New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-12
THE RACE AGAIN A FAILURE
To GO OVER THE COURSE IN TIME.

- 7vos no race. There was every prospoo.
"o IN the day of fine race ouV
eai! time was lost in the morning
ple,; IN the afternoon the wind faleu.
nm nm tho unfinished race showed "haV
~ American yacht could do In tu'noie
&c sea. and strengthened more than ever .no
~ of Americans in their representative
'"'t W. The feet of yachts and excursion
."sr o',,ors which went beyond the Hook TO see
aoa ond tossed about all day in the rough
COO was not so great as on Monday, ou. sun q
sood-sized town was steaming ana noa'inS anu
sohh;no about all the afternoon In places "neio
.no shore was memory, and the seasicA onos
soug @ of a happy and they never expec'eo
to reach again.
,,,, pocTON YACHT TO THE FRONT.
sgv eRAcHEs IHE STAKE BOAT NEA"Ni wv
MILES AHEAD or HER RIVAL
,,a I,Io,v fresh from the northeast yester-
oorninr the waves thundered on the beaones
"S sandy Hook. the foam few. the sea guns
a,no5 dnll leaden clouds hung low over 'Ih an-
Coo and everybody said. as yachts ana s'ea,n-
% % oIlad ann pitched across the Lower bay ih 'no
a,rsct,on of Sandy Hook, that 1t was gong u oo
GOOD dav for the race. Down through inc e"as"
lid tbe Puritan and not far behlnu noi 'A0
7 IToLenbach came with the Genesta III tow' Do'',
,ocbts were in racing trim. The CUSTOMARY A0s -
Isor had been opened in the Genestas 1orec"S'ie
a1o Rrtish sailors had their sheath-KnlVes auu
,s,os of rome warn securely strapped arouhu
-, ond avervthinp was taut and trim. he racing
a. of SIR Richard few at the peak ana inc
remnant of the Royal Squadron at the 'op'h"'1
nod. OFF beyond the beacon on the Dry hon,el
the invincible Yankee went plungihg in'o '"'
heavy rollers that came swelling IN roih inc ooo"N
bounding from wave to wave as sue Nv"
"wnds and the commotiOn and the 'oSSins anu ''''
tumbling Of the sea-" -, e ,ho
of the Point of the Hook the hne' u 'n
Ceresta were cast off and she proceeded sea" az
npder sall Then the Luckenoach ran i'''o - ~
Uo,soshoo where Neils Olsen was put on board the
- Soooa;Dov,on that he might log OF the course
vben IL was given out. and some peope were taken
On hoora Ont beyond the Hook the Luckehoach
hosd the BOSTON pilot boat Hesper and asked her 10
- hot n transfer some people to the puritan
.b; tool, tjme andvaluable time 1t proved 10 De-
s.,hon the iudces boat fnallyarriyed at the oco'-
,o,A Ticbtshio and determined to start the race
60, +bot nont the wind had hauled more 10 'ho
a.u,ord and showed indication OF dying ou''
still stiff breeze was blowing ana no one oiea"ieu
hr+ that the course would be made In seven nouIS
Tbe hinge waves that came roaring on III iohs 'u-
,ontuous lines like ranks OF white piuiheu soleiS
Ii 40 hottie tossed the yachts about until the
bright copper on the Genesta's botton giahceo 'i
the spnhcht which now broke occasionally IN long
yellow streaks through the clouds. finally 'he
Committee decided TO start the race and blew
series of dsjointed toots ON the LucKenDach ,
whistle "a a warning to get above the line. Inc
two Yachts came sailing up under nainsall' lore
stavsail. lib and working topsall Ihey danceu
and skinned about in the heavy seas, shaking 'heii
so,Is and autteriug their hacs, shooting from the
tons of waves and plunging into the shlitlhR
boIows as if they were things OF life and con-
scionsness and scented the combat aiar ofi ana
were driven wild with exultation at the splendor
of the sea. "lts motion and It's mystery"
Far of toward the misty eastern horizon steamed
Che scandinavian TO plant the buoy
that should mark the turDng-point.
twenty miles away. Then the committee marked
In black on white board the cabalistic letters r.
nv n i, and placed the board IN prominent posi-
non On one side of the Luckenbachs pilot-bouse.
This was interpreted by every one TO mean that
the course for the days race was to be cast by
nor h.
At11:3O the preparatory signal was given and
five minutes later the whistle was blown for the
racers 10 cross the line. The yachts came dashing
a,wn 10 the start close together the Puritan to the
vindward and little ahead. They crossed on the
starnoard tack and started away TO the north
east. where above the tumbng waves. stretched,
cloud like, the Long Island shore; and
the great hotel at Rockaway Beach
r,se with all its turrets and gables from the sea
lie some enchanted castle in Venetian story.
The wind had dropped considerably now. but the
ocean was as lumpy as ever and the knife-ike bows
OF two Yachts went cutting through the green seas
with a rapidIty that was astonishing under the
circumstances. The Genesta was apparently max
ing heavier weather of il than the Puritan. Sh'
Law over after the manner of cutters aud cut hei
way through the waves, rocking and plnnging in
steod of rising from crest to crest with the lighi
and graceful motion and buoyant strength of the
Puritan. The time of the start was as follows
Ii:S2i
Geuesta lI104'
As the yachts went dipping and dancing towarc
the cloudland in the northeast it soon became ap
parent that the cutter made heavier weather
seemingly than she did in reality. for she steadily
oyerhauled the Puritan and began rapidly 10 eat
I'M TO windward. The remarkable speed and the
phenomenal pointing which in the unfinished race
of Monday had seeTaed 10 be attributes of the
Puritan alone were now developed by the Genesta
and Sir Richards raciug flag drew ahead III a man.
ner that made people see in dim perspective the In
ternational Challenge Cup go sailing
away in Sir Richards cutter to The Royal Squad
ron's Castle of Cowes At l242 the Genosta
was 80 far ahead that she concluded to get to the
Pnritan's windward and so. coming about on the
port tack, she crossed the Yankee sloops bows and
came about on the starboard tack again on the
Puritan's weather bow. All this time the wind
was lattening, and as the yachts were approaching
the Long Island shore, the water was getting
smoother. When tse Genesta had got to the wind
ward of the Puritan the beautiful Boston boat
seemed to become endowed with intelligence and
began to run away from her adversary.
So they held their tack, standing well in
toward the shore until the hotels and cottages OF
Long Beach and Point Lookout seemed close