. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. uj UJ _] LuCQ -JU HXU Sandiv Hook where the start was hiehh After a hard fought contest Henriettawon the race. in 18c)8, ele\en years after Loni. Stevens liad placed tlie (Jueens Cup, tliere-after t:) he known as the Americas Cup, in the custody of the club, a challenge\vas receiva^d from Eui^land, but it was not until two years later that James .\s-burys schooner Cambria made the first attempt to lift the cup. This race, like that in 1851, was made under peculiar conditions, the chal-lenger having to s
. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. uj UJ _] LuCQ -JU HXU Sandiv Hook where the start was hiehh After a hard fought contest Henriettawon the race. in 18c)8, ele\en years after Loni. Stevens liad placed tlie (Jueens Cup, tliere-after t:) he known as the Americas Cup, in the custody of the club, a challenge\vas receiva^d from Eui^land, but it was not until two years later that James .\s-burys schooner Cambria made the first attempt to lift the cup. This race, like that in 1851, was made under peculiar conditions, the chal-lenger having to sail against those of the fieet who elected the race, instead ofagainst a single representative yacht as in all the later races. This event was onAugust 8, 1870, and attracted the greatest attention and aroused wild entlmsi-asm. The writer was an eye witness and has no hesitation in describing it as an;arine s]5ectacle far ahead of the many succeeding races for
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