In spite of the fact that England will not try for America’s cup this year, the yachting world is more active than usual. In the race of the New York Yacht Club for seventy-footers, Cornelius Vanderbilt’s “Rainbow” showed her superiority over August Belmont’s “Mineola,” winning by one minute and ten seconds.
The German Imperial Yacht Race, too, aroused much interest among the Americans, because of the fact that the boats finishing second and third, the “Meteor” and “Navahoe,” were both built in this country.
THE OLD TRUNK
Answers to August Puzzles
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Eagle, heron.
Kite, wren.
Sparrow, redbird.
Lark, robin.
Rhea, thrush.
Hawk, loon.
3. Washington, Lincoln.