The New York herald., 1871-10-11
YACHTING At NEWPORT.
The Race for. the Douglas
Cup.
ne eDrssdnaught Carries or the Prizs-Ths
IHanderer Gives Good Account Of Herse9-
An Exciting Race-Wind and Luck.

M L.
Tat me race II not always TO the swift nor the
basas 70 the strong has been fully demonstrated In
shrsce today for the Douglas Cup. Luck did every
0AlAg rs win BE- shown In detailing the regatta
l(nst completed. Last evening the yacht Madgic
xvved In the harbor in order to try her chance for
~Ae pyze, and 1t hoped that there would be We
entSaes for the race but the Enchansress by
sef.her mishap on Saturday, declined 10 take part
shersan and remained at her an cnorage.
BEFORE THE START.
s7Ae time appointed for the start was at the same
~Axly hOur as yesterday, and by half past six the
yNchn were under weigh, the Dreadnaught leading !;
0non came the Wanderer, followed BY the Palmer
sand the Nadgie The course was the same as Tor
She Lorillard Cup-from Brenton's Reef lRhtship 10
& the buoy on the north end or BLOCK island thence
: 70 the lghtsnp at the entrance TO vineyard
Sound, and from thence to the starting point AT
the time or getting under weigh there was pros
pect OF as nne race as that OF yesterday. The
wind was fresh from the westward and southward,
and the appearance OF the weather indicated that it
would be lasting. II continued steady until the
hghtship was reached, when some time was lost In
arranging matters for
TIE START
The signal 10 60 was given from the DreAdnaugh;,
and she led the line, passing the lightship ut 8h.
lm AtA A. NJ, New York time; next came the Pal
ner, followed by the Aadgie. and the Wanderer
brought mp the rear at sh. 9m. 64s All were on the
port tack standing 10 the westward.
THE RACE.
After getting on the wind began 10 die out and
became unsteady. When all had the same wind the
Wanderer began TO creep up upon the others, and
~ ono time II was thought that she might become
Aead boat Of the neet Several short tacks on and
81 shore were made by the Madgie. Wanderer and
Palmer, while the Dreadnaught kept her starboard
eack aboard and stood steadily to the southwark.
os & sna Se
e0utnwerd OF Point Judith the Wanderer was ahead
S Paer e and Sons St er ns Mh ne
p,1 pprSa6nsngnS & 1 Tne Two soathermost yachts
Ncs Ss, anS nea % nSd s S s%
lad II % light as to make those on board think that
the race would not be made within the time. The
sot cSt Of the light wind and made lucky hit Of il
~ changing posiuons with the Palmer and becam.
1scseG sne headed for the buoy ana tool took with % her
Win he good luck that today fell 70 Ter lot sna
passed the buoy first at twenty minnres past eleven
Secosds pest twelve +. H. THIS was q remarkaSie
se aaa aSs R1GSs Ss
Wind u unsteady either IN its strength or direc-
q ss Ss ssss casa % % as he Ss
Iard al drawing canvass was set, and so on the
is ss Of xss @
pleasant one, the wind being fresh, the sea smooth
and sky clear After turning the buoy the Palmer
602an 70 overhaul the Madgie and the Wanderer
began TO crawl up on the other three. About two
tnArds the way across the Palmer passed the
AAdge and again became second boat The Dread
napght held lead and passed lghtship at H. 49m.
Bon p. NJ. and soon was bowling the homestretcb,
doing all che knew how; the Palmer passed second.
the Madgle third and the Wanderer last 2h. 20m.
and 40S p. NJ, having made the run from Block
Island buoy IN 2h l6m. 30s., going over
ahe distance In thirty-1ve seconds less tnan
the Sappho did II yesterday and gaining
thirteen minutes on the Dreadnaught AS soon as
thing was trimmed Tor the h0mestretch, and the
Wanderer soon began to lessen the gap between her
and the Madgie and held her own with the Palmer.
The sailing now was very fne for In addition TO
Sho fresh breeze, the water was very smooth, which
enabled every yacht TO do Its very beat The race
tWOuld at this point have become very exciting had
chance not 80 much favored the Dreadnaught and
placed her SO far in advance OF the others. The
hFenfOns Reef lightshfp was reached nfst by the
Dreadnaught, and SO far ahead OF the others as TO
make her the winner OF the race and the Douglas
cup. The Palmer passed second the Madgie third
and the Wanderer only thHty-three seconds behind
Che AadgIe.
AFTER THE RACE
BY reason OF difference III time Of starting the Wan
6erer becomes third yacht in and had for
her poor luck IN the FIRST part OF the race she would
have been much farther ahead Her time over the
course was seven hours, l1tytwo minutes ana forty
nse seconds. From the Official time taken on board
abe llRtsllp the time made by the Dreadnaught was
seven hours twenty lone min utes and forty seconds
In the run from the Vineyard Sound hghtshp TO
8rent0n's Reef lghtshp the Wanderer beat the
Dreadnaught's time one minute and five seconds.
The yachts Enchantress and WaDderer will leave for
New York to morrow.