Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-23

Special Correspondence.
I ONDoN, April H--Although Amer
lean women generally are just as
keen devotees OF fresh air pas
times rs their British sisters, there
Is one form Of outdoor sport, and that
as inyigorating and exciting az any in
which the American woman stlll lags
far behind her British rival That Is
yacht sailing and more particularly
yacht racing,
There, are, OF course, many American
women who can handle yacht fairly
well when put to II. On rare occasions
Transatlantic yacht clubs hold ladies
day" regattas when the members en-
trust the tillers Of the competing boats
TO their sweethearts, wives and sisters,
doing whatever coaching may be nec-
essary themselves But no American
woman has the writer ever heard Of
who both owns and sails a racing yacht,
meeting men on equal terms and neith-
er asking nor receiving any odds on
account Of her sex.
WEATHER AS IT COMES,
There are several women In England
who DO this and have done II for years,
taking the weather as 1t comes, blow
high or blow low, sailing dozens OF races
in the course of season, and often
winning more Of them than any Of the
men who race against them. Hardly a
year has gone by since English women
took 10 yacht racing that one Of them
has not been able to hoist more winning
flags on her yacht at the end OF sea-
son than any Of the boats in the same
class sailed by men were able to dis
play, Not seldom In more than one
class in the same year women have
achieved championship honors II Is
all the more creditable to them that
they have made these records In COM
paratIyely small boats, The big boats
have all professional shippers and their
owners for the most part content them
selves with footing the bills and decor
ating their sdeboards with the silver
plate won.
MISS COX AN EXPERT.
II Is generally conceded that Miss
Cox Is the most expert yachtswoman
in England, and II any man thinks that
he can coax more speed out Of boat
than she can, Miss Cox IL always more
chan willing 20 make a match with him.
But 80 far as another sort Of match Is
concerned she Is welded 70 the sea and
has been ever since she began racing,
back in 1851 With her It is an hercdi-
tary taste, Her father, Frederick Cox,
Is commodore Of the Royal Southamp-
ton Yacht club but he long ago ai-
United that his daughter had found out
more about yacht racing than ne had
ever been able 10 teach her Last year
in her crack 2i-fOot linear rater Duet
Miss Cox participated In 81 races aud
came up top OF the class with 81 first
and eight other prizes 10 her credit,
Prior to that for three years IN success
sion she had carried oft premier honors
In the same class with her famous NJ.
tie flyer Speedwel
Fully 10 appreciate such an
achievement Il must be borne
IN mind that Miss C0Xs op.
poncnts include some OF the best
amateur yachlsmen In England, and
that she II not merely on the yacht
but actually sails II. being always at
the tller, Instead Of the competing
boats being allowed from two to ave
minutes In which 90 cross the line, rs ia
customary In America the time ut
which they go over the line within that
period being recorded as their starting
time, the one gun start is the rule here
by this method the yacht first over the
line gets the full credit for the skIll
nerve and Judgment exercised By her
skipper In securing the coveted place.
When, as often happenG there are
dozen yachts trying for II, their skip
pers all keenly alert 10 obtain the 0pen-
Ing advantage, II ~ a very tlcklIsh
game requiring cool head, mastery
skill and prompt decision. AZ this spe-
Giles " nautical iockeying Miss Cox has
no superior and can shave by another