Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-15
PURITAN WON THE RACE.
TIE, GENESTA SIXTEEN MINUTES
RERIND ATTHE FINISH.

g-ster a. smooth as Glass and Winds as
Ytrbt as Zephyrs-The Outside Race to
h.S.fIed To-morrOw-A Great Crowd
on the Waters.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-At last the rep
,esentatiye yachts of England and Ameri-
ca the centre board sloop Puritan and
the keel cutter Genesta have met and
0urat one round in the marine battle
which is to decide the future ownership Oi
he Americas cup. In race of thirty-eight
miles over the inside course of the New
York yacht club to-day in extremely light
weather the centre board defeated the
cutter Is minutes and At seconds actual
time. or with the 2S seconds time allowed
the cutter by the Puritan, 16 minutes and
70 seconds corrected time. The course
was from an imaginary line between
buoy Is, of Owls head, Long island, and
tbe committee boat, anchored one-eighth
of a mile to the westward, to and around
buovs 10 and 81 in the lower bay, thence
to and around Sandy Hook lightship and
return to the finish off buoy 10, One-eIghth
of a mile south of Fort Wadsworth.
THE WIND.
The wind at the start was light from
soutb by west, which made it dead beat
10 the 6rst mark. From here to the light
shin the wind freshened and permitted
III. Yachts TO start their sheets at inter-
yals From the outer mark back to buoy
5of sandy Hook the wind was about four
Doints free. Two tackS were made in the
horseshoe to weather buoy 10, and from
there to the finish the wind WAS we'll on
the port quarter. An analysis of the race
shows that in The windward work to buoy
10 the Puritan beat the Genesta 3m. Is,
from there to the lightship I'm. 19s., and
from the start to the lightship Am.
90s. From buoy 5 off the point
Of sandy Hook to the lightship, about
eight miles in fresh breeze with the lee
rails to the water, the Puritan only
gained - seconds on the Genesta and
only Is seconds on the same distance COM
ing back to buoy 3. In the entire run
from the "outer mark" to the finish the
Puritan beat the Genesta u minutes and
25 seconds.
CROWDS GOING TO THE SCENE.
Long before 10:30 o'clock this morning
the upper bay was dotted with pleasure
craft, all heading for the starting point In
the great contest, which all felt would
come f at last. Pier l, North river, was
thr0nged with people by 8 O'Clock, all
ers Cygnus, Sirius and Taurus,
while at West Twenty-third street,
pier ., North river, and Jewell's
& wharf, Brooklyn, the great three-deck
4 steamers, Grand Republic and Columbia,
q with scores of gay flags flying, took on
* board hundreds Of passengers to see the
II race. The decks of the steamers Elm
Il City, Sylvan Dell, Sylvan Grove, Al
n bertlna, Thomas A. Morgan, II. Il. Bay,
"a M ba f,,fr lf.,a
steamship Richmond, and many other
smaller boats, were also well filled with
# spectators.
PRIVATE PARTIES AFLoAT.
The steamer Taurus was chartered by
for its guest the William
Fletcher by the Sarwanhaka Yacht Club,
Joseph slckney by the ClarchmOnt Yacht
Cluo, and the Remove by the Produce Tx
change Club. Many other boats were
paid good prices to convey enthusiastic
admirers OF yachts over the course. A
very light breeze from the sOuthard bare
y rlppled the waters of the bay when the
judges boat Luckenbach, having
on board the regatta committee,
Nessrs. j. +. Toms and Charles
Stebbns, with Rear Commodore F. c.
Lawrence. Daniel Appleton, secretary of
'he Eastern Yacht Club, John Howey, the
cutter yacht designer, S. t. Lippincott,
ana 0lher prominent yacEtsmen, arrived
at lompkinsvilie, Staten island, at 9 80
CLOCK, when William Krebs, represent
ing the New York Yacht Club on the
uenesta, and Louis p. Bavard Of the Sea-
"dhnaEa acht Club were taken aboard.
THE RACERS UNDER WAY.
b9t1 the Genesta and Puritan had al
eau5 tripped their anchors and were
stauding on the starboard tack for mid
cuannel. Mr. Forbes and mis- muscular
rev augmented by Mate Richman and
.aIee sailors from the schooner yacht
dyHng, looked confident and earnest,
nae ST Richard Sutton, Capt. Carter,
Nsu lis Whltejacketed tsrs appeared
sl-.tiy uneasy when they saw the light
iue long blast of the whistle at 10 :25
a"eA on the judges boat, echoing
1'ua lHe heights OF Staten island, was
preparatory signal. The Gonesta and
Laah we're lying to within 800 yards of
JUICES boat. The tide was running
,1ng Hood when the starting signal was
sa az l0:5O o'clock. Both yachts came
lor Tue llue almost together. The
+,''ah was to The windward and crossed
eV Iu:32:O2, With the Genesta two
95 ater. As the time limit was
Doth yachts were handicapped,
iAcldl ume being 1882. Standing
19 TO the Long island shore. they
,6.sl .scE,d close under the Owls Head
m WORKING FOR THE LEAD.
e 1enesta, feeling, a puff which
~ VoA uer Just as she filled awav on the
'"'N' shot ahead of the Puritan,
as 10 the windward, but the gain
1"i4 momentary, for when both
.eo.i -,., i' minutes later, the Genesta was
'V' ards In the Puritan's wake.
.r-' l'Fal craft passed through the
d, hundreds Of spectators standing
ulgh 7loping green bluffs cheered
if 'ahts on. The Puritan, catch
p"u oI wind, passed out first, while
lay almost motiOnless under
lhe Tort. When she finally got the
il ea5 lne Puritan was nearly mile
'acklng - the westward or buoy
& .- a. l-:oS the Puritan fetched to the
ne anchorage. The wind was
e.d ", ana neither yacht made much
o4, -alhst the tide. When both went
Il "o l@:d2, the Puritan to port and
& 1vl'I' ia 10 starboard. the former was
-N.' mile 10 the wlndward.
ROUNDING THE BoUY.
,r5 nye tedious stretches TO wind
Il flI4ly ~ was weathered and rounded
+ d l1.a. Puritan 1:14:22, Genasta
s . Rene. .lhey were here saluted by the
h., t'.' steamers. The Puritan passed
Xh,s.i' ~ and started sheets Tor the
ID f.eaP Ine Genesta passed the buov
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