not hear it.
II fancy its usll need the tow said
one of our English recruits.
'' Let me give you some advice, said
the second mate, who overheard the
remark. Don't let the skipper hear
you say that
When the signal was given the
breeze blew very light. and some of the
English boats forged ahead, among
them the Aurora. We crowded on every
inch of canvas, and not man of US
who did not pray for it to freshen-
Word was passed quietly to see that
the Englishmen did not shirk. Captain
Brown stood by the English pilot. for
him also we had to take on as the
course round the Isle of Wight was
new to us. and we had to rely entirely
on the pilots guidance. Captain Brown
watched him like a hawk, but / want
to say that he acted on the square
with us all the way. With a little
freshening we began to pick uD. and
our good boat soon fairly leaped along.
L say remarked a Scotchman who
was one of the six taken on at Cowes,
do we get some prize money if we
win this for you? You see that flag
up there?' answered the mate, point
ing to the stars and stripes. Well,
that's what you're working for. That's
all the bloody prize you get Before
that our crew had given no thought to
the subject, and no one would have
mentioned it again if the skipper had
not after the race. Americans are too
damn independent to do this for prize
money. he explained, but you've done
so well that there's a small dizzy COM
ing AS matter of fact, we each got
few dollars and our passage money
home.
Americas Weather.
when the breeze got fresh we simply
walked away from everything in sight
The English yachts seemed to be stand
ing still. AS we passed the leader at
steamboat speed, the pilot made a re-
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