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The yacht Mischief was the victorious American defender of the fourth America's Cup race in 1881 against Canadian challenger Atalanta. Design The centerboard compromise sloop Mischief was designed by Archibald Cary Smith and built by Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware in 1879 for English owner Joseph Richard Busk of the New York Yacht Club. She was built of iron construction, the second all-metal yacht to be built in the United States. Career Nicknamed "The Iron Pot", Mischief was the victorious defender of the fourth America's Cup challenge in 1881. She was skippered by Nathanael 'Than' Clock during the race. The Mischief was seized in 1904 for suspected smuggling between the United States and Canada, and stripped of its yacht registration. She was bought in 1906 by the Mayflower Oil Company and used as a barge. In 1929 she was towed offshore and scuttled.

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“In a word, he had a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischieve, and his death appeared to be a great deliverance to the nation.”
— The History of the Rebellion. Vol. III, 1888 [1702] Book VII. Section 80.
“Certainty is the mother of quiet, which is the end of the law, and tho' it falls out that some particular cases may light very hard, yet better that mischief than an inconvenience.”
— Pollexfen, C.J., Bolton v. Canham (1672), Pollexfen's Rep. 131; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 175-176.
“Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.”
— Lord Hardwicke, L.C., Walton v. Tryon (1753), 1 Dick. 245.
“It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.”
— William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, L.C., Devit v. College of Dublin (1720), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249.
“And the law says, better is a mischief than an inconvenience. By a mischief is meant, when one man or some few men suffer by the hardship of a law, which law is yet useful for the public. But an inconvenience is to have a public law disobeyed or broken, or an offence to go unpunished.”
— Sir Robert Atkyns, L.C.B., Trial of Sir Edward Hales (1686), 11 How. St. Tr. 1208.
“It is impossible for the Court to foresee when a sentence begins how it will end, and, sometimes, mischief is done before we are sure that the sentence will conclude in an offensive manner.”
— Lord Kenyon, Williams' Case (1797), 26 How. St. Tr. 709; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 18.

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Overview

The yacht Mischief was the victorious American defender of the fourth America's Cup race in 1881 against Canadian challenger Atalanta. Design The centerboard compromise sloop Mischief was designed by Archibald Cary Smith and built by Harlan & Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware in 1879 for English owner Joseph Richard Busk of the New York Yacht Club. She was built of iron construction, the second all-metal yacht to be built in the United States. Career Nicknamed "The Iron Pot", Mischief was the victorious defender of the fourth America's Cup challenge in 1881. She was skippered by Nathanael 'Than' Clock during the race. The Mischief was seized in 1904 for suspected smuggling between the United States and Canada, and stripped of its yacht registration. She was bought in 1906 by the Mayflower Oil Company and used as a barge. In 1929 she was towed offshore and scuttled.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The yacht Mischief was the victorious American defender of the fourth America's Cup race in 1881 against Canadian challenger Atalanta.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Mischief: wrongful act or petty annoyance · 1985 film by Mel Damski · British theatre company specialising in comedy · 1931 film by Jack Raymond

Mischief across IJR

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Notable quotes

“In a word, he had a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischieve, and his death appeared to be a great deliverance to the nation.”
— The History of the Rebellion. Vol. III, 1888 [1702] Book VII. Section 80.
“Certainty is the mother of quiet, which is the end of the law, and tho' it falls out that some particular cases may light very hard, yet better that mischief than an inconvenience.”
— Pollexfen, C.J., Bolton v. Canham (1672), Pollexfen's Rep. 131; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 175-176.
“Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.”
— Lord Hardwicke, L.C., Walton v. Tryon (1753), 1 Dick. 245.
“It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.”
— William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, L.C., Devit v. College of Dublin (1720), Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249.
“And the law says, better is a mischief than an inconvenience. By a mischief is meant, when one man or some few men suffer by the hardship of a law, which law is yet useful for the public. But an inconvenience is to have a public law disobeyed or broken, or an offence to go unpunished.”
— Sir Robert Atkyns, L.C.B., Trial of Sir Edward Hales (1686), 11 How. St. Tr. 1208.
“It is impossible for the Court to foresee when a sentence begins how it will end, and, sometimes, mischief is done before we are sure that the sentence will conclude in an offensive manner.”
— Lord Kenyon, Williams' Case (1797), 26 How. St. Tr. 709; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 18.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.