THE MADELEINE'S VICTORY
A brilliant Race Very Handsomely Contested

After the disappointing showing made by his boat in the Brenton Reef race. Major Gifford, her managing owner, asked for a postponement to give him time to get some new light sails made, and it was finally arranged to start the first race, which was to be over the regular New York Yacht Club inside course, on August 11th.

Photographs of start of Resolute and Shamrock made for The Evening World from Curtiss Airplane, Pilot Olson, at altitude of 250 feet. The pictures were taken by Bide Martin and were delivered within ninety minutes.
Crowds greeted the arrival of The Evening World airplane at Centre and Worth streets to-day, when It brought photographs of the start of the International Yacht Race, taken at Ambrose Channel just as the boats crossed the line.

Two out of three races were decided upon for the international series, one over the inside course, one to windward and return outside Sandy Hook, and the third, if necessary, triangular, over an outside course. The date set for the first race was September 27th.

Chandler Hovey was a competitor and Corinthian yachtsman in the truest sense. He not only was involved in several defenses of the America's Cup — spanning a period of 34 years — he possessed unequaled enthusiasm as an ambassador for the sport of sailing.
His first involvement in the America's Cup was in 1930 as manager and afterguard member of the Yankee syndicate.

Sheppard was a true Renaissance Man: successful as an artist, teacher, author, yachtsman, navigator and yacht designer. He studied painting under the excellent M.F.H. de Haas in New York City, and received his formal art training at the Cooper Union.

Architecte de formation, j’ai fait cependant mes premières armes dans la bande dessinée et l’illustration pour la jeunesse. Puis le naturel m’a rattrapé et j’ai commencé une longue série d’éclatés d’architecture, exécutés à l’encre et à l’aquarelle d’inspiration « Beaux-arts » XIXe siècle,...