Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-15

jluD COURSE IO-uay Ln6 IuTlLdn O6IohJSO
he Genesta sixteen minutes nineteen
seconds corrected time, or sixteen min
ties forty-seven seconds actual time. The
Wind was extremely light from the start
o Sandy Hook going out, and from there
% the finish coming in. From the Hook
o the lightship and back there was good
,ight-knot breeze. The tide was food DUR
ng the first half of the race and ebb COM
ng home. The largest fleet of steamers
.ver assembled in New York Herbor for
imilar sight accompanied the yachts over
he entire course. The scene at the finish
was one OF the grandest ever witnessed.
Both yachts were saluted by every vessel,
and a gun from Fort Wadsworth, Staten
Island. Owing TO the cracking of the iron
zap of the Genesta's main-mast the out
'ide race is postponed till Wednesday.
Details OF the race.
NEW YORK, Sc ptember 14.-At last II e
yachts of England and
the centeI-board soop, Puritan,
and the keel-cutter, Genesta, have met,
and fought one round in the marine bait e
which is to decide the future ownership of
the precious trophy, the AmeIi as scup.
In race of thirty-eight miles over the in
side course of the New York Yacht Club,
to-day, in extremely light weather, the
centeTbosrd defeated the cutter sixteen
minutes and forty-seven seconds, actual
time, or with the twenty-eight seconds
time allowed the cutter by the Puritan,
sixteen minutes and nineteen seconds,
corrected time. The course was from an
line between buoy IS, off Owls
head, S l., and the committee boat, an
chored an eighth of mile to the west
ward, to and around buoys 10 and 81 in
lnyunF haW fhnnpn 70 nd
around Sandy Hook Lightship
and return to a finish off buoy 10, an
eighth of mile south Of Fort Wadsworth
The wind at the start was light from the
south by west, which made it dead heat to
the fret mark. From here to the light-sbip
the wind freshened and permitted the
yachts to start sheets, at intervals, from
the outer mark back to the buoy off Sandy
Hook. The wind was about four points
fre7 two tacks were made in the Horse
shoe to weather buoy 10, and from there
to the finish the wind was well on the
port quarter. An analysis of the race
shows that in the windward work to buoy
10 the Puritan beat the Genesta three
minutes one second, from there to the
light ship one minute nineteen
seconds, and from the start 10 the
light-ship 1 minutes 20 seconds. From
OuDN q pl the Ii}iAI Va LlOGh W
the light-ship. about eight miles in
fresh breeze with the sails TO the water, the
Puritan only gained q seconds on the
Genesta and only Is seconds IN the same
distance coming back to buoy 5. In the
entire run from the 'outer mark" to the
finish the Puritan beat the Genesta u
minutes % seconds.
BEFORE THE START.
IN On o'oIooI-
the upper bay was dotted with pleasure
craft under weigh, all heading for the
starting point IN the great contest,
which all ielt would come off at
last. Pier !, North river was thronged
with people by 8 o'clock eager to
get or board the iron steamers Cyguus,
CYRUS and Taurus, while at West Twenty
third street, pier 8. North river, and
Jewels wharf, Brooklyn, the great three
deckpd steamers Grand Republic and
Columbus, with scores of gay hags flying,
took on boerd hundreds Of passengers 10
see the race. The decks of the steamers
Elm City. Sylvan Dell, Sylvan Grove, Al
bertha, Thomas A Morgan, "a. L. Bays,
Laura NJ. Stsrin, the Old Dominion Line
steamship Richmond, and many other
smaller boats, were also well filled
with Spectators. The steamer Tau
rus was chartered by the NeS
York Yacht Clnb for its guests. the
William Fletcher by the Seawanhaka
Yacht Club, the Joseph Stickney nv the
Larchmond Club and the Remove by the
Produce Exchange Club. Many other
boats were paid good prices to convey the
enthusiastic admirers of the yachts over
the course. A very light breeze from the
southwark barely rippled the waters Of the
bay, when the judges boat, the Luck
enbach, having On;board the Regatta Com
mittee, Messrs. J. F. Tam and Charles
Stebbins, with Rear-C Commander T. q.
