. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. aelU and used her as a des]^ateh 1870 government officers entered her in a race against the liritishschcxiuer C^anibria. Mr. Henry Steers, the stm of the tlesigner, was asked toprepare America for this regatta, but it is said he was so hampered by jealousgovorument othcials that he gave up the work. America finished fourth in therace, \\ith Magic iirst, Dauntless second, Idler third and Cambria is claimed that the Americas chance of winning the race was ruined by thebungling manner in w
. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. aelU and used her as a des]^ateh 1870 government officers entered her in a race against the liritishschcxiuer C^anibria. Mr. Henry Steers, the stm of the tlesigner, was asked toprepare America for this regatta, but it is said he was so hampered by jealousgovorument othcials that he gave up the work. America finished fourth in therace, \\ith Magic iirst, Dauntless second, Idler third and Cambria is claimed that the Americas chance of winning the race was ruined by thebungling manner in which she was fitted out b_\ gtnernmenl officials after had AMERICA Her next owner was Cicneral l^>utler wdio purchased her at auction for$5,000. He used her several years atul left her to his son Paul, the great canoe-ist, who in the course of time turned her over to Congressman Butler Ames, herpresent c)wner. She now lies in the water at Ihelsea llritlge, near IViston, where she hasbeen for several years, ller hull is still scnmd and seaworthy, and she remainsto-day a glorious relic of the past in American yachting. YACHTS AND YACHTING THE SAILOR OF THE SAIL By THOS. FLEMING DAY. I sing the Sailor of the Sail, breed of theoaken heart, Who drew the world together and spreadour race apart. Whose conquests are the measure of thricethe oceans girth, Whose trophies are the nations that neck-lace half the earth. Lord of the Bunt and (iasket and Masterof the yard, Io whom no land was distant, to whomno sea was barred ; Who battled with the current; who con-quered with the wind ; Who shaped the course before him by thewake he threw behind ;
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