The Monticellonian., 1918-03-01

 in a single day, which exceeded by 42 miles the best days run made by q steamship up to that time.
 In 26 consecutive days, on this vov- age, the Flying Cloud sailed 5.9l2 miles, an average of 227 miles a day. or 91a miles an hour. For four days. when she made her best speed, she averaged 314 miles day, or 121a knots an hour.
 The ships exploit was celebrated in San Francisco with rejoicing, and the news of It gave pleasure to every American who heard of It.
 The next year the ship Sovereign of the Seas-from the yard of the same builder, Donald Mckay of East Bos ton-in the course of voyage from Honolulu to New York exeelled some of the daily runs of the Flying Cloud.
 In four days in the South Pacific she logged 1,47S miles. an average of 3TS miles q day. or 151a miles an hour. In II days. between March 10 and 2f, she logged 3,562 miles, daily average of 330 miles. and an hourly average of 1894 miles. At times she sailed at a speed of 19 miles an hour, which few freight-earrying steamers today can at tain. Her best days run was 424 miles, and showed an average speed of IT 2-3 miles an hour for 24 hours.
 The Sovereign of the Seas also had the distinction of having beaten a steamer on five continuous days of sailing. while on the passage from New York to Liverpool in 1853, and also of making the unique run of seven days from land to land having sighted Cape Race, Newfoundland at a. m. June 24 and Cape Clear, Ire land, at 6 q. m. June 30.
 Her best days run was 344 miles on June 2S. In five days, June 25-30, the ship outsailed the Cunard liner Can ada which was making the eastward passage from Boston to Liverpool, a total of 325 miles. The best days run of the Canada was 306 miles.
 Greatest Days Run.
 The greatest days run ever made by a vessel under sail was accomplished by another ship of Donald Mckay's build, the Lightning, on her maiden voyage, from Boston to Liverpool, in 1854.
 On the first day of March, when ap- preaching and rounding the north of Ireland. in strong gale from the south, the ship logged 1872 miles an hour Her lee rail was under water and her jib and fore-topsail, new, strong sails, were blown in shreds from their bolt ropes. Such an exhi- bition of sail-carrying rarely has been recorded as that on the Lightning that day. and 1t was done prayerfully, for her master, Captain Forbes, was a strong churchman.
 At the end of the 24 hours the ships log showed that she had made a days run with parallel, of 436 sea miles, or more than 300 land miles.
 This entitled the Lightning to the proud distinction of being the fastest ship that ever sailed the seas. There was no steamship of her day that l could approach her record for Il day s mileage by 100 miles, and 25 years passed before steamer was produced, the Arizona, then rated as an ocean greyhound, that equaled her maximum speed per hour.
 Best remembered today of the Amer ican clipper ships is the Dread nought. She was q packet ship. run ming on q regular schedule with pas sengers between New York and Liver pool. There is tradition that in 1859 sha created n record Of days IT hOurS from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, but the story has been decided to be myth l ical