Show INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE Yesterdays international yacht race marks a new departure in maritime affairs af-fairs in this country and will serve to stimulate the dormant talent of our designers de-signers and builders of shipping and in < effect place our merchant marine again on an honorable level compared with the great ascendancy held in such mutters since the war by European nations If we have men who can design the fleetest craft the world ever saw for pleasure purposes we also have men who cando the same thing for commercial purposes and now that the thousands of idle steamships steam-ships lining the docks and quays of the old world have proven their inability to run and pay interest on the money invested in-vested in their construction the sailing ships will again come to the front for favor and America can distance all competitors com-petitors in building and equipping not to mention handling such craft In justice to the gallant man who yesterday measured meas-ured swords with Americas fleetest boat it should be borne in mind that his vessel r differs radically from the American yacht and was not built to overcome similar resistances Yachting in English waters and on the Atlantic coast of the United States is very different in its requirements require-ments in the respective models which raced yesterday for the reason that when a yacht or any other vessel leaves the bounds of a British harbor she is at once at sea in all that goes to make that term among nautical men Whether in the English or Irish Channels or the North Sea the English yacht meets deep water at once and the heaviest of seas requiring requir-ing in her a good grip of the water to hold a weather gauge with a competitor and never is equipped with the American adjunct ad-junct of a centerboird being deep enough in draught and having keel enough to cleave the water on a wind and make no leeway On the American coast the conditions differ as the water at alL times other than t when exceedingly heavy storms are blowing is smooth and Huhject t to a long even groundswell maintaining a smooth and even surface ruffled only with such whitecaps as a stiff breee raises in Salt Lake and there lore admitting of boats of a light l draght hut great beam or width holding a course t with the aid of a centerboard just asa as-a vessel could with twice the draught of Wit er The CJalatea draws much more water than the Mayflower although their displacements are equal and for this reason in yesterdays light winds the American had the advantage The Britisher acknoulodged his defeat manfully man-fully and by that act gained thousands of lends among those who backed the f winning boat The sport is healthful and elevating in its effects and brings to the front a certain nautical pride which cannot have but good results for both countries Should the Galatea be successful suc-cessful in her next trial which takes place tomorrow Lieutenant Ilenn will find Americans to cheer him and his lovely wife just as heartily as they yes tetday cheered the owner of the Mayflower May-flower |