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...foredeck of Constellation racing off Newport, R.I., last week, several crewmen had an urgent command magic-markered on their right knees: "Beat the Bird." That was about the size of it. As the second series of America's Cup trials neared an end, anyone who hoped to defend the cup for the U.S. against Britain this September had to beat American Eagle and her brilliant skipper, Bill Cox. In six official races in the current series, the big new twelve-meter has defeated Constellation once, Nefertiti once, Columbia twice, Easterner twice. Her overall record in the first two series...
...used to taking your jazz in a club, Newport is rather a shock. Instead of the usual hot, smokey atmosphere, and the sweating, swinging musicians alternately caressing and blasting your ears, you sit anonymously at a distance in a cool summer breeze, listening to a series of musicians each of whom has about 45 minutes to get on stage, get warmed up, establish his mood, and then get off again. It's like a parade, but somehow nearly every artist can establish himself and make himself felt...
...lead with a furlong-and-a-half to go. The $149,730 victory brought Santa's winnings to $376,423 this year-and meant a present of $140,000 to each of 24 lucky ticket holders in the worldwide Irish Sweepstakes lottery. >Milton Ernstof's Burgoo: the Newport-Bermuda yacht race, over 142 of the world's fastest racing yachts-biggest field in the event's 58-year history. A Class E, 38-ft. fiber-glass yawl, one of the smallest boats in the race, Burgoo proved to be just right for the light, fluffy breezes...
...came home victorious. It was all just practice as far as the New York Yacht Club was concerned. The boat that will defend the 113-year-old America's Cup against Britain's Sovereign or Kurrewa V will not be picked until after the final trials off Newport in August. But in the meantime, American Eagle was doing a pretty good job of "selecting" herself. In the New York Yacht Club's annual spring regatta, she whipped both Columbia and Constellation, the other highly touted new twelve. Then, in head-to-head races, she beat them both...
Daughter of an old Manhattan family, Edith Jones grew up believing that the universe was composed of a row of brownstones in New York, a street in Newport and the continent of Europe. A child in that society was taught "only two things: the modern languages and good manners. Now that I have lived to see both these branches of culture dispensed with, I perceive that there are worse systems of education...