Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-15
AN UND[A1tN CUTTER
The DafInu Was Ne FASTEST
Racer N on Navy
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played Ne Htlilsh Rational tlt
fie fastest taelas bosl ihbi ever
btourhi thtttis md pl0tf ~ ile Amti
iean hntt on 10 aut oihtf fof Int
matter. Was iht e1llet Darling
when che vent d0wn win ihe inb
daiia IA ihe fitai sl0fm Whleh Aanh
almost every yesstl ~ ihe haiiot N
Salmon siie iefi bchInd het hh unbfoton
tecotd N ticlotits
None N iiese was mUfe sensational
than ihe one the pasllt plucked ffom
crew N mo IRON Duke when The
Dating whs attached 10 The wisconsin
then on he Aaiallo station Apptoph
hieiy enough the crushing defeat waa
administered N centennial yeuf 1870.
and n whs The moro Significant becaiiae
The English bon, had given ihe thai
ienre md had faltlt rushed upon lis
fate.
when biuelackei wants fnce he
goes about n IA he own pecullef fneh.
Ion. Ne dneahi write 0ui challenge
aud send ~ with due f0fnalliles lie
docs hot appoint Il committee ~ txipnd
A. No. does not post n0ilte IN q con.
splcHous place"
No simply towers ME- boht climbs
into II Ia tie number ~ twelve of four.
lopn pulls toward The ship whose
crew he wanis ~ fnco. ioasos HE oars
me- he comics under her bow, aud there
you are Tho challenge has been KY.
en- in lho sight " The whole hnfbor
This sort " invitation doesn't mean
ihai the other Grow la 20 hustle into lis
bont for % fnco right then md there
ON me contrary. there f. n lot of pre-.
llmlnnfy work yet to bo done much
~ II being Of n STRICTLY nnnnclal ma
iufr
thousands N dolnrs change hands
over those fncos The officers them
solves are generally ready io hack the
honor m their own ship With subsian
iial proof of their Loyalty
AZ fof tho average sailor man be-
dies ~ every cont ne can rake and
ecfapo AZ q winner ~ these shckola
me barring. na before mentioned is of
/ blessed memory. except ~ her rivals
~ these latter none wac more conf
/ dent than the iron Duke crew The
Wisconsin was already NJ anchor whom
/ the Bnilsh vessel came Into The har
bof one nno day. her advent being
/ greeted with The usual attention every
newcomer commands
she hadn't been ~ very long before
che lowered boat The men on The
Wisconsin ldly watched They con
tlnuod 10 observe. but without much
concern M The British cutter was
pulled toward the Wisconsin, heading
across her bows.
Then the unexpected happened To
/ the surprise aud intense delight n the
| Americans. up went the British oars,
aud little thrill " excitement swept
the widening ripple around the harbor
A challenge had been given race
was 10 come
And II was race that meant n
whole lot more than mere contest
between two crews II involved q con.
tested principle Of boat building
The British believed ln q subsian.
tlai. senworihy. solid craft The Amer
lcana made their cutters lighter aud
more graceful. contendlng NJ the same
time that the fine lines which made
their bonts beautiful 'dld not make
l ibem the less senwOrihy.
The day Tor the race was set n
course Of three and hair miles desig
mated and the wngcrs piled up on both
sides. But when the day came there
was high wind making the going go
rough that The Americans thinking
that II wouldn't he o pretty race, pro
posed putting Il On
Not much The British thought they
saw through the proposal They imag
lned the Americans were afraid and
they saw glorious opportunity 10
prove their wisdom IN sacrificing bean.
" 70 scaworthlness They were ns
Gm M nobody but an Engllshman can
BE- Tho rnce must go on,
And II dld. You bet lt ga And Che
Daring came skimmiug In A3tholc half
mile ahcnd a half mile n you please
While the Iron Dukes crew were
plugging through the waves by main
force the Daring cut across them and
over them like the thing " delight she
was. And. while she was as dry ns @
parlor car. the Iron Dukcrs were bail
ing 10 keep themselves nnoat
Well. you can imagine whether there
was Coy aboard the Wisconsin Bul
the officers could afford 10 be generous
In victory. so the band was ordered 70
play Cool Save the queen"
A British naval officer was standing
with ain American officer on shore
watching the finish, and when the
band struck mp h. turned 70 the Amer.
lcan IN bowllderment
That's funnyF' he said your boat
comes in ahead and yet they're play.
ing God Save the Queen. don't IN
derstand"
We'll" said the American, ~ God
won't save the queen now she might
NJ well give up. Nothing earthly can
The Daring was built nc New York
shout 1871 and was 80 Tar superior "a
me boats she competed with that an
other cutter was constructed on very
much the same lines. but with what
we're thought 10 be some improve
menis. She was called the Magic. and
next 10 the Daring she was the besl