LsuSance, Daniel Appleton, secretary OF
the Eastern Yacht Club; John Harney,
the cutter yacht designer; f. T. Lippin-
colt and other prominent yaehtsmen, ar
rived at Tompknsyilie at $3.50 O'Clock,
where Mr.. William Krebs. representing
the New York Yacht Club on the
Genests, and Mr.. Louis P. Bayard,
I. Y. c., were taken on board. Both the
GENEsTA AND THE PURITAN
had already tripped their anchors and
we're standing out on the starboard tack
for mid-channel. Handsome, indeed, did
these twin ocean glsdlators look as they
slipped along over the almost CLASSY sur
face of the bay, wooing the wind aloit,
with their snowy white club topssils gleam.
lDE III tLlt dlA0
his muscular crew, augmented by Mate
Richmsn and three sailors from the
schooner yacht Crawling, looked confident
and earnest, while Sir Richard Sutton
Capt. Carter and his white jackeGed tarE
appeared slightly uneasywhen they saw the
light weather. A long blast of the whistle
at 20 o'clock on the judges boat, ,echoine
among the nights Of Staten Island, was
the preparatory signal. At that time
Jay Gould's steam yacht, Atslanta
the Corsica, Stranger, Radhs, Viola, Mag
nolia, Ulowana, NIsim, Electra, Wands
and Sentinel, with all the above named
passenger steamers, and about fifty tugs
had gathered 20 the north and east of the
startiug-poin'. The Genesta and Puritan
were lying tn within 9 hundred yaTCs o
the Judges boat. The tide was running
st strong flood when the starting sigma
was given at 10;30 O'Clock. Both yacht
came down for the line almost together
The Puritan YVES 10 windwsrd
CROSSED FIRST
at 1882 :02, with the Genesta two second
| later As the time limit was 1882, botl
| yachts were handicapped, their official tim
| being 1882. Standing across the Lon
Island shore, they both tackled close unde
Owishuad at I0:37:30. The Genesta "feel
| ing" puff, which struck her Just as sh
filed away on the port tack, she sho
| ahead of the Puritan, but the gain wa
/ only momentary, for when both tackled
| fifteen minutes later, the Genesta was
| good 500 yards in the Puritan's wake
| As the rival craft passed tbroug
l the Narrows, the hundreds OF spec
tAtors standing on The high slopin
| Green BluGs cheered the contestants on
The Puritan catching puff of win
l passed cut first, while the Senesta la
1 alRoBt molionless under the lee of the tor
When she finally got the breeze the Pur
tan was nearly mile ahead. Tacking /
/ the westward of buoy II, at 12:OS ocloc
the Puritan fetched to the quarantine al
chorage. The wind was very light an
| neither yacht made much speed agains
the tide. When both went about; at 1913.
! the Purit3n TO port and the Genesta
starbord, the former was fully balf-mil
to windward. After Eve tedious stretche
to windWard buoy 10 vas reached an
rounded ss follows: Puritan, ;l6:2s
Geaesta, 1:l9:25. They were here salute
by the attendant steamers. The Purita
passed buoy at 80 and started shee
Tor the iight-ship. The Genesia passed th
buoy at SO. Both were carrying II
same ssil-mainsail, club :opsail, foresta.
sail, lib and jib topsail. From here to II
/ outer marx vas IOe most 6NCllDR pa
of the contest. Travelling at q ten-Sn
rate in fresh breeze, and keeling Ii
their lee sails were "awssh," they made
PRETTY PICTURE.
Quite a heavy swell came rolling in fro
the eastward, and soon their cresis wel
covered with white caps, while the il
mense fiotiiia Of steamers, Supplements
every moment by others from the cit
chased each other at full speed for the ligt
ship to witness the turn, which was made
follows: Puritan, 2:l4:54; 6enests,
1916.
Both were given perfect ovation Of q
plsuse from steam whistles. guns and hu
dreds of threats, as they luffed grand
round the marx, aud kept away wi
| sheets started for the point of Sane
| Hook. The Puritan held her lead we
and both, with boom off to starbosr
came to tho westward like race-horse
only to strike into a calm streak and
hesd-Sind of the Hook. The Purits
went about at 3;24, and stood into Il
Horseshoe for three minntes, when 81
was able to weather buoys 81 al
10. The Genesta made the same tacl
later. and both rounded buoy 10 as Il
lows: Puritan, 3;3S :05; Genesta, 5 49,
Setting her balloon jib topsail at once, al
. starting her sheet brosd or to starhoar
} she soon increased her lead on the Gene
} Ia, although both had 10 stem the ebb til
in very light air. the Genesta's spin
ker Yves sent out to port Ia eleyeD 81
one-hslf minutes after rounding the buo
, The pnrifan'a eninakar hoofn vss l0i