The New York herald., 1922-12-31

Lizard for prize offered by the former
German Kaiser. While the Kaiser has
always been given credit for having
originated this contest, it wac really
through Commodore Robert Il. Tod OF
the Atlantic Yacht Club that the race
was arranged Commodore Tod first
owned the yawl Fidelio and later pur-
chas sed the schooner Katrina. He soon
learned to appreciate the delights OF
racing over long courses, and while he
was senior flag officer of the Atlantic
Yacht Club he was instrumental In hav-
ing many ocean races sailed, some being
from Newport or Shelter Island to Sea
Gate at the entrance to New York har-
Dor, and some going down the New Jer-
sey coast to the Delaware capes and
back. Having steadily increased the in
terest of yachtsmen in these races Com
modore Tod planned to arrange con-
test across the Atlantic and at first
planned to offer the prize himself. Sir
Thomas Upton was in this country In
the fall of 1903 and it was suggested
that he should offer cup. Sir Thomas
agreed to give a cup, but before this
was definitely announced he suggested
that he might induce King Edward VII.
TO be sponsor for the race, In which
event he would retire.
Lord Lonsdale. who had acted as the
Kaisers sporting adviser. was in this
country at that time, and he was seen
and asked to use his influence with the
Kaiser to have him enter the schooner
Meteor in the race and also to get other
German yachtsmen to enter. Lord Ions
dale appreciating that this was an op-
portunity TO do little publicity work
for the German Emperor. cabled him
and urged him to offer a cup for race
from Sandy Hook to the Lizard. The
Kaiser promptly offered the cup, which
was sailed for in 1906. The eleven start
ers were Atlantic, schooner, owned by
Wilson Marshall; Utowana, schooner,
owned by Allison ". Armour; Hide
garde, schooner. owned by Edward X
Coleman; Endymion. schooner, owned
BY George Lauder; Fleuf de Lys'
schooner. owned by DR.. Lewis Stimson !;
Ailsa. yawl. owned by Henry $. Red
mond; Thistle. schooner, owned by Rob-
ert T.. Tod, and Apache. bark. owned by
Edmund Randolph. These flew the
American flag. The British entries were
the ship rigged yacht Valhalla, owned
by the Earl of Crawford, and the three
masted topsail schooner Sunbeam. owned
by Lord Brassey. The only German
entry was tho Hamburg. owned by q
syndicate headed by Adolph Tiet1ens-
This yacht was originally the British
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The eleven yachts went out on May
1s but fog made postponement of the
start The yachts were sent off the
next day I'm an easterly wind.
The variety Of rigs made the race an
open one. Should the winds give them
light to moderate weather and come
from southwest to west, then one OF the
schooners was expected to finish first.
Should 1t come ahead then the Ailsa
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IL II should blow a gale then the VAL
halla would drown the others out. So
each boat had it's admirers.
Atlantic Wins Race.
Capt. Charles Barr sailed the Atlantic.
and i'm the end finished first. Hamburg
was second and valhalla third. The
yachts experienced variety of weather.
Two days before the finish Atlantic was
running under q squaresail before a
strong wind which gave indications OF
increasing in force. The Valhalla was
only a few miles astern enjoying the
blow. Had IL increased she would in
all probability have won, but the wind
died down and the yachts drifted to the
| finishing line.
| The Atlantic's time was 12 days.
hours, minute, and the total length of
her voyage was 3.013 miles. This was
the last contest sailed across the Allan
tic. Efforts were made three years ago
to arrange another race but the yachts
men were not ready for such a contest
and the times were not suitable for
yacht racing. It will be noticed that IN
the four races across the Atlantic. in
which large schooners and vessels OF
other rigs took part not one accident
happened that might not happen on
Long Island Sound. No lives were lost
exceut on the schooner Fleetwlng. and
big seas board vessels much, larger than
the F1eetwing. This all speaks we'll for
the stanchness OF the American built
yacht. for the care with which those in
charge prepared for the long voyages
and for the seamanship of those who
sailed the yachts.
Many yachts, American and British
have sailed across the ocean, some goins
east and some west, but they have
taken things in a lesurely way and made
comfortable passages
The present century started with the
voyage across the Ataltic In the 21 foot
yawl Sea Bird. II seemed a. hazardous
undertaking, but Thomas Fleming Day
and his two companions sailed safely
from Providence to Gibraltar and had
little trouble In making the passage. ~
course, they had many discomforts
When three men are huddled up In q
small craft and have little opportunity
TO take exercise they will he uncom-
Portable, to put II mildly, and when thf
three voyagers in the Sea Bird touched
at the Azores and went ashore they. II
first had some difficulty In walking