Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-08
IclIW STOPS THE RACE.
,,,ptr4N AND GENEsTA PUT
RACK AFTER 20 MILES.


u" .7,e Course in the Seven Hours
U-tbad bv the Rules-The Superior
L|,,,fas Of the Yankee Clearly DEM
U,rsted-she Gains Two Miles in
MI twenty
s,.nv HOOK, N. j., Sept. yachts Of
sizp and shape dotted the bay this
.,,o and each one was crowded with
.an,a who had come to witness the race
+bs America cup between the English
,tt Genesta and the American yacht
pr-tan. Early this morning the wind
as ligbt from the east. 1t afterwards
,..od down. and at s O'Clock there was
ta-oiy enough wind to fill a sail.
Hioo,clock the weather was hazy.
s.ioreI Yachts were beating out from the
y gorsa shop and others were being towed
aot The sea was as smooth as glass.
Mo Yacht PuritOn, in tow or the tug Lu-
her c. Ward, passed out at $500 O'CLOCK.
GOING TO THE STARTING POINT.
O'clock Yachts, steamers, steam
loate ms and sailing craft of every de-
s.rirtion wers going out toward Scotland
5gbf the starting point for the race.
ysyer before in the memory OF the Oldest
,oohitant was such fleet assembled
erOUn1 ShUl9 AbOhs AAO y0Shb CShNDbN
s.iI9i ont under her mainsail, fOresail,
sirb t0rsai, iib and jigtopsail at 1898.
When outside of the Hook she took tug.
The wind was five miles an hour from the
north.
hod The C0ntestiug yachts were still
around the Scotland lIghtship. Such
aaet was at that hour assembled at the
scotland lightship as had never been
mere before. The two sloops were getting
ready.
HOW THE BETTING STOOD.
Nrw YORK, Sept. THE betting,
sbieb last night had changed somewhat
IN favor of the Genesta, shifted again this
morning on Wall street to So and 70 to
IN in favor Of the Puritan. Bulletins
from Sandy Hook received this afternoon
reported as follows:
The Puritan started at ] :35 O'Clock, and
he Genesta at 1:36:10. The wind was
iigbt from the southwest. At 2:3O O'Clock
he Puritan was to the windward and
| nearly half mile ahead OF the Genests.
At4:14 o'clock the Puritan was one mile
% the windWard. At 4:53 O'Clock the
Y Yachts were still standing east-southeast.
The Puritan was gaining all the time and
looked to be two miles to the windward.
About II miles had been run. At 5:14
o'clock the Puritan was Al miles ahead.
The wind was very light.
Adispatch from the Highlands at 6:45
o'clock reported the yachts still standing
on the starbOard tack. They had not yet
turned the buoy. The wind was light
southwest 1t seemed impossible that
there should be a race. At 9:15 O'Clock,
Sandy Hook reported that the yachts could
aet be seen from there.
THE pT7pTTAN To THE FROAyT
Owing to the lateness of the start Of the
initial race between the Genesta and
M Puritan and to a lack of wind afterwards
the yachts succeeded to-day In making
only oue-halt the course. or 20 miles. In
this 3l-mie beat to windward the Puritan
squarely 0utsailed the Genesta / mile
n 10 and nearly , miles in 30.
haze settled upon the bay all the
morning, aud th9re was no wind from any
quarter until nearly noon. A hundred
sail of yachts lay in the Horseshoe at
Sandyhook this morning, when the judges
rat, the LuckenbOch, arrived from New
orS with the judges, Messrs J. T. Tams,
laTles stebbns and Philip Schuyler.
Naboarf were Jahn Harvey, A. Carey
AlU ana Henry Steers, yacht designers.
GOULD ON THE SCENE.
AT 9A5 O'Clock Jay Gould's yacht, the
Aiaante.passed out by the Hook followed
tle tug Luther G. Ward towing the
acltPuritan. She was saluted by guns
oia nearly every steam yacht in the feet,
llie on bar way to the Scotland light
p lap starting point. The Genesta re-
i'oed In the Horseshoe while Mr.. Will
am hfeos. Of the New York yacht club,
spfee.ntng the Puritan, was put on
d.Q ron The Judges boat. She then
I0Gseaed under sail on the port tack to
" n-ntship. The English cutter was
4'o 7aiuted by the large fleet Of yachts
7" under weigh. The tide was food
N Iug the forenoon. After a tedious
.All Oh TWO hours after the arrival of con-
e9'antS at the lightship
READY FOR THE WORD.
'oe preparatory signal was given from
'I J-oG-> boat al 80 o'clock 1t was
O"el oy the starting signal 5 minutes
aer Most Of the attendant feet were
stgl Iylng 10 the southwest OF the light
I'.s 70 give the Genesta and Puritan
@ water TO start IN. The wind had
o"e in from the southeast in a moderate
f XXX ot, shortly after o'clock and it was
4 sr.S..- gt WIN delight by the thousands OF
It'nusldsLle spectators on the steamers.
-y pald from 81 to SO head to see the
4 49,. esg contest. BY skillful manGuverlng
4 49, ppers Of both yachts brought them
/ tw.e,' euouEh TO the imaginary line De-
'sel lle Judges' boat and lightship on
/ ~. poft tack TO cross in few seconds
''' 'le starting signal.
CROSSING THE LINE.
4 iue Iafltan slipped across first close
any NY lae judges boat at 1850, but for
aotoi JASON the captain of the Genesta
1,, 10 the starb0ard just before reach
I,' "-'ng ] minute and ~ seconds, and
e pUhlieapped she crossed at t.37.3T,
,it' ume. Capt. CrOcker, of the
meant "Gghp' from the
. a, the moment the Genesta
,.,, lne line the Puritan came
rfo aUu IN 30 seconds had filled away
v., slarnoard tack, with the Genesta
sig. on her lee beam. The course
nj guy I'm the winds eye,v southeast.
N.ls p, lu- Luther G. Ward, In charge of
b New vast. vss1 and 5. T. Lippincott, OF the
b eo-o' 'UlA vi acht Club, started 10 minutes
8 md lus out the 20 miles to windward
E ourj ''e 'ne buoy for the yachts to
o.. '.icks or THE GKNEsrA.
4 poc,o p,g,reQ on by shouts from hundreds OF
Zot1.s y, = ana followed by an immense
+ ants b. P'easure craft, the two confess
# ibe.,'. ouro due east on their first reach.
# 'ur',s- laat he could neither pass the
4 aDt leeWard or 'Out polntv him,
e 1eb,, @rter' OF the Genesta, after
4 Zieues,. NIee minutes, suddenly put the
+ tern ABOUT to cross the Puritan's
kowp ", o0t capt. Crocker put his helm
|shite .i once, bringing the handsome
8 ienesta y, around 40 seconds later. The