Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-15
fssts the Gsnesta in the First
Race.
tITrNG SCENES At THE sTAsT
! Face Course Alive With Sailing
Graft.
TEEN MINUTES NINETEEN SECONDS
s,.-5 Tme---Variable Winds a Draw
5act---An Exciting
Race.
,osE ONE FOR The AmERIcANYACHT

H. NURE, September l+.-In the IS
Z. race over the New YORK Yacht Club
.,e &c Gay the Puritan defeated the Ge-
IS IL minutes 70 seconds corrected
IT, or l6 minutes II seconds actual time.
Wind was extremely light from the
5, 70 Sandy Hook going out and from
i - 10 he finch coming in; from the
& CcE 10 the hgh;ship and back there was
i good eight-knot breeze. The tide was
q during the frs: half Of the race and
coming home.
TE. largest Zee, Of steamers ever assem-
j Z New York Har0or for similar
:. accompanied the yachts over the en-
ars ccu-se. The scene at the finish was
4 C. the grSudest ever witnessed. Both
ssE.s were sa!u;ed by every vessel and
t:y.a F. Wsdsso:th, Staten Island.
N w.-s 70 the cracking OF the iron top of the
vests main mast the outside race is post
as5 I'll Wednesday.
At Last
representative yachts OF Euglaud aud
I % .-,Ca-rhs centre board sloOp Puritan
4-i.2e eel cl::er Genes.s-hsVe met and
Il, one roand in the marine battle
~ 3 20 decide the future ownership Of
! 10, r.,...c@s 20 pAY the Americas cup In
s,ru hr,ye d: miles over the inside
geo. ne New York yacht club to-day,
E- l~u,re board defeated the cut
L., E.,G h 5 seconds time allowed
n r ,.',ey oy P.r;,an is minutes, 70 sec
q, J. .cr-ec.vl The course nom an i'm
a..s,-g Ire between buoy Is of Owls
led /. and he committee boat an
I'd e. Of mile to the westward aud
sd ..cys 0 and in the lower bay,
......- 70 auL a-ound Sandy Hook igh;
.a..p AID rs'ura ,oAa finish of buoy Is,
e. $ ..'e south Of Fort WadsEorth.
The Wind
.. tz 50. was light from the south by
vr.. VII made It q dead heat to
,l. E-sI mark. From there to the light
10 the wind ireshensd and permitted
he Yachts TO start sheets at intervals. From
,5= outer mark back 70 buoy of Sandy
lCOa tie wind was about points free.
2 20 ,aChs wece made IN the horse.
,ros to- weather buoy 10 and from
;azse % the finish the wind was
We, OF IL port. An analysis of the race
shows that 10 EiRdvard work to buoy 10 the
P.-:,aE beat the Geues;a three minutes, one |
ssuo5G from :here 70 the light ship one
u..-l L. nine se-Old5 and irom the start to
.-s lg5, skip fox minutes, twenty seconds.
OK ylor CG me point Of SANDY Hook
t5 he Egac ship, about eight
rs q Z fresh breeze with the lea
,4.,, 10 water, the Puritan only gained 22
s5-cLLs on the GeueSta, and only l. sec
rliso OF the same distance coming back to
...y No. .. n The entire run from the
o.-,- mai. 10 he &nish the Puritou beat
he Genesta
Tw ell 0Iiputss and Twenty-Five Seconds,
loJE before .H.30 this morning the upper
ay NAs dotted with pleasure craft under
W ght An heading for the starting point I
.2 tae contest which al felt would come of |
., las. Pier !. North river, was throngeC /
with psDJ.e By clock, eager to get on /
BOARD the iron cleaners L7gnus Sirius and /
Taurus. while az West 2%d street pier
North River, and Jewells wharf, Brook
Er. tie great deck steamer Grand Republic
nc Columbia win scores Of gay Tags took
N board hundreds 20 see the race. The
..l.s ct the steamers Elm City, Sylvan
b j. Sylvan Grove, Al0ertna, L. 4. Morgan,
Z. T. Boya, Laura VI. STAN, Old Dominion,
ne steamship Richmond, and mony other
ats we7- also sell illed with spectators.
be steamer Sa-rns was chartered Oy the
,ew York Yacht Club for its guests, the
Eu Fletcher oy the Seawauhaka ! acht
,.lo, tie Jos -.ickney by the Larchmont
acct Ciuo, auj ,bs Renoys oy the Pro
t., Exchange Club. Many other boats
'ere paid good Priees 10 convey
Enthusiastic Admirers
d: TIE yachts over he course. y ves7 hight
70, se from the southRard barely rpP.ed
-e waters Of the bsy when the Judges boat
.ck-vOsch having On board ;h5 regatta
0mmittee Messrs. J. T. Tams and Charles
tebbEs, with Rear Commander r. I.
.aursrce Daniel Appleton, Secretary Of
he Eastern ! -scht Club. Both the GeneSta
nd Puritan had ripped their anchors anu
ere standing out on the starooard tack Tor
- chsnneL Handsome indeed, did these
VIE ocean gladis;ors look, IS they shipped
lO1g over the almost CLASSY surface OF tue
az wooing the wind alott with
le.- srowv sails cleaning IN the
corning sunlight. Mr. Ford aud his mus
c.Ia- crew, augmented by Mate Rechman
nd thee sailors from the schooner yacht
r-avEur. logked confident and earnest,
lille SIT Richard Sutton, Captain carter
I'd L:s white iscketsd tars appeared snSnt
, -rcasv when they saw the hight weather.
The tide was running
.f-7 the starting signal was given at ,V'"V'
,r.b va.bfs came down for the line almoS!:
ore.Ear the Puritan 10 wlndHard aLu
rc,ss5 l;-., with the Gsuesta two SECONDS
,,r- As the R-air was 1882, both yscn's
we're Handicapped, ;hsir official time oe'ns
AIR five tedious stretches 70 wiad"arG
nov 10 vas weatbe-ed and rounded as to.-
oTs Puritan. l.I622; Geucs'a I.L9 .;
&c Puritan passed buoy . at 10 % SSH Gu
started sheets for the hghtshlp. Inc u
les,a passed the buoy at I:3"' bU'I "e: H
arriving the same sail, maiu SAIL eioo SAL sal.
creiop sail From here to the outer H'AfN
The Most Exciting Part
d: the contest. travelling ct lO knot r4'e
In 4 fresh breeze and heshug till their lee
rails were awssh" they made a pretty PIC.
.rre The time Wss made by the ysenIS, o,S Ss
follow, Puritan 2.I4.54, Gsnesta Z4S.'o'
Bo,h we're given
Perfect Oyati of Applause i
from steam whistles, guns aud hunareps So %
tbroats as they lufsd grsndly rouau l.o5 'S fo-
mark and kept away with snee'' S'"' ''