Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . ith and Rear-Com. Herman Oelrichs. These gentlemenhad no doubt but that either of the sloopsGrade, Mischief or Hildegard would be fastenough to beat the new sloop building in Can-ada to compete for the cup; but with com-mendable spirit they resolved that if therewas anything better in this country it oughtto be at the disposition of the club. The Mr. C. Lee Smith, New York. THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. 93 sloop Arrozv had, at that time, the best repu-tation for speed. She had been built in 1874by Mr. David Kirby, of Rye,
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . ith and Rear-Com. Herman Oelrichs. These gentlemenhad no doubt but that either of the sloopsGrade, Mischief or Hildegard would be fastenough to beat the new sloop building in Can-ada to compete for the cup; but with com-mendable spirit they resolved that if therewas anything better in this country it oughtto be at the disposition of the club. The Mr. C. Lee Smith, New York. THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. 93 sloop Arrozv had, at that time, the best repu-tation for speed. She had been built in 1874by Mr. David Kirby, of Rye, Westchestercounty, for Mr. Daniel Edgar, of the NewYork Yacht Club, and first appeared at theannual regatta of the club June 8, 1876,showing a wonderful turn of speed, and in ever saw the yacht until she was designedly refrained from all interfer-ence, and trusted to the builder of the Arrowto produce a sloop which should be, as hehad promised, ^ swifter than the Arrow. But the Grade had been altered and muchimproved, and the Mischief had been built. 86 ATLANTIC. all subsequent matches she was easily fast-est of the lot. She had been sold to Winans, of Baltimore, who did notbelong to the club, and who, in 1881, wasabroad. The first idea of the flag officerswas to telegraph Mr. Winans and offer topurchase the Arrow^ but her builder cameto them and said he could build a betterboat than the Arrow^ and they at once gavehim carte blanche to do so. Fhe result wasunfortunate, but it was no fault of the gen-tlemen interested, neither of whom, I believe, Sloop Atlantic since the time of the Arrows triumphs, andboth of these sloops were even then swifterthan the Arroiv, and as was afterwardsabundantly proven, much more speedy thanthe Arrows successor from the shipyardat Rye. May 26, the New York Yacht Clubaccepted the challenge of the Canadian club,assented to September as the time of thecontest, thus waiving the six monthsnotice and all other formalities, as it alw
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