The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-15

yachts The hne In ne folI0wlng ORDER as per
time Of abe judges % board
vests. -. .......-....................
DreaanAught ...........-.....s.-+s....s4
Nesoiate ~
Tho Reaoluie's bead Al this time : v. ~ s,
and before six miles o. thc had cen sailed he
was abeam q The yesla ana wAs sl0sy everlasting
the Drcadnaaght The Resouts had her ~ iopsAl
in the meantime, ~hns ths vesta haa taken hers a.
Tho Dreadnaaghi was stn % Sindwara ana ony about
quarter o. miic advance ~ her antagonists, ~he
about The Rcaoluto waa evidently IN her
wind" she overtaking ths Dreadnaaght and
leaving the yesta aatsrn Nor I'D shs ct ~ either
Of hor advorsarcs bu passed tho pfeainAashi and -
the leading boat minutes past - o'elock
AOvus .As VINE tht Hs.e.Ass 49, - $500 49,.
she improved on shortly aisr vhen NE ofee.s
increased The Resolole passed ire hafhexat hxht -
twenty eight minutes pa, .esen sls,k Z - 49, -.
hauled 10 north b. east ana the kesoiates tore hpn
was jibcd Al quarter % enc wednesday uorninE,
her iorctopmAsl NAs housed preparatory - ~ hofne
ward beat AZ any nine minutes pat tAsvs heF nAptn
boom lbed, and she was headed ~ NJ eastward.
ward that point Il ~ iim ios ne pgssanapEal -
the contrary, went down on te sass s4e "a ~ hight
ship ana rounded 10 westwsrd TIA yes,a followed
easL Their u rounding tho stale tkcn a. board
the Reaoluto, was a Follows
Rcsoute. AZ 10
Dreadnaught.. ~ ~
The Drcadnsasn seemed 70 a says 4. ~ isI
TO tack around the lghtsbp AMI haa - make srcosa
wind brayey ana the race ~ she holnsssats COM.
monced For an hour longer the brrr1n hrd good and
during that time the Resouts ksa gaining - hsf em
pctors but the Nesta 0yerhAnod ne bruAanAaNbt ~
about IN l6m. A. ~, when her ioreaaN parted,
causing her 20 rapidly lose ground IA Ahuut
and for time the Rcsoluse lay almost uieiloaless
When Barncgat was reached fhe VAS about "a miles
ahead Of the Dreadnaught and twelve ahead 81 ths
lad A nj
IN toward shore winch brought her W a. the keNoue
and AZ Oh Som A n she crossed IN kesoluta's bow
the port tack and began 81 draw away from her Al
4h 30m. she was ave mlios ahead VI The keso.
lutte but huggng the shore too closely, she ost ~at
slight wind there was. beside striking The sUathcfy
current which ID prevalent she New Jersey shore b.
low Absocon. Al 1Oh with Absec0m Light bearing
naught with the Nesta which had kept 20 ahore,
about three miles 10 ccward. During tho relnAinaer
OF the forenoon and The afternoon q "Wednesday tho
wind was variable, both M force and direcslun out
whore the Resolute sailing, sometimes blowing
five or six knot pun which would last few minutes,
and then dying entirely away But tho brcAdhAusht
and Vcsta which In close 20 the land did not
feel q breath I'LL night time The DrcadnauEht Vas
seen TO occupy over an hour In trying 10 wear ship
AT that time she about 1--WE miles windward Of The
Vesta AT nightiall on "Wednesday night tho kesoiuie
was nine miles TO wlnd~ard u the Drcadnaught and
tho Vesta could not be From this umo tile Reso-
lutte saw more OF the Nesta. During the night The
Dreadnaught headed well on 10 the eastward, and
again was sufficiently lucky 20 be caught IN breeze
which her up about four miles to wndward Of the
Resolute, and by daybroak Thursday morning tho
Lights were on the Ice bow FROM point
TO the lightship the close and exciting Tho
Dreadnaught held steady breeze and could sail closer
to the wind than tho Resoute which was hnay obliged
TO make tack TO the westward Ia order 10 weather
the ghtship The strong flood tide partly nccesstaod
this tack without tho necessity OF taking this tack
the Resolute would probably have passed the homo
stake first As It was, the Dreadnaught was able 20
hold her ur, and getting strong law from the north
east although il was u question whether she could
pass the home stake the port hand, tho agree
ment specified, she managed TO keep full and rs sho
approached the lghtship suddenly ulod up and mar
rowly escaped touching it.
The Resoute was about quarter Of a mile 20 wind
ward.
The Dreadnaught's timo OF passing the lghtshp was
Oh. ION. 45s., and the Resolutes Oh 20m. lisa Tho
actual time was:-
IT. M 81
Resoute. .................... IS Is 80
Dreadnaught.. ................. 30 ID %