The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-17

DOOMED 10 plsAppoprnGHr
An Immesso a. sihoring 10 Wlirrss iho
Race nttwoon ihs purifpr Hnd iho
Oenesta- Tho uarU hru.irt1
ga on Account oi TN
favorable weather
Tho Great YacbtHace

lslaud, aru rIceutu Tor tho hp'slelous
Horseshoe. S'h0onor-yaehts neso-
lutte, Tidal Wave, Foam, Es,ella,
VaIunnR au4 Adrian, sloops Thetls
and Arrow, Hul ,,sgm'gacnt Vision
all bobbed ~ on the crested waves OF
tho Horsssp1e's troubled water ~
midnight. t, nigh, advance the
wind increased sud tha waves y0lod
higher aud higher. The wind blow
dead from tho northeast, and kept
increasing from 10 miles an hour,
at sunset To- nearly Is miles gt mid
night. The mnrpiug broke hopefully,
ana ut dayur,ak an WIS l.in and bus
tie on board the yachts. I'm olishole
signal was huistod On tho ilsCStaii on
Highlands. rhe wind was then nom
the northeast and blowing Rt The rate
OF II miles an hour, with indications
of n steady all-dsy breeze. At 5 O'clock
none of the sailing craft had started
for the lightship, s,thOugh much car
vas was spread. TIE sCbOOrer-yach',
America, with General Bu'lor
ON boara i,,,.,l Was iirS' ,,. T..
ing. Soon thereafter Tho PUrit an
and Genv~ ~ were sighted coming up
on tho port tack, the Puritan from tho
uatrows and tho Geuesta from Yves
bank.
Al SCOTLAND LIGHTsHIP.
The ilniilla, which gathered around
Scotland iightship this morning, was
imposing IA numbers, even II 70 did
not equal the dimensions OF the great
ileoG which covered inc ocean = week
ago. In addition 10 countless yachts,
from the majestic FchooneTs 10 skuCy
sleeps sud cutters, which dashed
among their large companions like
gulls or miunows, there wese steam
yachts and great many large steam
the New York Yacht club. Some eager
persons won't down to Sandy
Hook last evening, expecting
to find accommodations, and had -
sorry time Of it WANDERING about wet, |
colo and hungry upon that unhos- |
pite6ls spot Few OF them remained |
to see tre great race, which had |
prompted benz TO tbejr IN wise eEpc-
di'iuu. FamlshGd with cold aud |
hunger, thew took the earliest boat for |
New York or Long Branch. The day |
WIS regarded as most favorable OUe |
f." for the Gaueste, but Tho Puritan, AFTER
the Goelet cue race, in p rous'pg
southeasier, ut Newport should NOS ue
thought to dislike the weather. Cen
eral Butler could not have wished q
beit sr breeze for the America, and -
day he is net thought to have any
reason 10 complain, even though he
was arranging "a match, as no did at
Gloucester, when tho condition OF the
race was that there should be an eight
knot breeze. IL was then said, after
no lad been beaten by the Fortune,
Giteus snd Mohican, that lie had the
wind ne wanted, and the process OF
WINNING him was termed educating
Ben Butler. He will 90 over the
course, to-day, in the America. Cam
tain esse Clark, one of the best in
formed of the younger yacht skipners,
CLARK, of the sloop Mischief, said, this
morning, that he never saw any yes-
sci show the speed that the America
did one day, beating to the windward
in strong wind.
Early in The morning the sailors OF
several yachts pulled away from their
crafts towards Sandy Hook. When
they arrived they drew from their
sdingy" portentious bags, which they
Immediately began to fill with sand.
This they took back to their vessels,
and soon the grind and swish OF the
work of holystoning the decks could
be heard on shore.
A dispatch from the Horseshoe says:
In the nelghborhood Of the Scot
land Iahtship the morning
opened with fresh northeasterly
breeze, without much s9a, although
white caps, far out, gave indications of
rough water, later in the day"
By o o'clock the Horseshoe was full
OF life, most OF tho large yachts having
anchored there for the night, while the
Narrows Was CROWDED with steam
craft aud excursion boats. The Purt-
tan and the Genesta were towed To the
lichtsbip in company with the Judges
boat and the tug Of the New York
yacht club, at 10 O'clock, and there was
q good deal OF fast calling by crack
clubs while the races got ready. Tho
of light, and the breeze freshen-
ing every moment. At 11:i5 the
whistle to get in position WAS
sounded, and the TlO0per and tho cut
ter had every square ipCh of canvas up
az ifbv magic. The way the Genesta
showed her hull, under pressure OF
the brseze, aniszed tho yachtmen who
had not occasion to see her in any
thug hut cnmparativs Gains OF Mon !
day and Tuesday. She keeled over at
times in way that would have fright.
ened the spectators had they not
known how much OF her was still un-
der water and how many tons OF lead
held her down. Her speed during the
preliminary sailing for position could
not be compared to that OF
tha American boat, but
both dashed through the
w. ter in y fashion which promised n
fire race. They did not come near
en,lngh to have what might be called
a crush, until the line was crossed,
perhaps having last Tuesdays disaster
in mind.
THE START.
at :25 the signal to cross the line
WAS given, and IN q minute the Two
blaets frou, tbe judges boat announced
the racers were off, the Puritan pass
ing tirst, so far as could be seen from ,
Sandy Hook, aud taking the wind
nearly parallel to line Of Coney Island.
The Genesta was about 10 seconds
side. whether her delay c
was due to the Puritan having taken 9
her wind, could not be determined.
Five hundred yards from the start the !
two boats had drawn apart with about
the came speed, the Genesta wish 6
ing, apparently, to repeat Mondays |
performance and get ahead OF the g
Puritan by going freer; the Puritan I
sailing as close to the wind as possi- :
BILE. BY the end of the first mile, the
Genesta had run lseveral hundred l
yards in advance, the Puritan Keeping
in the teeth of the breeze, !
which had become so strong L
as to send half the smaller c
boats back under the reefs, after
tI.ey had seen the start.
AZ 1910 the Gsnessa put about as II !
60 cross the Puritan's bow, but gave 1t :
mp in two minutes and resumed her
course, with a'subStantial load.
BULLETIN.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE yacht race y
has been declared off for the day. u
Tho wind died out and the yachts did y
not round .he floats. The Genesta is p
being tswed in and the Puritan IL sail y
Ing in. ~
SANDY Hook, $3.50 a. M.--The wind p
In rr1od Ara.a frnYn tho epat and the "