St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-19
The British Gutter Gets Away with the
American Scrubs for the Com
modore's Cup.
A Pretty Race Fand Beautiful Day
Attracts q Large Number of
People.
cides the Wright-Schiffman
Races Hippodromes.
An Invitation for Them to Resign
from the Club to be Issued
Other Sports.
The Genesta Wins a Race,

NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-The English cut
ter, Genesta, retrieved herself by winning
the regatta given under the auspices of the
New York Yacht club near Sandy Hook
to-day. 1t was the annual race of the club
and the prizes consisted of two cups, one
given by Commodore James Gordon Ben
nett Tor schoonerS and the other by Vice
Commander w. p. Douglass for cutters or
sloops. There were eleven entries
in the race to-day. The schoon-
ers were the Fortuna, Crawling,
and the Dauntless, and ucutters Genesta,
lleen, Stranger Colara, Isis, and the center
board sloops Oracle, Athlone and Dolphene.
The day opened clear, with a stiff breeze
from the southwest. The course was a tri-
angular run of thirty-fve miles from an
imaginary line drawn between the Scotland
lightShip and judges boat The course
was as follows: First leg east by north,
second leg south west by west by three
quarters west and third leg back to starting
point. The first two legs were thirteen and
one-third miles, and the third was eight and
one-third miles. The Genesta was
ToWED DOWN FROM HER ANCHORAGE
near Tompkinsville, and arrived near the
Scotland wreck about 1880 am Shortly
before II o'clock the tug Luckenback
whistled for preparation, and few minutes
later the signal for the start was given.
The first yacht to cross the line was the
lleen, which passed over at II o'clock,
II minutes and 3 seconds.
She was followed by the
Clara, which crossed at 11:1l-O9. The
third craft was the Genesta, upon which all
eyes were fixed. She glided over the line
at 11:11:30 and was followed few seconds
later by the Fortuna; then came the Gray
ling, AtploYe, DauntleSs, Oracle, Daphone
and Isis. The last two were handicapped
by an allowance of five minutes. The
Genesta forged rapidly ahead and gained
steadily upon the yachts which
had crossed before her. She gained
upon the Clara and Fleen, but in
turn was closely pressed by the Fortuna.
At 11:45 the Genesta, Ileen and Fortuna
were almost abreast of each other, with the
English cutter slightly in the lead. The
Genesta gained slightly upon the other two,
and after the first five minutes it became
evident that
THE GENESTA WAS AHEAD
and intended to keep the place. She had
the wind fair on the first leg and didn't
spare her canvass. The result
was that she steadily walked
away from her competitors Capt.
Carter dexterously rounded the buoy at
12:49-15. followed by the Fortuna at
12:50-23, the Grayling passed the red float
a few seconds later. The Oracle rounded
the buoy fourth in the list. The Genesta
made big sweep to windward and left the
others so far behind that the race seemed
certain for her. The Oracle threatened her
seriously for some time. The second BUOY
was passed by the Genesta at 5:O7-55 and
the Grayling which dropped in the second
place turned at3:19. The Fortuna came third
and the Oracle fourth, the latter sloop be-
ing nearly half an hour behind the English
cutter. The steamers Grand Republic and
Taurus with number of steam yachts and
sailing vessels were crowded with inter-
ested spectators, who cheered the crew of
the Genesta for the superb manner in which
they handled the graceful craft. On the
home stretch the English vessel came scud-
ding like a duck, and she passed the line
at the Scotland lightship at 3:41-10, with
Grayling second.
A SWEEPST AXES