New-York tribune., 1885-09-19
A CONSOLATION CUP.
THE cENEsTA WINS PRIZE FOR sLooPs'

When.the committee discovered their mlsuaho Va
arcs and angles cnsued in the sacred regions OF the po
house when the combat was over the comm't'ee
merged into the bright sunlight and announced that inc
course sailed was thrty-hye statute miles THIS m"oe
necessary wrestling with time allowances, whch "ere
adjusted to the supposed course as the weary oay WI"
dying. ~,
tn complicate matters still more. the Ocean King
,rhIch had been sent out to plant the
turning buoys pulled up the buoy Mt the east angie
and bound home. signaed the yachts TO rounu her
Some did did not and so that importuna'o 'r
angle was still further reduced to shapeiess mass
crowd Of frenzed reporters gathered around apah Oh
baked beans In the Luckenbach's stern and tried 10
mako the triangle fit the the course nt the
triangle, singing iu chorus:
"our object all sublime
We shall achieve in time nr,.
The triangle lt the course"
They were as unsuccessful as the regatta committee
After the race the turning buoys were broken up anu
thus all evidences Of the crimes against 1reenicAi o
mon school arithmetic were destroyed
II was beautiful day for q race A good sainng
brosze vas blowing and several Of the yachts ustih-
rushed them The Genesta, OF course out'aieo
all her competitors and made Americans bless Banker
nm that tho Puritan had been built The Engish-ouht
cu,sr Clara fresh from her European victories, sailed
heaully in this her first in American waters anu
though she was overpowered by size ana dd hot take
the cup proved that she was worthy oil her reputation
There was an exciting and close race iroh s'It ~
finish between the scDo0ners GIaylinE 0''""'
craft which is owned by L. A. Fish. is naned IRON hs'
looks like sh and is sailed by captain named Fisher
came I'm first Fate could not withstand the combination
Among the notable features of the race was the sShs
OF A. Cass Canhelds cutter Isis. Four years aoo Mr
Clnfed knew nothing OF yachting. When lie had oeen
in yachting three years he designed the cutter
Isis which he sailed beautifully yesterday.
Tho Priscilla has been sent 70 Wilmington
where she will have keel put oD IL
is rumored that there is to be match race between
her and the Gencsta Only two yachts the Genesa ana
the schooner yacht Dauntess entered for the Bren
TOMS Reef Monday 1t hoped that more Sachts
will enter by tonight. Two excursion steamers and a
half dozen tugs out to see the races yesterday Two
lonely "moss bunkors louBging up from the hshihS
banks stopped Scotland Light Ship as the race
was drawing to close and their bronzed and weather
beaten crews gazed with astonishinent AS the WHO
winged yachts swept Tsst
DETAILS or THE RACE.
When the Lnckenbach dropped anchor OIL the scotana
Ilghshp the ton yachts which were cruising about with
their numbers sewed into their mansais and showed ny
their maneuvring for good position tha they INTENDED
IN sail the race well up the wInawar1 fresh
breez, was blowing from the southwest and the members
of the Regatta Committee taking up the duties OF bill
bosrd man. exhibited big board which bore the eeend
@Ist leg T.. by n; % leg saw by W d w After every
skipper had run down Dy the tug ana scrutuAed .nIs
hazard of the sea- the Of rsggedly hyser-
ica shrieks issued from the Lnekenhachs whistle lns
was signal for preparation and sloops ana sch00ss
drew closer together as t1sy an no re"g n a
was sight far preter than that the spectators OF
the Genesa Puritan races witnessed Those zen copds
OF white canvass blown like thstiedown before
the wiui. while the water rolled back iion under ler
bow they sheered this way aud that 10 ghih hoIo
advantageous positions. Ghe narrow hull OF the cutter
Ileen headed the procession, crossing , "uT n,,r az
lI:ll O3 a. Close after her came the Engsh cutter
waters TIen came the giant cutter Genesta with that
famous ana much described spinnaker pulling lke a
after the three single -siickers, with mainl0pnasi
staysa splnnak,r and all her other canvass sandwehed
