Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-04-28
GREATEST YACHT
RACE EVER SAILED
Coming Contest for the Ger
man Emperor's Cup
Will Be Notable.
70 cRoec THE ATLANTIC
Bio Fleet of Vessels Of Many Nation
aIities to Sail the Course Over
Which Some Famous Races
Have Been Made.

Scientific American: With the
closing OF the entries for tie German
emperor's cup. which occurred April
i, this great event, which in point OF
the size and number Of yachts that
are entered must rank as n OF the
most notable events in the history of
yachting, begins to attract the atten-
ton which is surely it's due. There is.
Of course. nothing new in the idea of
a yacht race from Sandy Hook TO some
point on the English coast. There have
been many sue races, and the COM
peting yachts were sailed with a reck-
less hardihood that has placed the rec
ords where il Will be very difficult to
surpass them In this or future races.
Take, for instance, the Henrietta,
which, in 1866, made an average speed
for the course Of 9.36 knots, and ran
in one day a distance of ESQ knots; and
also the matchless Sappho, which three
years later made an average over the
whole course OF 1866 knots, and ran in
a single day 316 knots, a days run
which, however, vas surpassed later
by the Dauntless, another famous
schooner, which in 1887 reeled off 32S
knots in twenty-four hours. This rec
ord of the Sappho stood until the year
1900, when the schooner Endymion av-
eraged for the whole run across the
Atlantic 9.66 knots, exactly the same
record as that Of the Sappho. The En-
dymion, moreover, broke the record for
the whole course. which she still holds,
crossing from Sandy Hook to the
Needles in thirteen days. twenty hours,
and thirty-six minutes. This fine run.
however, was not made in q race, but
in the course Of an ordinary passage
across the Atlantic, and therefore il
stands in q class by Itself.
impossible to Guess on 1t.
There are so many variable condi-
tons entering into a great ocean race
such as this that il is impossible, even
for the self constituted yachting sharp,
TO make any predictions either as to the
winning yacht, or the speed at which the
course viii be sailed. Although all of
the yachts are large vessels, the small
est of them being S6la feet on the wa
ter line, there is also much difference
in their size, rig, model and construc-
ton that it is futile to hazard q guess
as to which boat would be the winner,
even If they kept in close company
all the way across, which they will not,
and even IL they should have steady,
WHOLESALE breeZes for the whole dis
lance, which Is even less likely. At
the time of the year when h race
Will be sailed, the latter half of MAY,
fair weather may be looked for, and in
all probability not much reefng will
have to be done
All Sorts of "lfs" and Butts"
If one were to endeavor to forecast
the winner, he would have TO prefix
his guess with several IFS and q
but" We know that length means
speed, and that size means ability TO
maintain Roadway in rough water; and
hence, IL winds frtm abeam 10 astern
prevail, and strong Winds at that, we
should look to see the huge "Valhalla''
lead the fleet into British waters. for
with her waterline length Of 240 feet,
her ample sail spread, and big displace-
ment, she should be able TO reel off
from IA TO Is knots an hour with every
thing drawing. On the other hand, the
form of the "Vallhalla" is not nearly
so fine or swcetly modelled as that, say,
of the 101 foot waterline "Endymion" or
the 1876 foot waterline Atlantic" The
last named, a three-masted schooner,
has certain recorded speeds to her cred
IL which should enable her to drop
the rest of the fleet in a reaching breeze
and a fairly smooth sea.
1t is interesting to note that there Is
n yacht entered in the race, tine COM
posite built yawl "Ailsa,5' which is a
fairly up-to-date racing machine. She
was built in 1895 expressly as a COMPETE
tor against the Prince OF Wales
Britannia which at that time was
sweeping everything before her. She
has h light construction, fine model
deep lead, and a large sail snneaa &c
the racing craft: and if she is so for
tunate as TO meet with weather that
enables her to carry her full sail spread.
she should make a c%reditable showing.
The nearest approach to her in fineness
OF model and relative area of sail
spread is the three-masted schooner
Atlantic" And, Of course. he extra
SO feet OF length of the latter will en-
able the Atlantic to leave the older
racing yacht I'm a breeze of any
strength.
Lady Brassey's Sunbeam,
From. the standpoint of sentiment,
interest will naturally center in thai
veteran yacht, the Sunbeam the
story of whose wanderings was SO de-
~lightfully written by Lady Rrassey,
many years ago. The Sunbeam" has
the length and the lines to maintain a
fairly good speed If conditions are ia
yorable. She has proved her staunch-
ness In some OF the most lengthy
cruises in yachting history. and nc
doubt she will be able to carry her can.
vas with the rest of the feet.
or the eleven yachts that are entered
five We're built in England and six III
America. Two of them will sail under
the flag of the Royal Yacht squadron
seven will fly the flag OF the New Yorl
Yacht club; one, the Thistle" (Which
by the way, viii be sailed by her owner
Robert e. Tod, and will. therefore. b.
the only yacht in the race having al
amateur skipper). win fly the Atlantic
Yacht club flag: n TO a single yacht
the former Watson schooner. Rain
bow now the Hamburg" will fly tn
flag of the kaiserIicher Yacht club
ws,A fall the honor OF representing tn
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