Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-09-12
kilograms to The Star.
NO BREEZE FOR THE YACHTS
Another PoStponement Of the Race.
THE CAMPAIGN IN ENGLAND.
Talk Of Postponing the Elections.
THE GERMAN.SPANISH DISPUTE.
LONDON'S ABDUCTION TRIAL
THE DEATH OF EMORY A. STORRS.
Another PoStpOnement Of the Race
THE CAMPAIGN IN ENGLAND
Talk Of Postponing the Elections
THE GERMAN.sPANIsH DISPUTE.
LONDON'S ABDUCTION TRIAL
THE DEATH OF EMORY A. STORRS.
THE YACHTS AGAIN BECALMED.

The Puritan and Genesta, with Idly
Flapping Sails, Waiting for q Breeze
No Prospect OF a Race TO-day-Scenes
Off Sandy Hook This Morning.
SANDY HOOK, N. J., Sept 12.-When the
Genesta was towed into the Horseshoe last
night she cast anchor just around the point.
Her anchor light had only one companion to
break the blackness, and that swung from the
stays OF the schooner w anderer. The sailors on
board the Genesta clustered on her stern, ca
gerly discussing the chances Of a breeze to-day.
Opinion differed, but the less sanguine did not
expect anything stronger than a fve-knot
breeze, and when the morning came the gray
haze that slowly faded away before the sun
showed that their fears were likely to be real
lied.
THE YACHTS MOVE OUT.
The tug Luekenbach was the first to send out
cloud Of smoke between the Hook and Coney
Island. Shortly afterward the Genesta was
seen moving out under sail; then the Puritan.
wind that could not be felt in the Narrows, and
was scarcely appreciate on the ocean at the
time. hlled the sails Of the Puritan, she cast the
land lightship. It was nearly IL O'Clock before
the steam yachts Electra and Vision and the
IRON steamboat Taraus were seen moving out
SCENES ON THE WATER.
Then the snow-white sails began to appear,
and increased in numbers as the day advanced.
were the schooners Dreadnaught, Dauntless
and Rebecca, whose prows were pointed in the
wake of the Puritan. The water, that was SO
as gentle the masses OF blue and white clouds
that bent above it. The weather prophets here
ON the Hook and their name is legion, are prog
nostcating a calm, and all assert that it will be
impossible for the racers to cover the course in
time to make race.
HOW REPORTERS ARE PROVIDED FOR.
The strangers that appeared at the dock the
first and second days set for the race have dis
appeared. They were frozen out by the barren
ness of the place. If had not been for the kind
n r Ila Ia who iS i'm chs 200
of the observatory, and Mr.. Edward Mccain,
who lives in the observatory and sends the
would have been compelled to vacate Mr. De
La Motto rugged up sleeping places, and Mimic
Cams wife furnished them with meals.
THE YACHTS BECALMED.
At eleven o'clock the Grand Republic was
Steaming out. The decks of the excursion
steamers, that were crowded on Monday and
are off the Scotland iightship, and look as
though they are becalmed. The wind has grad
ually fallen, and now blows about four miles an
hour. The steamers are clustered around the
lightship, and the sailing vessels are doing all
they can to get there.
Becalmed of Scotland Lfghtship.
SANDY Hook, Sept II, 1855 p.m.-The
yachts are still off the Scotland lightship be-
Gained. The present indications are that the
race viii not come Off as there is not wind
enough to fill their sail.
No Prospects Of a Race.
HIGHLANDS, N. j., Sept. ID, lis p.m.-The
yachts are still in the same position. The wind
is southeast hauling south and very light
There are no signs of its increasing from any
quarter and no prospect OF a race.
An Empty Form.
HIGHLANDS, N. j., Sept. u, 2O5 p.m.-The
judges boat has gone to the lightship and the
yachts have followed her there. At 1:45 pm.
the judges boat anchored in position for the
start, and a few minutes later the American
ensign was run up on the judges: boat. The
wind is now blowing eight miles Der hour
south.
The Race Declared of.
SANDY HOOK, 2:25 p.m.-The race is off for
to-day.