Show i THE YACHT RACE We in inland Utah are not familiar with yachting as they arc on the seashore sea-shore where the sailing of a yacht has become a high science as well as a pleasure plea-sure Nor can we feel the interest in the result ofthe international race now being failed in NewYork bay that is felt by the people of the East Yet national pride the ambition to have our side win compels us to entertain a keen desire de-sire that the Puritan will come out ahead in the international race thus retaining the cup which was won from the British thirtyfour years ago Yachting is rapidly developing de-veloping into the fashionable sport of the wealthy first because from its cost it must be limited to the rich and second because it is one of the most healthful and most pleasurable amusements ments To own and be able to sail a yacht is thelhtngfoa wealthy man within reach of the coastand all summer long many of these beautiful crafts may be seen in the bays and near the i I shores of the Atlantic from Maine toI Florida At times New York bay is fairly alive with them But as yet America Ame-rica is far behind the English in the number of her yachts Twentyfive years ago there were over seven hundred English pleasure yachts of over forty tons burden and the number has been annually increased Xot only in number num-ber but in speed did the English beat the world until 1851 when the New York Yacht Clubs America captured the Queens cup at Cowes and brought the international trophy to this country where it has since been held though many times have the British tried to win it back That was the first race in which the Americans had had the impudence im-pudence to appear and doubtless the English smiled that their cousins on this side of the Atlantic should presume i to contest with a nation that considered i it had reached a state of perfection in both build and rig It must have astonished the confident Britons quite as much as it pleased the impudent H impu-dent Yankees when the latter in a I fair race walked squarely away from f their competitors demonstrating the superiority their vessel to the satisfaction satis-faction of all beholders and letting the English understand that they no longer were masters of the sea in the art of itj yachting It is worthy of note that the America the winner of the race on that occasion was prominent among the craft in New York bay on Friday She is the property of Ben Butler who is a skilled skipper and manages i her to his own great delight and the admiration of others she makes her twelve miles an hour in a fair breeze and can hold her own in a race with any but the modern crack yachts such as the Qcncsta and Puritan America claim superiority for their yachts both in construction and rigging They are shallower and Ii broader than the British yachts and their sails are arranged so as to give a flatter surf ace the English yachts are what are termed cutter Wilt and are narrow and deep and though Americans Ameri-cans invariably heat them the British stubbornly refuse to change their build although they are adopting the American Ameri-can style of rigging The Genesta which is contesting with the Puritan for the cup is a new craft having been launched in May J884 ont i on-t e Clyde She has a steel frame with s elm and teak planking She is sr owned by Sir Richard Sutton a member of an old English family always interested In sports He is sailed her in thirtyfour races in English Eng-lish waters last season of which he 1 ll won seven took second prizs in eight and third prize in twothe prizes amounting to upwards of 4000 and he a has now brought hero this country to try for the Americas cup She is y admirably manned and so far has been most skillfully sailed The American yacht Puritan isfta newt centreboard boat While bqtb i arc of about the same length there is considerable difference in depth and breadth and the draft of the Genesta is 13K feet while that of the Puritan is only 84 feet Whatever may be the result of the contest con-test her shallow tuildgvijlj be eon e-on this side as best adapted tpour shallower I 1 i lower and smo tJ erwer At this writing the first of the three days rating has not been decided and a bulletin says that there will probably be no race neither yacht having covered cov-ered the course within the sev nhoAtli courseao r eirenot J1 t a 1 L Naturally the Purittinjs favorite on I this side and it would seem that the British themselves would be wise if they did not let their money follow their patriotism for the American is apparently appar-ently destined to win But the English will never rest or be content until they have built a yacht ihat can outsail the b ° st crafts that the Americans can construct con-struct and the cup has been carried back in triumph to the d ominions of its royal donor |