. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY. APRIL 9, 18x7. Sporting Notes. New York yachtsmen do not intend that Boston shall again carry off the national yachting honors of the country by defending America's Cup in the International race. For two years past they have made flat failures in attempting to build a sloop to compete with Genesta and Galatea. Priscilla was a failure and Atlantic was so in a more emphatic sense. Puri- tan and Mayflower in turn outsailed both the New York sloops, and each defeated the English cutters that came over to try for the honor of winning back Am
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY. APRIL 9, 18x7. Sporting Notes. New York yachtsmen do not intend that Boston shall again carry off the national yachting honors of the country by defending America's Cup in the International race. For two years past they have made flat failures in attempting to build a sloop to compete with Genesta and Galatea. Priscilla was a failure and Atlantic was so in a more emphatic sense. Puri- tan and Mayflower in turn outsailed both the New York sloops, and each defeated the English cutters that came over to try for the honor of winning back America's historical trophy. Genesta made a gallant Btruggle for the prize, but no yachtsmen ever supposed that Galatea had the remotest chance of beating Mayflower; but neither of the English cutters were built to compete tor that cup, yet they were both good enough to have sailed rouud any American sloop afloat at the time when the challenge was made for them. This fact American yachtsmen recognized, and the result was the building of Puritan and Priscilla, the former being the suc- cessful competitor and equally successful defender of the cup. Last year when Mayflower and Atlantic were being built, and important changes were made in Priscilla, many marine critics claimed that Puritan would beat the three and be again the defender of the much raced-for trophy But when the trials came Mayflower proved herself too good for them, and was of course selected to race Galatea, and she had a comparative walk-over in both events against the English cutter. Now a change has been made; an English cutter is being built to race for America's Cup. She is from a design by Watson, one of the best yacht designers in Great Britain. He has seen Mayflower, Puritan, Priscilla and Atlantic; he knows the courses over which the races mast be sailed, and has a good general idea of the prevailing wind and weather in and about New York harbor. He has modeled a yacht to race in the waters named and agains
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