passage between New York and Queenstown, both Eastward and Westward, follow: Year. 1819 22 Hrs. Mins. Vessel. East or West. Reduction. Savannah (fr Savannah to Liv'p'l) 1838 18 11 15 Sirius (Liverp'l to N. Y.) 1851 10 6 10 2 Asia (L. to N. Y.) 9 19 25 Pacific (L. to N. Y.) 1856 9 13 42 Baltic (L. to N. Y.) 9 45 Persia (L. to N. Y.) 1862 8 17 47 Scotia (L. to N. Y.) 1866 8 2 48 Scotia 1873 7 20 9 Baltic 7 18 50 City of Richmond 1875 7 18 2 City of Berlin 7 15 48 City of Berlin 1876 7 13 11 Britannic 1877 7 10 53 Britannic 1880 7 7 23 Arizona 7 3 30 Arizona 1881 6 23 50 Servia From 1819 to 1851 the steamships enumerated above were sidewheels; from 1851 to 1889 the record-breakers were single-screws; from 1889 they have been double or twin-screws. The Lucania at one time held the records for both the fastest eastward and westward passages, when the time in each instance was exactly the same, viz., 5 days, 18 hours, 38 minutes. 1897 17 1899 1900 15 Werra 14 35 Trave 20 Lahn Lahn Aller Lahn Columbia 6 17 36 Columbia 13 25 Fürst Bismarck 10 55 Fürst Bismarck 10 14 St. Louis Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 18 6 Kaiser Wilh. d. Gr'se (Cherbourg) 16 Kaiser Wilh. d. Gr'se (Cherbourg) Approximate Nautical Distances: Sandy Hook (Lightship), New York to Queenstown (Roche's Point) 2,776 nautical miles; to Southampton (The Needles) 3,100; to Havre, 3,170; to Antwerp, 3,336; to Fastnet, 2,758; to Flushing, 3,055; to Liverpool 3,055; to Lizard, 2,931; to Ostend, 3,264; to Bishop Rock, Scillys, 2,882; to Southampton, 3,098; Lizard to Bishop Rock, 48; Lizard to Needles, 146. Needles to Southampton, 21. Havre to Southampton, 112. The longer distances vary about 75 to 100 miles, according to the time of year. THE FASTEST TRIP. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse finished, January 10, 1900, a voyage from Sandy Hook to Cherbourg, covering a course of 3,077 knots at an average hourly speed of 22.63 knots, the fastest ever made by a merchant craft on a transatlantic trip. Her daily runs were, 500, 537, 523, 524, 523, and 470 knots. THE FASTEST DAY'S RUN. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, May 2 to 3, 1898, ran 580 knots in 24 hours and 50 minutes, which is an average of 23.35 knots per hour. OLD CLIPPER SHIP RECORDS. In the old days when the clipper ship was considered a perfect type of ocean travel, twenty days was a quick passage between New York and Liverpool, and when the Red Jacket made her famous trip in 13 days, 1 hour and 25 minutes, the feat created as much excitement as the breaking of a record by an ocean greyhound does in these days of marine triumphs. The trip was made in 1854, and was an eastward one, the sailer logging 3,017 miles from Sandy Hook to Liverpool. In the following year the clipper ship Mary Whitredge ran from Baltimore to Liverpool in 13 days and 7 hours; she traveled 3.400 miles. Another remarkable trip was made by the Dreadnaught in 1860. She sighted the Irish coast in 9 days and 17 hours after leaving New York; but it took her three days longer to reach Liverpool. An instance showing the sailing qualities of the old clipper ships occurred in 1864. The Adelaide of the Williams & Guion line, while on her way down New York bay, was passed by the steamship Sidon of the Cunard line; but the Adelaide arrived in the Mersey before the Sidon, having made the passage in 12 days and 8 hours. Before 1850 the sailing ship James Barnes, built by Donald McKay, ran 420 miles in 24 hours. The ship Red Jacket, built at Rockland, Me., ran 2,280 miles in 7 days, or 325 miles per diem for a week, and the Flying Cloud once made 374 knots or 433 statute miles in 24 hours and 25 minutes, equal to 17.17 miles per hour. In 1867 the Thornton crossed from Sandy Hook to Liverpool in 13 days, 9 hours. The best record of the Dreadnaught was 367 knots. H.M.S. Newcastle went from New York to Falmouth in 11 days. The clipper ship Independence crossed from New York to Liverpool in 13 days, 15 hours. Best Day's Sling Run.-The best day's run of a sailing ship on record is thst of 375 knots, made by the clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas. VOYAGES AROUND CAPE HORN. Year. Time of Voyage. 1851. In 84d. 1852. In 75d. 1852. In 87d. 1853. In 76d. 1853. In 92d. 1853. In 6m. 21d. 1853. In 79d. 12h. 1853. In 75d. 1854. In 87d. 10h. 1857. In 80d. 1869. In 90d. 12h. 1870. In 80d. 20h. 1887. In 95d. 6h. 1888. In 87d. 1891. In 109d. 1891. In 106d. Route and Distance. Flying Cloud, New York to San Francisco, Northern Light, San Francisco to Boston, 13,950 miles. 13,610 miles. Swordfish, New York to San Francisco. Flying Fish, New York to San Francisco. Contest, New York to San Francisco. Andrew Jackson, same route. Young America, same route, to Sandy Hook Henry B. Hyde, San Francisco to Liverpool Henry B. Hyde, same route to Sandy Hook. Swanhilda, San Francisco to Havre. YACHTING VOYAGES. The Sappho in 1869, crossed from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,857 miles in 12 days, 9 hours and 34 minutes. In the same year the Dauntless went from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, 2,770 miles in 12 days and |