The Portland daily press., 1885-09-19
THE cENEsTA WINS
In the Regatta Given by the New
York Yacht Club.
The Course a Triangular Run of 35
Miles.
The Douglass Cup Goes to the Ce-
nesta, the Bennett Cupto
the Crayling.

NEW YORK, Sept 1S.-The English cutter
Genesta retrieved herself by winning in the
regatta given under the auspices of the New
York Yacht Club, near Sandy Hook today,
as it was the annual race of the club The
prizes consisted of two cups, one given by
Commodore James Gordon Bennett for
schooners, and the other by Vice Commo-
dore Douglass for cutters or sloops. There
were ten entries, as follows:
sCHooNERs
Fortuna. Grayling Dauntiess.
CUTTERS
Genesta. Ileen. Stranger. Clara. Isis.
cENTRE-BoARD sLooPs.
Oracle, Athlon. Daphne.
The day opened bright and clear, with a
stiff breeze from the southwest. The course
was triangular run of 50 miles from an i'm
aginary line drawn between Scotland light
ship and the judges boat, the Luckenbach
This course was as follows: The first Leg
east by north; second leg, southwest by
west, northwest; and the third leg, back to
the starting point. The first two legs were
13a miles east, and the third was 81 miles.
Shortly before11 O'Clock, the tug whistled
for preparation, and few minutes later the
signal for the start was given. The first
yacht to cross the line was the Ileen, at
11.11.03. She was followed by the Clara at
11.11.09. The third craft was the Genesta,
upon which all eyes were fixed. She sglided
over the line at 11.11.30, and was followed a
few seconds later by the Fortuna. Then
came respectively the Grayling, .Athl0n,
Dauntless, Oracle, Daphne and Isis. The
last two were handicapped by an allowance
of five minutes
The Genesta forged rapidly ahead, and
gained steadily upon the yachts which had
Clara and Ileen, but was in turn closely
pressed by the Fortuna. At 11.45 the Ge-
nesta Ileen, and Fortuna were almost abreast
of each other, with the English cutter slight
ly in the lead, but the Genesta gained slowly
upon the other two, and after the first five
miles it became evident that the GeneSta
was ahead and intended to keep first place.
Capt. Carter dexterously rounded the first
buoy at 12.49,15, followed by the Fortuna
which made the turn at 12O0.23. The Gray
ling manifested good sailing powers, and
passed the red float a. few seconds after the
Fortuna The Oracle then attracted atten-
tion by pressing forward, and she rounded
the buoy fourth in the list. The GeneSta
made big sweep to windward, and left the
others SO far behind that the race seemed
certain for her, although the Oracle threat
ened her seriously for some time.
The second buoy was passed by the Genes
ia at 3.0755, and the Grayling, which had Sc
cured second place, turned at 3.19. The For
tuna came third and the Oracle fourth. On
the home stretch the English vessel came
scudding along like duck, and passed the
line at Scotland big lightship at 3.41.10, with
the Grayling second.
The Genesta's actual time was 4.29.4O, and
the Gracie's 4.593S; the Grayling's was
ALB, and the Fortuna's 4.42.27. The crew
of the Genesta was heartily applauded by
the thousands of spectators on pleasure
steamers
There were private sweepstakes contested
for during the race by the English cutter
Clara, the New York cutters Ileen and Isis,
and the sloop Athlon, which stakes were
won by the Clara.
The Bennett prize cup was awarded to the
Grayling, and the Douglass cup to the Ge-
nesta.
The English cutter, her owner, captain and
crew received an ovation after the race.