New-York tribune., 1885-09-18
THE PURITAN'S VICTORY.
YAcHTsMEN REJOICING AT THE RESULT.
SUCCESS FAIRLY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR THE
RACES TO-DAY.

RACES TO-DAY.
The white ensign of the Royal Squadron
few as denanty over the Genesta yesterday Us II the
lesson of the day before lad The sailors
IN blue and white shirts went 10 and from the shore
with their peculiar hatke basket. cIrrylng provisions
to the cutter or lonnsed deck. No sign seen of
Sir Rcbari sutton Sir william Levinge the yachts
white deck. The cabin OF the Puritan was deserted
Every had gone 10 BO,tOn except Elward Burgess
the designer OF yacht TO feast on beans aud Indian
puldiug aud tell how the en IN Of tho Royal Squadron
and the rncne ag ~ SIR Richard before the
Stars ami Stripes and the Purah's tncolorcd signal
Mr. Burgess. In speaking with "A TRIBUNE reporter
said used TO bc cutter man and still think cutters
have many good points Tho cutter rig, for instance
believe 10 best for sloops. had ides OF how
boat should be built and It said that the Gen
e.ta would challenge the Americas cup. was asked
10 make design by members Of the Eastern Yacht
Club who thought thar It would be good thing to build
"A yach. ia Boston 10 defend tho trophy. Finally when
the definite challenge arrived. meeting was held nnd
was decided TO build. Ny design adopted ana
worked night aud day in getting in shape There u
nothing especially original In my desigD. simply had
learned by observation aud look what gas good IN df-
fcrcnt models had only built small boats before.
am very glad my proved success and saved the
cup. thought tho Puritan would beat
the Genesta aud WAS pretty she would
he better than the Priscilla. The Priscilla II \ good
boat would not have stood any sho" with the
enesta In tn. haavy weather Of yesterday The Puri-
tan Is 10 be sold next Wednesday at the rooms
Of John H. Draper Son. hope she viii fall into the
han Is Of somo one who knows what ho Is about She
can be tuned up considerably. II she II not tuned up
next wear they will up the Priscilla and beat her
81 don't tbnk that IL the Pnrtan aud Priscilla had
been sailing around the harbor here the Genesta would
have come Her owner thought he wond only have
to beat the old boats. which he ooui have done very
easily. We expected, Of course. that tho Puritan
would neat tho old boats but did
tO
make bad mistakes Ia sailing Tue Puritan IN tho ihco
ye.t rdAy. The criticisms Ia The TRIBUNE were quito
just. except that think We did not take IN our spin
maker any too soon ~,
i Malcolm Forbes General Paine and tho rest OF the
Puritan's party went To Boston on "Wednesday night
Mr. Burgess stays behind 10 arrange for the sale of the
The question OF the comparative spread Of canvas on
the Genesta aud Puritan h". been raised by many; IL
$500 square feet and tho Genesta 4oOo square ieet
Captain Cfocker OF the Genesta, said regarding the
race OF "Wednesday: We werc fairy beaten; bni, IL
land we would have beaten the Puritan i've minutes.
Ne carried our topsah through the becanro We
eniore1 Al in Tue races for the Commodorrs cGrs
Nothing but nautical matters were the snbret OF con
yersatiOn In the eJ ycsci day. All others were aey
DECLARED out OF order A non nautical listener NOuu
Grave men OF business VINO last knew nothing OF
the difference between cutter and the Ark, warmly
spoed about G3ing aud out. pointing Even the bahes
6aLoei Of spiunaker aud cb-topssis. The glrat
topic Of discussion was the sailing OF tue PURITAN Mas
sle sailed for al she wOtthi Or did her skipper
pull hcr TO a locReyng phraae-mot only while
on tue home stretch Dut before the quarter pole was
reaoed We're there errors OF Judgment exhibited or Was
IL Culy u jus inable conservatism
J. r. Earle. tue owner OF the Oracle was talking over
with friend his arrangements for o-iays race wien
rep1rter calle'i am entirely satisfied that TIE r9li
tan Ia the better boat under all conditions" said lac, but
equally sure tat she wasn't called at the TOP OF her
speed Wednesday. Her skipper took risks scl as
he would have been Justified Ia aking II SAILING nRaiLst
AN untried oppouen lie knew from previous expert
that he could beat The Genesa III worklng 10 WIN
%S aS wa. 50 Sss s aS s SI
hind bin that told OF hea,er wind yet TO come and nc
As to % staad-over 80 FAR when on tie tsrboad
aud smiling that unnecessary iniir tLink both Iiilts
and Ellsworth. knowing that hc could beat the Englls
man running free. preferred 10 stretch pon and
get far the windward IA possible. lie may bave
had Idea OF cuahing his coDpetor along 100 hs
more than one raSe % las mas psen S won o oy ca
get u sight the lightshp AMI know just now lhsy
bore from they started their sneeis aud passed ne
all weight and power OF the cutter with the boyaney
and speed board boat Cutters are poor Tor
General cruising because they draw much water ana
lIen has frequently harpened II run aground al hsh
lido they have 10 proppcd up else theyw fall over
ana the incoming lido diIs tnoIn ul OF water" n,
The general oinion seemed TO be- however. that the
wasn't his fault though" remarked yachtsnlan.
gess family affair the saue as when they rppei
Inc Dowspit OF the Genesa It discussed ia the
family ia the Cockpit ann decided there without tue
ski u et's having much To say ,,
IL was reorlei that the Priscilla was 10 20 over tho
course to-day in order to test her speed with tho
enesfa although she bad not been cnerol Tor tue cups
tney were given by her owners Commoores bell
nett and Douglas. don't believe IT,, said member
of te New YORK Yacht Club when asked To- cO nhrna
ton nf the report The sl00p IA all foul from lying at
anchor of sta.en Island long and would have no snow
at all. J.,
runor was also current that reception was To Dc
gotten up Sir Richard sutoDs benefit. MI Tams sa
that he knew of such movement However. | don't
think Sir Richard would accept II o courtesy was onel ed
him." he continued. He dislikes that sort ~ tbing
The whole thing probably originated in somebody's say
ing that 10 would be good idea" ,
ia generally understood yachting circles that the
seilnR Of t,e Puritan auction is simply matter on
form 10 decide wulcn OF her several owners sl" DO
the happy OF ali her speed and beauty Though
several persons buy her she Will probably
be hid I'M by one OF her little shainefaced
ruor that the would also be put on the market
soon was Indignantly secuted. -,
The following programme has been Issued for to-days
,..u.,.
Race for tho cups presented by Commodore Bennett
for Commodore Douglas Tor single
iuasted vessels Of all Nations, belonging To recogniled
yacht clubs. ,aux