Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . t and named the schooner races agreed upon were three, best two to two were sailed, Capt. Joe Elsworth sail-ing the Canadian yacht in the second race. TheMadeleine won both races with ease. In 1881 a challenge was received from the Bay ofQuinte Yacht Club, naming the sloop Atalanta, andthe conditions agreed upon were the same as iii therace with the other Canadian yacht, the club namingthe sloop Mischief, which won the first two races. The next challenger was the cutter Genesta lastyear, practically the
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . t and named the schooner races agreed upon were three, best two to two were sailed, Capt. Joe Elsworth sail-ing the Canadian yacht in the second race. TheMadeleine won both races with ease. In 1881 a challenge was received from the Bay ofQuinte Yacht Club, naming the sloop Atalanta, andthe conditions agreed upon were the same as iii therace with the other Canadian yacht, the club namingthe sloop Mischief, which won the first two races. The next challenger was the cutter Genesta lastyear, practically the same conditions being agreedupon as in the two previous races. The only dif-ference was that as a concession to the challenger,two out of the three races were agreed upon to besailed outside the Hook. The Puritan won thetwo first races, as the Mayflower has won them thisyear. From first to last, the only victory of eitherof the challengers has been that of the Livonia overthe Columbia, which was gained by the Americanyacht carrying away part of her steering AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING 3 AMERICAN STEAM YACHTING/ BY EDWARD S. JAFFRAY.
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