Show THE CUP how it was first won a aud ud lias has since been Dof defended Defon ended ded 1 THE AMERICAs idrous Id 1851 10 f the cahili Ca tili left behind la in 1870 0 sad u the lavoll livoll beaten in 1871 cn can aban effort efforts I 1 aw new york sun the history of the co contests for the americas cup the trophy that for so many yeara years baa has tool stood as its the emblem in yachting hejl is inter interesting erting not only because of the evo evolution lutio of 3 acht models which have been brought about but also hi in a lessor lassor degree ae as chowing how bow gentlemen sportsmen advance from what teems now to have been selfish anxiety anxiety ato to take undue advantage of each other to a plane plans where each aide side aoka asks and the other grants only what is necessary nece seary cesary to a fair test teia of the representative boats of the americas cup was 0 originally nally t the he one hundred guinea cup the eq cun which the royal yacht squadron ro n put apat up at iti iu annual regatta around the itle isle of wight this race was open to all nations and to all aorta end find rigs of Te asels a goat go at ae you please affair with no a allowance Ilo for size or rig new cup was put up each cacti ye year arand and the yacht that got around first won the cup absolutely the winning of the cup in 1 n euch such a race very often proved nothing more than the luck ef of the yachts owner the winning of the cup by the america was significant on only lv mccau e of the tremendous speed etith ith which she he rat rah away from her competitors nhen hen all bad the gme tame wind and conditions the cup ia is of solid silver and weighs r ounces it is exactly two feet in the medallions dal lions around iti its broa broadest deet part are inscribed brief histories Inet oriee of the cc cup op and tile costosta coB ts waged over it oue OLIC medallion nit dallion is engraved thus one hundred gui guinea tien cup won aug 22 1851 at cowes england by yacht america at the royal yacht squadron regatta to all ai nations beating on the next medallion is this schooner america tons ton a commodore john C stevens built by george steers new york 1851 the other medallions contain in script ious recording the results of the contests that have been waged for ita its the first of these contests was of course courte the one in which it first cacno came into american hands bands it was in the tile year 1851 A great intern international Ati OURI fair bas been opened in london and tudong other great grent american products talked of as proper objects to be bf exhibited to the world at that fair was a tample of our pilot boat bouts the yankee pilot boat bad had made a stir tir i iu it the marine world the one called tile mary taylor built by mr george steers the foremost american of abu wa was the commodore of the new york yacht club instead of it citizen of boston ilia his name was wait john C stevens CSt evenn having associated a n number umber of other othe r gentlemen with him of whom mr ir gerge george it schuyler survive survives he determined to build a schooner and get a race with the beat 1 yacht yachts to be found on the other ide side the america was the remit the america ailed sailed with capt richard old dick brown as failing sailing matter and nelson corn block since captain of repute as n mate the commodore and qui quite te a party part T went with her she went first to havre and then across to bowes the yachtsmen at cowes expecting heraud when about 9 one summer morning they saw her the cutter laverock ran down to see what she could do the laverock was a swift boat of her tier kind bathey but they had to set tile th roust mist in the wrong end of her she was wils too bluff forward and had too long oda lines aft if the americas owner owners lal been ben the they y would huto have set a at t once then the laverock folks would not have been able to judge of her speed and the yankees would have no trouble in making bets but they did not do to they gave the laverock such a whipping that the sporting blood of the whole nation turned to water A challenge to sail anything they had bad from a single sticker to a three mailed matted schooner for any ny eum sum from one guinea to ten thousand metaphorically sp speaking ealing tent sent the whole fleet ying into port to e 8 PO the weather e r all they could get in the shape e of f en ion international test waa permission to enter the regatta of r aug 22 1851 open to all nations where the prize was a cup valued at guineas much muc eug a gal 11 hie will commander stevene contented consented Wr beuting a about thie this thel owners went to shipbuilder ratsch of the isla of wight and or ordered dereI one conr and rattey had the pluck to bet the price of the boom that the Bes beatrice trice would beat the america who wag as here bere to ree fee the thistle through the races belongs to the tile family and d he lie hoped to win back more tia than n the prise price of several booms by betting ou on the cotter cutter A like arrangement wae waa made with the for a flying jib there were ten cutters and eight schooners in the ruck that started at 10 and one schoon erthe america and one cutter the aurora in in sigh at the finish at 8 35 that night the aurora was twenty minutes away rhe was small bubon but on any