Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1887 — International Yacht Race. [ARTICLE]

International Yacht Race.

The first of a series of races for the American cup between the yachts Volunteer, .American, and Thistle. Scottish, took place at New York, Tuesday. The Volunteer wonihe race hv twenty minutes. . The second race between the Volunteer and Tnistle occurred Friday, and the Volunteer won easilyv comieg in two miles ahead of the Scottish yacht. This is the deciding race and the Englishmen will conclude some day, probably, that Americans are yaehtmen from away back.