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INTRODUCTORY
Swift ships of old time — the speed of ships in history — the four great phases of ocean racing — the scope of the present book — the nation and the merchant seaman — the historian's difficulties.
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THE CLIPPER SHIP ARRIVES
The Baltimore Clipper — The old Polly — The Ayacucho — Alert v. California — The Ann McKim — Racing across the Atlantic in the 1830's — The Chinese opium trade — The brig Eamont — The Hougua and her skipper — The bucko officer — John W. Griffiths' Rainbow — Her ancestry.
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TO THE LANDS OF GOLD
1. To CALIFORN-I-0! The gold rush of 1849 — A protected trade — Humours and tragedies of the Gold Fleet — The Rory O'More — A great shipbuilder — Sail v. Steam — Neck and neck round the Horn — The Sovereign of the Seas — Some transatlantic records — The brig Tbomas Hanford — Some fast "bluenoses" — Why Capt. Churchill scraped his pipe out — Two noted rivals — The Great Republic —Some "great ships" and their endings — The mystery of the Klibenhavn — The strange tale of the Eclipse.
2. SOUTHWARD HO 1 Gold finds in Australia — The Marco Polo — Beaten by the Blackwaller Kent - Lightning v. Red Jacket — James Baines — Lincolnshire Queen Victoria visits the James Barnes — With troops to India — The Red Jacket races the Mermaid.
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CHINA TEA
The China Seas in the 'Fifties—Pirates and other risks—American ships enter the British tea trade — Challenger v. Challenge — Some early British clippers — Liverpool ships in the tea fleets — The Vision races the Cairngorm — The Robin Hood — The great tea races of the 'Sixties — Thermopylae and Cutty Sark — The Wild Deer — The last of the tea clipp ers — The Lothair – The Miako –Racing among the early steamers.
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RACING FOR THE WOOL SALES
1. FAMOUS FLYERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE. The Queens of the high latitudes — Wooden and composite ships — Pasha — Star of Peace — Thermopylae and her rival — Heather Bell — The iron clippers Carmichael's ships — The Golden Fleece — The Jason — An unlucky voyage and some 'hoodoo' ships — Heap's Theophane — The Loch Line — A famous shipmaster — The Ben Voirlich — The Loch Tay — An eventful voyage — The Benmore.
2. RACING FROM NEW ZEALAND PORTS. The Light Brigade — The West Land — The City of Auckland — The Crusader, Ocean Mail and Avalanche — The Otaki — The Rangitiki's cat — The Auckland — The Loch Awe — The Laira and Oban Bay.
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THE SAILOR'S WAY
The general traders — A changed order of things — Wooden clippers in the 'Frisco grain trade — The Young America — La Escocesa — The converted steamer — Three Brothers — The Western Shore — The Senator — The Glenaluon and Glenesslin — Wrecks on the Oregan coast — Some treasure yarns — Cedric the Saxon — The Dawpool — The fourmasters — The Pinmore — The Muskoka — Law's Sutherlandshire — The Swanhilda — The Armadale — The Gulf Stream — The Shenandoah and Capt. 'Shotgun' Murphy — Potter's
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Wanderer — The Falls of Garry — The last grain race from the Pacific Coast— A few cross passages—The British Ambassador—The Howard D. Troop—The Loch Torridon‑ The Wendur—An Ocean race in the 'Nineties.
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CONCLUSION
![The Nautilus Library no. 23: 'Ocean Racers' – C. Fox Smith: Small book seller's [Harold T. Story] label to top outer corner of front free endpaper. No inscriptions. Text free of foxing but there are a few fox spots, mainly to page block edges. Condition at least VERY GOOD MINUS. No wrapper but facsimile available free on request. Remove cursor to revert to image of title page superimposed on front board.](ocean_racers_1.jpg "The Nautilus Library no. 23: 'Ocean Racers' – C. Fox Smith: Small book seller's [Harold T. Story] label to top outer corner of front free endpaper. No inscriptions. Text free of foxing but there are a few fox spots, mainly to page block edges. Condition at least VERY GOOD MINUS. No wrapper but facsimile available free on request. Remove cursor to revert to image of title page superimposed on front board.")
