Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-08
TEE PURITAN AND GtyRsyX


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TEE PROGRAM
NEW YORK. Sept The program of
TIE committee governing the intsrna-
tional race for the America's CUP. be
tween the American yacht Puritan and
soe English yacht Genesta, is as fos- !
lows: The first rscs will be 20 statute |
miles Starting from Scotland light |
snip, the contestinR yachts will cross |
the line a. the start and finish IN the |
sane manner AZ the first race, going 10 |
statute miles 10 vindvard or to lesvard !
ana return from Scotland ligh.ship, il |
II 10 possible TO make course from that |
psint; II not, from sandy Hook light |
ship. The secoud race will be over the /
Club course, . length Of about p unIlee.
In this race the oootestInQ yachts in /
starting will sross an imaginary liue /
drawn from the judges steamer anchor |
ed II shore: thence keeping outside of /
Fort Lafayette and around Sandy Hook |
lIghtship, turning it from the north and /
east. and then returning over the same |
course 10 finish line drawn between |
the shore and the home stake boat. /
fhe third race will be over q triangular |
course, 20 statute miles long. Starting |
from Scotland liehtship. the contend |
ing yachts will cross the line at the |
start and finish in the same manner as |
IN the FIRST race.
THE PRKPARATroSs.
NKw YeRK. Sept. AT an early hour |
this morning the river fronts we're In. |
vaded by small army of well dressed |
men. most Of whom carried svercosts |
and had marine glasses siung over their |
shoulders. Many ladies we're with the |
men. Tue destination of all was the
yacht race. BY the way were number |
less excursion boats, which we're Rsyly |
decked With boating and rested easily |
IN the ends of their piers from far up |
town down to the Battery on either side |
Of the city. At tie foot OF West |
Twenty third street the police boat |
patrol received a select assemblaRe. |
Further down from the foot Of Beach |
street the large oe an steamer Rich- |
moud carried away q number OF passes |
gers. At the docks Of the Iron Ste ,m- |
boat Company we're boats receiving |
large loads of passengers. One of the |
boats has on board q Number Of carrier |
pigeons, which will be liberated at Ger.
tain periods to bear information a. to |
the manner in which the race is pro- |
crossing. Betting, which last night had |
changed somewhat in favor of the |
Geuesta, shifted again this morning to |
fs5 and $40 tn 800 in favor OF the |
Puritan.
BEFORE THE RACE
SANDY HOOK. Sept. The bay is |
dotted With yachts Of every size and |
shape, and each 10 crowded with people |
who have come TO witness the race for |
the Americas cup between the British |
yacht Genesta and the American yacht |
Puritan. Early this morning the wind |
was light from the east. 1t claimed |
dowp, however, and by this time there |
is hardly enough wind to fill the sails. /
bot the prospects are that there will be |
wind enough for the race. The ocean |
course is smooth.
The wind ia nov fsur miles an hour |
and from the north. The weather 10 /
haxy. Several yachts are beating out |
from the Horseshoe. The others are |
being lowed. The sea 10 az smooth 40 |
sheet Of glass. The yacht Puritan. In
TOW of the tug l.. c. Ward. passed out |
at 9:55.
llam.-Yachts, steamboats,, tugs and |
sailing craft of every description are |
going out towards Scotland Light, the |
starting place for today's race. Never /
before in the memory Of the Oldest in
habitant was sach q feet assembled
around Sandy Hook. The Genesta
sailed out under mainsail, foresail,
topsaii, lib and ji6 topsail. Al 1880,
uhen outside the Heck, she took q tug
for the stake boat. The wind is now
Eve miles and still from the north.
l2m.-It looks bad for the yacht race
today. There is little wind. The con-
testing Yachts are still around Scotland
Light. Such a fleet as is now assembled
at Highland lightship has never been
seen there before. The sloops are ready
and the wind 10 rather light. The
weather is still hszy, bot pleasant.
l2:l0 q M The wind continues light
from the northeast. The weather 10
hazy. The yachts are still at the light
ship. 1t lie doubtful If there will be any
race today.
The measure Of the New York Yacht
Club gives the following as the measure
ments for calculation OF sailing length
of the Genesta: From topmast head
to deck 81 2 10 feet, end Of boom to tip
OF bovsprit l4e $40 feet, gaff IS feeI.
water line IS Clio feet. The PurItan's
measuremeuts are a. follows: From
,sp of masthead to deck l02 lilo feet,
from end of boom TO tip Of bovsprit
IA 6.lO feet, gaf AZ fest, water liae
so Ito feet. She therefore gives the
0euesta 81 seconds tims allowance. The
Poritan Is being sailed by Capt. Aubrey
Crocker, assisted by Capt. jos Ellsworth
and 22 able bodied seamen. and the Ge-
ussta is sailed by Capt. John Carter and
Mate VIM. Hosxate and 10 British tars-
m.-rhe wind has changed to
sne soutteast and is increasing. The
0epesta and Puritan are still around
scotland Light. Is is hard TO tell IL the |
Yachts will start. IL they do start IL /
will be long race.
ovKR THE COURSE.
Nxx ,Yoax, Sept. losing to the |
Iatepess of the start Of the initial race |
besveeu the Geussta and the Puritan |
and 70 lack of wind afterwards, TIE
yahts succeeded today 10 making only
half of the course. or twenty miles. 10 |
THAR twenty mile heat TO vindvard the |
Puritan sqaarsiy oatsailed the Genesta
one mile in ten. and nearly tvo miles in
twenty.
Tnsre Vas haze upon the bay all the
morning and there vas no wiRd from
any quarter uatil nearly noon. A
hundred sail yachts lay In the Horse
shoe at Sandy Hook this morning when
the judges boat, the Lakenhaoh, arrived
| from New York with the Judges. Messrs.
~. r. Tams, Chas. Stsboins and Philip
Schuyier. Az ss&5 O'Clock .. m. Jaw
0oald's steam yacht Atlanta asssd out
by the hook followed, int q min ties, BY
s.s tug l.. G. Ward towing the sioop
Puritan. She Vas salu.ed BY the guns
from nearly forty steam yachts while
on her way 10 the Scotland liGhtship,
the starting point. The Gsnessa re
mainsd in the Horseshoe while Mr..
WIN. Kries, Of she New York Yacht
Cicb. representing the Puritan. vas put
on board from the judRea' boat. She
then proceeded under sail on . port
tsck 70 the hahtship. The English cutter
vas also saiuted by the large nees OF
vschts nov under wsy. The tide vas
RUNNING food. Daring the forenoon
III vsssels Of ell sixss and rigs we're as-
semhlsd within q circle Of Q mile OF the