New-York tribune., 1885-09-15
TuE PURITAN WINS EASILY.
a,vrrrN MINUTES AHEAD OF HER RIVAL.

.oeterday in the beautiful Puritan OF Bos-
Nv After four Intellectual attempts to SAL
~n Cor the Americas Cup the two yachts
..ordav accomplished it and the Amer
boat won. The Puritan led nom
~ st.rt and beat the English boat over SIX
10y. S m;nutes. The wind was light most OF the
go but outside the Hook there was FAIR
'ia n;,;ng breeze. Never before in any waters
orobably was there seen such q meet az
rseht race as went out through the Mar
sows TO see the contest. Inc race
snded in perfect din OF cheers
.nd salutes from fort and feet The Genesta
sheered the Puritan and the Puritan cheered
.hs Cenesta. and there were good Will ana
,:sdlv feeling on both sides. OF the thousands
sho cbeered the Puritan yesterday few douO'
,hot she will beat in the next race OF the series
- sba has the first. The second race, over the
s..,s;da course, will be sailed tomorrow instead
Vstn-dav The Genesta cracked her masthead
IN the race of Yesterday, and this caused
the pOstponement.
TUE GENEsTA BEHIND FROM THE STARE
DETAILS OF THE RACE-THE VIVID LIGHT EA0Nf'
OUTSIDE THE HOOK.
ro ffth time the Genesta and Puritan met yes
.s, cons This time there was race, ana ior SIX
hnnrs the racing flag of Sir Richard Sutton chased
A. -; color sirnal of J. Malcom Forbes over Vhe
..,ors and the men OIL the decks of the English
,oebt saw il draw further and further ahead Oh Tue
aog of Englands chosen cutter. little oeiore ~
o,cIock the Judges boat took up its position Oh
owrs Head abreast of "Jake" SchmidVs stake
hoat the Alice. "Captaln Jake's' boat was gay
Nth flags among which was square yellow pan
ner bearing the tigera and the garter reic "a '"S
old Tweed regime, which "Jake ma" iou"'
among the notsam and jetsam that comes 'Il'o nis
sa.aoss;ou The Puritan and Genesta sailed over
from theI anchorages oil the staten is'"nu S,ol
.nd Law off and on awaiting the start Wlliiah
Tr.hs had been put aboard the Genesta IN the
,orrino 70 represeI,t the Puritan, and NJ Roosevet
schnvler had gone on board the Puritan 10 repre-
can't the Genesta The course being 3o-mlie
course the allow ance which the Puritan gave the
English boat was twenty weight seconds.
The Puritan was evidently man9uvrlng LOT
vindyard position before crossing the Inc ana was
determined not 10 let the Genesta come between
the wind and her nobility" Finally the judges
boat Luckenbach blew the assembly on her
steam whistle and the yachts hauled their JiOs 10
wjndward and cautiously approached the me-
Then at 1925 the preparatory signai was pio"n
aud the Cenesta rau UP her small iib-topsal There
a
IN the starboaId tack, came down more raplaiy'
The starting whistle was blown at 1880 ana the
yachts sprang forward with a rapidity that was
marvellous considering the light wind
The wind at the start blowing lightly from
the southwest and a strong flood tide was running.
The wind drew up through the green funnel oil the
Narrows in such way that it made 1t about south
by west at the startng-point. Two minutes were
allowed to cross the line after the starting whiste
was blown, but the yachts could not cross IN time
and we're both handicapped the Genesta ionf
seconds and the Puritan two seconds The yachts
went sliding across the line, heeling over under the
breeze which freshened for moment. the Puritan
tu1e ahead. but so LITTLE ahead that it seemed as
IL the two rivals were sailing side by side The
sailors we're lying lat down on the windward side
and only the red tops of the stow-boat caps OF
the Genestas crew and the blue sailor hats OF the
Purtan's men appeared ABOVE the rails Captain
Aubrey Crocker was at the Puritan's wheel lnerving
himself by the recollection of the day when he beat
the cutter Madge and looking neither to, the right
nor to the left as he guided his boat with scarcely
perceptble motion Captain Carter grasped the
long filler OF the Genesta with look of determine
ton and, like his rival skipper, glanced neither to
the right nor left The time of crossing was as fol-
lows:
Puritan Observation-Disclosures. .-...-.-.-....-. !O'@% W
Genes[a
As The two minutes allowed to cross the line,
however. were up at 1882 the official time of the
start was 1892 for both boats.
The Yachts stood well toward the Long
Island shore, the Puritan outtootng the Genesta a
little. At 1927 both came about on the port tack
They got good breeze now and the Genesta, tax
ing In her ib-topsail began to outpoint the Puri-
tan Cutter stock rose with bound and those
who pin their faith to centre boards held their
breath. The Genesta then began to outfoot tie
Puritan and at 10:47 when the English yacht came
about on the starboard tack followed by the Puri-
tan and ran up her jib,topsail, the solid men of
Boston who had forsaken for a while the shadow of
Bunker Hill to see the victory of their representa-
tive boat felt their hearts sink as they saw the
space of open water between the yachts grow
smaller and smaller But the Boston beauty had
only been coquettng. She ran up a small jlb-
topsail and slid away from the Genesta as If she
possessed the mythical electric motor of which the
longshore fishermen talk. The Genestas head sails
shook as her skipper pointed her uD in the vain
hope Of working TO windward Of the American
yacht.
Further and further away the
Paritan drew and after her rushed pell-mell the
vast feet of yachts and steamers and tugs.
The whistle OF the Luckenbach was blown repeat
edly to warn them away. but they curved around
the racers and seriously Incommoded them. When
well out In the lower bay the wind died out, and
.off the West Bank the Puritan hung becamed
The Genesta drew up her until she too struck
that long and wide CLASSY streak in the water,
when she also hung almost motlonless
on the tide Both were on the starboard tack now
and far, far away to the south was the buoy that
rocked on the Southwest Spit-so far away, in
deed, that is seemed as If they never would reach
it in the almost fat calm that held them. Out
toward the Coney Island shore the feet Of yachts
that were standing down seemed TO have plenty of
wind and the white sails that cleaned along the
sea ward horizon were all full Taen TO the south