Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
GREATEST YACHT
RACE EVER SAILED
Coming Contest for the Ger
man Emperor's Cup
Will Be Notable.
70 CROSS THE ATLANTIC
Zig Fleet of Vessels of Many Nation
alities to Sail the Course Over
Which Some Famous Races
Have Been Made.

alites to Sail the Course Over
Which Some Famous Races
Have Been Made.
Scientific Americans With the
closing of the entries for the German
emperor's cup, which occurred April
/, this great event. which in point of
the size and number of yachts that
are entered must rank as one of the
most notable events in the history Of
yachting, begins tc attract the atten-
ton which is surely its due. There is,
of course, nothing new in the idea of
Il yacht race from Sandy Hook to some
point on the English coast. There have
been many such races, and the COM
peting yachts We're sailed With q reck
less hardihood that has placed the rec
ords where it will he 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 $50 knots, and ran
in one day distance cf $50 knots, and
also the initchless Sapphu. which three
I =
whole course of a.G6 knots, and ram in
u single day 3l6 knots. a days run,
which, however, WAS surpassed 1ater
by the Dauntless, another famous
schooner which in 1857 reeled off S2S
knots in twenty-four hours. This rec
ord of the Sappho stood until the year
1900 when the schooner l.ndymion av-
erased for the whole run acruss the
Atlantic 9.G6 knots, exactly the same
record us that Of the Sappho. The En-
dSmion, 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 thirtN-siN minutes. This fine rum,
however, Was nol made in "a race, but
in the course of an ordinary passage
across the Atlantic and therefore it
stands in Il class by itself.
Impossible to Guess on It,
> There are so many variable 3ondi-
tons entering into a great ocean race
such as this that ii is impossible. even
for the self constituted yachting sharp,
to make amy predictions either as to the
winning yacht, or the speed at which the
course will be sailed. Although all of
i the yachts are large vessels, the small
est of them being s6la feet on the WA
ter line, there is also much difference
i'm their size. rig. model and construc-
/ ton THAT it is futile to hazard a guess
as To which boat would be the winner,
even II they kept in close company
all lhe way across. which they Will not,
and even ii they should have steady,
Whole sail breeZes for the whole dis
'ahce, which is even less likely. At
the time of the year when the race
viii be sailed, the latter half of May,
fair weather may be looked for, and in
;ll PROFANITY not much reefing Will
/ nave TO be done
/ All Sorts Of offs" and Butts"
If one were to endeayor tn forecast
the winner. he would have TO ,retiy
his guess with several Zig, ANA a
i ..but We know that lenptb ,,,,.,n.
speed, and that size means nh;litv ~
maintain headway in rough water and
hence if winds from :,hran, H.. .cta,,
prevail. and strong winds At t,,at va
should look to see the huge ..y;,lbn,l.,S
lead the feet into British waters. fnr
I with her waterline length of o4o feet
her ample SAN spread ana hi,, djsnl.,,.n'
ment. She should be able 10 reel off
.i,.'' "a lo 10 kllois hn hour with every
.lliis raWllls. ON the other hand. the
form of the 'Nallhalla' is not nearly
50 me or sWse'ly ihodeled as mat, say,
ol tila ioi loot Wi,efilhe tnaylnlon or
me LOO ioot Wa'eflihe Atlahtle The
iitst named a thfes- nlasted schooner,
mas Geit,lih recorded Sllecds I" hei cred
~ "iileh should enable her I" drop
j 'he rest on lile lleet IN II reaching breeze
ana q lairly smooth sea
~ " Interesting 70 mote that there is
pht SaGhl entered IN me race thecom-
i i'oSl'e DUN yh"l AliSa, when IS n
G5laliiy up-l"-dtle RACING machine she
was DUNN IN 1879 expressly as n eolnpeti-
.nr against the Prince OF Wales
britannia, which at that time was
sweeping everything before her She
mas the l1sht construction. me model,
deep le'td, ana large sail spread of