Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-09-24
AMERICA WINS.
The Prize Cup Remains In This
Country.
The Great International Race Between
the English Yacht Genesis and
American Yacht Puritan Is
Won by the Latter.

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tho English Yacht Genesis. and
American Yacht Puritan Is
Won by the Latter.
NEW YoKK, September 17.-"The cup
stays in America" These words were
spoken by ex-Commodore James D. Smith
Is the Puriran's mainboom passed the
finish line off Scotland lightship to-day. after
the closest contest ever sailed over any
forty-mile course. The Genesta was beaten
one minute and thirty-eight seconds, cor
rected time, and two minutes and nine sec
onds actual time. The course was twenty
miles to leeward and return from the Scot
land lightship, the wind being west-nOrth-
west. The yachts were sent away on an
east-southeast course dead before the wind.
In this run the cutter beat the sloop one
minute and twenty-one seconds. From
there to the finish they made but one short
tack of mile and two long legs Of nine
and ten miles respectively In half . gale OF
wind, which changed to nOrth-nOrthwest
soon after the ''outer mark" was turned
In this work the Puritan gained three
minutes and thirty seconds from point to
point. When the preparatory
whistle was given at eleven O'Clock
the Puritan lay about a quarter
of a mile astern Of the Judges boat head.
ing to the southeast, with spinnaker boom
down to starboard, main sheet hauled aft,
jib sheet to windward. At one minute be-
fore the starting whistle was blown the
Genesta came tearing across the tugs stern
and the Puritan's bow on the port tack.
Just then the Puritan's main sheet was paid
cut, and the Captain put her helm down
and she came for the line. So finely had the
cutters skipper calculated the time that
while the starting whistle was blowing she
shot across, her crew, running her immense
spinnaker aloft as she went over and break
ing it out in just thirty seconds. Away
she flew to leeward, leading the Boston
slOop by fOrty-five seconds. The latter
broke out her big balloon jib as she crossed
and set her spinnaker in minute. The
two clipper yachts presented grand pic
ture as they dashed along with theil
pyramids of snow white canvas tower.
ing above their narrow hulls. The official
time of the start was Genesta II :05 :16
Puritan 11:O6:15. The Puritan soon began
to close the gap made at the start She
kept directly in her antagonists wake unit
nearly up with her, when she hauled out
eastward, so that the Genesta could moi
keep off and prevent her passing without
gybing. At :35 she took in her balloon
jib topsail and staysail, and at 11:45 she
had passed out ahead Of the Genesta about
half a length. Her spinnaker was not
drawing we'll at this time, neither was hel
mainsail, for the wind was, as an old sailor
remarked, lat the mainboOm end" Cap
tain Carter recognizing this fact took in his
rspinnaker at IL m, dipped her spinnakel
and set the sail ron the port side all in five
minutes. She Immediately drew ahead OF
the sloop, and in half an hour had passed
her. This was surprise, but what was
coming was greater one. Fifteen minutes
later the cutter was a
GOOD QUARTER OF A MILE
in the lead. with her great white spinnakel
bellying out in the stiffening breeze. The
Puritan would not gybe although the spin
maker was not drawing and she was steadily
dropping astern. Down came the GeneSta's
club topsail at 1856, the Puritan's coming
in moment later. The cutter set a work
ing topsail but the sloop set no other. Al
one p. M. the Genesta's spinnaker boom
was lowered on deck and everything made
snug for tho long beat to windward. The
large passenger boats and steam yachts had
gathered off the outer mark and all eyes
were turned upon the two boats as they
came bounding along. All thought then
that the Genesta was a winner. The Off.
cial time of rounding was: Genesta,
1 :O5 80: Puritan, 1:07:36. The former
with her main sheet hauled fiat aft gybed
as she rounded and in a minute after she
was closehauled ON the starboard tack stand
ing to the southwark. The Puritan
made wide turn, which placed her far
ther to leeward, and now commenced a
grand struggle for the finish, twenty miles
10 windward. Every one thought
the cutters top sail must come in. Down
she went, keeling over as she felt the force
of the squall, till her lee rail was lost to
sight in smother" of gittering foam
over yet till the water was washing up to
her skylights amidships, and there was the
limit. Captain Carter held her to her
course, then about north by east. one-Quar-
ter east, for the wind had hauled to north
northwest and she seemed to spring
through the choppy seas which were top
windward as the eye could reach. The
Puritan was making excellent weather OF it
at this time and was steadily ''eatng" up
through the Genesta's lee. just
before she tackled at 2:17 she
was fully half mile on the Genesta's
lee ebOw. Instead Of lacking when she
could have crossed the Genesta's bow, she
kept on, thereby, the committee say, losing
much valuable ground. The Genesta went
about at 2:ls. This stretch to the west
ward proved to be the last one, as the wind
favored the yachts so they were able to
fetch the finish. When Captain Croker
found he could easily fetch the lightship lie
started the sloop's sheets and gave her
good full" She was then about One-half
mile on the Englishman's weather quarter
who also had his main sheet started trifle
but was pointing" very high. AT :35 the
Puritan kept broad off and came boiling
down for the Genesta's weather, evidently
intending to blanket her. Captain Carter
seeing this put the cutters helm down sud.
denly and shot the Genesta
into the wind across his rivals stern and
took windward position himself, although
he lost fully three minutes by the operation.
There was 'luffing' match for few mo-
ments until the Puritan got far enough
ahead. They were then, at 1888, about
three and half miles from the finish. The
water was getting smoother every moment,
while the breeze continued strong. The
Puritan increased her lead steadily and
crossed the finish line at 4:09:15, while the
feet of steamers gave her rousing recep-
ton, Mr.. Forbes and his crew responding
heartily. The Genesta crossed the line at
4:10:19, only two minutes and twenty-f0ur
seconds behind her.
Chamberlain Views.