Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-17
PURITAN WINS TIE CUP.
,,r,grsrA OUTsAILED TO LEE
WARD IN A CLOSE RACE.

a kIky In "A OASO2AA 4SA4(A~s
,,,.+orv won bv One Minute and
sr,.h+ seconds Corrected Time, and
80 Minutes and Nine Seconds Actual
a,,n,a-The Race as Pretty as Picture.
vyw YORK, Sept. 16.-"The cups stays
.. AMERICA said ex-Commodore James
n smith as the Puritan's mainbOom
.,ssad the finish line off Scotland llghtship
aav after the closest contest ever
.onsd on any 40-mile course. The Genes
:. ,,os beaten minute and SO seconds
corrected time, and minutes and 8 sec
on3s actual time. The course was 20
.,aos IN leeward and return from Scotland
gostshiD. the wind being west-northwest.
no yaets were sent away on an east
,,utbpast course dead before the wind. In
mia run the English cutter beat the Ame-
Ian sioop minute and 81 seconds. From
,bera to the finish they made but one
.bort tack OF mile and two long legs OF
aapd 10 miles respectively, in half gale
of,ciud which canted to nOrth-northwest
.ooo after the "outer mark" was turned.
In tbis work the Puritan gained 3m. 30s.
rom point to point.
THE START.
No time was lost in preparations. When
be udges' boat arrived of Sandy Hook
the jippesta and Puritan were both seen
urder weigh close upto Scotland lightship,
q ,ba starting point. AS soon as NJ. Il.
B sobuyler. representing the Genesta on the
Puritan. was put on board the latter yacht,
and feet Capt Robert Carter boarded
d The (iepesta TO do a similar duty for the
n Puritan people, the tug Scandinavian,
81 IN charge Of $. Y. Lippincott and Mel
s. Olsen. was sent away to log out twenty
mile course east-southeast TO the leeward,
and at l0:45 O'Clock the committee boat
II anchored with the lightship bearing
81 south.southwest, distant $50 yards. This
81 formed the imaginary line over which
the yachts were to pass.
THE SPECTATORS.
81 At this time the steam yachts Electra,
q CtDwaua. Stranger, Corsair, Vision, Sem
tBel, Polynia, and Skylark had gathered
81 to the southwestern the Judges boat. The
81 steamers Grand Republic, Taurus, Sirius,
4. I. Bava. and the Old Dominion line
steamship Richmond. their decks fairly
black with enthusiastic spectators, lay
close by, covered with flags.
The breeze was treshening every mo-
ment, and the prospect of a grand race
to eeward, where the yachts could carry
their spinnakers, was sufficient to create
tbe utmost excitement. When the pre-
paratory whistle was given, at exactly IL
I'll O'clock the Puritan lay about quarter
ofamue astern of the judges boat, hold
ng to the southeast with her spinnaker
ho1n down to the starD0ard- the main
& sheet hauled aft, and the jib sheet to
Windward.
FINE sEAMANsHIP.
One minute before the starting whistle
was blown the Genesta came tearing
across the tugs stern with the Purltan's
bow on the port tack heading parallel
with the line. Those who were watching
the movements OF both were positive that
She would cross the line before the signal
Was gwen, and breathlessly awaited the
result just then the Puritan's main
sheet was paid out, Capt. CrOcker put her
helm down. and she came tor the line. SO
finely had the cutters skipper calculated
The time that while the starting whistle
was blowing she shot across, ner crew
running her immense spinnaker al0ft as
she Went over, and breaking it out in just
alrty seconds.
A PRETTY PICTURE.
Away she flew to the leeward leading
he Boston sl0Op by 4l seconds. The lat
TER broke out her big balloon jib as she
crossed aud set her spinnaker In minute
after What grand picture these two
upper yachts presented as they
da.hed away with their pyramids OF
snow white canvass towering
above their narrow hulls. All the
ile steam yachts kept well to leeward of
Ae twin racers and the smaller ones were
W puzzled to keep pace with them. The
aIse steamer Columbia, joined the feet
a. ll4j when of sandy Hook. The Off
clai time Of the start was:
6euesta-Ilh. 5m. los.
Purian-llh. 6m. is.
lhe Puritan soon began to close the gap
made At the start. She kept directly in
lel antagonists wake until nearly up
alla her, when she hauled out to the east
aod go that the Genesta could not keep
" aud prevent her passing without
Hbng.
The SETTING OF HER SAILS.
al $50 O'clock she took in her balloon
Mpsail and staysail, and at 11:45
eoea she had passed out ahead OF the
igerala about 0ne-half a length. Her
.l0Aasef was not drawing well st this
as neither was her mainsail, for the
lNo Was, as an old sailor remarked, sat
81 nam boom end" Capt. Carter, of the
ta, recognizing this fact. took In his
3'llsSer AZ II O'Clock, gybed her main
a"t aipped her spinnaker boom and set
~ ~ lae port side, all in five minutes.
d, Immediately drew ahead Of the slOOp,
~ ~ w halI an nOur mad passed her. This
surprise, but what was coming was
greater one.
IHE CUTTER DRAWING AHEAD.
Ir@en minutes later the cutter was a
- & quarter OF q mile in the lead, with
S4rN white Bpinnaker bellying out iu
, lltnlhg breeze. The Puritan people
g1't hot ~ be, although their spinnaker
49t drawing, and she was steadily
lung asteru. Down came the &c.
r' eiuh topsau at 1886 O'clock, the
.,taa coming in moment lat ter.
ANY. glef set her working topsail. but the
~ no others. At / O'Clock the
'@ spunaker boom was lowered
o1.,lA p ana everything made snug for a
ap,, oeat 10 Windward. The large pas
rai - uyats aud steam yachts had gath
bon Ae outer mark, and all eyes were
1,e3 iAe TWO boats as they came
ber.,L tiong. All thought then that
lma shta was the winner. The official
rounding wss.
p4,sta-lh. 5m. 30s.
''''An-lh. I'm. 38s.
d. DfhED AS SHE ROUNDED.
au'sa 'slter boat, with her main sheet
ar,,ul.olg uog an, gybed as she rounded, and
hi .t.lu y after she was close hauled on
afd T3Afl tack, standing TO the south.
hleb w furitan made wide turn
I'D no,s. ,s'oced her further to the leeward.
IL ffo sonmeneed the grand struggle
BE- lack lNulsn, 20 miles TO windward