I'm between. Mr. Fishs schooner Gray ing followed
closely heels OF her rival The Athlon followed
and after Der the Dauntles the giant oi schooner
yachts, and the Dig slOOp Oracle side by side. The
Daphne and Isis brought up the rear Ihey ae To get
over the line within the five minutes allowed and were
consequently handicapped the former one minute four
teen seconds aud the latter two minutes thirty seconds
With every sail set they scurfied away 10 The east hko
flock OF geese whose councils have been broken up by
the unwafrantable intrusion Of an ounce OF buckshot
The Luckenbach glngery extracted her ahcnOr Io l.S
resting place and choO-cho ooed aloug after thein
Something wrong. or rather failed TO 20 altogether
with the Daunesss sinnuakcr when her crew trle1 10
set it, IL hung fire anl dragged along In the water, but
long pull strong pull aud pull altogether oveIeane
It's objections and the trus;y Old schooner sailed OF with
her LAYERS OF canvas peC one on the olber
Then began the Struggle for lead. The white
soop Daphne settled down 70 her work and left the ISIS
behind al ratio seemed for the moment to prove the
t6at tae eepter was likely to del art from replaced
her b header with a clnb-topsa It was all in vain for
the little TO struggle and drive her new white
bowsprt spitefuy into tue seas Tor the Gcnests he
Grayiiug and the Fortuna swoOped down upon her aud
she dropped back TO her proI leye Ihe big English
capped the apex OF his pile OF canvass with spf
topsa and 1t doomed white wedge between those OF
the ecn and 1e rel s a ooT es @ 9 s UR %he Te
sails aud wrlnked club topsal OF Mr.. Earles sloop
ewaV the oosn setch OF water between her prov and
the overhanging stern OF the cutter Ieen At / 53 the
three yachts and up in business al by herself
The Clara sl led the Graee while the Athlon was
sraaiug in every timber 10 come up with the Dig sloop
At ii 40 the procession was In the following ORDER
Genesa, Fortuna Craving, neen Clara Oracle AtnIon
seemed to raake in the heart OF the lte ISIS ana sne
stroye nightly TO wipe out the disgrace, but IN VAIN
he Wi ind a
soneaes the Genestas s spinnaker would hang almost
Grayling would roi, about with all her sails tapping,
The next turn of the Kaleidoscope brought the CARA up
with the ieen Then The llees cup Of bitterness was
hllcd up sul further by the Oracle leaving her CON
IN tee Is scnooners GSnyae 0a and Fortuna
struggled eagerly for second place The Clara, Ike tie
sturdy little foreigner that she s fOght her way 10
fourth plaee the Oracle pursuing dosgcdy while in her
the Ieen aud Athlon fought among themselves iOr
ihe shifting of studdng sails and the rapid changes OF
position. The poor old Dauntess Jagged further and
going TO dispute tue honor OF that position win the
Daphne and Isis & e e s deeD
hull OF the Ieen abored along under her press OF can
water. doing noblJ and gained rapidly on the
bis schooner Grayhng. The CLEANS rom the copper
sheahing the een shone fainter and fainter as she
dropped back along side the Athlon. .,.,
Thunder heads began TO appear Ia the west and the
its nose out over the and under the additional
press, the biz cutter lunged along at SIN more rapid
schooner put on sput and again dstanccd the little
cutter As the whtecaps grew more numerous e tbe
turning buoy bObbed iutO sight. The tug Ocean
King having logged on thirteen and one third miles 10
the east by north dropped the raft with It's red ball over
board and started Of the second leg OF the course as
settled by the conmiees cdct' southwest % oy west vest
understood that the 10 be along the three
sides OF equilatei. triangle little puzzled by
this maBGuyTe. r. nc who had been TO school at some
distant period In tbe lives argued that the second leg OF
the should make angle Of sixty degrees with
the first and hence their ignorant way they would
have laid OF sDuth by west thiee-fourtns west
But there the steaing back course at an
angle Of fifteen degrees only with the first leg ana
concluding that In fegattas In POpes poetic piloso-
ply whatever is is right they duifuy tagged after