reasonable time allowa allowance uce would have bave been beaten anyway in these days no schooner baa has any a show bow whatever against single stick bunt bout the tha cup was brought home th the own r kept the cup until july 8 1857 on n that day it became the americas cup the trophy of I 1 the he W world ald s champion cham piou yachts jachts the owners having agreed a reed that such a tro tophy pliT ought to go be put up end and thai this cup ton V dinst the best ot of the old world wort yacht yachts would be an appropriate one they presented the cup up to the new york yacht club by a deed of trust which pro 0 usar vided certain conditions under which contests for its possession should be held the gentlemen thug thus mailing making the donation were john C stevens Sl ovens dewin ed a in A stevens St eiene hamilton wilkes J beekman Bee kuian F briley and george L leer the condition conditions were that any or yacht club through one or more of its members should alway always be entitled to claim a match fur for this cup with any yacht of not lee less than 30 or more than ton tons measured by the custom houe house rules of lie its country both idee sides could agree to any match they choose but in n case of a disagree ment the yacht was to be sailed over the course of the annual re gatan galtrof of the club boldin holding the cup 2nd n t according to that clubs rules I 1 iho he challenging party being baud b aud to aix eix munib e notice in in writ writing ilig fax fix ing the day be he ild to start star this notice was to contain the length custom house measure ment t rig rig and narna of pf the vesel if won it was to be held by the dab club only and on the condition of keeping it open forever to be sailed for by yacht of all foreign couns coun tries trie upon the terms just mentioned foreign echt clubs were notified 0 of f the terms but for eleven years no one thought of coming for I 1 it t in 1868 a correspondence wa was begun with mr james ashbury of the ryal thames yacht club chich which terminated in in 1870 in in lend I 1 ing ng 1 schooner cambria over to sail fr the cup there was no end of this matter that cannot now dow be understood for there is no difficulty in n making a fair race in in those these days the american having won against a fleet the cambria had to meet one the start was made off bia on aug au 8 1870 at 1126 11 2 inthe in the morning sets p pitted bitted against her nine nine came in in ahead they were the tle Magic Idler silvie arner america ica Dauntless Madgie phantom alice and halcyon the Ma madelaine demine was in in the tile race and was beaten she afterward having been en altered successfully defended the cup the yachts started from the their i r an liichow ors cut but one race was provided for this time mr ashbury objected that a match which the deed of gift called for was not a sweepstake Enee aud and so when he be being a man of pluck returned home and built a new boat the schooner livonia and chal chat ledged again it was agreed that only one boat should be pitted against him in P ach each of tho the seven races wl which ich were provided for but the new york club reserved the right to put a new now boat against ill him m in each race there wasa was a lotof lot of bad feeling raised in trying to get a at t this race but finally on oct 16 1871 the schooner livonia a keel boat of course was at the line of the inside cauree and the centre board schooners columbia and palmer and the keel schooners sappho and dauntless were band handy y by for the committee to choose from there wai was a light wind and the light air flyer columbia was chosen the columbia drew 5 feet of water and the livenia livonia 10 of course the columbia won wen the time was 27 minutes 4 seconds in the next race on oct 18 which was wits the one tacitly miles to windward and back the columbia Co limbia nes again victorious and by 4 minutes 35 seconda seconds the third trial was inside and there the livoni livonia won by 15 minutes the columbia breaking her steering ering gear and carrying away her flying jib stay then the sappho was pitied pitted against the livonia over the outside course the sappho was wits a it flyer anil and won sail under by 30 minutes this was en on oct 19 on the the she won by 25 minute the inside course and that ended an un unal factory series of races in 1876 the canadians came down hoping to weaken the strut of the ne eagle a he calmly called tha attention of the rest of the world to his ilia centennial celebration and aud to the fact that he was coca cock of the walk wall in a very great number of particulars they brought down the he tc ec hooner gaunter of Duffle riu owned by Mr Chaa gifford vice commodore of the riyal royal canadian yacht club the madeleine rebuilt aud ala made de a flyer met tho the Cou counter on ou tho the inside course on aug 11 1876 and the countess was left by 10 rui minutes 59 seconds the previous correspondence 1 having baying reF tilted in in an or agreement ment that tho tile visitor should meet but one ship the Af madeleine adeleine again sailed agai against liet the countess on aug 12 the course waa was laid outside and the madeleine won by 27 minutes and 14 seconds da it had been agreed to sail not more than three race and this ended that contest defeat stimulated the canadians