The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-17
upon Scotland llshtship, ths starting

ui.ru. vas A6nt away 10 lock out the
?J-uita course cast southeast 10 lee
ward, aud at loai the committees
boat anchored with the lighrship
hearing southwest. distant $50 yards
This formed tho imaginary
mass. At this time the steam yachts
Vision, Seminal, Polynis and Skylsrk
had gathered 10 the southwest of the
ers Grand Republic, Taurus,
Sirius, ii. n. Bsya and ths Old Do
mini0n and steamship Richmond,
Their decks w0i8 fairly black with en-
thuslasiie aoeotnt0rs, who lay close by
with enough days dying - supply n
couple OF circuses. Tho breeze was
ireshening sveIy moment, and
the prospeos of grand race
To loeward, whero the yachts could
carry their splnnGkor was sufficient 20
cresle tho utmost excitement. When
the preparatory whistle was given, At
IL o'clock, tho Puritan lay about n
quarter OF milo asterr OF tho
Judges boat, heading 20 tha south
east, with tha Spinnaksr boom down
To stavboard, main-sheet hauled ait
aud glib sheet 10 wiEdward. one min-
utA before starting tho whistle wns
blown and the Gsnes,a came teaiing
across the II "a stern sud tho PuT,-
tens bow on tho porC tack, heading
parallel with tre line. Ttase
who wa.cnsd tho movements
woos Sa both sro,, were tho positive nU bosPs sqs
the signal was given, and breathtessly
awaited the result. Just then the
PorilAn's smain-sheet was paid out
aud Captain Carter put her helm
.'own, aud she came for the line. SO
civ had the cutters "sEippers" cal
cuiai sd the time, that while the
starting whistle was blowing, she
shot across, her crew RAINING
the immouss spiunaker aloit as she
went over, sud breaking 1t out In just
thirty seconds. Away.sho flew to lee
ward, leading the Boston sloop by 40
seconds. The istter broke out her big
sst her splpnaker n minute after.
What grand picture the two
Clipper yachts p:esent ID as they dssn.
ed a.oug with their pyramids of Sow
white canvass towering above their
bows and hulls. All the steam yachts
kent we'll TO leeward OF the racers end
the smslier ones we!e puzzled to keep
pace with them.
The official time OF tho start was,
Genesta, II: 05-l6; Puritan, II: C6-l5
The Puritan soou began to close the
gap made at tho start. She kept di
rIctlv in her antagonists wake until
neariy up with her, when she hauled
out to eastward, so that the Genesta
could not keep her of ana prevent
her passing without guybing. Al
1855 she took Oh her balloon
jib-topsail aud siav-sA'l, and at HA5
she had passed ou5 ahead of the Cen
esta about ha'f "a length. Her spin
maker ives not drawing well ~ this
TIME. Neither was her main sail, fd;
the wind was. ss an old sailor re-
marked, sat tLo main-boom end"
Captain Carter, recognizinG this
fact, took in his spinnRker
at II nc on,, guybed her main boom,
and set the sail on the port side, ell in
ahead of tho sloop, and in a
half hour had passed her.
Fifteen minutes later the cutter
was good quarter of mile in the
lead, with Der { .'eat white spinnaker
hellying out in the slitieping breeze.
TIE Puritan p: )ple would not be
guybed, although their spinnaker
was drawing and she was steadily
dropping ssterp. Down came the
Genesta club top-sail at 1910,
the Puritan coming in a moment la! "a.
The cutter set top sail, but the sloop
set no other.
tip. m. tho Genests's spinnaker-
boom was lowered on deck, and
eve. ything made strong for the
long boat inward. The largo pas.
ssDgSr boats and steam yachts
had gathered off tho "outerword,"
as tue two boats came bounding
along, although then the Genests was
winner. The official time of the
rounding was Genesta, 1:05-3O; Puri-
tau, 1:O7-36. The latter, with her msin
sheet hauled sft. guyoed rs she
rounded, and Ia a minute after she
tack, sCanc ing 10 tue sonthward. The
Puritan made wide tr"u,
whicn placed her fu' .her >,
leeward, and now commenced kTapd
sti lggle :or the finish, 20 miles . the
wind ward. Black, threat 3nipg clouds
appeared in the northwest, b!ju' ing
more wind for the boats. The frri-
tan went ahow fist OF 1:oG, and tho
Genesta q minute later. Captain
Crocker thought it pruders to bou ,
the Puritan top mast at I:25. as the
the wind was coming fast ana heaI Y,
while an nugly ses was fast rising, into
WulCl bhO y DlubBou' I'N y
light leech lines on the purisan's
glib were led aloft and haule taut by
General Payne, much in front or the
set of sails, one from the northwest.
At / AS C anne spiteiul squall OF w I'd,
whisLling through the snrouds of the
boats, dashing the green waves
into foam and sending the spray in
sheetc high over the yachts to the
windwsrd. Those in the small tugs
were drenched with the heavy Seas
that bounded over them. Everyone
thought the cuytor's top-sail must come
down. She went keeling over as she felt
held her to her course, then about
north east, ons-quarter east, for
the wind had hauleu, TO north-lorth-
west and she seemed TO spring through
the choppy seas, which were topped
with whlte-caps as far to windward
as the eye could reach. The
we s making elcellent weather |
Of it at this time, and was steadily eat
ing, up through the Genesta's lee.
Just before sh9 tackled she was a
full half mile on the Genesta's |
she could hsve cross ed the Geuesta's
bow, she kept on, thereby, the COM
mlttee say, losing much valuable
ground. The Geuesoa run about at
2lS. This stretch to the west
ward proud to be the
last one, as the wind favor
ed the yachts SO they
were able TO fetch the finish. Wheu
Captain Croker found he could easily
fetch the light ship he started tho
sloop's sheet and gave her good pull.
She was then about half mile on The
weather quarter, who
also had his main sheet
started adrift, but was pointing
yery high. At 1:35 the Puritan kept
BROAD off, and came borting down for
,he Genesta, evidently intending
% blanket her. Captain Car
,er, seeing this, put the cutters
lelm down suddenly, aud shot
he Genesta into the wind across
ais ivaps stern and took windwarG