The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-09-23

member; Of tho Larchmont Yacht club Oh
board. The mammoth steamers Grand Re.
public and Columbia took down 1909 persons
between them, gathered up at points along
tho North river an Brooklyn. The men,
bars OF the New Jersey Yacht club went
lown on the steamer Lyndhllrst, while the
Sylvan Dell took down five hundred of the
members of the Atlantic Yacht club. On
the iron steamer Sirius were the families and
members of ihe Eastern clubs from Boston,
Portland, Dorchester, Newport. New Bed
,ord and Lynn. The tuyboats Cyc!ops, E1-
,elsior, Ivanhoe r. F. Cahill, Indian. c. T.
RAYMOND, NJ b. St,rbuck. L. l.. Levy and
Helndeor, all crowded with people, gllded
past, gay with luttering pennants.
The Old Dominion steamship Breakwater,
took down the bay 300 passengers recruited
from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Norfolk and Richmond. The schooner G. ?.
Schultz, in tow Of tug, carried about lou
It was estimated that fully $4,000 men and
women went down the bay to SEQ the race.
As tickets sold from 81 to So each, about
S125 000 was expended in this way.
The Sound steamers that reached the city
in the morning or the night before brought
hundreds Of patriotic New Englarders ready
to bet their last cent on the representative Of
Yankee shipcraft and Yankee seamanship.
Not only the regular steamboats, that ply
between here and Eastern cities, but many
excursion steamers that were strangers in
New York waters were piloted through Hell
Gate about daybreak and steamed down the
bay without stopping, having on boards
crowds Of men and women for whom the yes.
sells had been specially chartered.
Every train that rolled into the Grand
Central depot for forty eight hours before the
race added its tribute to the living stream
that flowed from New England's "rock-bound
coast" Boston, Lowell Portland, Worcester,
Lawrence, Fall River, Providence, Newport,
and the big and little lcities all sent their
representatives The eight cars of the Boston
express were jammed full when that train
, rolled into the Grand Central depot Mt 6:2?
A. NJ They were nearly all solid, substantial
citizens, mcrch ants, business men, ETC..
The Luckenback anchored to the northeast
Of Scotland Iightship, with tho yacht COM
whistle sounded. The Briton then had her
nose to the northward about an eighth of
mile from tho line The Puritan, sailing in
dolently to tho westward with sheets free,
was not more than three hundred yards away
from and abeam of tho Gepesta. At the
hoarse toot of the starting whistle ut 2:33
o'clock, the Briton won't about on the wind
with such rapidity rs to cause cutter adj
| mirer to wonder whether she was pivoted.
with mainsail, club ropsall, fore.
staysail, jib and jibtopsail set. She pierced
| tho placid water nearly rs noiselesSly as
needle passes through a piece OF cloth. There
was no trace of spray from her bllgcs and
| only foamlesS wake indicated her course.
| The Puritan went about into the wind few
SECONDS IaUer rnan the Engnshmnn, and car
rying tho same canvas, parting two faint
whte.tippcd curls from her wider bilges, and
| to every patriots astonishment and Joy,
! gided Just under the bow of the tug and across
the line ut 1:3j:56. The probable object OF
the Genesta in selecting what was undombt-
to cross the line before the Puritan and hold
OH to this advantage. She was foied by the
smart skipper of the Yankee sloop. The
Genesta Immediately changed her tuck. She
was within forty yards Of the line, and lost
nearly half minute in stays. She crossed
the line at l:37:37, just 81 seconds after
the blowing of the time-limit whistle.
She thus lost all OF her time
seconds in addition. The Puritan also went
about Oh the starboarl tack, skimming along
800 feet to the windward of her antagonist,
and apparently increasing her advantage.
Both boats were healing eust, close hauled,
! the Genesta heellng in the approved fashion
! Of her type. The Yankee showed that she
could outrun and outpoint the Briton in mild
! weather. seeing themselves Ill uanScr Oh
! being worsted, the Englishmen at :5S put
| their yacht about on The port tack. Her
ouickness in stays elected hanL-clapping
from some of the vessels in the variegatHl
fleet that closely followed her. The Yankee
boat changed her tack forty seconds later,
much to the discontinue OF the Briton, whose
handlers seemingly hoped to go OF by them
selves hunting for n favorable slant Of wind.
! The Genesta turned on tho starboard tack
at :59:2O and again, just fifty seconds later,
! the Yankee made the sams manpuvre
Skipper Croker and t,e Eastern yachts
men probably remembered how the
! Priscilla won the second trial
race by wind-sceking excursion, and were
determined that the Genesta should not have
| chance to do likewise The cutter hal lost
by her frequent tacking. The two yachts
continued on the stlrhoarl tack. iii, fiji.
pointing of the Puritan reused onthusias II
| that frequently found expression in hand