Daily Honolulu press., 1885-09-23
AMERICA KEEPS THE oUPl
BY Sixteen Minutes and Nineteen Sec
onds Corrected Time.

New YORK, September i4th. AT
last the representative yachts of Eng.
land and America, the center-board
sloop fp,Ttdn, and the keel cutter
Gsntsfa, have met and fought one
round in the marine battle which is to
decide another ownership Of that pre-
cious trophy, the American cup In
the race Of thirty-eight miles over the
inside course Of the New York Yacht
Club to-day, in extremely light weather,
the center-board defeated the cutter by
sixteen minutes and Al seconds, actual
time, or with a8 seconds, the time al
lowed the Puritan, by r6 minutes and
10 seconds corrected time.
The course was from on imaginary
line between Buoy rS, off Owls Head,
Staten Island, and the committee boat,
anchored an eighth Of mile to the
westward, and around buoys 10 and
1871 in the lower bay; and thence to
and around Sandy Hook lightship and
return to the finish off buoy IS, ar
eighth of mile south Of Fort Wads
worth. The wind at the start was ligh,
from south by west, which made dead
heat to the first mark; from there tc
the lightship the wind freshened and
permitted the yachts to start sheets a,
intervals; from the outer mark back tc
buoy S, off Sandy Hook, the wind was
about four points free. Two tacks
we're made in Horseshoe to weather
buoy 10, and from there to the finish
the wind was we'll on the port quarter
An analysis of the race shows that in
the windward work to buoy 10 the
Puritan beat the Genesta 8 minutes
and second; from there to the light
ship minute and Io seconds, and
from the start to the lightship a minutes
and 20 seconds; from buoy S, off Sandy
Hook, to the lightship, about 8 miles,
in a fresh breeze, with lee sails to the
water, the Puritan only gained za
seconds on the Genesta and only IS
seconds on the same distance coming
back to buoy S. In the entire run
from the outer mark to the finish, the
Puritan beat the Genesfa IL minutes
and IS seconds. q
A long blast from the whistle, at
1925, on the judges boat, echoing
among the heights of Staten Island,
was the preparatory signal. At that
time Jay Gould's steam yacht atlanta,
the Coysaiy, Stranger, Radha, Niola,
Magnolia, Uiowuna, Nsion, Electra,
Wanda and Sentinel with all the above
named passengers and about fifty tugs,
had gathered to the north and east of
the starting line. The Genesta and
Puritan were lying to within three hun
dred yards OF the judges boat. The
tide was running strong flood when
the signal was given at 1890. Both
yachts came down for the line almost
together The Puritan was to wind
ward, and crossed first at Io:32. Both
yachts we're handicapped, their official
time being Io:3a. Standing across to
the Long Island shore, they both
tackled close under Owls Head. At
Io:37:o3, the Genesta feeling" a puff,
which struck her just as she pulled
away on the port tack, shot ahead of
the Puritan, but the gain was only
for when both tackled
fifteen minutes later the Genestd was a
good 500 yards in the Puntan's wake.
AS the rival craft passed through the
Narrows hundreds Of spectators stand
ing on the high sloping green bluffs
the contestants on. The
Puritan catching puff Of wind passed
out first, while the Genesta lay about
under the lee of the fort.
When she finally got breeze, the
Puritan was nearly mile ahead, tack
ing west to buoy No. IA.
At 1908 the Puritan fetched to the
quarantine anchorage. The wind was
very light and neither yacht made much
speed against the tide. When both went
about at I2;3a, the Puritan to port and
Genesta to starboard, the former was
fully half mile to windward. After
1--WE tedious stretches to windward, buoy
No. 10 was weathered and rounded as
follows Puritan, I:Io;a2 Genesfa,
II9:as. They we're saluted by the
attendant steamers. The Puritan
passed buoy No. S at I:3a and started
her sheets for the run to the lightship.
The Genesta passed the buoy at I:36.
Both were carrying the same sail, main
sail, club topsail, fore staysail, jib and
From here to the outer
mark was the most exciting part Of the
contest. Travelling at ten-knot rate,
with fresh breeze, and heeling till
their lee sails were "awash" they made
pretty picture, Quite heavy swell
came rolling in from the eastward and
soon its crests were lowered with white
caps, while the immense hotilla of
steamers, supplemented every moment
by others from the city, chased each
other at full speed for the lightship, 10
witness the turn, which was made by
he yachts as follows ; Puritan, a:I4:54 |;
Genesfa, 2ao;I6. Both were given d
perfect ovation Of applause from steam
guns and hundreds of throats
Is they lufed grandly round the mark
md kept away with sheets started for
ne point off Sandy Hook. The Puritan
leld her lead well, and both, with
'ooms off to starboard, came to the
Westward like race-horses, only to strike
nto calm streak and head wind off