St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-17
WON BY THE PURITAN.
The Noble Yacht 0utsails Her English
Competitor in Handsome
Manner.
The Americas Cup to Remain on OOlum-
bias Shores, Though the Race Was
a Pretty One.
Whisky Disturbs the Mob at the Lex
ington Races, Which the Ponce
Fail to Control.
rbicaoo Wins n Game and New York
Loses One--Lacrosse Champion
ship Match Booked.
The Purltan tEne vvinner.

The Puritan the winner
New YORK, Sept. 16.-''The cup stays
in America These words We're sPohen
ty ex-Ccmmissioner James ID. Smith as tne
Puritan's main boom passed the hnlsh ilne
of Scotland light ship to-day, aItef tne
closest contest ever sailed over any Iotty
mile course. The Gensta was beaten one
minute and thirty-eight seconds, corrected
time. and two minutes and nine SECONDS,
actual time. The course was twenty
miles to leeward and return from the Scot
land light ship. The wind being northwest,
the yachts were sent away on an east south
west course desd before the wind. In the
run the cutter beat the Slo0p one minute
and twenty-one seconds, from tnere 10 Ine
finish they made but one short tack OF
mile and two longlegs OF nine ana ten
miles respectively in half a gale OF Wlnd,
which canted 10 nOrth-nOrthWeSt soon a1ter
the ssouter mark was turned. In TINS
work the Puritan gained three minutes anu
thirty seconds from point to point: Lea'-
ing pier three, East River, at O'Clock the
committees boat, Lucenback' 1ylhg
the flags of the New York East
ern and Royal Thames acIt
clnbs. steamed down the bay TO
Staten Island. taking on board there Mr..
Louis p. Bayard of the Seawanha Yacht
cIub and Mr. Rutland OF the Priscilla.
There was also on board eX-COmmodore
James ID. Smith, New York Yacht club,
Franklin B. Boyd, the marine artist, MI
Mr.. Rosenfelt Schuyler, c. Tanners, Gus
tav Grabu. A. Cass Garfield of the cutter
Isis. Charles c. Haight, schooner Crusade,
Fleet Capt Robert Center, New York
Yacht club, Oliver King and herman
LEROY, Union club, j. II. Longstreet,
Edward Post and Rev. MI Benjamin. The
sky overhead
WAS CLEAR AS A BELL,
but out over the New Jersey hills, IN the
westward, tleecy white clouds were rising,
giving promise of an increase III the force OF
the moderate breeze from the west north
west. then blowing. There was one soil
tary spectator on the bluff OF TT. Nads-
worth. as the boat passed through the mar
nows. where there had been thousands on
Monday to see the finish of the first
race. There was no time lost in prepara-
tions to-day, when the judge boat arrived Off
Sandy Hook, the Genesta and Puritan were
both seen under weigh close up to Scotland
Light Ship, the starting point. AS soon as
NJ Il. NJ. Schuyler, representing the Cen
esta, on the Puritan, was put on Doard OF
the latter yacht and Fleet CAPTAIN Robert
Center boarded the GeneSta to do similar
duty for the Puritan people, the Scandl-
nayiau in charge Of Miss S. I. Lippincott
and Olsen was sent away to log out the
twenty-mile course, east, southeast to lee
ward, and at 10:45 the committee
boat anchored with the light ship
bearing south, southwest, distant $50 yards.
This formed the imaginary line over which
the yachts were to pass. At this time the
EIaofra TTtnm0n9 StT1nUnr
Corsair. Vision, Sentinel, Polynia and Sky
Iarl, had gathered to the southwest of the
iudges boat: the steamers Grand Republic,
Taurins, Sirins, II. T. Bay, and the Old
Dominion line steamship. Richmond, their
decks fairly black with enthusiastic specta-
tors. Law close by with enough flags flying
TO supply couple of circuses. The breeze
was freshening every moment and the pros
pect of
A GRAND RACE TO LEEWARD
where the yachts could carry. their spinna-
kers. was sufficient to create the utmost eX-
element When the preparatory whistle
was given at exactly II o'clock, the Puritan
lay about quarter of mile asten OF the
Judges boat, heading to southeast with spin
maker boom down to Starboard, main sheets
hauled aft and jib sheet to windward.
One minute before the starting whistle
was DIONu lllC GClColCl CGbilC dCIOoS
the tugs's stern and the Puritan'S
bow on port tack, heading parallel with the
line. Those who were watching the move
ments of both We're positive she would
cross the line before the signal was given
and breathlessly awaited the result. Just
then the Puritan'S mainsheet was paid,
Capt. Crocker put his helm down and she
came for the line finely. The cutters skip
Der had calculated the time We'll, for while
the starting whistle was blow
ing she shot across, her crew
running her immense Spinnaker
aloft as she went over, and breaking it out
in just thirty seconds. Away she flew to
leeward, leading the Boston sloop by forty
five seconds. The latter broke out her big
balloon jib as she crossed, and sent her
Spinnaker in minute after. What grand
picture these two clipper yachts presented
as they dashed away with theirpyramids Of
snow-white canvass towering above their
narrow hulls. All the steam yachts kept
we'll to leeward OF the twin racers, and
the smaller ones were puzzled to keep pace
with them. The official time Of the start
was: Genesta 11:05-16; Puritan 11:06-01.
The Puritan soon began to close the gap
made at the start. She kept directly in her
antagonists wake, until nearly UP with her,
when she hauled out to the eastward so
that the Genesta could not keep off and
prevent her passing without gybing. At
11:35 she took in her balloon jib topsail and
staysail, and at 11:45 she had
PASSED OUT AHEAD OF THE GENESTA.
about half length. Her spinnaker was
not drawing well at this time, neither was
her mainsail. for the wind was, as an old
sailorremarked, ''at the main boom end"
Capt Garter, recognizing this fact, took
in his spinnaker at u o'clock, gybed her
main boom, dipped her spinnaker boom,
and set the sail on the port side, all in five
minutes. She Immediately drew ahead of
the sloop and in half an hour had passed
her. This was a surprise, but what
was coming was greater one.
Fifteen minutes later the cutter was good
quarter of a mile in the lead, with her
great spinnaker bellying out in the breeze
The Puritan people would not gybe, al
though their Spinnaker was not drawing,
and she was steadily dropping astern.
Down came the Genesta's club topsail
at 1850, the Puritan's coming in a
moment later. The cutter set a work
Ing topsail, but the sloOp set no
other. a l p. III. the GeneSta's spinnaker
boom was lowered on deck and everything
made snug for the long beat to windward.
The large passenger boats and steam yachts
had gathered off the ''outer mark" and al
eyes were upon the two boats as they came
bounding along. All thought then that the
Genesta was winner The official
time of rounding was: Genesta, 1:05:30;
Puritan, 1:O7:36. The latter boat, with
her main sheet hauled fiat aft, gybed as
she rounded and in minute after she was
close hauled on the starboard tack standing
to soulhward. The Puritan made wide
turn, which placed her farther to leeward,