New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-24
YACHTS RACING IN A GALE.
THE GENEsTA BEATS THE DAUNTLEss.

Hatteras ulspOrted Itself IN the Va W"
Gulf Stream when tue yachts Genesta and DauntieSS
started on their for the Brentons Reef Chaiense
Gun on Monday evening. There almost nat calm
on the sea- and the heavy Dauntess with every stch
OF canvas her, moved eastward with scarcely per
ceptibe motion. But when Captain Carter SAID 9preau
| your wings my pretty Bird tho Gehesta' poh'ihs
toward England, into the obscurity OF the coming
night which hung over the waters ahead Inc
yachts were accompanied by the press tug Ocean King
| As the Ocean King going down the SwaHh ChahhoI
previous to picked up the Gcnesta SLOWLY
making her way out toward the Sandy HOOK L'ShtSnp'
! and offered to tow her out Sir Rich
ard Sutton bowed politely and accepted the oher'
When the yachts had got line and the Lucken-
BACH which had come start them had steamed
back glory OF the sunset, the Gencstas SAILS
filled with impcrceptibe breeze and she drew iar
ahead OF the Dauntc,5 Both yachts were on the star
board tack aud wind blew lightly from cast-'ouih'
Slowly the two yachts moved eastward The sun
set glores faded from the God ad Magog nued from
the misty Highlands OF tho Ntycsink, and below them
lust dipping the waves" the rcd Hight OF tho sandy
! Hook LigEtship. Besides these lights there was
nothing but the bOundess expdnSe OF mOOnt sea, the
va a., and an Austrian bark, the Comic Arturo when
u, Ocean King hal owed sea I'm the morning and
row found in the moonlight almost In the same spot IN
which had left her In the sunrise Every one oo"eu
to tue south yau hoping TO SEE not the whole cycIoue
but just enough OF IL to mako an interesting race como
blowing up through the ngrt. At o'clock the Diuht
less got little and drew nearer tho Gcncsta Bu
wind came IN from the ward aud ripped the waters
where ghostly wnIte sails cleaned on the
mOOnlit sea- Tbs English yacht slid forward raPldy
now and lett the DIuntess far behind. lie wihd was
not strong, but stl II was perccptiblc breeze ~
gJJ Fire Island light sighted. looking ike star
o., The horizon at frat, but gradually getting higher
and higher "a the yachts worked their way To the
northeast. There ring around the moon ana "
promise Of wet weather for the next day After mid
night the sky became overcast darkness was on the
face ~ the deep" and only the steady star OF the trc
Island .ht aud the green and red slda lights Of the
yachts could DO the gIoIm At 40 =. H. the
Gem sta, finding she getting too FAR over toward
the Long Island Shore came about on the port tack ana
stood ont 10 she held this tack until ~ wnoH
she again tho starboard tack. Tho Daunt.ess
meanwhile had disappeared in the darkness ascrn Fire
Island hight Wa, abcan at 1920, and from that time
uutiI dayurcak the Gone,tI was far ahead Of the
Diuucss a, To make the practical wI.k-oynr
WAcn the day broke lelcn sky archcd over lcadcn
sea faint black line tho western horizon was the
Dauulles, \ sound o. urf laundering on slingy
Breaches and dar, bank To the northwarl marked the
/ Long Island shore. Al 400 Shunccuck Ii<ht was
sighted A. soon rs the day broke sailors appeared on
| the decks OF the Gcucsta and gave her her usual
/ morning scrubbiug At the thcr stood sailor In
white canvas WORKING SUIT steadily steering the yacht
! toward faron Brcuton', Reef The cutter had up her
mansail, forr,taysll. iD aud club topsaIL She bad
taken iu her iD topsaiu the night At $40 the Gcnc,a
tucked aud stood of shore for hour; then she was
again put on the sagOoI tack At SIS tho 'hinuecoch
| Lighthouse abram and the yacht was well in to-
ward the shore The Wind Wa from southeast By east
and 80 through Ao dull morning she sailed along by the
! while and sur!-ir -cl shores.
At 1910 o'clock the cutter came about the port
! tack ran up a small jb topsall and stood of shore.
| Aloutauk Point sim invisible, but
! the houses OF tho mighty whalcrs OF
Amagansctt could DO the fields beyond the
yellow sand nil, Of the shore After standing on the
port tack for half hour the cutter about
ON the starboard tack and Laid her toward the
uvinclbo hcadland Of Montluk. Tho wind now hauled
more TO the eastward. IN fact blowing from within
half a point Of that quarter. Tho GcucstI stood IN
townri tho shore until II seemed that the breakers
were tight beneath her bows then at ll:2i3O she came
about on the port tack and reached away to gct an on
ng Montauk appeared 10 the north asst cloud on the
horizon before she came about again At l2l73O Inc
| wind having shifted more to the southwark. she was
nnle to lay her course. The weather got thicker and
thicker and along the afternoon 1t began 10 rain.
Tho raurd ceased after hour so but the weather
| still continued threatening and thick. At $3.50 tho
Gcuesta was OIL The sandy hills which lit themselves
between the Hat land, and the to the westward OF
| uoutnuk A long. heavy swell rolled I'm from the east
ward and the black hull OF the Grnesa rose and dipped
| slowly and mouotunou-ly her white sails sharply de-
! nued against tho dIrk-uIue ohscuriiy where mist
| and Sky and mingled. Monuuk doomed
vaguely on the northeast horizon Inc white AS
chrel ZOO. Az NH" he lick r tod gbrr M. .f,
ana t'h 'hI"uS" mn 49, '''t ''''
| seen cXcrpt an ocean steamer with It's rcnnon Of
/ ri,"k smoke far away to the south. But In the
| afternoon white sails, which seemed TO glenn with a
sh Of their own, appeared now aud then on tho hOr
,i haunt the aim cautIncs Of existence" In short
there wee all tho weri ell cts ana the strange. uu
Inn tGcK weather Al sea. The wind frrshcucd somewhat
In the afternoon and the Gonesta taxing In her llD
iop.. went lacking toward the cast with increased
rapidly.
Boon blowing Stih breeze IRON tho eastward lh'
! urpt on Montauk Point flashed out through
inc ,,ai Beacon sank t5wnri the horton tlr
the south usht Block Island appeared. tn Gcncsa
course ~ pas, the west aud uorth~hr u Block
Island aud soon the north sht on the island aud the
beaten hsadAnd Of roln; judith were u,cd. The wind
hauled TO the north%"iI anu im,rr's'u III n0le1g"
ihr cutter laying until her sails almost lay nat
t", vy,trr went puugug and diving through the Wild
night toward tie tossing shts that and foil
.BcEton's Reef Tho tug ocean King plunged after
iIo gallant cutter, Sending clouds Of spray the
house ~ her powerful engines forced her into tho
| heavy seas The Gcncstn reached tue Lishtship ut
03S5D Tuesday evening ana rounding began one Of
the terrific .trrgses against wind aud waves over
made 10y any yaIht ~ Ie', a. shr tpu"n"u iIHI
ocean King blew It's whistle the Genesia burned Coston
signals and above the bowling OF tue winds and
rang the cheers oiho reporters Tor sir Richard ana MS
cutter. Then ike phantom OF the niIht tho Gcnesta
punged after. The cutterh takcnn her top-al when
sho rainoup by Block Island but she set a small one
n,,tu now And carried II until abreast OF the north
iight of Block Island. Tho wind had haulod to the
% c,I,s tier trir, to take il her Gtopsai but with
report ike thunder It was blown away and catching
ms hobstay was ribbons 10y the fierce wind The
! predicted cyclone had come and the yacht aud the
! ocean King were In for H. SIN the gallant cutter
ohm, 10 her working topsail, which abe had up
Mace OF her club. At 1913 she reached Point Judith,
her way back aud at ll:22 was abreast or tho north
! light on Block Island.
| When twenty miles west OF BrentOn's Reef tho
| Dauntlcss was passed. struggling brdvcly toward
the turning point Something oylucntly the matter
with her manopmas "a she carried no sail a!oft on her
u-hed In the dark and stormy night. That the
LAST cen OF her by the GenrStn and ocean King. AT
twruty-nvc minutes aftrr midnight MOnauk passed
! by the English yacht The wind now Camo from the
northwest and blew gale. Huge angry rolled up
from The relies or storm In that ulrec
On-aud the bowling gale tOro of their tOpsn sheets OF
| f,1m. winch were blown seaward IN wh!riiug
| masses. AT $50 n. III. the Gencsta struggling
al, nINH --.lM nn I'll