The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-07-08

prsadnousht- Famous voy.
ages.
Much testimony has been offered Of
late to show that the New York clip
per ship Dreadnought never made the
run credited to her by some writer's
8 days and II hours from Sandy
Hook lightship to Daunt's Rock,
Queenstown, but there is little need of
evidence or argument on that aues-
ton, for few who know much of ships
and the sea have ever believed thai
the famous clipper sailed that fast.
While they are at 1t, however, the
sea sharps might as well tell who did
make the transatlantic, or New York
Liverpool record, If Captain Samuels
didn't. Downeasters are inclined to
award the great distinction to the clip
per Red Jacket. built at Rockland, Me-,
In the fifties. The Red Jacket has q
well-attested record Of 10 days hour
and % minutes from Sandy Hook
lightship to Liverpool pier head, and 1t
10 not recalled that anything faster has
been claimed for a sailing vessel.
Liverpoolians Excited.
1t is related that the Collins line
steamer, which left New York day
of two after the Red Jacket, arrived in
Liverpool one Sunday afternoon and
brought the news that the Yankee clip
per was just astern. Those were
sporting days in the clipper service,
and there was as much interest in the
performance of fast ships as there now
is in any other time records, big
money often being wagered on sailing
contests.
When the news spread along the
Liverpool harbor front the people
rushed in thousands to the docks, and
every pier was black with the specta-
tors awaiting the arrival of the new
sea racer. Outside the port tugs had
offered to tow the clipper but the ship
was going SO fast that they couldn't
keep the hawsers taut, and SO had to
give 1t up. The Red Jacket swept into
the Mersey with everything drawing,
presenting . spectacle that brought
cheers from the assembled multitudes.
Then, as tugs came alongside to dock
her, the ships master gave all hands
thrill they had least expected-he
ignored the tugs, and, throwing the
Red Jacket up into the wind, actually
backed her alongside the pier, while
the crew took in sail with celebrity
that seemed like magic to the spec
tators.
The Red Jacket was ship of about
$500 tons, old measurement; had a
very long floor. like Penobscot river
lumberman's batteau, and could carry
tremendous spread and also point
high. She carried as fgurehead the
image Of the Indian chief Red Jacket,
artistically carved from log of pump
kin pine. She prospered finely in the
clipper service. was later sold to Eng
fish account and sailed in the Austria
lian trade, and at last accounts, after
some years Of carrying lumber from
the st. Lawrence to the United King
dom, was dismantled and used as a
coal hulk at Malta.
The orsadnouehts Run.
In some records the Dreadnought is
credited with a run Of - days and
eight hours from New York to Liver.
pool, and It Is well authenticated that
she ran from Honolulu to New Bed
ford, 1870 miles. in 81 days. She
was built at Newburyport, Mass, 10
1853 by William Currier and james
T. Townsend to the order Of Gov. e. D.
Morgan. Captain Samuels Of Brooklyn,
her first master, and others. Her fame
was as wide as the seas and she soor
acquired the name Of a. racer-"the
wild ship of the Atlantic" sailors used
to call her. She carried on her fore
sail fiery red cross by which she
was easily identified at sea. She was
200 feet between perpendicular. 217
feet ON deck. 20 feet beam, % feet
depth Of hold; gross tonnage, LAB /;
net. 1927. Strictly speaking she was
sonly q half clipper, but her unusual
beam gave her the ability to stand up
under press Of i. sail that would send
a full clipper blowing under. She was
lost on July 4, 1859, while on voyage
from Liverpool to San Francisco, be-
ing piled up On Cape Penas. to the
northeastward. of.Tierra del Fueg0. At
that time she was commanded by Cap
tain Mayhem.
The ship Andrew Jackson Of Boston
sailed from New York to San Fran
cisco in 50 days and four hours; the
Northern Light Of Boston sailed home
from San Francisco 10 76 days and
eight hours: the North Wind Of New
York from England to Port Philip
head. Australia, 1880 miles. in %
days: the Ybuns America Of New York
from Liverpool to San Francisco, 49,
600 miles In 60 days: the Euterpe Of
Rockland. Ne. fppm New York to
Calcutta, 1880 miles, In q days; the
Richard Bustsed Of Boston from sgd
ny. NJ .. W. to Calcutta, $500 miles
In e days. and the bark Ocean Tele-
graph Of Boston home from Callao.
0.07O miles, in 50 days.
In 1851 the Sovereign Of the Seas
sailed from New York TO San Fran.
cisco In l02 days. II days Of which