Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . on corrected time the Grade won therace by im. 45 s. I may mention in passing that besidethe Brooklyn and Atlantic clubs, therehad now come into prominence the Harlemclub, of which one of the ruling spiritswas Mr. Harry Genet, the brilliant politi-cian of the Tweed regime. Prince Halhe was called, and the house on the pointat Port Morris, now occupied by theKnickerbocker club, was built under hisreign, which I may say was short andbrilliant. But in this year, 1872, the Sea-wanhaka club was a year old. It had itsannual regattas
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . on corrected time the Grade won therace by im. 45 s. I may mention in passing that besidethe Brooklyn and Atlantic clubs, therehad now come into prominence the Harlemclub, of which one of the ruling spiritswas Mr. Harry Genet, the brilliant politi-cian of the Tweed regime. Prince Halhe was called, and the house on the pointat Port Morris, now occupied by theKnickerbocker club, was built under hisreign, which I may say was short andbrilliant. But in this year, 1872, the Sea-wanhaka club was a year old. It had itsannual regattas at Oyster Bay on each re-curring Fourth of July, and they were themost enjoyable yachting events of theyear. The Jersey City club, too, began toloom up prominently. Their regattas weresocial affairs, and used to take place atGreenville, N. J., from a tavern called the Idle Hour. After the race of the yachts,a banquet was served, ladies were presentin great number, and the affair wound upwith a dance in the evening. Apropos of THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. 63. ~ 66 FORTUNE, Mr. Ashbury, the Havre (France) regattawas sailed July 12, 1872^ and among theentries were the British schooners Guine-vere and Livonia and the Americanschooner Sappho. The Guinevere was with-drawn, and Mr. Douglass, owner of theSappho, at once withdrew her, declining tosail against Mr. Ashbury. He started,however, fifteen minutes after the Livonia;came up with and ran through her lee, andthen went on over the course, finishing anhour and a half ahead of her. In this year, 1872, it was, that Commo-dore Bennett presented his Brentons ReefChallenge Cup, valued at $1,000, for an in-ternational trophy. This is the cup thatwas won last season by the British cutterGenesta. As there seemed some disincli-nation to entering for it, Mr. Bennett of-fered an extra prize of $500 in case fiveyachts started, to be presented to, and heldby, the winner as his own private proi) only starters, however, were the Ram
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