Icicle (yacht)

It was built for John Aspinwall Roosevelt for racing on the Hudson River, New York state in 1869.

His ice yacht, "Icicle", required a railway flat car to transport.

In 1871 "Icicle" beat the "Chicago Express" train on a run between Poughkeepsie and Ossining.

Early ice yacht clubs spent most of their time racing trains.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article related to sports in New York is a stub.