Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-17

northeast as the Scandinavian and the
Luckenbach went putting and painting In
by the Point of the Hook with the rival
yachts in tow. The Genesta was lowed
into the Horseshoe, where she anchored
TO wait until this morning, when third
attempt to sail the race will be made.
The Puritan was taken to Tompkinsville.
SANDY HOOK, N. j., Sept. 12-ll.3s a. m.
Both yachts are still becalmed of Scot
land light-ship. There is no sign OF start
ing. The wind is very light and from the
southeast.
PREPARING TO START.
HIoHLANDs, Sept. 12-l.39 p. m The
judges boat Is going to the lightship, and
the yachts are following her; IT looks as II
thOy are getting ready to start.
1.44.-The judges boat has anchored In
position for the start.
THE DETAILS OF PREPARATION.
SANDY Hook, N. j., Sept. 12.-When the
Genesta was turned into the Horseshoe last
night she cast anchor iustaround the point.
Her anchor light had only one companion
to break tho blackness and that swung
from the stays of the schooner Wanderer.
The sailors on board the Genesta
clustered on her stern eagerly discussing
the chances of a breeze to-day. Opinion
expect anything stronger than hve-knot
breeze, and when the morning broke the
gray haze that slowly faded away before
the sun showed that their fears
were likely to be realized. The tug Luck
enbnck 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 and then the Puritan
In tow of a tug appeared. When
the light wind that could not be felt
In the Narrows and was scarcely appre-
ciable on the ocean at the time filled the
sails OF the Puritan, she cast the tug OIL and
bobbed slowly out toward the Scotland
light-ship. 1t was nearly II o'clock
before the steam yachts Electra
and Vision and the Iron Steamboat
Taurus were scurryingout. Then the snow
white sails began to appear, and increased
In numbers as the day advanced. Among
the most noticeable OF the the sailing craft
were the schooners Dreadnaught,D auntless
and Rebecca whose prows were pointed In
the wake of the Puritan. The water that was
so restless and boisterous yesterday morn
ing was as gentle as the masses of blue and
white clouds that beat about 1t. The
weather prophets here on the Hook and their
name is legion, are prognostlcating q calm,
and all assert that II will be impossible for
| the racers to cover the course In time to
nuke race. The strangers that appeared
at tho Hook the first and second days set for
| the race have disappeared. They werefrozen
| out by the barrenness OF the place. Ii II
lind not been for the kindness of Mr.. Will
| linn Delamotte, who is In charge OF
| the observatory and Mr.. Edward
Mccain, who lives in the observatory,
and sends the Geographic dispatches. even
the reporters would have been compelled ia
vacate. MIR. Delamotte rugged up sleeping
places and Mr.. McCann's wife furnished
| them with meals.
| AT ii o'clock the Grand Republic wa.
seen steaming out, The decks OF thu
excursion steamers that were crowded OF
Monday and Tuesday have u bare aspec
land lightship and look as though
they are b6calmed. The wind has gradual.
fallen and now blows about four miles III
hour. The steamers are clustered nbou
the lightship and the sailing vessels mr.
doing all they can to get there.
pREEzE SPRINGS UP.
SANDY Hook, Sept, IL, 205 p. m.-Th'
wind is now blowing eight miles IN hour
south.
SANDY Hook, Sept. 12-2.25 p. NTH
race is of for to-day.
New YoRK, Sept. 1880 a. NTH
prospects that the Puritan and Gcncst
will be able to sail their race over the il
: side course to-day are quite favorable
The signal office At Sandy Hook report
/ Mt this hour IL knot breeze from III
/ southwest, with II probability Of contim
ance throughout the day.
The yachts in starting to-day will eros
! an imaginary line between the Luckel
l bach, anchored about II quarter of II mi
l below Buoy Is, opposite Owls Head,
l., and mark boat anchored inshoi
/. from the Luckenbach. They will {
e thence Excepting outside of Fort L.
e fayette) to and around Buoy 10, passii
e to the west and south of it, thence
&c Buoy 81, passing south of IL and mort
t. Of Buoy 8 (all of these buoys are ju
& northwest of the point of Sandy Hook
/ thence to and around Sandy Hook ligl
t. ship, turning it from north and east, ~
d then returning over the same course
re the finish line, drawn between Buoy
rs below Fort Wadsworth, and the hor
lie stnkeboat, anchored to eastward of I'll
n buoy.
on All yachts must pass to the eastward
i West Bank Buoys 3, IL, ID, and Is, n
e. to the westward of Rcd Buoys 104, ~, ]
le and l6, both going and returning.
le With the wind southwest, the yacl
~ will have about % miles, or one-quaat
Il. of the course of windward work. II "
as probably be IL long reach, with the wi
en- over the starboard bow from the START
III point to buoy 81. From there to San
e, Hook lightship, they will have the wi
i'll Just abaft the beam. On the return
ne Buoy 81, they will get it just forward't
D. beam, and from there to the finish it "
re re over the port quarter.
lie Details of the race are as follows:
Long before half past ten the upper
Oh was dotted with pleasure craft under WI
ng all heading for the starting point in
". great contest which all felt would co
er oil at last. Pier l., North river '
, thronged with people before nine o'clo
lb to get on the iron steamers Oygnus, Sir
oh and Taurus, while ut West Twenty-th
,h- street, pier 6, North river, and Jewe
an wharf, Brooklyn, the great three-d,
mt steamers Grand Republic and Columl
he with scores of guy flags flying, took
ng hundreds of passengers to see the RI
nd The decks of the steamers Elm City, S
err van Dell, Sylvan Grove, Albert
ID Thomas A. Morgan, IL. Il. Bay, LAURA
Jp- Starin, the Old Dominion Line steams
en Richmond and many other smaller be
rk- were also well filled with spectators.
it'll The steamer Taurus WINS chartered
MS the New York Yacht Club for its que
the tho William Fletcher by the Scawnnh
the Yacht Club, the Joseph Stickney by
ore Larchmont Yacht Club and the Rem
, is by the Produce Exchange Club MI
other boats were paid good prices to C
XIV vey enthusiastic admirers of the vac
re over the course.
stn A very light breeze from the southw
md barely rippled the water of the bay vi
ar the judges boat Liuckenbach, having
the board the regatta committee. Mes
I'd. j. Il. Tams and Charles Stebbins, v
lad Rear Commodore Il. O. Laurance, Dal
lde Appleton, secretary of the Eastern Ya
ind Club John Hawey, the cutter yacht
/, il sgner; 5. L. Lippincott and other pro
M nent yuchtsnen, arrived Mt Tompk
ort vile, Staten Island, ut $50, where
urn William Krebs, representing the \
lrse York Yacht Club ON the Genesta,
Mr.. Louis z. Bayard, s. Y. O., v
sail taken on board.
ing Both the Genesta and the Puritan
the already tripped their anchors and v
by standing out on the starboard tack
vel mid channel. Handsome indeed
flag these twin ocean gladiators look ms [
olt. slipped along over the almost IL,
the surface of the bay, wooing the "
Od. aloft, with their snowy white club
ne sails cleaning in the morning sunli
raft Mr.. Forbes and his muscular crew,
Ike mented by Mate Hickman and Il
the sailors from the schooner yacht Grayl
way looked confident and earnest, while
t on Richard Sutton, Captain Carter and
the white-jacketed tars appeared slig
lich uneasy when they saw the light weat
d so A long blast Of the whistle
the 1925 ON the Judges boat g