Daily Kennebec journal., 1885-09-29
SPORTING.
THE YACHTS.
Cape May Challenge Cup.-The Daunt.
less Beat by About Thirty Miles.

The Genes,a rounded Five Fathom light
ship at 3.35 z NJ Sunday. She was accom-
panied by the tug Luckenbaeh. At ) 45 the
Dauntless was sighted of Hereford Inlet
bound dowp and at least 30 miles behind the
Genesta. The Genesta was becalmed of
Bargate on Saturday night and did not pass
there until midnight. At o'clock Sunday
A. NJ. she was off Atlantic City. Very light
winds from the west and south prevailed on
the course to the lightstip. After o'clock
Sunday night light wind prevailed and the
Genesta probably again becalmed.
Light northeast winds came in rendering her
return TO Sandy Hook very slow.
SANDY Hook. Sept. %.
The Genesta passed Sandy Hook lightship
at about l0.l5 under mainsail fore-topsail,
jib, jbboom and sprit-topsail. Her correct
time could not be taken from shore, as the
weather was hazy. The wind was light from
the southeast. She was afterwards taken in
tow by the Luckenbach, which has kept her
company and is now passing the Hook. The
Dauntless is not in sight. The Genesta car
ries below the signal of the Royal Yacht Club,
at the masthead, three of her private signals,
probably telling that she has won three races.
New YORK, Sept. 2S.
The British cutter Genesta which raced
with the American schooner Yacht Dauntless
for the Cape May challenge cup has scored
another victory. She made the distance from
Sandy Hook buoy No. ), around Five Fathom
Bank lightship off Cape MAY, and the return
to the Sandy Hook lightship, a distance of
275 miles, in AZ hours, Ii minutes and 40
seconds. The Daunrless was last seen at
about 80 z. NJ, Sunday, about ) miles
north of the upper liehtship near Cape May,
with her fore-topsail broken Oft. She was
then about 80 miles behind.
The Genesta had the lead at the start and
pluckily kept it through the race. The
starting signal was given few minutes be-
fore o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and the
Genesta whisked across the line at that time
followed minute or two later by the Daunt
less. There was a brisk breeze blowing from
the southeast at the time and the cutter took
advantage of it in the best possible manner
At 5.40 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the
Dauntless. which was a little behind the
English craft took in her balloon jib and set
her small jib-topsal. At 6 o'clock she was
estimated by those on board the press boat
Luckenbach to be three miles behind. The
tug followed the Dauntless for a little while
but finding that the cutter was running away
from the schooner, the Luckenbach steamed
after her. The GeDesta headed about south
west along the Jersey coast. and at 30 the
electric lights of Long Branch were visible
on her beam.
An hour later she was abreast of Asbury
PARK. Bargate light was sighted early in the
night and the staunch little cutter was abeam
of its brilliant flash at | A. NJ. Sunday.
About Sunday morning the Absecon
light was sighted west by northwest, and the
wind freshened little. The northeast end
lightship off Cape May was sighted by those
on the tug about ll.3O and the horizon was
closely scanned for the Dauntess, but no
vessel answering her description could be
made out About p NJ, Sunday, boat
manned by crew of four came from the
lightship and reported that the Dauntless had
not been seen by them. At 3 %, p. NJ,
the Five Fathom Bank lightship off Cape
May was dexterously rounded by the Genesta
she having completed halt the distance in %
hours, SO minutes and 80 seconds.
About =. NJ. the northeast end lightship
was passed and Is minutes later the schooner
Dauntless was deserted about miles north
of the lighthouse. She was bearing down
under iull sail of canvas except that III
place of the fore-topsail she had the main
topsail and the tore-topmast had gone bv the
board 1t is not known how she came to
lose her topmast, but it is supposed that in
carrying her balloOn-tOpsail a gust of wind
snapped it off, it having probably been weak
ened in the storm she encountered in the
Brentons reef race.
About 5 30 the Dauntless took a tack to
the southeast and the steam tug went over
and found that with the exception of the
damage mentioned she was all right. At
6 20 the tug returned to watch the Genesta
sight Absecon light, Is miles off her port
bow. Little Egg Harbor light was made at
10 50 and at IL Barnnegat light was sighted
bearing northeast One-forth mile off this
point to the end of the race the trip was un-
eventful.
At exactly l0-ll-52 she rounded the Sandy
Hook lightship. Her official time of the race
was AZ hours. IA minutes and 55 seconds,
and her actual time AZ hours, IA minutes and
40 seconds. She was then taken in tow by
the tug Luckenbach and cOnveved to her an
chorage off Tompkinsville, S. |. Dozens of
yachts fired salutes from small guns mounted
on their decks which the victor acknow ledged
by dipping her colors.
J. Beaver Webb was in charge of the
cutter in the race, Sir Richard Sutton having
gone back to England. The Dauntess Is
expected to arrive at Sandy Hook lightship
about p. NJ. Yachtsmen are at loss to
know how her topmast was broken off.