Evening star., 1914-02-08

race the one that started the succession
of contests continuing down to the pres
ent year brought out fne bit OF Sports
Inanship on the part OF the Enshshmen'
and one which should never be forgotten.
The New York Yacht Club. the hrst
Yacht club organized in America. formed
il. 1874 by a body of nine enthusiasts.
had held races for j few years between
Yachts owned by members. Two OF the
most eaterprising We're J. c. Stevens and
7 n Perkins In 1851. at the time when
the great worlds fair was held in Eng
land the Royal Yacht squadron. an or
ganization that antedated the New York
Yacht Club over thirty years, offered
cup TO be raced for by the yachts of
all nations. Mr.. Stevens that year had
constructed a racing schooner 10 be
entered in the contest for the Queen
Cup at Cowes. This schooner was named
the America. When Mr.. stevens arrived
on the other side he found that in the
race for the queens cup the rules pro
vided Z time allowance. which was for
eiga to his ideas and the impression
upon which he had sailed For this rea-
son he declined to enter the contest
The members of the Royal Yacht Squad
ron decided that they would meet the
visitor en- his own grounds. and they
therefore contributed for and put up an
other cup order to see that the stran-
ger received a fair race under his own
conditions The consequence Of this was
America. with fourteen other yachts con-
tended fo.. what proved to be the begin
ming OF q set Of races continuing down 10
the present day. The America was one
of the last boats 10 go over the starting
line. but it had overtaken ten of the 9TH
ers IL. the first fifteen minutes and before
the course was half covered had passed
every Yacht in the fleet and had practl-
call1. distancet all of them except the
Aurora aud was considerably in the lead
even Of that cutter At the flniSh the
America was eighteen minutes ahead of
the Aurora.
Now this incident Of Offering another
r.;o and without time allowance in order
10 meet the ,ieus of Mr.. Stevens has
had little prominence in the minds Of
fhose interested in yacht racing OF to-
day AS matter OF fact. it is worthy of
note that even with the time allowance.
while the race would have been very
close the America would have Won by
nearly two minutes. which. of course. was
a great satisfaction 10 Mr.. Stevens and
the New York Yacht Club.
Jav Gould is really the great court ten
MS wonder of the world. Perhaps some
people think that the game that this man
PLAYS came simply iron, natural ability
and did not require any particular amount
of work and training. AS matter OF
fact there is no more polished piece OF
machinery today turned out by the care
fui daily- labor Of orc man after another
than this human tennis machine. soon
after his early polo DAYS he took up. I'M
der the direction o' instructors secured
b,. his fathe-. the game of court tennis
Steady consistent. faithful practice un-
Ger direction that started out with the
one cardinal principle that governs at
least two sports. namely. tennis and golf.
young Could was taught form how TO
make stroke. how it should he made to
combine the greatest power and accurac!.
Many lawn tennis players Will remember
tho revelation that the Dohertys were to
American tennis plaTe-s on he occasion
OF their first visit TIE beauty of the
stroke as followed through: tho ease with
which everything was done Now iu
court tennis this Young man has made
himself SO thoroughly proficient and such
master Of the art that so far no one
has been able TO stand before him. In
u.cst cases OF d champion We feel that
there Is chance for almost an. ono com
Jig Up 10 defeat the former champion.
nut in this ease the art aud execution of
Gould is so superior to that of any one
else who has met him as 10 make the re-
suit a foresone conclusion.
For this reason spccial interest at