The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-19
A BEAUTY.
The Closest Race Ever Seen
ON the Ocean.
THE CUP REMAINS,
Thanks to the ssPuritan's Seal Going
Abilities---The Britishers Make
Gallant Effort.

minute and SO seconds corrected time. The
race was said by the oldest yachtsmen to
be the best and most closely contested ever
seen in the world. The wind was moderate
from west-northwest at the start. As the
yachts ran dead before it to the outer
mark it increased, and before they had
| sailed half OF the windward work on return
ing It was blowing halt gale from north
northwest, with quite a lumpy sea. The
puritan" housed her topmast, but the
"Genesta" lugged her topsail to the finish.
F! She was minutes and 6 seconds ahead at
| the "outer mark
! 1.-THE CUP STAYS IN AMERICA.
| These words were spoken by ex-Commo-
| dore James D. s. Smith, as the "Puritan's 9
main boom passed the finish line Off the
Scotland light ship to-day. The yachts
were sent away on all east-southeast
course dead before the wind. In this the
| cutter beat the sloop in minute 21 seconds.
From there to the finish they made
but one short tack OF a mile and two
long ''legs" of and 10 miles respectively
in a half gale of wind, which canted to the
north-northwest soon after the "outer
Puritan" gained 3 minutes and 3 seconds
| from point to point.
| BEFORE THE RACE.
! Leaving pier 3, East river, at 8 O'Clock
the commissioners boat "Luckenbach,"
flying the flags of the New York Eastern and
! Royal Thames yacht clubs, steamed down
the bay to Staten Island, taking on board
Louis P. Bayard OF the Sawanhake Yacht
Club.and Mr.. Ruthland OF the "Priscilla." "
| There were also on board ex-Commodore
James D. Smith of the New York yacht club,
Franklin Bassford, the Maine artist; Mr..
Roosevelt, Schuyler c. Vannes. Gustavus
Graba, A. Cass Garfield of the cutter Isis, y
Charles C. Haight OF the schooner "Crusa-
| DER" Captain Robert Center OF the New
York yachting club, Oliver King and Her
man Leroy OF the Union club, J. II. Long
street, Edwin Post and Rev. Mr.. Benjamin.
| f& THE SKY OVERHEAD
was as clear as bell, but out over the New
Jersey hills in the westward, feecy white
clouds were rising, giving promise OF an in
crease in the force of the moderate breeze
from the west-northwest, then blowing.
There was one solitary spectator on the
bluffs at Fort Wadsworth as the boat
passed the Narrows where there had been
thousands on Monday to see the finish OF
the first race. There was no time lost in
preparations to-day. When the judges
boat arrived off Sandy Hook the "Genesta"
and puritan were both under way close
up under the Scotland light ship, the start
ing point. As soon as Mr.. Schuyler, repre-
senting the "Genesta' on the puritan" :"
was put on board the latter yacht and
Fleet Captain Robert Center boarded the
"Genesta" to do similar duty for the ''Pur-
itan," the tug Scandinavian, in charge OF
Messrs. S. T. Lippincott and Mr.. Olsen,
was sent away to
LOG OUT THE COURSE
East, southeast to leeward, and at 1O:45
the Commissioners boat anchored, with
the lightship bearing south, southwest,
distant $50 yards. This for an imaginary
line over which the yachts were to pass.
At this time the steam yachts, electra" J"
"Stranger," "Corsair, '"Vision," "Senti-
nel," "Polynia" and "Skylark" had
gathered to the southwest of the judges
boat. The steamers "Grand Republic" "
Taurus, "Sirus,'' H. T. Bay and the
Old Dominion line steamship Richmond" /"
their decks fairly black with enthusiastic
! spectators lay closely by with enough flags
| breeze was freshening every moment and
! the prospect of grand race to leeward
where the yachts could carry their spin
| makers was sufficient to create the utmost
J excitement. When the preparatory whistle
was given, at exactly IL o'clock, the
puritan" lay about a quarter of mile
astern of the judges boat, headed south
| west with the spinnaker boom down to
! starboard, her main sheet hauled aft and
| the jib sheet to windward. One minute
before the starting whistle was blown.
THE "GENEsrA" CAME TEARING ACROSS
| TIE tugs stern and the "Puritan's" bow on
| a port tack, headed parallel with the line.
| Those who were watching the movements
of the boat were fearful that she would
cross the line before the signal was given
| to1 fho T,1c{
then the 'Puritan's" main sheet was paid
and Captain Crocker put her helm down
| She came for the line SO finely that had the
cutters skipper calculated the time that
while the starting whistle was blowing she
shot across, her crew running her immense
spinnaker aloft as she went over and break
ing it out in just three seconds away. She
! flew to the leeward
| LEADING THE BOSTON sLOOP.
| Forty-6ve seconds later she broke her
| balloon jib as she crossed and set her
spennaker in minute after. What a
grand picture these two clipper yachts pre-
sented as they dashed away with their
| pyramids of snow white canvass towering
| above their narrow hulls. All the steam
yachts kept well to the leeward OF the twin
racers and the smaller ones were puzzled to
keep pace with them. The official time OF
| the start was:
"Genesta" "........................11h LII. Dom. 16s
''Puritan' 66m. 01s
The puritan" soon began to close the
gap made at the start. She kept directly
! in her antagonists wake until nearly up
with her, when she hauled out to the east
! ward, so that the "Genesta" could not
| keep off and prevent her pressing without
| jibing. At 11:35 she took in her balloon
| jib top sail and stay sail and at 11:45 she
| had
| PASSED OUT AHEAD
OF the "Genesta about half length. Her
! spinnaker was not drawing well at this
| time, neither was her mainsail for the wind
| was ,,at main boom end" Captain Carter
recognizing this fact, took in his spinnaker
at II O'Clock jibed her main boom, dipped
her spinnaker boom and set sail on the
| port side all in five minutes and she imme-
diately drew ahead of the sloop and in half
an hour had passed her. This was sur
| prise, but what was coming was greater
one. Fifteen minutes later the cutter was
good quarter OF a mile in the lead, with her
| great white spinnaker bellying out in the
! stiffening breeze. The puritan" would not
| jibe, although her erspinnaker was not drawn
| ing and she WAS steadily falling astern. Down
came the "Genestas 8" club topsail. The
| puritan" coming in moment later the
sloop set no other. At l p. M. the Sen
| esta's" spinnaker boom was lowered on
| deck and everything made snug for
LONG BEAT TO wINDwARD.
| All the passenger boats and steam yachts
had gathered off the ''outer ward" and all
eyes were upon the two boats. As they
| came bounding along all thought then that
the "Genesta" was tie winner. The official
| time OF rounding was:
"Genesta". .........................1h. O5m. 3Os.
'Purltan OIm. sos
| The latter boat, with her main sheets
hauled fiat aft, jibed as she rounded. and
in minute after she was close hauled on a
starboard tack, standing to the southwark
The puritan" made a wide turn which
placed her farther to leeward and now COM
menced
THE GRAND STRUGGLE FOR THE FINISH.
Twenty miles to windward black threaten
ing clouds appeared in the northwest, pre-
saging more wind for the boats. The
Puritan went about first at 1890, and
the "Genesta" minute later. Captain
Croker thought it prudent to house the
4 "Puritan's" topmast at 1:25, as the vino