Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-19
The Genesta,s Victory.

New YORK, September 1Sth.-The Eng
lish cutter GeneSta retrieved herself by
winning the regatta given under the
auspices of the New York Yacht Club, near
Sandy Hook, to-day, 1t was the annual
race of the Club, and the prizes consisted OF
two cups, one given by Commodore James
Gordon Bennett for schooners, and the
other by Nice-CommOdore w. P. Douglas
for cutters or sloops. There were eleven
entries in the race to-day. The schooners
were the Fortuna, Grayling and Dauptless.
The cutters were the Genesta, Ileen,
Stranger, Clara and Isis, and the center
board sloops Oracle, Athlone and Daphne.
The day opened clear, with a stiff breeze
from the southwest. The course was a tri-
angular run of So miles, from an imaginary
line drawn between the Scotland lightship
and the judges boat. The course was as
follows: First log, east by north second
log, southwest by west by three-quarters
west, and third log, back to starting point
The first two logs were 133 miles each, and
the third was 81 miles. The Genesta
was towed down, from her anchorage
near Tompkinsville, and arrived near the
Scotland wreck about 1880 A. NJ. Shortly
before II o'clock the tug I.uckenbach
whistled for preparation, and a few minutes
later the signal for start was given. The
first yacht to cross the line was the Ileen
which passed over at II o'clock, II minutes
and 3 seconds. She was followed by the
Clara, which crossed at 11:11:09. The third
craft was the Genesta, upon which all eyes
were fixed, which glided over the line at
1l:11:30, and was followed a few seconds
later by the Fortuna. Then came the
Crawling, Athlone, Dauntlesss, Oracle,
Daphne and Isis. The last two were handi-
capped by an allowance of five minutes.
The Genesta forged rapidly ahead, and
gained steadily upon the yachts which had
crossed before her. She gained upon the
Clara and neen, but in turn was closely
pressedby the Fortuna. At1l:45 the Genesta,
lleen and Fortuna were almost abreast OF
each other, with the English cutter slightly
in the lead. The Genesta gained slowly
upon the other two, and after the first five
miles it became evident that the Genesta
was ahead and intended to keep the place.
She had the wind fair on the first log. and
did not spare her canvas. The result was
that she steadily walked away from her
competitors. Captain Carter dexterously
rounded the first buoy at 12:49, followed by
the Fortuna at 12:50:23. The Crawling
passed the red float few seconds later. The
Oracle rounded the buoy fourth in the list
The Genesta made big sweep to wind
ward, and left the others so far behind that
the race seemed certain for her. The
Oracle threatened her seriously for some
time. The second buoy was passed by the
Genesta at 3:07, and the Grayling which
had dropped into second place, turned at
3:19. The Fortuna came third, and Oracle
fourth, the latter sloop beng nearly half an
hour behind the English cutter. The
steamers Grand Republic and Taurus, with
number of steam yachts and sailing YES
sells, were all crowded with interested spec
tators, who cheered the crews of the
Genesta for the superb manner in which
they handled their graceful craft On the
homestretch the English vessel came scud-
ding like duck, and she passed the line
at the Scotland lightship at 3:41:10, with
the Grayling second. Following is a sum-
mary: