New-York tribune., 1885-09-17

forestaysail. She bagan to outpoint the Genesta
ana to draw up on her rapidly. The Genessa was
ing splendidly. With mere persistency than dis
cretion she clupg to her working topsai which did
not help her much If indeed, it was not detri-
ment: The Puritan stood up to her work nobly,
but the Genesta lay over until her copper flashed
in the sunlight and hec lee rail was buried in o
smother offoam. A dark mark on her iIb showed
where the seas wet 1t as she plunged iato them, but
only the flying spray and the salt spume blown by
the wind wet the white sails of the Puritan, ;.
tance ahead: At 2:1s the ,GeDesta came
about on the starboard tack and laid
her course for the lghtship. Toe Puritan, instead
that it locked as if she had forgotten that such
thing as tho Scotland Ligbtssip existed But she
and no b a pon
stead OF laying her course for the lightship she
kept pointing up and increasing her windward posi-
ton. Tho way she walked through the water aud
the way she pointed were simply marvellous. Ihe
waves dashed and foamed and the wind whistled
through her rigging but she sent the water spinning
back from her shapely bows and caught the piping
wind IN her board-like sails, forcing u
sea sailed before toward thc west, The
Genesta was doing her best and if the solid men
of Boston" had not built the Puritan her sailing
would have astonished American, yachtsmen But
wndward of her what could she dol II she swept
over the waters like an arrow, the Yankee boat
went with the speed of shot from rifled gun; If
she pointed marvcllOusly the Puritan seemed TO
sail into the winds eye.
1t was almost with IL feeling Of pity that the peo-
pie the judges boat watched the struggles OF tue
Gencsta. No other boat in the world except the
Puritan could have beaten her as she was sailing
then. With half her deck under, IN q smother OF
foam and spray, she tore along through the angry
waves dashiGg them to right ana lett, but that ui-
caany sloOp 10 the wind ward was leading her al
the time. Finally the Puritan eased Eer sheets and
bore down toward the light ship, crossing the Ge-
nestas bows. A sea struck her weather bow and size
dashed IL into foam and sent U
whrling thirty yards to wiadward.
She seemed to be mistress OF the seas aud the
winds As the Puritan swept ahead of the Genestd
she suddenly seemed not to be going So last and the
cutter, pointing up, luhed under her stern and
Tapped on to her weather side. 1t seemed ms If the
Puritan would be blanketed and passed. But tho
Yankee sloop pointed up little and uncovered
herself. Then the Genesta tried il again. but Just
as she got close to her rival the Puritan seemed 10
think ii was time to "quit fooling aud shot away
from her toward the lightshp. What made her do
1t was mystery. Apparently not rope was
touched the sea and wind wero rs they were be-
tore but in that manner peculiar to herself which
makes one think of phantom ships and Flying
Dntchmen, She sprang away from the hopeless
Genesta and amid din of steam whistles and the
strains of Columbia. the Gem of the Ocean nom
band OH of the excursion boats sue shot across
the line. the winner. The following Is the time at
the finish:
Pnri;an .409-15
Geuesia.
The Genesta then ran close tc the Puritan and the
crews OF the rival Yachts cheercd e1oi oiier. The
time of the race is shown IN the following table:
Er7s'I C'rcrd