. Races for the America's cup . upon the terms Idler, Palmer, Alice, Fleur de Lis, Era, Josephine, above laid down shall forever attach to it, thus Calypso, Widgeon, Halcyon and Jessie. The start making it perpetually a challenge cup for friendlycompetition between foreign countries. Mr Ashbury in his long correspondence withthe New-York Yacht Club seemed to give rathera cold shoulder to the deed of gift, and, amongother things regarded as rather unnecessary atthe time and since, said he did not propose to puthis boat against a mere shell or racing , the match was finally arrang
. Races for the America's cup . upon the terms Idler, Palmer, Alice, Fleur de Lis, Era, Josephine, above laid down shall forever attach to it, thus Calypso, Widgeon, Halcyon and Jessie. The start making it perpetually a challenge cup for friendlycompetition between foreign countries. Mr Ashbury in his long correspondence withthe New-York Yacht Club seemed to give rathera cold shoulder to the deed of gift, and, amongother things regarded as rather unnecessary atthe time and since, said he did not propose to puthis boat against a mere shell or racing , the match was finally arranged, and mJuly of 1870 the Cambria started for these shoresin company with the schooner yacht Dauntless,then the property of James Gordon Bennett. Itwas a race over, and the Cambria won. TheDauntless led nearly all the way over, but at theGeorges Banks, the wind shifting, she stood to thesouthward; the Cambria got a favorable slant ofwind, cut inside of her and got by the lightshipfirst. It was luck, and in subsequent races the. THE showed that she was the better boat,but, nevertheless, the Cambria won, and manypeople at that time thought she would win tlierace for the cup. , This being the first time a British yacht hadcrossed over here to race for the cup, there wasgreat interest taken, not only in New-York, butthroughout the country, in the coming contestAs Mr. Ashbury and the New-York Yacht Clubwere unable to agree upon terms of a race, it wasdecided to sail it, as the deed of gift directed msuch cases, over the New-York Yacht Club course,and under the sailing regulations of that club. The day set for the race was August 8, andeverywhere the coming race was the talk of thetown. The newspapers published columns aboutthe approaching contest, and When finally itcame off a great flotilla of boats of all kinds,crowded with people, went out to see it. Sogreat was the interest in this race that theGovernment had fitted up the old America, thena training vessel at
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