Lot Essay
The New York Yacht Club commissioned this decanter stand as the prize for their First Class Regatta of 1849, won by the sloop Ultra. William Ladd, maker of the present trophy, also made the yacht prize for the Club's first Corinthian regatta in 1846 (illustrated in David B. Warren et al., Marks of Achievement, 1987, fig. 117, pp. 101-102). These two Ladd trophies are the earliest known surviving trophies of the New York Yacht Club.
The annual Regatta of June 5, 1849 was won by Ultra, owned by C.B. Miller, after the disqualification of the sloops Cornelia and Maria. Maria, who finished first, was later to beat the famous America. The 1849 race is discussed in John Parkinson, Jr., The History of the New York Yacht Club, 1975, pp. 21-22.
The annual Regatta of June 5, 1849 was won by Ultra, owned by C.B. Miller, after the disqualification of the sloops Cornelia and Maria. Maria, who finished first, was later to beat the famous America. The 1849 race is discussed in John Parkinson, Jr., The History of the New York Yacht Club, 1975, pp. 21-22.