New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-24
FINISH OF THE OCEAN RACE.
THE AIysTRAL EASILY THE WINNER.
.,n,,,., or THE ARIZONA AND GALLIA-EACH

ARRIVAL OF THE ARIZONA AND GAILlA-EACh
DAYS RrCoRD-HEAvY BETTING.
The skv over Queenstown harbor was hled with
Aeeey clouds and the sunlight filtered through
them on the broad expanse of bay and and ocean can
with a peculiar splendor on June 10; Mitmh tne
day three great ocean steamships had aINc , AU,
Jiyernool and had departed for New-1 ork' ana
among the clubs and seatarlng men OF thc port
there were wagers freely offered upon the chances
of one or another of the vessels arriving nrst az
sandy Hook The first to make ITS way through
ihe harbOr was the AuStral, of the Anchor Line.
She arrived in the night and az III a. III; sue I1le
her pier and steamed out into the ohng. zen tLio
Cunard LINER the Gallia, arrived, and at $50 p III
followed the Austral. At 600 p m. the meet All
2ona. of the Guion squadron, LETT the haroor f
her coors flying gayly, and followed III the wake oi
her two rivals. . o,.,,orrb
Ii was the beginning of an ocean race, althonE Ign
two steamships were Handicapped ny the carry ue
narture of the AuStral On the first day the Aus'"l
made ya3 miles the best record for tWentV-iHur
hours; the Arizona 29l ana the lama oto Of
the three steamships did her best Inc second Gay
the Austral added 3sl, the Arizona 39o, ana tue
Gallia SOS miles TO their records, ana tnS uI,Oa 1
steamship was gaining on the leader Inc thlId
dav added 367 miles to the Australs voyage, 3of
to the Arzonas and 3is to the Ta IAN yo iSS
sailed 3s7 miles. the Arizona 3s4 and the
Gallia 1854 At the middle of the htth day
heavy fog wrapped the steamship III It's i"IUI
for eleven hours their engines We're run az Only nan
pressure until at noon on June 20 the ianks OF
Newfoundland were passed and the AUSTRIA III the
twenty flour hours had made 36| mics, we
Arizona 900 and the Galha 34S miles. On tue
2jst the Austrai covered 375 miles the Arizona
400 ther second best record, the longest distance
1overed Inv her being 42O miles, and the Gall SOL
On the ODD the AustraI sailed 33l hhes, lne
Arizona 3S3 miles, aud the Gaa 3f| miles. Al
T.O3 n IN SUNDAY night the AuStral passed SANDY
Hook having run | | Il miles after noon and having
made the trip In days, Ii hours and 10 minutes
At $40 a. IN. yesterday the Arizona Steaned pas.
SANDY Hook having travelled 29l miles after noon
nm lime 22 and finishing her run In days, 10
hours and ~ minutes; and at l:34 p m Yesterday
The Gailia competed her voyage, having sal led 3s1
oft he
voyage in days, hours and 40 minutes. ..,
The ocean race was concluded WIN tne Ausa Tt
the winner by one hour aud TWO minutes: me
Galha was eleven hours and twenty-clght minutes
behind the time made 10y the Arizona Inc amount Oh
money which changed hands over hefesult pelMecn
the Austral and the Arizona was exceedingly large
one of the passengers on the former steamer plac-
ing il as high as $4,000. While tins amount
seems excessive the interest, taken in the race Pc
tween the rival steamships great, and a
TRIBUNE reporter was informed by persons VINO
arrived on both vessels that when their SHIPS eIi
the piers at Queenstown bets were being ohered
and taken eagerly. One of the passengers on the
Austral Scotchman, wagered I'll 600 with an
Englishman on the same vessel that she woulu WIN
the race and when he landed at the company S
docks he was $1,000 rcher thah "nen no i0i'
Queenstown. . A.
At the offices of the companies owning the
rival steamships it was denied that there was
any race But the singular coincidence OF the
times of departure, the daily distance coTeeu, aug
the closeness in the times of the arrivals seem at
variance with this statement. Not alone Is tneTe
suspicious similarity In several important detalIs
Of time aud distance. nut the " o".H
steamship readily declare their knowledge that lle
race had been ran and finished Supporting Ihe
assertions of the companies that no race was
Thought of bV their officers the captains OF ihe
steamships with a deal of apparent indignation
DENY that such race could be possible let the
passengers who are obliged TO cross the ocean, inc
merchants who have large quantities OF TauaDie
merchandise and the Post Office are deeply lnte-
rested in the frequent and reliable voyages OF last
steamsbips Some time ago the merchants ORDER
inc invoices of goods from Europe had TO rely
more on good fortune than on the sWntness
of the steamships and it frequently occurred as
a prominent dealer in dry-goods explained to the
REPORTER that goods were bought III England az
high rates for a high market IN tins country, ana
before the goods arrived fall would take place, re-
shifting in the loss of many thousands OF uohdiS.
Now continued the merchant we can count
on trips of eight nine or ten days, and Whlie the
goods are in transit find a purchaser VINO VIII h9I
weary of waiting. The trouble OF having goods
brought here bv fast steamship, and the invoices
bv slow mail steamship, is now avoided III Il great
measure by the fact that the fast vessels nave lne
mail contract aud invoices arrive win our
goods If there are ocean races they grow ont OF
healthy rivalry between the steamship companies
and they benefit business tanaCuODs among lhe
importers in this city extremely:
The steamship Finance, OF the Onlteu Ntd'cS an"
Rrazl steamship Line arrived at this port on sun
daV having made the tup from Rio de J9nGlio
In twentV-one days, including stops at bamia
Maranham PernambucO Para and ST. Thomas. i ne
run from Rio to Bahia was made IN three days ne
British ship Magellan left Rio an hour alter me
Finance: her captain intImated that he WCul4
"clean ont the Yankees. The Magellan leache't
Bahia six hours afteT the Finance, and the time oil
"Britaunia Rules the Waves" was changed to
Columbia the Gem of the Ocean"