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miles to her credit. and as the yachts were
sailing on that day the Hamburg must
have made more than sixteen miles IN those
three and a half hours.
After that the Atlantic had weather that
just suited her. According to the caple
winds have been blowing on the other side
of the Atlantic for four or five days; The
steamship Hamburg. which arrived here
on Sunday, reported that on the 24th
she passed the Endymion early In
the afternoon in latitude 43, Ion gitude 422l
The wind then was south, blowing thirty
five to forty miles an hour, or what nautical
men call No. Z breeze, and the sea was
rough.
little earlier in the day when she was 1885
miles out.
The Hamburg also saw the Valhalla in
Ion gitude AZ. so, and she had the wind from
the south southwest about twenty-five
miles an lour and the sea was rough.
This fresh wind lasted the Atlantic to the
end She made 2s2 miles on the 25th, bring
ing her total distance up to noon | 1855 miles
out. At noon on the 28th she had gone
2l34 miles; on the 9th. 2377 miles; on the
2sth, 2, 6S9 miles and on the 28th 1883 miles.
The other racers must be close astern OF
the Atlantic, and some Will doubtless De
There are four prizes In this race and the
Hamburg, Endymion. Valhalla and Ailsa
are according to the last sightings, making
hot fight for these trophies.
The Atlantic establishes q new record
has sailed from the Needles to Sandy Hook
IghtShip in IL days, 20 hours and 80 minutes
but this course Is some 200 miles longer
than that sailed by the Atlantic. The
Endymioa, averaged 9.88 miles an hour
and her lest days run was POI miles
The Atantic's run Of 34l miles is another
record Up to this race the best days run
was made by the Dauntless in the race
against the Coronet. She made 1928 miles
and averaged for the voyage 1877 miles an
hour. The sapphoG in a voyage across =
the ocean averaged 988 miles, and she ran
3l8 miles in one day.
In the ocean race Of 1865 the Henrietta
averaged $50, the Fleetwine 8.l8 and the
vesta Ola, The best days were: Henrietta,
2so; Vesta. 277; Fleetwtng, 2eo. The Coronet
averaged sos in her race with the Dauntless,
and her best day was POI miles.
Wilson Marshall, the owner OF the At
lantic, is a Bridgeport man, He became
interested in yachting some years ago,
and in partnership with c. Barnum Seeley
the old sloop yacht Atlantic that was
built to defend the Americas Cup in the
Puritans year. After being tried twice
as possible Cup defender. the Atlantic
was laid up for years at Port Jef1ers on.
Marshall and Seeley got the boat for very
changing her into a schooner and fitting
her out in good style. When MIR. Marshall
married he purchased c. B. Seeley's interest
in the Atlantic and sailed the boat alone.
In 1903 he gave William Gardner a commits
sion o design for him an au Hillary schooner,
and plans we're drawn for the boat that has
just won the Emperor's cup. The con-
tract to build the boat was given to the
Townsend 4 Downey Company at Shooters
Island and the yacht made her first appear
ance late in the fall of 1903 and showed up
remarkably well in some trials sailed on the
Sound She was credited with logging
more than Is knots an hour when reaching
in a strong breeze.
As soon as the yacht was accepted Mr..
Marshall and some friends made a cruise
to the West Indies. This was in January
of last year, and Capt. Lem Miller. who
has sailed the Ailsa in the ocean race. was
in charge OF the boat. During that cruise
the boat experienced varied weather and
was caught in one hard blow of Hatteras
which for several hours tested her sea-
worthiness. Last summer the yacht was
raced. During the cruise of the New York
Yacht Club she won several runs. She was
first in her class goir g from Glen Cove to Nor
ris Cove. She was first to finish at New Lon
don. hut on that run was beaten nv the