The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-21
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IND AOAL WAVE AND MAu0lE
i Close Race for the Challenge Cup
Won by tho Former.
Cunssss in Prospect-The Nswpwt Citisens Cups
and Aadgie and MADELEINE, s4oo Cup
NEWPORT, h l., August 20, 1872.
me harbor this morning: was crowded with |
yachts the finest OF the pie ASSURE neet sailing I'M
der the stars ana stripes At ten A. H. meeting |
sf the capsains Of the N w York Yacht Club Meet
was held on board the .agship DauMtless 10 order
70 CONSIDER the proer .mme Tor the remainder Of
she cruise 1t was hJ tally arranged to satthe race
tor the
CUPS PRESENTLY , BY THE NEWPORT CITIZENS
tomorrow. The curse wln be from an imaginary
nne between Bre lton's Reef aigttstp and the buoy
70 the Sow and 1gs, leaving the lightship on the
starboard ham !, and retzrn to starting point
Fhe race Y. open ts yachts Of all yacht
clubs and consequently there win be q
large ensry. There WIN be no time allow
ance IN Vie race y-moFrow, the Arst boat
10 winning the prize. Nearly all the schooners Will
start excepting SOME of the smaller ones, and in
the sloo9 race the Ne ia and Coming will probably
put In ~ appearans The schooner yacht Eva left
todaxtor Martha'f Vineyard, after which she will
steersdirect for Cs pc May.
THE RACE TODAY
was between thu sch ooners Madgie and Tidal Wave
for the challenge ccp won last year by the former,
when she beg T. the Sappho by nfty-seven seconds.
me race TO-" day was hardly satisfactory test
between the two yachts, as the wind did not hold
STEADY thro ugheut The tidal Wave turned the
buoy twtfnty4otne minutes ahead of the
Asdgie. but The latter beat the Tidal
Wave 'nesriy twenty-five minutes coming
home IN o fresh breeze close hauled. The Tidal
WavA however, won the Challenge Cup by thirty
eight Secohca The course was from an imaginary
line between . stakeboat on Fort Adams and the
Dumping Rock, round the buoy on Block Island and
return. About eleven A. NJ. the two competing
yachta weighed anchor and stood outside Goat
Island, when they lay with their libs to windward,
Ss aasS e sossgo Tne k and
1orty-6ne minutes past eleven they gave the prepa
Ms aas ten later the 9
east, And the tide was running ebb. They crossed
ooner. conlenss. u n $
4,ss 7d aSgss s:ss 10 g i
The hadgie was under r., %a ,n dSSresa two Two
ssd o and s man cine fne
topsaiL small foretopsail and three jibs. the
Madgie kept along close under Bateman's Point,
and the Tidal Wave soon followed suit. The Madgie
west, The Tidal wave kept her balloon
0 f8e Tidal wavs Kept Ses
luz and began drawing upon the weather quarter
trimmed the main sheet wen aft. The Tidal Wave
last she began to b bear away and ano a.
COVERING THE MADGIE, TOOK THE LEAD
The Madgie then came out on her weather quar-
ter and did pretty wen as long as the breeze lasted
but that was gradually tightening up to light air:
With the wind, hauled around to about north:
east on the beam. Sheets were all eased
s aS an Sss t1 S9s
Ing good seryia-. The Tidal Wave carried up sum-
the bSSy tide SET
Ing up on the starboard tack close hauled, she
tsa for home with the tide helping her along
dying away, she could hardly stem the tide and she
dld not ges round until twenty, minutes after
travelled about six miles and was hull down. The
TURNED THE BUOY
e. NJ $.
M I1ds1 wave..................... % 90 90
When the Tidal Wave hauled in the wind she took
minutes after rounding get her sails properly set
on the wind, but when trimmed down they were
out them. The wind had now hauled round about
Aadgie was heading up two points better than the
made a stretch to the northward. The Madgie had
S' MAGGIE a0%
on the Tidal wave, which finally sent up hef
topsa Bota yachts were tn then On .. the
Now the 'beg siayea
tpfQreatinO H.
ened and the Madgie gradually closed on the Tidal
afterwards took 1t in, as the wind headed her Oh
her course. The Madgie, with good breeze, kept
closing up to wndward on the Tidal Waves quar-
tance between them, and as they went by Bate
mans Point 1t was any ones race, making allow
snce for the time the Tidal wave had to give the
Ir~,ro, 1,,,,o, Tim. co S,,es
s Hsss, wave: Il 3 j j
Cup By thlrty-eigSt seconds. It is seldom such
close race sailed and with strong steady breeze
che TIDAL Wave would have had hard work to repeat
ssr ySSt0 as the Aadse is not spared or rugged
THEY MADarE AND MADELEINE ARE MATCHED
20 san twenty miles to windward and return in an
yacht Josephine, Mr.. Lloyd Phoenix, of the New
York Yacht Club, is anchored in the harbor.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Tao Baltimores and Mutuals.
BALTIMORE Nd, August 20, 1872.
The nth game of the championship series was
played between the Mutual and Baltimore Base Ball
clubs to-day. The following Ii the score-
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