The Ordway new era., 1921-04-22


world. Yachtsmen were tired of the park lake
Eleven Yachts came to the starting line Oh
May II, 1905. The fleet was made up OF eieht
American, two British and one German yacht-
Owing to a thick fog the yachts did not get away
until the following day. The winner proved to be
the Atlantic threemasted schooner designed by
William Gardner and owned by Commodore wilson
Marshall She crossed the ocean in II days anu
hours, creating record The Atlantlc was
sailed by the late "wee" Charlie Barr
The yachts that started in the memorable race,
their owners, designers and shippers are as fol-
lows:
Alisa tyawl) owned by Henry S. Redmond. 13O
feet all, designed by Fife and sailed by Capt
Lem Miller.
Apache (bark) owned by Edmund d. Randolph.
19S feet ALL designed by Reid and sailed by
Capt. ]. ii. Mcdonald.
Atlantic (schooner) owned by Wilson Marshall,
1856 feet over ALL designed by Gardner and sailed
by Capt. Charles Barr
Endymion (schooner) owned by George Lauder.
137 feet over all, designed by Crane and sailed
by Capt. Jim Loesch.
Fleur de Lys (schooner) owned by DIR. Lewis
Stimson 105 feet over all, designed by Burgess
and sailed by Capt. Tom Bohlin.
Hamburg (schooner) owned by German syndf-
cate, 146 feet ALL designed by Watson and
sailed by Capt. Edward Peters.
Hildegarde (schooner) owned by Edward r.
Coleman, 135 feet over all, designed by Ches-
borough and sailed by Capt. S. H. Marsters.
Sunbeam (schooner) owned by Lord Brassey.
sailed by Commodore Robert E. Tod.
Utowana (schooner) owned by Allison v. Ar
mour, 100 feet over ALL designed by Webb and
sailed by Capt J. H. Crawford.
vahalla (ship rigged) owned by Earl of Cfaw.-
ford. o9S feet all, designed by Storey and
sailed by Captain Cauws.
The victory of the Atlantic was heralded as a,
big feather in the cap of American yachting. not
wthstandng the fact that Scotchman raced the.
yacht. Commodore Marshall treasured the cpls
rhnn hic nn1y- son ,arH
can aviator, met his death the other side Soon
after, Commodore Marshall gave the cup to the
American Red Cross, to be broken up for the
gold that was supposed to have been in the trophy.
1t was discovered that back in 1906 the
Kaiser "bunking" the world. Instead of be-
ing gold the cup, when it was smashed. proved
to be only gold plated and very thin plated at
that.
Thomas Fleming Day. then editor of the Rud-
der, the principal critic of the Kaiser's Gun
race He said it was joke to sail across the
ocean in a boat the size of the Atlantic and sug.
gested a similar for little craft.
Captain Days talking resulted in the BROOKLYN
Yacht club offering cup for deep sea racing
for little boats 1t did not give the cup for race
across the ocean, but for an off shore brush The
first around Long Island This created
some talk The second was from Gravesend Bay
to Hampton Roads This was considered exceed
ingy daring
It the third race that started the sporting
world talking 1t was Gravesend Bay to Bermuda
Three little boats-the Lila, the Tamerlane and
the Gauntlet-started In the first race 1t was
the beginning of the Bermuda races that Increased
in Importance until more than dozen yuchtD
started in a contest. IS z ,
Gradually yachtsmen lost interest and the Ber&
muda race went by the board A Halifax race was
tried with only fair success Then the war cams
and yachtnmen became interested h somethIn4
far more tmportnnt than deeD - saifine
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