Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . urse. The race was ostensi-bly for the possession of the BennettChallenge Cup, held by the Cometand challenged by the Magic ; butthere were many outside bets, and ,^probably as much as $100,000changed hands on the result of thisrace. The Magic^ at that time,was owned by the late Mr. Garner, who afterwards lost hisin the heroic endeavor to save that ofhis wife, when the ill-fated Mohawk cap-sized off Staten Island, and it was reportedthat he won sufficient on this Magic-Comet race to pay for the hull andspars of the Mohaw
Yachts and yachting : with over one hundred and ten illustrations . urse. The race was ostensi-bly for the possession of the BennettChallenge Cup, held by the Cometand challenged by the Magic ; butthere were many outside bets, and ,^probably as much as $100,000changed hands on the result of thisrace. The Magic^ at that time,was owned by the late Mr. Garner, who afterwards lost hisin the heroic endeavor to save that ofhis wife, when the ill-fated Mohawk cap-sized off Staten Island, and it was reportedthat he won sufficient on this Magic-Comet race to pay for the hull andspars of the Mohawk, and that but forthe victory of the Magic on this occasion,the Mohawk would not have been con-tracted for. The owner of the Comet, Mr. Wm. , the late Jacob Voorhis, Jr., Com-modore of the Brooklyn club, and many ofthe members of that club who had confi-dence in the Comet, with Capt. Joe. Ells-worth 2X the wheel, lost very heavily on thisoccasion. There is slight doubt but thatthe Comet was the smarter of the twoschooners, but Mr. Langley underrated his. life adversary, and neglected to put his yachtin as perfect form as she might have the other hand, Mr. Garner gave hiscaptain carte blanche as to expense, and theMagic started with a splendid lug-foresail,and a crew of twenty-five men. I was fort-unate in having been a guest of Mr. Gar-ner during this race, and am certain thatit was this perfect preparation, rather thanany superior speed, which gained the vic-tory for the Magic. The Comet led to thelight-ship, but upon a wind, her sails didnot sit as well as those of the Magic, andshe had to give place to her. It was, how-ever, a very close race throughout, and upto the time that the Magic passed throughthe Narrows, on the returri, it was anybodys race. She managed, however, tojust squeeze by Fort Lafayette on the last THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN YACHTING. 67 of an ebb tide, and reached the slack wateron the Long Island shore, while the Cometwas reaching in the st
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