New-York tribune., 1899-10-07
THE GREAT LONGING FOR A RACE.
GREAT GOOD FOR HUMANITY Is DONE OFF
SANDY HOOK. BUT THERE IL
RACING

Two great nations arc signing for q wind II or',
all their sghs could be concentrated and made into
wind II would be- strong enough for al purposes
Two yachts are trviug 10 hrt on which IL tha
faster Thus far they both resemble mo man In
the poem who ran fourteen miles 10 fifteen dsy.
and never looked behind him once they bo,a
failed to 20 ,hirty miles in five bours and hsr
and again they f.i~l 10 20 nfte'H miles In the
same tim. And all ihc time thousands o. people
vcro paying from 50 90 $50 1plc,e ior the privilege
Of seeing them thus fail II there ~as anything In
the way It would De different bui tae only who
has right to complain says mat tucrc mover was
a racecoursc for yachts kept 80 cl.1r ln tho worl
before All that e. wanted Is wind
The Irish boat has surprised everybody hy,show-
ing that she can dr.N about 1- fast as any boat
that was eyer butt. Of coursc tho English regard
the Irish boat au English boat and 80 they
claim that they have had thus far that success
which has 80 often attended them ODD fn, coursA
OF their history. when they had tho Irish % help
them. And no; unjIstly. IN ihe ony point on
which t.c yachts have been t..fcD. t..t oi drflng
tho Irish yacht hos proved hefself aAe boat
There was time when American yachts were
built ~ sal m American waters ard when Eng
lish yachts were built 20 sail n r. g.-a waters
Englishmea though; iha. tho a'to~ 0agso Of Ibis
Tu!c WAS w.-o 0no, i.4t fnr' thought 10 absurd
that American yachts should bot o. al.it for Eng.
lish waters to,. So thot rri'd oGt ot their races
every yacht having a. ".liG.Ls k.D. which vas
thoir oppression for rru'rohoard, just as cata-
marsns were long ago ruled C.t. simply because
thcy were too fast for the other yacht When
they sent Over knife shaped boat. COnfriled 20
ceave the English Channel in q gale Of wind ril L
looked Ike map Of Boston. they stood amazed
that Americans should 40 unfair thing a. .
conduct a race of SANDY Hook Hith boats ouit
for the comparatively smooth water and light winds
Of that biz Of sea room.
This went on for ears and thon there came 4
rs..f g.. fefor fr.
race vas 10 he sailed oht sandy Hook. would il not
be- good plan 10 build boat that could Fail az
Sandy Hook It Is impossible 20 describe hat a
thrill OF hope and what q sense of pg,tsrnatural
ceverness this thought inspired n the great heart
of the British people AMI 80 a. ii.t u cid not
succeed Il was found that The Americans. having
had y quarter OF = century OF 80 mor' experience IN
building Sandy Hook boats. could still build us
faster ones At about the same time tne Americans
concluded that there was something good aoout
the English boats In spite OF their inaoity 10 win
races and they remodel.ed and Iemodelled toward
the English standard all the time ih'' 'ne HHshl
standard was approaching tncir own. 80 mat No'
the English chat ls the Irsh boat and tho Ameri-
can boot arc noar.v a. much alike a. tho kcaf-
sarge and the Kentucky. II anything. N" , hei'-
irish is a little more American innu me American
And everybody knows now tno n.Hll. ~, -. O,9 ~ ~
great nations have been drawing 'oe,'nr sas nns
time And every lime th' nodt- So. ""' paSl 7duo5
Hook and drift al day and stop clos 'lI-l d.
- the Two great nations stop close together a,so
The AngloSaxon peoples tand incld incld.n@,a"E @ ~, ~
Celtic are knit more irny for the great END OF me
Gnal good of he world. --,..
And ali this IS magnificent. but T. Is not sens
racing Arc honest sportsmen al~ays 70. 90 go %
Sandy Hook-to live there c'naiH ; h., q :.
NOT s fault il there IS 10 Wind M'yoe no' n'. III,
nuou, no hut bv noah and Dewey. II is INC corn
.ta,s fanlt II there H. never any race. There .
niates fere there is 10 he wind ore oay - ~ =
Rwsek ai least Are these races sailed ID ne u
,.rors q" of excursor boaff and caterers .! IL
the interest OF nternalona sp9grTo ,atIerss n
VIZ wy - sandv Hook? l. would be- an 0dn t,9lns
II A wind were wanting there Or u - raes s'IS be-
s, s,ear1 Yachts? A. The races have gone ~ '
far You might well set mp ,%o %''lI rslerSs lie
r,ors Wind Unless the committee ean p.22e 80
Wind soon it had better give mp me- tnes,,s n,'''f
saili,s, ,orhts or make change ot VENUE