Marble Hill press., 1921-04-14

property 70 tl. .at, 1au.. ,.rIHn IL.nn.tt a
fHrfa.r ,.Hu,.iur, of tt" N,a NurE YACHT club.
tl~'"'us which h"vus-I 20 TrauEIu ns..-Ii.
ani Nr''a. 'hr pr0I.rty ~ Pierre lar.raru
The rlr, uu- fhs r,rs4lt ~ aU argument between
'"'Hia"3"rv isan'W HHl Mr u-EaoI uEaF 'lr
ability 20 'h'.r rsp..' s. craft m. ya.hf. had
w'f .u ua'.t rar, over SANDY Huuk raur,.,
1Ht tlr'fHt.s had i,rH the winner The result
ii not please Commodore H,r.,rr ana D.. ~.
f"0-i t' tet $1,000 that Henrietta could beat
tIrr'".ns To- race over rrul nrrua cUur>, Ifr
owner ot thr Ilv-tW!rs accepted n, challenge
hh1 .' VAS decided 90 mor acrus, the Atlantic
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The mce created gausgnl comment such
contest never h,fur, had been attempted arI
%" pNn"r~ we're Considered the most daring ~
amateur sailors The time chosen FOR %, race
a.s' addict Co the impression thar the yarhtsmen
"rr" i'mr''as SUR death la ,lyl- "fna.harIyr
undertaking Instead - crossing during The SUM.
m'r. when the Atlantic t. Hs smooth "a, mill
pond he gHghtsmrn eirrtcd TO race 10 winter
and The date % the start vas set tar December
H. l~d one Year after the ending u the Clyi
var
ferrc lnriilHri another enthusiastic sportsman
h,camr Interested In the contest and suggested
making the race a thr,, curucrr,l sweepstakes at
$1,000 = curu"r. The other yachtsmen accepted,
and the much heraldct brush started on schedule
time the nnl>h heing N the Needles Isle OF
" stat lsAsahNN NhitIbE NA~ ht'uFN OF lIe NurNtN
until Commodorc Rcnnetis Henrietta arrived on
the Needles az - p. m. on Christmas day
FcrtWins finished about 5 hours later and then
came Icsta, which was about an hour and a half
ast"ru or tho second craft Later. Il was di~cov.
erred that Nc~ta really had outsaIIcd the other
Yachts, hut an error IN navigation had lost her
The raN The rucc showed the world that the
contest was not foolhardy proposition and al
50 that the winner not necessarily the fastest
yacht
In those days good seaworthy boats raced for
th" Americas Cup, trophy that creating
more or less Interest In the world of sport Then
sl~cia boats were not built for a blue ribbon
uf the sea" race. A yachtsman contented
10 race for the Americas Cup with his usual
cruising craft Due 10 this Sportsnaulikc angle of
early Americas Cup races Commodore Bennett
was able, in 1870. to get another race across the
uccau.
James Ashbury, an English yachtsman, had
built the schooner Cambria, lie decided to have
ding at the Americas Cup. lie planned to
sail across the in his yacht, crNise IN Amer.
lean waters and incidentally race for the Ameri-
cas- Cup. There was no talk OF towing Cambria
across the ocean ar bringing her across under
jury RIG, Is done In these decadent days of
Americas Cup racing. Cambria was going 10 be
sailed across under full rig just aS she would be
raced on this side OF the ocean.
Hearing that Cambria was going TO visit this
country Commodore Bennett suggested race
across the ocean, nominating his new schooner
pauntless Mr. Ashbury accepted aud 1t was de
Cidcd tn race from Cork Ireland to America.
The race created even more talk than the contest
In 1888 pauntess was the favorite. Regardless
Of that fact the British schooner proved to be the
winner crossing the finishing line one hour and
forty.thrce minutes ahead Of the American craft
II took twenty-three days TO make the voyage.
The start made on July !, 1870,
Seventeen years later the Dauntless took part
In the third transatlantic race, This was match
affair against the Coronet. The race was for
$4,000 side bet. The start was made oG BAY
Ridge and the finish was of Queenstown, Ireland,
Again the Dauntless was beaten. The Coronets