Marble Hill press., 1921-04-14

cup ,irrtI va. #HH-gu. interest .H f.. gHHlf.Hs
world Na,l.-..u were Tired % 'G. park lake
Eleven yu...- came Go %, s'ar.r. ln, un
May i5. IL. To-, fleet was maIa W. uf eight
American. rvu British an3 oa. German yacht
Owing 'u mirk ;us 10" ,a.hf, 900 uu, set away
uNfi. ''r tH.IuU NJ suy The winner proved fu %,
'h" Atlantic. o tHrr'.masf,tI ~rHHur.r ..HrI hg
william Gardner urI .vu,a DIS Jummusur. Wilson
Marshal She CROSSED 'h" us-,aa Ig De- Ias- uu4
hour, creating ara r...-I The Aaaaf.. vas
sailed ly 90" late "N,t.. ,f.rU, Barr
To-" yurhts that s'arfe.. u ta" memorable race.
ia"tF owners, dcs.snrr> .uI sa.lI,r> are u, fol
lows
A.o JynwD owned rs Henry Redmond iau
feet over a.l desisucd hy t.tr uud sr5tyt ny capt
Lem Miller
Apaca" lharkD owned Hy Edmund T. Randolph.
l'> f"', over all, designed ly Red and sailed by
Capt n Mcdonald
NuuHc (schoonrrI owned ty " son Marshall
~ feet over all dcs.1l hy Gardner ana sailed
hy Capt Charles Barr
EHalm'an tschooncr) owned Pos George Lauder
lS' i'"i over all, designed ly Crane aud sailed
rs Cupt Jim Locsch
FIrHr lee Lys tschuorrr) owned ty Dr Lewis
Stim>'n. Jos feet over all. designed by Burgess
and sailed by Capt Tom Bolun
Hamburg tscho0uer) owned hy ii German syudl.
cate td feet over ALL designed ny Watson and
sailed bg capt Edward Peters
Hla".arie tsch"oncr) owned hy Edwurl Il.
'"ewau. l35 feet over aIl designed hy Chcs-
boruush mad sailed by Capt : II Mar>ters
sunbeam tschooncr owned hy Lor! RraSsey.
li4 feet over all. designed by W0ui-ughuu. and
sailed Iy Commodore Robert L. Tod
Jto"aaa tschooner) owned by Allison V Ar
mour, I.r feet over aIl drsI sfpd by webb and
snueI Pos capt J. II Crawford
Noiha.H (ship rtggrD owned hy Earl Of Craw-
ford. -2N feet over all, lgued hy storey and
SAILED h' Captain Cauw>
The 'etory Of the Atlantic was horaldcd a. a
big feather In the cap Of American yachting not
withs,anang the fact that Scoychman raced the
yacht. Commodore Marshal treasured the cup
unt!i th" great war, when his only son an Amrrt-
can aviator, met his death on the other side soon
after, commodore Marshal gave the cup to the
American Red Cross to be broken up for the
gold that vas supposed to have been in the trophy.
II was discovered that even back in 1909 the
Kaiser was "bunkinG' the world Instead of he
ing gold the cup, when It was smashed, proved
10 be only gold plated and very thin plated at
that
Thomas Fleming Day, then editor of the Rud-
der, was the principal critic Of the KniSer's cup
race lie said II was Joke 10 sail across the
ocean IN boat the size ~ the Atlantic and sug-
gested a similar race for little craft
Captain Days talking resulted in the Brooklyn
Yacht club offering a cup for deep sea racing
for little boats. Ii did not give the cup for
across tR' ocean, out Tor an on Ahorr brNSh. Inc
first was around Long Island This created
some talk. The second from GraveSend Ray
to Hampton Roads, This considered exceed I
mGly daring.
II was the third race that started the sporting !
world tn King. II was GraveScnd Ray to bermuda |
1hree little boatS-the Lila the Tamerlsne and (
the Gauntlet-started in the first race II
the beginning Of the Bermuda races that Increased
in Importance until more than dozen yachts
started in contest.
Gradually yachtsmen lost interest and the Rer .
muda race went by the board, A HalIfAx race was
tried with only fair success. Then the came /
and yachtsmcn became Interested In something /
far more important than deep sea sailing.