The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-09
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The Yacht Race for the Queens Cup
'JS5TAe Magic Wins &

The YACHT Race for the Queens CUP
'SS2The Magic Wins
SpsealO Western REs. ,, .Hi,i.ur1'
New YORK, August g.
The yacht race for tho Queens Cup Is
in progress. The Dauntless was the quick
est off, followed by" Magic, Tarolenta
Idler, Rambler, Cambria, Phantom and
others., The breeze was light but fresFhyep
lag.S ,di,.s.s,,l y, X IaH1 XII
SANDY HooK-2.15P. NJ.
The Dauntlcss has Just rounded the
light ship, leading in the race. The Mlef
Is second and the Rambler third.
The great international yacht race fol
the Queens cup came off to-day. The
course was from off the New York Yacht
Club House, at Stapleton, Staten Island
past Gpney Islupd Point, thence 3Sfpth.
gs Spit Sp9t aRdy VI ;HS Sgk, AROUND llsshi
shtfS ana = eeurh. hedistanee isabOui
forty miles. The start was made at 1880
The Cambria, which had been given the
choice of position, unfortunately for her
tookit,close nnderstheisland. The breeze
came 6fonSfhe South#ardS instead 2ofi ithc
weBtward9as hers c6nmahdeES Captain
ColnstOck, had expected, and she was ia
the leward of the whole feet, and was
soon a mile behind the leading yacht
At Southwest Spit the Magic led
follo#ed sbY the AMefieaF Idler
Sylvicf PHANTOM, 1Dauntt els set6, the
Cambria being The thirteenth outside
Of Sandy Hook. The breeze Stacked
about haif, and ut the light.ship the fol-
lowing was the orders Magic, Idlerr
Daputless, America, Sylvie, ,Pha9t6m,
Mtideie, SS&a6nbHs3e etc !, AtherS rounding
the light-ship the Cambria sentsup her
fore gaff torsails, ,and almost Immediately
q gust Of wind from the southwest struck
her and carried away her foretop mast.
She kept on, however, and passed tie spit
on her return, and was the eighth In line,
The home stake boat was reached in the
following order: ...Dr,Ir .r -
Magic, three o'clock 33 minutes, "a
seconds; DauntlcsS, IS minutes, 81 seconds
Idler, 81 minutes, % seconds; America,
AZ minutes, t54 seconds Phantom, i5J
minutes, 5 seconds; Madgie, So minutes,
2 seconds; Syerie, IS minutes, 12 seconds
Cambria,4 4 O'clock, 81 seconds' Fleetwing,
E4'6'clock, 9 minutes, 45 seconds; Halcyon
4 minutes, 8 seconds; Taralinta, 10 ninu.
tes, 23 seconds; Madeline, 14mlnutcs, 40
seconds; Calypso, 10 minutes, 80 seconds;
Widge6n, IS minutes; 30 seconds Rdnlblc,
1T,minutcs, IS seconds. w .,l 1t -
81 On allowance for measurement the
equal time Of the race was as follows
Magic, 3 hours, IS minutes, 81 seconds,
winning tho cup, Idler, 4 hours, 0 min
utcs, 81 seconds" "Sylvic, 4 hours, % min
Eutes,; 90 seconds; America, 4 hours, e3
minutes, 81 secohdsy Danntless, "a hours,
90 minutes, 90 seconds; Madgie, 4 hours,
40 minutes, 81 seconds; Phantom, 4 hours,
30 minutes, AZ seconds; Halcyon, 4 hours,
85 minutes, 1'seeond; Widgeon,4 hours
So minutes, 2 seconds; Cambria, 4 hours,
40 minutes, 8 seconds; Calypso, 4 hours,
40 minutes, 81 seconds; Fleetwing, 4
hours, AZ minutes, 20 seconds; Madelina,
4hours, 49 minutes, SO seconds; Parolinta,
hours, 47 minutes, 20 seconds; Rambler
hours, 48 minutes, SO seconds. The
Magic, owned by Franklin 0sgoOd, New
York, and Is 07.2 tons, and has IN area ol
1880 square feet of canvass, against the
Eamb4a,! inGasuring 1927. D. tonsI With an
area Of 2, ,105 8 feet Of canvass.