New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-04-15

Ii should try the nerve rs well as the skill OF the
y%achtsmen. 1t should try the seaworthinesS OF the
yachts as well as their speed. Everyone remeln'
bers that in the 1920 contest for the Americas cup
off Sandy Hook between Resolute and Shamrock
" one of the races was postponed because there
was too much wind for the delicate sleclailZeu
racing machines. Well, there will be no postpone
ment on account of wind in King Alberts race.
This is not TO say, however, that the race is espe-
cially dangerous. The Atlantic is commonly pref
ty well behaved in July. Still therell be weather
enough, in all probability, to test the courage ana
skill of the yachtsmen and the seaworthiness ana
speed Of the yachts.
In other respects it will be a real yacht race
There will not be any time allowance; the first
boat over wins, irrespective of length on the wa
ter line or spread of canvas. Other things being
equal, this race is to the strong-which means
that the big yacht should win, for length means
speed. But with light airs and head winds and
smooth seas some of the smaller craft Of purely
racing model may edge in ahead of the big ones.
And then there is the difference in the ability Of
shippers aud crews!
In short, no favors are asked or received. Com
modore Francis r.. Mayer of the Atlantic Yacht
club put it right when he entered his big I'm
daunted and said:
MAY | add that any conditions that will In
sure a fair and open race will be acceptable to
me, and am confident that the conditions, when
settled, will give every recognition to seaworthi-
ness and seamanship and will be in accord with
the best traditions of ocean yachting
AT this writing the details of the race have not
yet been arranged. Baron de Cartier de Mar
chienne, Belgian ambassador, is in consultation
with American yachtsmen in the matter of rules
and regulations.
The honor of making the first entry for King
Albert's race falls to a college Professionalism
+. Clayton, chemistry professor at st. Johns col
lege, Annapolis, Md. lie entered the Siesta-
which Is well named, being a very short nap in
deed. The Siesta is a ~7l-footer over all, measur-
ing 40 feet on the water line. 1t is fifteen and
one-half feet beam and has a draft of eight feet
five inches. 1t was originally built for cruising In
the Maine waters. The craft is of the yawl-
rugged auxiliary type. Clayton proposes TO carry
as much canvas spread as the little saner will
stand. He'll carry a crew Of only three men.
The craft will be schooner-rigged for the race.
The engine will be removed or sealed.
In striking contrast is the second entry, Com
modore Mayors Undaunted. She is a three-masted
schooner and Is next to the largest sailing yacht
I'm this country, the Aloha, belonging to Arthur
Curtiss James, being the largest and having a
net tonnage of $50 with an overall length of rs
feet. The Undaunted, formerly the Katrina, was
built for Commodore Robert L. Tod In 1911 by
the Staten Island Shipbuilding company, from de-
signs by Theodore Wells. She has a net tonnage
of 52l, is 1913 feet Z inches over all. $50 feet on
the water line, mas u DtdlH U oO ttl y iHCnts
draws II feet.
After using her for several years and engaging
I'm numerous of-shore races as well as crossing
and recrossing the Atlantic aboard her. Commo-
dore Tod sold the Katrina TO Theodore r.. Burgess
of Boston, who made a transatlantic cruise, and
later sold her to Commodore Mayer, who changed
her name to the Undaunted. Now she is the flag
shin of the Atlantic Yacht club.
The Cndaunted's accommodations below deck
for owner and guests are unusually spacious and
luxurious. She carries a normal crew Of forty
two officers and men and has no auxiliary power,
though the Aloha has, and so has the Atlantic,
winner of The ex-Kaiser's pewter mug.
One reason why American yachtsmen are en-
thusiastic over King Alberts race is that there
hasn't been a yacht race across the Atlantic for
many a day-in fact, not since 1903 when the then
German kaiser staged a contest from America to
England for a "gold-brick" cup-of which more
later.
I'm the history of across-the-Ocean racing there
have been four races, three from this TO the other
side. The first contest was sailed in 1866. III
vas n sweepstakes for $4,000 a side. Three
yachts raced. They were the Henrietta the