The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-09-15

SANDY HOOK. september ll.-At
p. IN. there is breeze coming up
from the south and southwest. The
yachts have caught it aud they are
both on port tack. The Genesta
Keeps nearly two miles astcrn of the
Puritan.
The race to-day is over VIVA, IL
called the inside cou So of the New
York yacht clui. The course is down
the narrows across the lower bay,
around buoy No. 10 Oh southwest
spit, leaving that buoy on the port
hand, thence to the southwark of
buoy No. 3 l2 and to the northward
of buoy No. s on the point of the
Hook, out around Sandy Hook light
ship and home over the same course.
finishing at buoy No 49, just outside
the Narrows.
The Puritan rounded the buoy at
southwest Spit at l:20 p. IN, and the
Genesta at l:2l. Both yachts are now
driving for Sandy Hook Point and the
friends of the Puritan think the Gen
esta is getting uncomfortably close.
The Puritan passed buoy five, oil
Sandy Hook Point at 1882 p. m, aud
the Genesta passed the same buoy at
1886. The wind is nine miles an hour
aud south-southwest. The Puritan is
well to windward and holding her
advantage; she is now outside of
Sandy Hook.
AT 2p. IN. the Gcnesta, after round
ing the Spit, sent up her balloon top
sail and rapidly reduced the distance
between herself and the Puritan. The
latter also sent up her balloon top
sail. The racers are only half mile
apart at this hour. The Puritan
passed the observatory opposite
Sandy Hook buoy No. l-12 at 1852
under perfect cloud OF canvass. An
iron steamboat iuterteres somewhat
with the wind OF the Genesta
The Puritan turned the stake boat
NJ 2:l5 and the Genesta has Just turned
at 2;2O The Puritan passed the Scot
land Lightship, homeward bound, at
2;33 m. 20 sec. the Gcnesta at
2:37 III. 30 sec.
AT 2;i5 the Puritan and Genesta
are on the port tack, the Puritan
keeping her position to the windward
II looks Us though the Puritan went
too far to the windward in rounding
tho L istlu auth a'Dt-- "ansaoiiantI- lasi
hauling her rival more rapidly than
on the outward course, but both
yachts are doing good work. The
fleet of steamers and yachts are all
homeward bound,
The Puritan went about on port
tack az 500, reaching in toward the
Jersey shore. The yachts were then
of the hospital ship. At 1888 the pur-
titan went about on the starboard tack
aud the Genesta took the port tack.
The Puritan at 1888 rounded the
Southwest Spit and the Gcncsta at
3:42.
The Puritan in passing Sandy Hook
was half mile ahead of the Genesta,
and after passing the Hook each
yacht was in turn delayed by the
strong ebb tide which sets in with
force at this point. The tide proved
more serious to the Genosta than To
the Puritan. The latter. however, re.
covered the lost ground and gained +
little before reaching the Southwest
Split buoy.
At 3:47 the Puritan set her balooi
lib and at $50 she load by over mile
The Puritan passed an imaginary lin'
drawn from the Hook towards tn,
Princess Bay, s minutes and 80 second
ahead of the Genesta.
The Puritan has just (i:05) passe'
!, the hospital ship and the Genesta i
away astern.
Captain Carter, in order to regal
! the ground the Genesta had lost ate
!. passing buoy No. 3, ran tar into til
4 Horse Shoe on starboard tack. Tn
! move seemed to be attended with SUI
\ cess until at the change in the courst
: the Puritan having thrown the win
r against her, she showed no advantage
\ The Genesta passed the Spit buoy q
q 3:42, a gain of minutes and
seconds from buoy No. 5, but tn
n Puritan by this time had set hi
= balloon jib, W ich greatly increase
i her speed and MS she went flying ovI
A the water her new burst OF spec
\ brought out salute from Il
: steamers.
Y 4:40 p. NJ: The Puritan wins Il
g race, crossing the winning line AT
n O'Clock IS minutes and 80 second
The Genesta crossed the line ut
O'Clock A minutes 80 seconds.