. Races for the America's cup . Madeleine, but far and away to lee-ward. So when the two stents came to roundthe outer mark the case of the Canadian cham-pion was most hopeless. The wind was light andthe sea smooth in this race, and tlie time was asfollows: Elapsed CorrectedStart. Finish. time. .. -12 :17 :24 7 :37 :11 7^19 :47 7 :18 :46 Countess of :17 :58 8 :03 :58 7 :46 :00 7 :46 :00 This settled the matter of the possession ofthe cup for that year, and the Countess ofDufferin was laid up in a basin at Staten began financial complications and legalpro
. Races for the America's cup . Madeleine, but far and away to lee-ward. So when the two stents came to roundthe outer mark the case of the Canadian cham-pion was most hopeless. The wind was light andthe sea smooth in this race, and tlie time was asfollows: Elapsed CorrectedStart. Finish. time. .. -12 :17 :24 7 :37 :11 7^19 :47 7 :18 :46 Countess of :17 :58 8 :03 :58 7 :46 :00 7 :46 :00 This settled the matter of the possession ofthe cup for that year, and the Countess ofDufferin was laid up in a basin at Staten began financial complications and legalprocesses between her owners, and the next yearshe was sold at Sheriffs sale and taken ever to-South Brooklyn. From there she was taken toNew-York waters. There were several claimsagainst the yacht, and finally she was quietlytaken away to Canada. The ambition of theCanadians had come to naught, and the yachtwhich had come for the great cup heralded withtrumpets and the clanging of sounding brasswent back in disgrace and MADELEINE PASSING THE LIGHTSHIP. FIFTH RACE FOE THE CUP. 17 CANADA FAILED AGAIN. HER SECOND FUTILE ATTEMPT TO WINTHE AMERICAS CUP. ATALANTA NOT ONLY WAS SLOW BUT SHE WAS POORLY HANDLED—RACES WHICH WERE NOT RACES. The fifth race for the Americas Cup, countingas one the race in which the America won thetrophy, was of little value of itself and provednothing except that the Canadians had notkept pace with the Americans in yacht buildingor yacht sailing. Eour years had elapsed since, in1876, the Canadians had made their futileattempt to capture the cup with the Countess ofDufterin, when the Atalanta came here aschampion of the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club to tryfor the cup. If she was a fair specimen of aCanadian yacht, and she was presumed to be, sheshowed no advancement at all over the Countess,and was so badly handled that the races werealmost farcical. Since the Cambria and Livoniaraces, yacht building had advanced rapidly , and there were many bo
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