Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-09
B%RITlsHERs BEATEN.

Start to Finish-IerR Rival Over u Milo
Behind at the Close.
New York, Sept. 15.-The race be-
tween the Genesta and Puritan yesterday
was over what is called the inside course
of the New York Yacht Club. The course
is down through the Narrows, across the
lower bay, around buoy No. 10 on the
southwest split, leaving that buoy on the
port hand, thence to the southwark Of buoy
No. so and to the northward of buoy No.
5 on the point of Sandy Hook, out around
the Sandy Hook light ship, and home ovel
the same course, finishing at buoy No. Is.
Just aside the Narrows. Tile distance is
tfirty-eight miles.
The preparatory signal, a long blast Of
the whistle OIL the judges boat, was sounded
at 1925 The Gcnesta and Puritan were
lying within three hundred yards of the
judges 'Doat. The tide was running strong
flood when the starting signal was given at
1880. Both yachts came down for the
line almost together. The Puritan
was to windward and crossed first
at 1922 :02, with the Genesta two sec
onds behind. AS the time limit was 1882
both yachts We're handicapped. Standing
across to the Long Island shore they both
tucked close under Owls Head at 10:37:30.
The Genesta feeling" a puff, which struck
her just as she filled away on the port tack,
she shot ahead of the Puritan. But the gain
was only moMentary, for when both tackled
fifteen minutes later the Genesta was a good
500 yards jim the Puritan's wake. AS the rival
craft passed through the Narrows the hun-
dreds of spectators standing on the high,
sleping green bluffs cheered the contestants
on. The Puritan, catching a pun OF wind,
passed out first, while the Genesta lay al
most motionless under the lee of the fort
When she finally got the breeze the Puritan
was nearly a mile ahead. lacking to the
west of buoy IA at 10:0s, the Puritan
reached the quarantine anchorage. The
wind was very light, and neither yacht made
very much speed against the tide. When
both went about at II :32 p. H., the Puritan
to port and the Genesta to %starhoard, the
former was fully a half-milc to windward.
After five tedious stretches to windward,
buoy 10 was weathered and rounded as
follows: Puritan, 1:16:22; Genesta,
1:19:25. They were here salutcd by the at
tendant steamers. The Puritan passed
buoy 5 at 1:32, and the Genesta passed it at
1886. Both were carrying the same sail
malnsail, club-tOpsail, fore-staysail, jib and
%jib-topsail.
From here to the "outer mark' was the
most exciting part of the contest. Travel
ing at a ten-knot rate in q fresh breeze, and
heeling till their lee rails We're ''awash,"
they made a pretty picture. Quite a heavy
swell came rolling i'll from the eastward,
and soon their crests were covered with
white-caps, while an immense flotilla
of pleasure steamers, supplemented
every moment by others from the
city, chased each other at full speed
for the lightship to witness the turn,
which was made by the yachts as
follows: Puritan, 2:14:54; Genesta, 1886.
Both were greeted with applause from
steam whistles, guns, and hundreds Of
Threats as they lntfcd grandly round the
mark, and kept away, with sheets started,
for the point off Sandy Hook. The Puritan
hcld her lead we'll, and both, with booms
Off to starboard, came to the west
ward like r~ace-horses, only to strike
into a calm streak and a head wind
off the Hook. The Puritan went about
at 1924 and stood into the Horseshoe for
three minutes. when she was able to wealth
er buoys So and 10. The Genesta made
the same tacks later, and both rounded
buoy 10 as follows: Puritan, $3.50 Is; Ge-
nesta, 3:46:O5. Setting her balloon jib-top-
sail at once and starting her sheet broad
off to starboard, she soon increased her
lead on the Genesta. although both
had to stem the ebb tide in a
very light air. The Genesta's spinnaker was
sent out to port in one and a half minutes
after rounding the buoy. The Puritan's
spilnaker boom was lowered. but the sail
was not set. She crossed the finish line at
4:3S:05, and was followed by the Genesta
former Is minutes AZ seconds, and the cor
rected lead 1G minutes NJ seconds.
A rope was thrown and made fast
to the English cutter, and she was taken in
tow by a tug. Sir Richard Sutton
ran up to the bow of his boat and asked
to be towed alongside the Puritan.
This was done, and when the cutter ran
alongside tho sioop the tars crowded to
her side. Sir Richard stood upon the rail
With his sailors around him. AS the YES
sci almost touched he cried: "Now, men,
give them a British hurra!." He led the
cheers himself with his hat in hand. and
the English tars shouted with him. clip
hip, hurrah! hurrah!' The Puritan men
returned the salute, and all the bay echoed
with cheers and hurrahs, three times re-
peated for tile English crew and herown, too.
The Genesta's main cap was broken
during the race, and the outside race las
been postponed until "Wednesday. The fol-
lowing table gives the actual result:
Start. Finish. Corrected
Time.
~ m. II. m. 8. h. m. s.
Puritan ........1O ~ IS O5 6 Oj Uj
Gencsta.........1 10 81 454G 6 % "A
Captain "Joe" Ellsworth, who was on
board Of the Puritan yesterday, said, after
the race was over: II don't think we have
any sure thing at all in sailing against that
boat-she's a terror. She was not far be-
hind us when We got in to the point of the
Hook, but we were able, by pulling the CEN
terboard up little, to skim along Flynn's
Knoll, where she could not go, and SO
gained on her. But if there is Il strong
breeze in the race of Wednesday, twenty
miles to windward, it will be a very close
thing between that cutter and the Puritan"
Sir Riclarn Sutton last evening entertained
on board the Genesta a party of friends
from the yacht Stranger. Captain Carter,
the sailing master OF the Genesta, was tho
only person of any sort of authority who
could be seen. eve were beaten ~fairly.n
he said. Somebody's got to beat. and
somebody has got to be beaten. The can
OF the topmast is somewhat sprung. We
can make it all right, though, by to-mor.
row. But tile boat wasn't beaten because
of that. We We're squarely beaten on oul
merits in a light wind"
LONDON, Sept. 15.--All to-day's papers
appear with long descriptions Of the race
between the Puritan and the Genesta, The
prevailing opinion is that the light breezes