Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-09-25
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Happenings of Interest TO All,
At Home and Abroad
THE OCEAN YACHT RACE.
The Puritan Leads the Genesta from the
start aud Beats Her Over Sixteen DIin-
utes, Corrected Time.

start aud Beats Her over sixteen Min
utcs, Corrected Time.
The first of the yacht races for the Americas
Cup was sailed Monday and was won by the
| Puritan with ease. The course was from Buoy
No. 1S. of Owls Head at Bay Ridge, through
tho NarfoWs, across the Lower Bay TO and
around Buoys Nos. 10 and So, and out by
| Sandy Hook to the Sandy Hook Iighiship, AID
return over the same course, finishing at Buoy
| No. 10, just below Fort WadsWorth. n dis
ia CO the course was 38 statute miles.
The start was capital one, the Puritan
starting at 1892 02 a. M. and the Genesta
! four seconds later. AT the lightship, where
they turned On their homeward course, the
Puritan was four minutes and twenty-five sec
ouds ahead, her time bting 2d4;54. At the
finish the Puritan was sixteen minutes and
f0rty-seyen seconds in the lead Throughout
The rice the Puritan led.
The wind was good outside and there was
moderate ses, with plenty Of white-caps. The
race WAS viewed by thousands on shore as well
as by throngs on the numerous pleasure craft
and excursion boats that covered the waters Of
the Boy.
In every point where wind and tide were
equsl the Yankee sloOp Outsailed the British
cutter; indeed, at times she acted as though
she were trhlDg with the cutter. 1t was a
contest in wind that was brisk at one minute
aud mild at another, aud on a smooth sea-
conditions that are supposed to favor the
Puritan. It was fair race, honestly sailed by
both shippers, and won by the Puritan be-
cause Of her superiority over the Genesta.
The time was as follows;
Puritan. ........l0 81 90 50 o5 Cos %
Gen6sa. 80 90 81 So % "a I
The time given above is the corrected time,
the allowance given the Genesta being de- !
Quoted, the actual time made was Puritan |
hours and seconds; Genesta, hours 22m. |
52s.
So battling were the winds that up to late |
hour in the race it was not believed by many |
that the race would be made in the allotted I
seven hours, but that Mondays, like the four
previous attempts, would be a failure. When .
it was learned that the affair was a success
and still further that the Yankee boat would
be the victor, the joy of the great crowd was
intense.
THE FINISH
Of the race is thus described:
The scene from Fort Wadsworth was pic
turesque in the extreme. Along came the
Puritan, quite q quarter OF a mile ahead Of
decks, the only head above the gunwale being
hat Of the man at the wheel. She darted
along through the smooth sea with the small
st possible heel to port, the light breeze that
blew having no power TO disturb her upright
position. She went through the wafer as
Die steamer Of many horsepower was fastened
o her stem. In her wake followed the doughty
ienesta. Her sails did not eeem to set go well
IS the sloop's the mainsai being baggy and
he after leech continually shaking. But she
cooted along right morrily, leaving a foam /
licked furrow in her rear And so the two
ivals passed from view quickly, and were soon I
ost to sight amid the big fleet of attendant
loats that conveyed them from beginning to
nd. Among the many yachts remarkable for 8
heir size, their speed and their beauty was
be English cutter Clara. She wore a suit of
ails the superior Of which for cut and set has
ever been seen in these waters. Her mus
IN" attracted universal admiration. Every
lch pulled.
Toward evening the crowd was recruited by {
AZ loads Of people, and every eye was strained 4
] the direction Of Sandy Hook. Presently
he cry arose, ''Here they come!" (Which is 2
Tst?" was the anxious demand. 1t was rather n
iflicult at first to distinguish between the two
scers, hut the knowing ones levelled their q
,lescOpes on the incoming fleet and gratified =
le majority that the Puritan was by long
Ids the leader. And as the handsome sloop, &
it'll all her flying canvas spread, passed the L
ark boat far in the front OF the cutter there
as prolonged cheer that re-echoed amid 81
le fortified heights and was waited along the
land until 1t reached the various landing a
aces, and conveyed tidings Of great joy to q
.e people waiting at the ferries. 4
The Second Days Race.
The Puri an started at Hos 80 a M. and ST
e Gen sta at 1l0l:39, both he aiding E. S. L. Il
II; 25 both yachts were off Sandy Hook. At
is time the Genesta could be seen to be a
lining on the Puritan, and at 1905 she was VI
If mile ahead of the Yankee sloop. "
At 1890 the Genesta rounded the stake ii
at, 70 lowed by the Puritan at l;7;32. .;
At 1:29 the wind was blowing twenty-five d
lies an hour, and-had changed more to the fl
nth. 1t was very squaly.
At :3S the wind had raised until it was u
owing at the rate of thirty-six miles from n,
C north, northwest. Shortly after the
ather set in thick and hazy. At this time
C Puritan was slowly gaining on the cutter.
BIOS p m.-The Genesta has every sail set
t for reasons unknown, the Puritan fails to
her tOpsails, the crew on the latter appear n
be engaged making efforts to that end
$40 p. m.-Yachts are on last tack and about be
m. 50
The Puritan finally crossed the line at 4O9 %
The Genesta crossed at 4:1015. la
The Puritan wins the race. -,