New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-08

which went out to see the Camprlas
,oces in 1870. Though the race
was not finished, the thousands who went
nnt to see it were well repaid by the sight oil
the phenomenal sailing OF the Boston
boat. The more the Puritan Ii
,oen the more wonderful she becomes.
II "a true that heavy weather is the Genestas
strong point, but 1t is also the Purltans.
If there is heavy weather to-day the
probabilities are much in favor OF
the American yacht winning. And it she wins
the question who will possess the cup Will
be practically settled. 1t was surprising
how much the Puritan excelled the
Genesta in pointing, quality on which Eng
Ish yachtsmen have always laid great stress.
CROWDS TO VIEW THE CONTEST.
NAVY STEAMBOATS, FILLEp WITH PASSENGERS "A
RUSH FROM NEw-ENGLASD.
The North and East Rivers were fairly alive at
davbreak with sea craft of every description. Inc
noise of whistles from the shrill warning OF the
sancy little; tugboats to the hoarse sounding log
horns of the big Sound steamboats,, echoed on all
ndes of the city. 1t was great day for the river
men and the vessels were all more or less bedecked
with flags or ribbons. Especially was this true OF
tbe steamers that were chartered to carry down
excursion parties and the public. at the
foot Of Whitehall-st. the steamer Eliza
Hancox was In waiting for party OF
English aud Canadians, friends of Erastus Wlman.
who had chartered the vessel. The sturdy Britons
came trooping down Broadway with their wives
sons, and daughters and boarded the steamboat un-
I'll she could hold no more, when the gates to the
landing were barred and the lines cast of and at
o'clock she started down the bay. 1t is safe to say
IL; ha the Eliza
Haucox were with the English cutter.
Men in Yachting suits With lorgnettes and field
glasses slung over their shoulders, and throngs of
sedate and sober-lookiDg civilians focked
toward the Iron Pier and boarded the vessels
of that feet they stopped there after touching at
Twenty-thIrd-st. The company stated that the
number would be limited In order to permit those
who were on board to have good view Of the race.
Int this stipulation was not regarded, and none
were turned away who applied. The first boat to
get away was the Taurus with 1000 passengers,
members of the New-York Yacht Club aud their
families. Then those who had como in from Boston
and the East had chance, after appeasing their
hunger TO go aboard the numerous other excursion
steamers which started within short time OF each
other from points all along the rivers. The
Cepheus and Sirius carried out about 1900 people
each, and the Cygnus, of the same company touched
IL
board. The Canonicus, which had tied up for a
short time at the foot of East Thirty-drst-st.,
steamed around to Pier 81, North River, and was
soon loaded with as many passengers as she could
safely carry. The Kill Won Kull picked up 500
passengers at jersey City, and then steamed across
to the New-York side and took on board 200 more
from the foot of Twenty-frst-st., North River The
steamer Thomas A. Morgan, which is accus-
toned to go to tho fishing banks, and
is safe and seawOrthy boat. carried
400 persons from the foot of West Tbirty-fourth-
st. 200 from the foot of Franklin-st. and 200 from
foot of Wall-st The fishing steamer ]. b. Schuyler
left East Twenty third-st. at o'clock for docks
Oh the North River for more passengers. The Syl-
van Grove with 500 on board left Twenty -frst-st.
and the North River at $50 o'clock ndlPer No G
on the same side of the city at 9:15.
About this time the North and East Rivers and
the Bay were fairly swarming with craft. Not
since the Statue of Liberty up in the
Isere has so beautiful sight been
witnessed looking south from the Battery WALL
The little yachts with their big spread of canvas
ali set to catch the light breeze the tugboats the
big white steamers, ugly lighters merchant vessels
and craft Of every conceivable description and
from every country passed back and forth on the
CLASSY water, scarcely stirred by the faint wind
An observer seated on the Battery wall could not
count the boats, they were so mum erous, The po-
lice boat Patrol went by with select party Of city
officials on board The tug Joseph p Stickuey
sped by with the members of the Larchmont
Yacht Club on board The mammoth steamers
Grand Republic and Columbia took down 1000
persons between them, gathered mp at points along
the North River and Brooklyn. The members of
the New-Jersey Yacht Club went down the
steamer Lyndhurst, while the Sylvan Dell took
down 500 Of the members of the Atlantic Yacht
Club. On the Iron steamer Sirius the families
and members of Eastern clubs from Boston, Port
land, Dorchester, Newport, New Bedford and Lynn.
The tugboats Cyclops Excelsior, Ivanhoe, X. F.
Cahill. Indian, g. p. Raymond, NJ. d. Starbuck,
L. l.. Levy and Reindeer all crowded with people,
glided past, gay with futteriDg pennants.
The Old Dominion steamship Breakwater took
down the Bay 900 passengers recruited from Phlla-
delphia, Baltimore Washington Norfolk and Rich
mond. The schooner c. P. Schultz, IN tow of tug
carried abont 100 sightseers
II was estimated that fully 10000 men and
women went down the bay to see the race. AS
tickets sold from 81 to SO each, about $125.000
was expended in this way. Active pOol-sellng on
the race was carried on on board the Kill Won Kull.
The Sound steamers that reached the city yester
day morning or the night before brought hundreds
Of patriotic NewEnglanders ready to bet their last
cent on the representative of Yankee shipcraft and
Yankee seamanship. Not only the regular steam
boats that ply between here and Eastern cities but
many excursion steamers that were strangers
IN these waters were piloted through He'll
Gate about daybreak and steamed down
the bay without stopping. having on
board crowds of men and women for whom the
vessels had been specially chartered. About the
largest and the pretiest of these visitors was the
steamer Empire State, which brought a party of
700 from Boston. The Empire State Is similar in
size and appearance to the Plymouth Rock. But
the great proportion of the sghtseers came In the
regular boats. The Bristol and Providence of the
fali River Line and the Rhode Island of tho
providence Line tied up at Warren and Murray