The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
CIR DrrINDrRs 4 HARDi LOr.
or the Long and iliustrlou> iine Only
Two Have Passed Away.

Tie stars Of IA" Cup doicUG'r hla1e
brilliantly In the zenith, filing tho world
With their glory Tor Tia. time While their
names arc ON eVerybody's llI~. Then
they disappear. consumed as IL were Ia
the hlaz~ OF their own victories. and they
are heard Of no more Yet they do not
die. Their bones are not -trawn to ru~' ga
unsightlv Junk heaps. OF all III" brilliant
train only two. and one ~ thee 'Nc next
Youngest after the Columbia herself, have
gone To- the graveyard The brave D'fc,d-
er Of isa5 was attacked bv a vital dl-"sse
inherent tO the metal combination 81 wh4cn
she va. made She started In 20 die a
natural death. though a premature ono,
and her strength became 20 undermined
bv chemical sCtion that there was nothing
left 20 do save 20 XII her and pu' her uut
Of her misery. She was spld for iunk
for $1,000 her original cost was ssolen
With the exception Of the Defender aud
the Sappho, all the re~t are 81. atNe and
ahle. changed somewhat IN form, soU" 20
them, but all are s,ill riding the waves. The
America. which originally brought Tho
mug here ia lSji, ~ one OF the interested
spectator at tho present races Sir Thomas
Upton went aboard her the other CAV
down in tho lower hay She was owned
for many wear by Gen Benjamin = Butler.
and At his death she passed 10 Id grand
-on. Butler Amc-. her pressnt owner
After her great victory and prior 10 COM
Ing into tho hands % Gen. Butl"rthe America
had au adventurous history. She Was
trSt purchased 10y an English gentleman
who altered her ng and used her for criis-
ing until after tho breaking out of tie
civil War when she wac fitted out ne u block
Rde runner. In this capacity sh" was
named the Memphis and was arin'd with
ono heavy gun. But the old Crnit was to
staunch a / patriot 20 thrive Al that business.
She mad. a mess % blockade running and
ultimately ia. was sunk In the mud ~ the
~. Johns River. florida. 90 prrver' her
falling into the hands Of our navy After
the var she wa rai-sd hv the Government
and for n time was used ~ a training schuol
for naval cadets AZ Annapolis Subsequently
she was purchased bv Gen Butl"r. on
who's. death -he passed 20 his ~nu Paul.
aud on Paul. death she went To- her present
owner. Mr. Ames
The Mage. which was the hr,' 80 de-
feud tn. Cup, defeating the cambria in
1870, IL owned Nv } : clark AMI brother
of Phil adelphia. aud j. now laid up - Green
point. l. l The Magic was built at Phila-
dclphia in 1851. She wa originally a Loop
and was aftcrward lcngthcnei.
The fret Columbia Ia the lit ~ defenders
Wa built al Chester, Pa Ia is5l Ia
October of that year shc defeated he IL
Vonia Iva two racts. but IN 'he third she was
disabled and lost the race lndcI the
rul.- which then held u wa peruitt~d 90
substitute another boat when q yacht va
thus put uut of the contest and the Sappho
took the Columbia'- place. winning two
straight racss from the Llvonia III"
columbia j. nov owned by Joseph DE III
iunkin % Philadelphia, and wa In the
rae ing Crui-' this vvaf IN" Sapplp.
which was huilt snm"Nh"re back ln N"
Ms. wa taken 90 England soon after
her victory and ,hcr- r-ra'n-i until four
NeRrs ago. Nhou ~" Wa hruk"u up
he Msdslein". which In Augu-'. 1870
defeated TIE Canadian ChAli~n ger 'uur'uH-
80 Duf~nu. a. two raavz. all tg' W"r.
sailed. !, still IN commission and cruising
lie last that was heard Il her she wa-
Npmew here IN the West l.dtf.
Tie Mischief. which iu NOVEMBER, 1851.
defeated tho A'alar'a. D. al.p -tNl m ssr,fo-
a. a vaCli Ito Puritan. which defeated
tbe t.~u-~ia o. 49, Was changed mo "a
-sh"'n"i ~ is'e -" b. owf'-i ~ John
SHAW. "a afl D. -iIl o. ssfNlts Tie
Mavnuwef thg' q v,at after Iulfsn's 'u-
uut,h distn-~t .' t~ talufrh ~. chang.
iu-u a -'tr.rtr-r 300 800 aut. M a NsHp Dol
lssg ~i~ T. -'th cruising aua D. o. vr'4uf
J Nalvnlm ion.- 90 R1-i.I
Ir NigihLi. ~hlsp ous' '@'uup ard
~as tie MT 80 90. --frss 81 ~rAf-r.tv
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