The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
October 90. 1871.

OSIoUCA 50, AOs !.
Schr Livonia VS.. Schr. Sappho.
Sappho winner by 25 m. q Sec. New
York Yacht club course.
August IL, 1875.
schr. Countess of Dufferin VS.. Schr.
Madeleine; Charles Clifford, esq. owner,
John S. Dickerson, esq, owner. Made
ieine winner by 10 m. So sec. New York
Yacht club course.
August IL, 1875.
| Schr. Countess of Dufarin vs. Schr
Madeleine. Madeleine winner by q IN.
IA sec. Outside course.
November 9, 1881.
New York Yacht club course Slcop
Mischief beat sloop Atlanta, Bay Of
Quinte Yacht club (Canada), .S IN. S9A
sec.
November 10, 1881.
Sixteen miles to leeward from buoy
| 5, Sandy Hook and between. Sloop
Mischief beat sloop Atlanta, IS m. "a
sec.
The following Inscriptions are on
small panels under the large shields:
| Sept. A. 1SS5-N. Y. y. club course
Sloop Puritan beat cutter Genesta
Royal Yacht Squadron of England, Is
min. IL sec.
Sept. 16, 1SS5-Twenty miles to lee
ward off Sandy H. L. S. and return.
Sloop Puritan beat cutter Genesta l
min. SO sec.
Sept. 9, 1SS6-N. Y. Y. club course
Sloop Mayfiower beat cutter Galatea
| Of Royal Northern Yacht club of Scot
land, II min. sec.
Sept. Ii, 1sSs-Twenty miles to leeward
of Sandy H. L. S. and return. Sloop
Mayflower beat cutter Galatea % min.
SO sec.
Sept. q, 1SS7-N. Y. Y club course
Sloop Volunteer beat cutter Thistle of
Royal Clyde Yacht club of Scotland, 10
min. 23as sec.
Sept. 80. 1sS7-Twenty miles to wind
ward from Scotland l.. S. and return.
Sloop Volunteer beat cutter Thistle, IL
min 4S34 sec.
Oct z, 1S93-Sloop vigilant, N. Y. Y
c.: cutter Valkyrie, r. Y. S., fifteen
miles to leeward and return. Vigilant
won by 5 min. IS sec.
Oct. ga triangle ten miles to leg.
Oct. 13-Fifteen miles to windward
and return. Vigilant won by 40 sec.
1Ss5-Defender, N Y. Y c.: valkyrie
III, r. Y. C. Sept. Z, course fifteen
miles to windward- Defender won,
min 40 sec.
Sept. 1o-Course triangle, thirty
miles. Defender won. Valkyrie dis
! qualified.
| Sept. 12-Course fifteen miles to wind
ward. Defender won. Valkyrie with
drew. Time of race, his. 43 min. 4S sec.
The Challenger.
OF all these challengers the most per-
| sistent 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
! try for the cup in 1858, 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 $1,000 to build the
Cambria, and of the fourteen American
yachts which raced her the Magic won.
She stood her owners S35, 900. Twenty
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
listman made an expedition the next
year in quest of the cup with the
Livonia. He spent 1000 on her.
Franklin Osgood put $4,000 in the Co
lumbia, which was selected to meet the
challenger, and she won two races. On
the third she lost her f1ying-jb 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 a cost
of $4,000 then took the Columbias |
place and proceeded to clinch our hold |
on the cup. Mr.. Ashbury wanted to
take it willy niily, 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 $4,000, and the Madeleine, |
a 900 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 $4,000 and the latter 100000. /
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
1000 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 s25,000
At the same time Boston yachtmen
were aroused to the task and headed
by General Paine they turned out the
crack Puritan. She represented $4,000
and walked away from the Genesta.
Lieutenant Hem next year brought
over his cutter and the Bcstonians
again took the lead and built the May
flower for $4,000. The New Workers.
spent like amount on the Atlantic
and the Priscilla and Puritan cost &c.
600 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