The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-07
CUP DEFENDERS LoNG-LIvED.
OF the IIustriOus Line Only Two
Have Passed Away

nave IAsHed ANhS-
NEW YORK. oct The stars Of the
Cup defenders blaze brilliantly in the zen
it'll filling the world with their glory for
the time while their names are on every
body's lips Then they disappear, con-
sumed as 1t were in the blaze Of their
own victories. and they are heard Of no
more Yet they do not die. Their bones
are not strewn TO rust on Uusighrly junk
heaps. or all the brilliant train only two.
and one of these the next youngest after
the Columbia herself, have gone 10 the
graveyard The brave Defender of 1885
was attacked by a vital disease inherent
70 the metal combination of which she
was made. She started in 10 die d nat
uraI death, though a premature one. and
her strength became SO undermined by
chemical action that there was nothing
left 10 do save TO Kill her and put her out
Of her misery. She was sold for junk for
81. Goy-her original cost was $4,000.
With the exception of the Defender
and the SapUhc. all the rest are still
alive and able. changed somewhat in
form. bur all are still riding the waves.
The America. which originally brought
tho mug here in 1881. was one OF the inter
ested spectators al the recent races Sir
Thomas Upton went aboard her the other
81 for many years by Gen. Benjamin r.
Butler. and al his death she passed 10 his
grandson. Butter Ames. her present
owner.
After her great victory and prior TO
coming into the hands OF General Butler.
the America had AN adventurous history.
She was first purchased by an English
gentleman, WHO altered her rig and used
her for cruising until after the breaking
out of the civil war. when she was fitted
out as a blockade runner. I'm this Capac-
lily she was named the Memphis and was
armed with one heavy gun. But the old
craft was too stanch patriot TO thrive
az that business. She made q mess Of
blockade running and ultimately she was
sunk ia the mud of the St. Johns River
Florida. TO prevent her falling into the
hands Of our navy. After the war she
was raised by the Government and FOR a
time was used as a training school for
naval cadets az Annapolis. Subsequently
she was purchased Ly General Butler. on
whose death she passed 20 his son Paul.
and on PauI's death she went 10 her pres
cuJ owner. Mr.. Ames
The Magic, which was the first To de-
f-nd the Cup. defeating the Cambria in
$50. Is owned By j. 5 Clark q Bro. Of
Philadelphia. and is now laid up al Green
point, J.. J. Tn. NaEic was built III PhlIa-
ceiphia in lS5s- She was originally "a sIyop
and was afJerwari Heightened
The first Columbia in the list Of the de-
tenders was built az Chester. Pa. iu ISL
In october OF that year she defeated In.
LlypEia In two races. but iL the third She
was disabled and lost the race Iufar
the rules which then held DO was permit
TED 10 substitute another boat when a
YACHT was thus put OUT OF The contest
and the SapuA1 took the ColumbIa's place.
winning two straight races from the Lii
NruIa- The Columbia iS now owned G.-
Joseph De a. Juu<lu. ~ PhiafrInhi+
ana was IN the racing cruise this year.
Inc Sappao. which was built sOmeu here
BACK ~ the ts, was taken 20 England
soon after her victory and there remained
until -FOUR years ago, when sa, Was brOk-
eH mp.
The Madeleine. which in August. 1876
defeated the CANADIAN challenger. Count
ess Of Duneriu. in two races. an that
were sailed. f. sun i'm commission and
cruising. The last that was heard OF her
she was -HMeW mere Iu the West Indies
The Mischief, which iu November I,sI
defeated the AtalaItI. Is also Still iu SER
vice as yacht Tine Puritan, which de-
feated the Geuesta IA 1850. was changed
into "a schooner In 1895. She Is owned by-
John .. Shaw. IT,. ind is stuI I'm service
The MaEtiOWrr that "a year after Puritau-s
triumph disposed OF the GaIat-a was
changed into schooner in 1891 and iut,
a sioOp in 1891. She iS suU cruising and
is owned by ). Malcolm Forbes. Of EOs-
ton.
The Vigilant. which cost $5p.gl1 and was
the first Of the series of expensive boats.
having been built as 20 her hull Of Tubf0
bronze and steel. is -tllI racing She. was
rugged as a yaWl this year and Ig owned
I. by Percy thubb of this city Volunteer
IS still racing. after having been changed
twice IN her rlc. and is owned by J. Nal
colin Forbes. What happened % the next
il order. the Defender which with Etrf-
liant did for Dunrayeu's EaIkyrias II ami
lll, has ALREADY been related, and tho Co