The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-17
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Description Of the Contest.

Description Of the Consost.
NEW York. Sept. Is.-"The cup stay
in America" These words were spoke
by ex-C Commodore James D. Smith, as tn
Purian's main boom passed the fnisI
line, of Scotland Lightship to-day, atts
the closest contest ever sailed over an.
twenty mile course. The Genesta wa
beaten one minute and thirty.eigh
secondB, corrected time, and two min
utes and nine seconds actual time. Thl
c6urse cf twenty miles tn leeward and re
turn from the Scotland iightship, the wint
being westnorthIest, the yachts werl
sent away on an eastsoutheast CoursI
dead before the wind. In this run TIE
cutter beat the slOop one minute and two
seconds. From there to the tiniHh they
made but one short tack OF mile and two
long logs, of o and 10 miles respectively
in half gale Of wind, which canted "a
north-northwe soon after the outer mark
was turned. In this work the Puritan
gained three minutes and 30 seconds IRON
point to point. Leaving Pier East river
at 9ocl6ck the committee boat LuCker.
bach flying the flags of New York, east
ern, and the Loyal Thomas yacht clubs
steamed DO En the bay TO Staten Island,
taking on board there Mr.. Lewis Bayard,
OF the Scandinavian Yacht club, and Mr..
Ruland, Of the Priscilla.
The sky was sclear as bell, but over
the New jersey hills; in the westward
Aaecy white clouds were riaing, giving
promise Of an increase in the force Of the
moderate breeze from the west-northwest,
then blowing. There was one solitary
spectator on the bluff of Fort Wadsworth
as the boat passed through the nArrows
where there had been thousands on Nom
day TO see the first race. There was no
time lost in the preparations.
When the judges boat arrived the
Genesta and Puritan we're both seen
underweigh, close up to the Scotland
Lighuhip, the starting point. As soon as
Mr.. Schuyler representing the Genesta on
the Puritan was put on board the latter
yacht and aeet, Captain Robert
Center boarded the Genesis to do
similar duty for the Puritan people. The
tug Scandinavian in charge of Messrs.
Lippfncott and Mr. Olsen was sent away
to log out the tWenty-mile course east
southeast, and at l0:45 the committee
boat anchored with the lightship bearing
south-aouLhweat I5O yards. This forms
the imaginary line over which the yachts
were to pass.
When the preparatory whistle was given
at II o'clock, the Puritan lay about quar-
ter Of a mile astern Of the judges boat,
heading to the southeast with spanker
boom down, main sheet hauled aft and lib
sheet to the windward. One minute be-
toro the starting whistle was blown the
Genesta came tearing across the tugs
stern, and the Puritan bow on the main
tack heading parallel with the line.
Those who were watching the movements
of both were positive she would cross the
line before the signal was given and
ibreathlessly awaited the result. Just then
the Purilan's main sheet was paid out.
Cant. Crocker put her helm down and she
came for the line, so finely had the cut
.ter's skipper calculated the time, that
while the startling whistle was blowing
she shot across the line, her crew run
ming her immense spinnakef aloft as
she went over and breading it out in Just
so seconds away she flew TO leswGrd,
leading the Puritan by 10 seconds. The
latter broke out her big balloon iib-top-
sail and the spinnaker In minute after.
A beautiful picture was then presented "a
they dashed away with their pyramids of
white cznvass above their narrow hulls.
Ali the steam yachts kept we'll to ieeward
of the racers, ,.and the smaller ones were
puzzled to- keep pace with them. The
official time Of the start was: Genesta,
II :O5:l6; Puritan, l1:06:l.
The Puritan soon began to close the gap
made at the start. She kept directly in
her antagonists wake until nearly up
with her, when she hauled 70 the eRat-
ward 20 that the Genesta could not keep
off and prevent her passing without gyb-
ing. Atl1:35 she took in her balloon iib
top-sail and atay-sail, and ut II AS abe had
passed out ahead Of the Genesta about
half q length.
Her spinnaker was not drawing well,
neither was her mainsail, for tho wind
was, as an old sailor remarked, ''at the
main boom end" Captain Carter recog-
mixing this fact, took in his spinnaksr at u
O'Clock, gybed her main boom, dipped her
spinnaker boom and set the sail on the
port side, all In Ave minutes. She tmma-
diataly drew ahead Of the sloop
and in half IN hour had passed
her. This was q surprise, but what was
comingwasa greaterone. Fifteen minutes
later the cutter was good quarter Of q
mile in the lead with her great white
spinnaker bellying cut in the stifening
breeze. The Puritan's people could gybe,
although their spinnak0rwas not drawing,
and she was steadily dropping astern.
The Puritan finally crossed the line .
winner, and The cup still staysin America.