. Valkyrie III. vs. Defender. Official and signal program of the tenth contest for the emblem of international supremacy, the America's cup . THE cup-defending Boston yachtsmen were soelated over the victory of Messrs. Forbes andBurgess with the Puritan that when Lieutenant Hennchallenged for the cup in 1886 with his yacht Galatea,General Charles J. Paine ordered of Mr. Burgess an-other sloop which would be an enlarged Puritan. The genius of Burgess was triumphant. May-flower was a trifle superior to Puritan in that grandesttest of a racing machine—a thresh to windward in awhole-sail breeze, w
. Valkyrie III. vs. Defender. Official and signal program of the tenth contest for the emblem of international supremacy, the America's cup . THE cup-defending Boston yachtsmen were soelated over the victory of Messrs. Forbes andBurgess with the Puritan that when Lieutenant Hennchallenged for the cup in 1886 with his yacht Galatea,General Charles J. Paine ordered of Mr. Burgess an-other sloop which would be an enlarged Puritan. The genius of Burgess was triumphant. May-flower was a trifle superior to Puritan in that grandesttest of a racing machine—a thresh to windward in awhole-sail breeze, when the spray comes a-dashingover the weather bow and wets the helmsmans was indeed superb. The Galatea was a disappointment to everybody,being inferior to Mayflower, Puritan and Genesta. Inthe second race, on September nth, that best of allbreezes, a full northwester, gave the contestants amplepower for a great race, but the English yacht was notup to snuff, and Mayflower won in splendid styleeleven minutes IS OFFICIAL SIGNAL PROGRAM
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