| Show THE AMEBICAS CUP RACERS OF 1600 AND TOIIMEU YEARS I New York Yacht Club Th American Mclury was a mot iterlelv one and asa as-a great and natural pride won taken In the result A renewed and national eat In tile part WAR thereafter ob aer > able I 80 whrn Mr Aihbury the owner of the lnclleh challenger mAde one more effort In the following yr to recapture recap-ture the cup he found plenty of yachtsmen yachts-men ready enough to enter Into the struggle I Mr Oagood the owner of the Magic accepted i the challenge and the race line ailed on the Hill llth an I title of October till The new defender or the cup for America was the Columbia Colum-bia while the Knglleh challenger Pulled Under the name of Livonia On Del 19 Read II the Columbia defeated the Livonia Livo-nia while on the trill l Ilia Columbia wan dfftAlrd Two dAYS later the American > octal Happho def atrd the Ihonla ant repeated l the trick on the lid of Octo bar I On tile rare of Oct 10 the Columbia Co-lumbia wa dlaablrd lo It I wail Interstate ry to aubilllul the Happho The result of threw recall WAR aome what of a dlecourager to the llrlllliera who did not rare to rhalleng for the Clip again until UI3 Th third lerlcn of cover look Place during Ih summer of the following year on the title and < I IZIhof August The Canadian challenger who won willing to net ai tha lamb la I he l aaorinced on the nautical altar off Bandy Hook was Major C Clifford one of the most popular > yachUmen whoever who-ever handled a tlllor The major ma-jor brought down the Count of Duf the locks 01 the Valle 1 canal and hd tn I hove bar mast and releasing unhll1 and the ballallnkrll vIII of her buttons still pitall In line hUo 10 Cant hr 911111 clnlly to I allow of hr Intestine through I Ilse Ik Mr Cnry IImllh Ploop III chief was chosen to bAIII naln1 the Well Contacts The result In both race Was a mOIl deelded victor for tho Yonk vessel which tmores the first by over 22 mlnlll slid the Second hy tI Then came lour more Years 01 null cal rl anti In tells Interim a chance crept over the spirit of yacht building Up to them lime all the racea with the Mrltleh yachts had been won by reeeli 1 of conventional IIYVM and built for with the Ingle rx i ptlon of the Hot each of Its i Arnirlnn winners war a cenlerbourd boat of the extreme t klm ailing deals type The renteiboard In fart had come to Iss I loaded upon na u sort of dleilnclly American Inilltutlon au when llurgr appeared In 1IM and designed cup dc f niii ra of a greatly I In Cleared draft though the centerboard and the great Uarn allowing for Ini I nenae rail ciirrilng capacity were not done away with It I war felt that Amore call dInlnlf limit Passed Into the Cos mooolllall Period or Its evolution Today To-day liters can be paid to bo no charge terlitlo national typo or model In the last 10 or IS yean there line been a gradual convrrginro of Ida In modelIng model-Ing and a relocation to oblivion of th behaved old skimming dish variety ut racing yacht During this transitional period Amer cd yachting battles I In the history of aquatic sport The course lakon was from the Scotland Hlhtihlp down the Mind for TO Melon and thenct back dead to windward The weather was blowy and n arrlee of aiualU threw both 1 boat frequently on their Peters and when the buoy was rounded left them mug gllng Imrk to windward neck ant neck The list at thin Point dle creetly houeed her topmast and by > o doing won the race a > a the Ucncata presumably In a spirit of bravado carried car-ried hrr working topsoil thrace th-race and was thrown perllouily over on her beam ends ipllllng her wind and certainly loelng ground by iw doing In the beginning of August of Iho following fol-lowing year Lieutenant lInn the next challenger arrived off Marblthead with big beloved aardlne box the nulatea Thin gentleman waa probably the moet popular the moat genial And the most feted of alt the yachUmen who have rod the herring pond to carry back the Americas cup Th Jovial lleulcn unts yacht however wan not a match forlla Amerkun opponent After n beautiful race from rt ipectactilar point of view the Mayflower swept I over the finish line well 1 In advance of the Oalalea The popular little ar din box however win greeted with u welcome at the nnlih almost ae Iwliter OUR aa that glen tu the winner Hotter by the thouiwndi of fpeclatora on the crowded excursion IKMU and other attendant 1 at-tendant craft Owing tu tog Anti lack of wind Iho Second race ended In n na > ro KO a third attempt had to IH mad before the two while hull were darted on their last context over the briny A fresh and exhilarating northwest brooms rent spinnakers bulging bulg-ing and balloon jib lopealle bellying In a way that delighted the mot failldl I Durstaven and laid Valkyrie III crossed the Atlantic for one easier > try at the In nllonol cup The nrnrcaren the I unfortunate termination vI that Second series of racele vilth the tltll sportsman h = I man of FrighanI 10 a 1101114dict which At at h rrnl limo doea not call for die union In the first rate which Ik Via > on Hept T INC U mile to windward wind-ward oil Scotland llghtihlp and return thi fender won In A very close 1 race lor l right minutes The nrcond race wa or an equilateral triangle route o r 10 mllea and wan barely won by tilt llrlllh limit which was however dII I qualified for fouling at the Hart unit In luring the Ann rlunN rigging In thin I racelortl Duon n a Inllld that he n1 ties boat had been unfairly treated 1 and Irrllati I by what he called dlacour tetalts treatment the owner vI the VI kyrla Imply brought him yacht to the line In Ih third race and then turned about and beat a rttraal the lIrA lIr-A 111w Into for this reacts contest wllh Hit Thom Ilptonl flhainroc ApproailuM 1 the chancea for H keen exciting ex-citing and enthusiastic compelltln grow imre and more rolllllnl II 10 I claimed some quarters that the owner own-er of the Mhamrock in I JMIII l In n Maine whit rldlrulouely aecr tlva manner re gardlng lilt construction and lines 01 his Thorn built pet but It Is I obvious that whatever the result of the rile iho geniality and affability of II ihrend Irlh owner of the challenge will obviate any fear uf n repetition OIr the Iunraen flaero Whether or east ho will carry Wk the old mug of the America li I another story AI Kipling Wl WIMIAM J HUliOllll |
