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Lot Essay
The presentation inscription reads: "CAPE MAY REGATTA won by the SCHOONER YACHT MADELINE B.Y.C. COMMODORE JOHN S. DICKERSON JULY 13th, 1875 Course 40 nautical miles TIME 3 hours--43 mins--13 sec. BEING THE FASTEST TIME EVER MADE OVER THIS COURSE"
The Madeleine, owned by Commodore John S. Dickerson of the Brooklyn Yacht Club and designed by Jacob Voorhis, had an illustrious history. It was built in 1868 by David Kirby at Rye, New York as a sloop. In 1870, the Madeleine was partially rebuilt and converted to a schooner. During the Cape May Regatta in 1875, she defeated eight other yachts over a triangular course of about 40 miles. Idler, owned by S.J. Colgate, was second and Mohawk, owned by Vice-Commodore Garner, was third.
Madeleine became a member of the New York Yacht Club in 1876. That year, she defended the America's Cup against the Canadian challenger Countess of Dufferin.
John Styles Dickerson (b. 1828) attended Newburgh Academy, N.Y. and entered the importing business in New York City in 1852. He was a Commodore of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, and a member of numerous other clubs. In addition to Madeleine, he also owned at various times the sloops Jessica and Geraldine, the schooner Fleur de Lis, and the steam yachts Rover and Clifton. (See Parkinson, The History of the New York Yacht Club, 1975, p.85. With gratitude to Lindsay Shuckhart, Collections Manager, New York Yacht Club.)
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Design for this chariot by Gorham Mfg. Co., illustrated in "The Silver Age," Scribner's, 1874.
The Madeleine, owned by Commodore John S. Dickerson of the Brooklyn Yacht Club and designed by Jacob Voorhis, had an illustrious history. It was built in 1868 by David Kirby at Rye, New York as a sloop. In 1870, the Madeleine was partially rebuilt and converted to a schooner. During the Cape May Regatta in 1875, she defeated eight other yachts over a triangular course of about 40 miles. Idler, owned by S.J. Colgate, was second and Mohawk, owned by Vice-Commodore Garner, was third.
Madeleine became a member of the New York Yacht Club in 1876. That year, she defended the America's Cup against the Canadian challenger Countess of Dufferin.
John Styles Dickerson (b. 1828) attended Newburgh Academy, N.Y. and entered the importing business in New York City in 1852. He was a Commodore of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, and a member of numerous other clubs. In addition to Madeleine, he also owned at various times the sloops Jessica and Geraldine, the schooner Fleur de Lis, and the steam yachts Rover and Clifton. (See Parkinson, The History of the New York Yacht Club, 1975, p.85. With gratitude to Lindsay Shuckhart, Collections Manager, New York Yacht Club.)
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Design for this chariot by Gorham Mfg. Co., illustrated in "The Silver Age," Scribner's, 1874.