New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-28
THE MADGE VICTORIOUS.
ARAcE WITH THE YACHT sCHEMER,

RACE WITH THE YACHT SCHEsiER,
THE scorcH YACHT DEFEATS THE AMERICAN YACHT
WINNING BY II MINUTES AND Al SECONDS.
The race between the Scotch yacht Madge
| and the yacht schemer, of the seawannaka Club
took place yesterday. The from an imagi-
nary line between the club and Fort Wadsworth
TO and around buoy No. TO- the Southwest Spit the
port hand thence to and around Sandy Hook ghtshp,
on the sarboard hand and return the course
keeping the eastward of buoys Nos D. H. 49, the
West Bank and outside of buoy No Sig the point of
Sandy Hook, going ana returning The course in the
best OF weather Is anything but smooth sailing, as
anyone who has been tossed about off Sandy
look ightshp testify The tug Excelsior, with the
judges and guests board, left the wharf at Tompkins
vile s. T. upon the arrival of the o'clock boat from
this city, and steamng down the Narrows, took up a
position Off Fort Wadsworth whistle from the tug
gave the signal to prepare for sailing Ten minutes
later, another whistle said SAIL" and the yachts
OH on a ying start.
The schemer crossed the line at 104O, and
the Madge forty seconds later. The difference
In the build Of the two boats great.
Tho Schemer. though intended for fast sailing,
looked heavy beside the slender and graceful Madge.
The Madge has rail- and in sailing goes through the
seas Instead of over them she looks and acts like
knife with butterfly wing attachment. Her sails are
different in cut from the sails of an American yacht and
they sit on her beautifully Yesterday at times shc would
keel over until it seemed she could right her
self again. and then the wind would to slide out Of
her sails they sat so taut, and she would right
AT the start the breeze was from the south and
blowing lightly The Madge under mainsail'
jib and fore staysail and club ops the Schemer
under mansail, jib and club topsail. Passing ont
the Narrows both boats stood well in toward the
Co9ey Island shore The scotchman ran up jb topsa
ln ia clos to the shore got the benefit OF the cob tide
wien mad now begun to run, and putting ont ib ton
san was soon lessenng the distance between them
Tue Madge came about and stood over for buoy No
10 on the southwest Spit. getting the breeze fine
he ahp
also getting the wind and most interesting began
opsail breeze and the Madge took in her b topsail
put e moments later she larger sail of the
s n Sn the part o. the schemer RAPIDLY pulled away
10 at l2:27;5s, the Amencon at i2:2sI5
The yachts then aid their FOR the sandy Hook
countertd the wind freshened so that The schemer
was forced to take in her rb topsaiI and club topsa
a an her h G t2psa and shortly after her club top
@nd tine W at'F SAL was sG immense in a ,b
leshening breeze called forth the admiration of all who
40 o and tbr rDGs s Sa o1her as man was seen to
seemed to vanish into the arr by the Time tie ilshhp
was rounded the Madge considerably ahead. The
schhemer 14655. Tue way the Madsc carried
the s lsntsh Monde sne ran In the heavy sea- of
and few through the rollers Ike racehorse From
the liehtship the yachts ran bnck to buoy No TO-
after passing which they made possible sail and came
down ptIore the wind in fine style. The Madge "A
ciouu Oh canvas carrying u mainsal, jill, jb topsail
cln1 t2Psai larH fore stays all and immense spin
i"t'tT san is klNiy feet from the the
mast 10 the boom, and the boom forty feet
from inc SIDE II was evident, after rounding the light
SNIP, nat Scotland mad the day, ana 40 the result
proNth Inc M9dcc reached the line at
3orlock % minutes and ) seconds. the Schcmer at 4
O'Clock, udnutes aud seconds. Tho Schcncr gave
dAdsc II minutes time allowance, found according TO
the rules of the Seawanhaka Club.
Elapsed time Corrected time
Madgo --.........-.-.l5 a. u MN ~ h. min.
sohener .......-..l1 H. % min see h. sec.
Thus the MadVe beat by II minutes and IL seconds
me dimensions OF the yachts are IA foloWs
" over all. Water nuel Beam. .
Madge As q. N IN. - ~ in 7 H. in
Hchcmer ......--...-- $3.50 fl. l5ll7 IT. I2.5fL
The MadEe was sailed by Captain Duncan aud the
f'Achcr p{ IRA SWth The members of the Yacht Com
ml,tee oi the Seswanhaka Club acted judges.
Inc hndgc Is owned by James Coates, lr the cotton
tufc8u manufacturer OF Paisley, Scotland, and was
hI"gh over her" on the deck of the steamship Dcvoa
she - not yacht IN the strctest was in
tcded more Tor tlc purpose of racing than pleasure
sahlnK sue was hunt after the model OF q. L. Watson
Oh bAsgow IN 1879 and sits only about feet out
wafer me hee IL OF oak ten inches thick "a root
WIDE Ia which ten tons OF lead bolted extending
ohcthrd lhc length fore an" art The main abin Is ar
ranged with pautics and lockers, aud there
oirtahtc and plenty OF storage Her
OF leak aud mahogany. The Madgc has been success
u BOAT since she was built having forty rsf and
ten second prizes out OF sixty eight matches in which
she has sailed $3.50