ANONYMOUS; AMERICAN, 20TH CENTURY.

An extreme clipper ship built in 1850 by Donald McKay, East Boston, MA. Principle dimensions were 215' LOA, 39'8" Beam, 21" Draft, and tonnage 1534 tons old measurement. In January 1851, the Staghound sailed from New-York for San Francisco, under the command of Capt. Richardson. She performed the voyage in 115 days, or 107 days sailing time, having lost her topmasts, and touched at Valparaiso. She has made three other passages from New-York to San-Francisco in 124, 121 and 110 days respectively. The sailing distance, on the last voyage, was 16,408 miles, and the daily average 158 miles. From Whampoa to New-York, the Staghound has made three passages in 85, 91 and 92 days. All these, and her many other passages, are considerably shorter than the average of clipper voyages in the corresponding months of the year, between the same ports; yet the Staghound has failed for want of opportunity to reach a degree of speed quite equal to the best performances of ships, either of her own, or of less displacement. On October 12, 1861, the coal cargo caught fire when approximately 45 miles south of Pernambuco and the ship had to be abandoned without loss of life. The crew reached Pernambuco in the boats the following day.