Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-17
n Great Race.
WINS, BUT AA
~ ssE MINUTE To
sPARk.
|rjSEIY CONTESTED

Q0SELY CONTESTED
ssct' l6.-when the sun
asS, ~, Ihe SEA of Sandy HOOK
@'t ~ tbs Ky in the east was
~. with leaden clouds;
!ssI, ',I moved the branches OF
" s"s lines which cover the
Y v. X the Otherwise barren
,ssb.smen who were ou.
ibis early hour shook
I. T., ,sd suggested that the
IN outside yacht race were
,As atmosphere continued
Z. .ill clear enough to dis
,s,Iye miles away. AT
" tle signal Service omcer
Y, ar,iuy observations. The
ssrd. was blowing at the
y, s,In miles an hour from the
The probabilities were.
aa the breeze, instead OF
,oald die away.
,,ntyach,s lay at anchor
...sOs =. this morning. WASH
csspor's steam yacht ITO
.,D,r;y Of ladies and gentle
y, lay near the steamboat
"a, her were :he yachts
,srsn, ~ Clio, Eedouin, Clara
ri ,be sloops Mischief and
rpic toe Hook the sea was
srittw vessels until long
GClotk. Then the ships,
ri Other craft which had
4 anchor far up the bay
En,ssld swept out into the
|,r, Of lie cordage and the
M sai,s uf ,oIe OF those
n a p.a!uiy heard from the
F,iljvluE came the
4, ysy York club, buoy
i ncuis.tn steamers with
la~tgesg, ard finally the
,el,l7 lltd racers, the
lte Gf' e,ta. OF these the
! he t,s, TO pass through
rpl.. Fort "ndsworth. Hei
.tal.. only were act, but
ra .!er, 70 catch the wind
la a iair headway. She
trr73jo'c o'clook. An hour
risu, IL tow, followed by O
r,au yachts, passed into
h. Her sails we're furled
ttau ~ The RAsE.
rplys In America" These
yosen by exCommandeI
s,rh az lhe Purisan's mait
K he finish line of Scotland
E.iy after the closest con-
Elsi over any forty-milt
D. G-nesta was beaten
1 seconds corrested time
es,s and 8 seconds Actua
tslse was twenty miles u
kearn from the Scotland
N wind being w. N. W.
me sent away on an Il 8
b before the wind. In thiI
NJ cutter beat the Ameri.
lIlrte and q seconds
EiAe auish they made bu
mo- o mile and two lonl
n n miles respectively ii
\ sind, which canted b
m si;er The outer mark
II this work the Purital
,;,s anil 80 seconds from
Iht
preparatory whistle wa
f'tl O'clock the Puritan la
|aTti a mile astern Of th
htading 0 the southeast
4l.boom down to starboar
Arlsi att and jlbsheet
0ae minute before til
'lrile was blown, the Gt
ieafing across the tug
Selritan's bow ON the POI
Elis llIallel with the lin,
's'a watching the NOV
Nl were positive she woul
ilt before the signal ",
siesthlessly awaited u
lie Puritan's mainshe
sN' captain Crocker put h,
Y al4 she came for the lin
~ Zee cutters skipper
lae time that while I'll
'as:lt was blowing she sh
aaes inpning her immen
ai0ll a. she went over, ni
0s'ih just thirty second
lsE TO the leeward, leadil
s9oP by forty Hve second
'l.Ee ol, her big balloon ]
ittr.
.tald picture these two eli
\ 4 Presented !, as they dash
= 'nelt pyramids OF sno
va 'lseFllg above the ir nj
=. a, '0e steam Yachts Ii
''n =, 'Le twin racers, and
~ s4's were puzzled
~ ~ VIII them, The la
]'lo,a Joined the fleet
49,, - " sandy Hook. I
SUI l-e start was AZ folio
"..'.-,....llh. Dom. !
-.... llh. 06m. {
~. !, !. soon began TO close
~ Tue start. She kept
~ sai ial'agonist's wake III
f',h ' her, when she hau
! 'sa,'Ssrl 81, 70 iuas the Gene
~, estep Of aud prevent
n ,,ssG. ssi eyting. At 1l.H
hi, vl,.ooh Jlb topsail and q
,.n'io =. she had passed
r.. ,.e Genesta about hal
AZ, rMp M'piaaakcr was not DR.,
\, 'l,s Lime, neither was
a,,S.s,l 4, ,ls wind was, as an
Gnaa'F'u at tbs main be
u S't T., Carter, recognia
rbaS N.S 10 his spinuaker a
ts,ts,- s,u- NV main boom, dip
As'v : sIl in five minutes,
MAJ u'eS ahead of tn 0 81,
i. .a ,,a,, louF had passed
lhas va ssa Snrprise, but v
,,,r,s,. ', later the cutter
nss,l Of, ol mile in the |
d IN. n. White spinnaker bt
pSs,, Se ,suiieuing brseae. ~
b ttS%p's tSsip.' would not q
R,.,saiI ,aIIi !, spinnaker was o
DssSn4 n4e was steadily drop
Fea! n, Ga'na So the Gene
sta ne,.. ~ u 50, the puril
Faklna utlt later. The q
ass,s A'elsa'l, but the