Not up to the mark yet - Print shows Uncle Sam shaking hands with John Bull who is holding a yacht labeled "Valkyrie"; between them is the America's Cup on a pedestal labeled with the names of American yachts and the year they won the Cup, "America 1851, Magic 1870, Columbia 1871, Sappho 1871 [,1874], Madeleine 1876, Mischief 1881, Puritan 1885, Mayflower 1886, [and] Volu[nteer] 1887". A ribbon labeled "Vigilant 1893" is tied to the Cup. In the background is a building with a banner that states "Finishing School for Incomplete Yachtsmen"


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