Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1937, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, AUGETST 2 86 Years Ago—Rests at Annapolis. | in the first race of the sixteenth series | for the day, With flags flying from bowsprit to | honor of the occasion. It was this | sad: First Yacht America in Retirement Was Belle of Breezes When She Started Anglo-American Races A gala day for the America—but not so gay as those days back in 1851, HE first America swung at her in Dewey Basin, | for the international yachting trophy.” down at the Naval Academy and seemed satisfied with the | stern, the America was in full dress in news from Newport, “An old lady, she was the belle of the breezes when she went to England 86 years ago | and during the World Fair fast British cutter but gave a| such & trimming silver ewer that is being raced for in the present day, and then went on to greater deeds; for of all the ships that ever sailed the seas, in yacht races or what not, no one has a more glorious record behind her than the first America. Stripped of her sails, the little old lady's racing days are over, but her proud history is a source of inspira- tion to all the young middies who learn to reef a sail. Capt. John F. Shafroth, in command of the Naval Academy fieet, stepped down from his quarters on deck on the good ship Riene Mer- cedes, captured from the Spaniards, and said: “Is she in full dress? Are all the flags up on the America?” “Aye, aye, sir,” saluted Warrant Officer Sanford. “All flags flying.” The captain explained: “We always dress her up when the yacht races are on—and also on her birthday anniversary.” Party Allowed Aboard. So the commanding officer gave the right of way for a little party to go aboard the America and look her over. Not exactly in dancing mood, the old lady of the seas nevertheless looked right good. Spic and span, as they say in the Navy. She jiggled a bit as the visitors stepped ahoard. A slight bow. “Glad to be aboard,” a landlubber said “And right glad vou ought to be—tn be aboard.” Warrant Officer Sanford | said. recalling that on these very decks the good Queen Victoria of England came to have tea and crum- pits with Commodore who had taken the America to Eng- land—to take the English for a ride. America, listened, the proud warrant officer—who had the keys to the | lazareet—waxed forth in eloquence | to tell of her glorious deeds. Swiftly told, they run like this: She was sold | to a Britisher—Lord John de Blaquiere —for $5,000 less than her original cost | Brown’s shipyard in Brooklyn got $30,000 for building her. His lordship managed to wreck her—and for seven John Stevens, | While the old lady of the sea, the | Confederate States of America, toted cotton to London and munitions back to Gen. Lee. On an ill-fated day down in the St. John's River in Florida the United States Navy pounced on her—and she served in the war. Later she became a training ship for the midshipmen at Annapolis. Then, the war over, the Government sold her to Gen. Ben Butler, who had amassed a fortune. For some 48 years the America remained in the Butler family until she was preserted to the Naval Acamedy in 1921 by a committee of patriotic citizens. Like all other stories, that's only the half of it. When the midshipmen learned to sail this handsome craft they took such pride in her actions on the waves that they put her in the next big yacht race to come along This was in 1870 when the first chal- lenger for the America’s Cup-—James Asbury of England—raced his Carabria against 23 American boats. Led by the Magic, nine American ships finished ahead of the Cambria—and fourth in the race was the America, now in re- tirement at Annapolis. Even though she had gone through the War Be- tween the States as a Confederate blockade runner and as a Union gun- boat, the gal could step out. And did But, as the Kiplingese line has it “That’s all left behind me, long ago and far away ., . All through the night the Nttle America slept the beautiful sieep Repose came upon her with the knowl- | edge that her sixteenth successor—the | Ranger—had lifted a lofty spinnaker | to the breeze and found therem the | charm of & winner. The waves of the | Severn caressed the prow of the America. Stars fell on Annapolis as | sailormen bade her good night “Good old gal” Warrant Officer Sanford murmured, as he went over | the side of the ship. “She’s earned her rest.” i The visitors left Dewey Basin, and | | the little America asleep as a bugler | sounded taps. g 1937, AIR CRASH KILLS FIVE Former Aide of Byrd in Antarctic Was in Norwegian Plane. OSLO, Norway, August 2 (A).—Five Norwegians, including Chris Braathen, who accompanied Rear Admiral Rich= ard E. Byrd on two of his Antarctic expeditions, were killed yesterday when an airplane crashed into the harbor here. 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