to one more trial and the sloop atalanta At aLinta waa was sent here the Thea sloop loop Misel mischief lief after preliminary trials was chosen to meet her the ala ato lanta owned by captain cuthbert was made from front a yankee model and the race was of no consequence the mischief beat her over the in tide side course on nov 9 1 b by 28 minutes 50 seconds and land on nov 1 10 over the outside course course by 23 28 minutes 54 seconds in december 1882 the cup was returned by the club to mr lr schuyler who on feb 2 1883 returned it under new conditions to the club As these conditions govern the cup now and would continue to govern it even if it was won b by ly the thistle they are given give n in full any organized yacht club of a foreign country incorporated patented anted or licensed bythe by the legislature admiralty or other execl executive tive de do apartment part ment having for its annual re galla gatta an ocean water course on the sea or an arm of the sea or one which combines both practicable for vessels of 3 tons shall always be entitled through one or more of its it meni meru here bers to the tight right of tailing sailing a match fur for this cup with will a it yacht or other vessel propelled by sails only and constructed in the country t r to which lie the challenging cup b belongs iongi against any ono one or vessel as aforesaid constructed in the country of the club holding the cup up the r yacht or vessel to be of oi not less ess than 30 nor more than 3 ton tons measured aea aured I 1 by the custom house rule in use by the count country ry of the challen ipg party the challenging party ab shall 11 give eix six mouth notice in writing tiia naming the day for the proposed race which day hull not be leas than seven months from the date of the notice the parties intending to nail sail for the cup may by mutual content consent make any arrangement satisfactory to both as to date daw course lime time allowance and in any v and all other con dilious of the match in which case asu the six months notice may be waived in cose the he parties cannot mutu ally agree upon the terms of a match t c b the then n V fo 0 challenging party shall have the right to contest for the cup in one trial failed sailed over the usual course of f the annual regatta odthe of the club holding the cup subject to ite its rules and tailing sailing regulations regula lioni the challen challenged ed party not being required to name ite its representative until llie the time agreed upon for the start accompanying the six MOU tao nth thil no notice tice there must be a custom certificate of the measurement and a statement 0 of f dimensions rig and name of the vessels which hag has been defeated in a match fur for thil this cu cup P cau can be selected by any club for ite its representative senta tive until after a contest fur for it by dome other vessel has intervened or until after the expiration of tiro two years from the time euch such contest has ha taken place vessels intending to compete for thia this cup must proceed under sail on their own bottoms to the port where the is to take place should the club holding the cup be for any caupe dissolved the cup shall I 1 be handed over to any club of the same nationality it may select which may come under the forego lay ing rules it I 1 n to be distinctly understood tood that the cup is to be the pro property p erty of the club and not of the owners of the vewel vestel winning it in a 06 match tab and that the conditions of keeping it open to be tailed sailed for by organized yacht clubs of all foreign countries u upon on the terms above irid laid down ahall for ever attach to it thu thus making it perpetually 6 ily a challenge cup for friendly competition between betwee n foreign countries I 1 in all till five contents contests had been waged over the america Ar e cup but a eerie veries of international race 9 was to e binau inaugurated rated each of k which I 1 midpoint nt 0 of yu public interest inte reet dwarfed nil all the preceding COn contents taken tog ther on feb ag 1885 sir richard sutton owner of the british cutter geneata genesta the second fastest boat in british water aters challenged for the cup the puritan purita and the priscilla icilla were ere built to meet her the puritan modelled modeller model led b by y mr edward bur burgea gess of bost boston 0 n was chogen to meet her and in the pree pre euco getice of thou thousand a de th ante til took place the first 16 r iu t inside course was failed sailed 0 oot Monday sept 14 1885 this is the table of th the er race a c e start finish puritan Geri ceta after allowance due to difference Terence dif in size was mad r e the puritan Pu wa declared dep lared winner by 16 i ut 19 second seco on wednesday sept 16 there was a grand race outside awen twenty ty miles to leeward and back down D own th eind llie the genetta gained but up the wind the puritan won thus start turn finish puritan Genesta Ge neeta with the time allowance counted out the genesta nesta wa was beaten 1 imin min uto 38 seconds the contest of 1886 was the seventh for the pose aion of the cup the challenger was wets henn it N owner of the galatea a cutter about as fast as the genesta the ma mayflower y dower modelled modeller model led by mr ur ed Bur burgess gees and owned b by y gen |