The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-18

ty-siX miles more than her rival. making
.s65 miles, As against 29IT- The blame
for the defeat Of the DauntIesz, which
was undoubtedly the faster boat, was at
tributed to the presence OF too many skip
pcrs of genius on board. for the famous
SamUelS himself was there, as well as
old Dick Brown, who won the cup with
tn" America. Capt. Martin Lyons, one Of
the greatest of the Sandy HOOK pilots,
ana Commodore James Gordon Bennett
The Cambria on the other hand, vas sail
ed by Captain Tanrock, an cid shi3master
running between Liverpool and Montreal
ON this side Of the water the DauntIess,
in forty-rHiie race. beat the Cambria by
minutes Is seconds corrected time
The DauntieSs later passed from Ben
nett into the hands of Caldwell II
Colt Of the LaTChmOnt NaCt Club. and
continued on her prize-winning career IN
ii IS>1, when one morning there was 4
challenge for another Atlantic race posted
on the bulletin board of the New York
Yacht Club. The challenger was r T
Bush who was willing to back with
stake Of $1a.eg3 his schooner yacht the
CoruHet. which had only recently been
bulk at FoiilonS in Brooklyn. Young
Colt saw the challenge and instantly put
down Sle.t1 on the DauntleSs. These
were exciting days in yachting circles.
for the Mayfiower had only Just beaten
the Galatea- and already the Thistle was
on the stocks to defend the Cup against
the Scottish cutter
THE CORONET AND THE DAUNTLESS.
The Coronet and the Dauntless were
tOwed down TO the Owls Head. near the
NaTTows. on the morning Of March u
1887. and q fleet OF steamboats, and yachts
accompanied them, while every vantage
ground on shore was crowded with yacht
ing enthusiasts. who then numbered the
whole population. The Luckenbach took
down the judges. among whom were c.
W. Bird. E S Jaffray. and w 6. Al
ley. OF the Larchmont Club. and J D
Smith, E. VI. Brown. A Cass Garfield.
| Chester Griswold H l. Ingraham. and
c P. Russell A bowling March gale
| swept the Narrows, but the yachts set
every inch Of SAIL and at 1880 the Cor
onet crossed the line, the DaURtIess fol
/ lowing at 1:I5-02
Captain Crosby, who is still hale and
hearty, was at the tilIer of the C0ronet,
and ! A Winston and Lieut. W NJ. King,
Of the L S Navy. looked after the for
tunes Of the DauntIess- At 3:25 the yachts
had passed away to sea. and on March
= the COrCnet was welcomed at Roche-s
| Point by the judges on the other side the
members of the Royal Cork Yacht Club
! She had made the voyage in II DAYS %
/ hours . minutes. The DaUntless did not
/ journey in 10 days I hour 3 minutes
/ This was the last yacht race over the
/ ocean.
! The fate Of these yachts since then has
I been widely different The CoTonet is still
sound, and is being made ready at TCbO' s
I 10 hoist the flag of her owner, J J. Wa
I teTbury, for the season Young Colt IS
I dead, and the Dauntless IS lying at New
London. TottnS away his mother TcfuS-
/ ing to have strange hands laid upon her
! The FIeetwing and the FesJa are in Man
] n n -TTn M IN, of
/ q cleaning up. The Henrietta went into
the fruit trade, and lies under the sea at
/ HC- }uras.
IT, gl-foot sloops are not the staunch
/ boa that these old sChOOneTs were. nor
! VIII one Of them be in existence. like the
! File JEiag, thiTty-fiEe years hence, but
I they are strong enough TO cross the
/ oces- Il They could not Of course. carry
/ their enormous racing sail spreads. twice
/ as much as was ever carried by the fine
! old schooners. but they can so under
/ shortened sail and rugged as yawIs, and
add still another glorious page 10 the
/ yachting history Of America.