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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1919, 30 June 1869, Page 3

Tun Xeio York Herald, which writes with some authority on yachting matters, has some very fair comments <m the hhoh which has occurred in. tho proposed AngloAmerican yaefit v<wo across tho Atlantic, ihe point ip dispute is this ; By New York measurement tho Dauntless which is to compete with Mr Ashbury’s yacht, is about tho same tonnage as the Cambria, whereas by Thames measurement she is about double the size. Mr Ashbury, taking the measurement of his own country, is therefore called upon to compete with a vessel which he believes to be heavier in tonnage than his oven. The two modes of measurement ought to be equalised ; but this cannot ho dorse in time for the proposed race, apd Mr Ashbury has referred the whale dispute to the arbitrament of tho yacht congress. The Hcndd—in other words, Mr Bennett—admits that Mr Ashbury “ puts himself handsomely in the attitude of a man who desires cnly fairplay.” At the same time it warns American yachtsmen not to expect easy victories this summer over their English cousins. The English yacht is built on ('me linos, while the American yacht is broad an 1 avoids depth, 'Hie writer observes that both models may have been suggested by different waters and different winds, “ May nut our model be the beat ip our own broad rivers, or in the li»ng sweep of the ocean, and tho English model best in such chopping seas as the Channel?'’’ The forthcoming contest will perhaps throw light on. this question, and wo hope with Mr Ashbury that s me way may ho found out of the difficulty which threatens to, put an cud to the principal race —that between the Dauntless api the Cambria. — Pall-Mall Gar.clte ,