. Races for the America's cup . ICAS CUP. ATALANTA NOT ONLY WAS SLOW BUT SHE WAS POORLY HANDLED—RACES WHICH WERE NOT RACES. The fifth race for the Americas Cup, countingas one the race in which the America won thetrophy, was of little value of itself and provednothing except that the Canadians had notkept pace with the Americans in yacht buildingor yacht sailing. Eour years had elapsed since, in1876, the Canadians had made their futileattempt to capture the cup with the Countess ofDufterin, when the Atalanta came here aschampion of the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club to tryfor the cup. If she was a f
. Races for the America's cup . ICAS CUP. ATALANTA NOT ONLY WAS SLOW BUT SHE WAS POORLY HANDLED—RACES WHICH WERE NOT RACES. The fifth race for the Americas Cup, countingas one the race in which the America won thetrophy, was of little value of itself and provednothing except that the Canadians had notkept pace with the Americans in yacht buildingor yacht sailing. Eour years had elapsed since, in1876, the Canadians had made their futileattempt to capture the cup with the Countess ofDufterin, when the Atalanta came here aschampion of the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club to tryfor the cup. If she was a fair specimen of aCanadian yacht, and she was presumed to be, sheshowed no advancement at all over the Countess,and was so badly handled that the races werealmost farcical. Since the Cambria and Livoniaraces, yacht building had advanced rapidly , and there were many boats on the otherside which could easily have defeated the sloopswhich made a show of the Canadian Ata-lanta, for yacht building in this country had not. THE ATALANTA. made progress as it had in England. But thisthe English were not sure of, and the Americansdid not believe. There had been no races be-tween representative yachts of England andAmerica since the Livonia came over, and so thetwo nations had no means of gauging the progress of each other. The Americans believed theGracie, Fanny, Mischief and Arrow to be thefastest sloops in the world, and they had everyreason so to believe. Compared to the Atalantaany one of these boats was as a winged-heeledMercury to a tortoise. In the same year that theAtalanta came, however, there came anotherboat, a little cutter from England called theMadge. Before the international races weresailed the little cutter sailed a series of raceswith American sloops of her size, and she was arevelation. To all those who had eyes notblinded by prejudice she showed exactly howAmericans stood in yacht building compared withEngland, how they had stagnated and whatwould have bee
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