The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19

Sanuels, who sailed the Henrietta in the
race of 1888 had charge OF the Dauntless,
and Capt. Crosby sailed the Coronet. The
boats had strong winds all the way across,
and the Dauntless had TO lay 70 ior S'VeTaI
hours In a hard blow on March n and after
that experienced a succession OF gales
and cross seas. The Coronet arrived at
Queenstown on March %. She had sailC
2.94o miles In IA days % hours 30 minutes
The Dauntless took 10 days hour 43 min,
utes and sailed 947 miles Those on boa d
both yachts had a very hard time and not
one wanted to hear anything more OF an
OCEAN race The COronet l. 1873 feet over
ali, 1923 feet on the water line, q feet beam
and ~ feet Q inches draught. She carried
a much larger sail spread than the Dauht-
less and cost SOS 900 to build
In 1858 the first long distance race was
sailed In these waters. Four s'hooners
and four sloops entered sweepstakes OF
500 each TO sail race around Long is,ahu.
In the schooner race were W. h Nc Nlckaf 3
Haze W A Stebhin's Silvie, A. c. Kinks
land's Favorita and William Edgar's Wild
gcon. In the sloop race were James Gordon
Bannett's Rebecca, X F. Boper's Madge,
W. Butler Duncan's Una and :. W. Thomas's
Minnie. The race was started on June
"a In the lower bay. The hebecca hnlsne1
first but was disqualified for going through
Plum Gut and the SilYie won the sloOp
race. The schooner race was won by the
Minnie.
In 1872 Commodore James Gordon Bennett
gave the Cape May and Brenton's Reel
ocean courses. Among the winners OF
the Cape May cup are the Dreadnaught,
Enchantress, ldler GenestO, lreX, Mendur,
Britannia. The cup was taken TO the other
side by the Genesta. Last year the lnRomar
went across TO try TO bring 1t back, put
been sold out Of the Royal Yacht Squadron
il could not be defended and the trophy was
returned TO the New York Yacht Club.
The Rambler won the first race for the
Brenton's Reef cup and later on u was hei n
to England through defeating the Dauntlesss
and h was held there by the Britain
mia and brought back to this country in 1898
by the Navahoe. Both OF these trophies
are nov held by Wilson Marshan's auxiliary
In 1891 the Atlantic Yacht Club rev lived
the interest in ocean yacht cling by having
race from Shelter Island TO Sea Gate.
Four schooners, the Katrina, Sachem, Cor
onet and Ramona, started, and at the hnlsh
there was less than -four minutes between
the first and last boat. The Katrina won
and the Sachem was second. Each year
since then the Atlantic Club has had races
over ocean courses, sometimes going 70
Nantucket Shoals and sometimes 70 Cape
May and back; and these races have always
been hotly contested and very interesting.
Now the small boat owners have the
fever race was sailed by boats under
80 feet last year from Gravesend Bay TO
Marbebead for cup given by Sir Thomas
Upton. This was a remar kable race. Tho
boats raced in a strong wind, and all got
safely to port In fast time. This summer
small cruising boats are TO race from Ora ves-
end Bay TO Hampton Roads. Another race
has been arranged for small boats which
will be from Bristol to Montauk Point and
back. Some sloops belonging TO the Sea-
wanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club are TO
race around Long Island, and motor boats
are TO race from College Point TO Marble
head