Show N A N V ac 0 ANN pst past races for amendes Amen Arne ricas ces cup won aug 22 1851 at cowes eng by yacht america at the royal yacht squadron open to all nations beating the cutters 48 tons arrow 84 tons alarm tons mona 82 tons bacchante 80 tons freak 60 tons eclipse 50 60 tons and schooners beatrice tons wybern tons lone ione 75 tons constance tons gipsy queen tons brilliant 02 32 tons the schooner america was of tons in command of commodore john C stevins and built by george steers in new now york in 1851 tor for mr elevens stevens george L schuyler hamil ton wilkes J beekman finlay and edwin A stevens the cup was pre dented to the new york yacht cl ib as a perpetual challenge cup for all nations and has been sailed for eleven times beginning in 1870 and won each time by the american boats the results of the various races were 1870 aug 8 over new york yacht club inside course mr james asburyy schooner yacht cambria representing the royal thames yacht club beaten in the following order by schooner yachts magis idler silvie america dauntless nadgie phantom alice halcyon time 3 58 21 1871 oct 16 franklin osgood a schooner yacht columbia beat james asbury s schooner yacht livonia over new york yacht club inside course by 27 minutes 48 seconds in 6 19 41 oct 18 columbia beat livonia over outside course by 10 minutes 32 see ands in oct 19 livonia beat columbia over inside course by 15 minutes 10 seconds in 3 ba 05 oct 21 W P douglas schooner yacht sappho beat livonia over out bide side course by SO 30 minutes 21 seconds in 1 6 39 02 oct 23 sappho beat livonia over inside course by 25 minutes 27 sec see ands la in 4 46 17 1876 aug 11 J S dickerson Dicker sons s schooner yacht madeline beat charles gifford giffords s schooner hooner ec countess of dufferin of the roial canadian lacht club of to over the inside course by 10 minutes 59 9 seconds in 5 23 54 aug 12 madeline beat countess ot of Puff dufferin erin over the outside course by 27 minutes 14 seconds in 7 18 46 1881 t inca 9 1 R busk dusk a sloop mischief THE RELIANCE treat beat baat alexander cuthbert a sloop atalanta of the bay of quinte yacht club of canada over the inside course by 28 minutes 20 seconds in 4 17 09 NOT nov 10 mischief beat atalanta over the outside course sixteen miles to leeward and return by 38 88 minutes 64 54 seconds in 4 54 53 1885 sept 14 eastern yacht club kyndl cates sloop puritan beat sir richard sutton suttons s sloop genesta of the royal yacht squadron of england over the inside course by 16 minutes 19 sec see ands in 6 06 14 sept 16 puritan beat genesta over the outside course 20 miles to leeward and return by I 1 minute 38 seconds in 1886 sept 9 gen charles J paine q sloop Mav mayflower flower beat william henn a galatea of the royal northern yacht club of england over the inside course by 12 minutes 2 seconds in sept 11 mayflower beat galatea over the outside course twenty miles to leeward and return by 29 minutes 9 seconds in 6 49 00 sept 27 C J paines sloop volunteer beat james bell dell syndicate s sloop thistle of the royal clyde yacht club of scotland over the inside course by in 4 53 18 sept sep at 30 31 volunteer beat thistle over v er t the he t side course twenty miles to windward and return by allm in 5 42 56 1893 oct 07 C oliver iselin s syndicate sloop vigilant beat lord Dun ravens sloop valkyrie fifteen miles to leeward leev v ard and return by am in 47 oct 9 vigilant beat valkyrie over a triangular course outside ten miles to a leg by in 3 25 01 oct 13 vigilant beat valkyrie f eteen miles to windward and return by in 3 24 39 1895 sept 7 W K Vander bilts kyndl cate s sloop defender beat lord dun lavens sloop valkyrie III fifteen miles to windward and return by am in 4 59 55 sept 10 defender beat valkyrie III on a foul the latter sailing the tri angular course of thirty miles in sept 12 defender sailed over the sir thomas again meed meets deet defeat fifteen miles to windward and return in valkyrie withdrawing 1899 oct 16 J pierpont pont morgans morgan a syn d cate a sloop columbia beat sir thomas lipton s sloop shamrock ot of the royal ulster yacht club of do belfast ireland fifteen miles to wind ward and return by 10 minutes 2 seconds in 4 53 63 53 oct 17 Colum columbia bla beat shamrock over thirty miles triangular course in 3 37 00 shamrock withdrawing with broken topmast oct 20 columbia beat shamrock bh amrock fifteen miles to leeward and return by 6 minutes 34 seconds in 8 38 09 1901 sept 28 Colum columbia bla beat sir thomas lipton s shamrock III alf teen miles to windward and return by 1 minute 20 seconds in 4 30 24 oct 3 columbia beat shamrock 11 II over a thirty mile triangular course by 3 minutes 35 seconds in 12 35 oct 4 columbia beat shamrock 11 II fifteen miles to leeward and re turn by 41 seconds in 4 32 22 57 CHANGE OF COURSES at first the race was galled sailed over the inside course of the new facht club starting in the narrows and founding rounding the sandy hook light hip then an outside course was added and then after the races with big sloops had been sailed twice the courses were made all outside and test three in five contests in all hii the contests tor for the cup there have been two serious quarrels which could possibly have been avoided had wise counsels prevailed all the rest were as they should be the first w was a with james asbury on his second visit he came over in 1870 with cambria and was beaten in the sin gle race but made a good impression and when he came back in the tol fol lowing bear ear with livonia and tried some practice he was promptly sat upon by the new york yacht club and it was several years before th the 0 trouble blew over and another chal lenge was issued the next discussion occurred when lord dunraven Dun raven came over with val I 1 arle rie III two years after he had been I 1 eaten leaten with valkiree Val kirle I 1 |