New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-07
THE YACHT RACE TO-DAY.
GREAT INTEREST IN THE CONTEST.

~opys AND FEARS OF THE FRIENDS OF ihI 'N00-
AND THE CUTIE
ro-day the first of the internauonal races ~, ,ne
s.ss,on of the Americas cup takes place. ana ioi
pss.h ,,re British yacht will strive TO regain .no
INV lost at Cowes thrty-four years ago:
~, srt time since the cup has been on thls siue Va
II viii be defended by yacht not belohg-
". 20 New-York The "solid men OF Boston
's ne earned tho honor of defending the trophy on
.s,s ocsasion and have produced yacht tne nA9
'h'' 't;eh mas never seen before. Much care ana
.,,ention have been bestowed IN putting INC "a.
~ condition for the race, and she will come 10
nsn to.dov in rs perfect racing trim as is posi-
~. s tor Yacht. Early yesterday morning the
.os Wy sloop was put into the water and proceeoeo
,"a old anchorage off Stapleton. Here she was
~..,rsa nv the official measurer OF the New-lorh
M. cnb Later in the day she sailed 10 the
JIorseshoe to lie over night ~.
Tate Saturday night Sir Richard sutton ana us
,'Issar.in-,aw. Sir William Leving, returned from
,;soara Falls and went on board the GeneSta' Inc
80 olso went down to the Horseshoe yesterday
ro roodv for an early start this morning. Every
.s;nc ahout the two yachts looked as taut ana 'r'
~ ,ossible. They were sights to delight yach'-
r.on,s ewes and the eyes of hundreds oil yacn'smeh
we're upon them as they passed down 10 'heir an
'n~sanes The high bluffs of Fort Wadsworth snd
~.
ss, with people watching the two yachts which
:" H. are 70 struggle in behalf of England and
snsrca. and admring the ceaseless stream OF other
-a.l+s which ponred through the NaTows ana
DOWN TO the Horseshoe.
Those who are 10 sail on the cOntending boats
vent aboard last evening On the Genesta VIII oe
har oxnsr Sir Richard Sutton, his brother-ln-iaw'
s;r William Leving. NJ. Roosevelt, Schuyler
william Krebs. ]. Beavor-W Webb, designer OF the
Yacht. Mr. LapthoIne, the English saimakeY ana
crew of eighteen men besides the saing-master
Contain Carter and the pilot Joseph Nelson. OF the
.rtter Bedouin. Mr. Krebs viii be on board the
Cepesta to represent the Puritan. On the Puritan
will be ]. Malcou Forbes, General PANE Dr,
BRYANT, George II. Richardson, j. X Busk' owner OF
The sloop Mischief, which defended the Americas
enp in 1851; Charles A. Welch, Edward burgess,
designer of the sloop Edward Padelford, WHO VIII
represent the Genesta; crew OF twenty-five picked
men. the sailing-master Captain Crocker. and
sJoes Ellsworth, who will act as plot. Dr.
Brvapt IS the owner of the slooD Shadow, which
Madge the only defeat she ever had on
tbs side of the water Captain Crocker was sailing
master of the Shadow at the time. He confidently
exnects 70 win another victory for America to-day
Tn the crew which the Puritan will carry Will be
some Of the best men from the of the Prisclla
and the mate and three picked sailors from l., A.
Fishs schooner yacht Grayling. Mr.. Fish has taken
rvelv interest in the races, and Mr.. Forbes
Yesterday expressed himself greatly indebted TO
the Cravings owner for his interest and assistance
The Puritan will not carry today the spinnaker
boom which she used in the trial races, but VIII
carry one belonging to the Priscilla.
Everywhere in and about the city yesterday the
talk was of the coming races. and men to whom the
distinctions between spinnaker boom and cardboard
IL eh cifa6 nc INV
tody. The Signal Service man who grinds out
weather from the top of the Equitable Building,
said in reference to the kind of day that might
be expected for the race: There will probably be
very light winds tomorrow, and what wind there
is will probably be from the north or northeast.
The winds will be heavier toward the middle OF the
week than at the first part OF 1t. On tuesday the
wind Will blow a good breeze from the eastward
The day will be fair tomorrow, but greatly doubt
II there is much wind for the race" The wind
blew from the northwest all day yesterday. md
there will probably be a smooth for the yachts to
race over. The record of the Genesta's races In
England shows that she is best IN strong winds
But il also shows that she is good In light winds,
and however little wind there may have been in
some of her races she seldom failed to take first
second place even in a drifting match But In
cracking breeze she has yet been beaten. The
sbe proved on the trial races Both boats are good
sall round boats, and both are at their best in
heavy weather
Except when New-England poured her troops
thrOngh this city at the beginning of the war; 10 Is
doubtful if there ever have been many Yankees
ia Ncw-York as there were yesterday. All the
trains and boats from the East on Saturday and
yesterday brought descendants of the Purltans of
yOTe who had come TO see what modern Puritan
would do. The large fleet of the Eastern Yacht
Climb Law off BAY Ridge with Yankee sailors in the
les dpScpndauts II Fathers
crowding the cabins. All day steady stream Of
small and large yachts from Rhode Island and Con
Bectcut ports came through Hell Gate and sought
an anchorage down the Bay. Ii We hundred Bos-
tonians came the Empire State from the HUB"
and $50 Rhode Islanders came from Providence on
the Canonicus The city was invaded by land and
tca, and every New -Englander has made up his
MUD that If the Puritan does not beat the Genesta
boat shall be built down East" that will.
he Puritan was officially measured yesterday
and her Dimensions for computing sailing length
were found TO be as follows:
~ 20
l94' 'o0 @
Water line. sLlO
This according to the rule of the New-York
Yacht Club makes tho sailing length OF the Puri-
tan $3.50 feet. The Puritan will thus be com
PEELED TO allow the English yacht thlrty0ne sec
onds. Thls was surprise to many, as the general
3 opinion had been that If the Genesta got any al
loTance az all II would be much smaller
There was brush between the Puritan and Ge
ne5ta yesterday while they we're their way to
The Horseshoe. The Puritan got under way at
DoOn She had up mainsail, forestays sail,
jib, iib topsail and club tOpsai. The
wind was light and when the Yankee
sloop reached Fort Lafayette she lay becalmed.
The Genesta. weighed anchor at 2:30 O'Clock and
stood down through the Narrows. breeze sprang
mp from the southwest aud she got 1t first and
crawied up on the Puritan. Then the Puritan felt
Tie breeze and began to move.
The Ge1esta hoisied her big jib topsai Be
sides tins sail she had up mainsail,
lib orestaysail and sprit-t0psail. She was towing
the inevitable small boat as usual. The wind
halied to .west-nOrthwest soon after the yachts