The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-12

cover the course in the required seven
hours.
HIGHLANDS, n. J., September IL
p.m.-The Puritan set her spankel
and returned at $40 pm, the GsnestC
at $50 pm.
6.15 p.m.-The Puritan and Genestc
have been sighted returning. The
Puritan is ten minutes in the lead
We are unable to tell If the yachts
turned the stake boat on account OF
darkness.
SANDY Hook. September I'LL I'm.
The yachts did not round the float
The GeHeSta is coming in in tow, and
the Puritan is sailing in.
New YORK, September 11.-6.40 pm.
Yacht race has been declared off foI
day.
New YORK. September IL To-day S
yacht race has proved another flat
failure for lack of wind and the delay in
getting the yachts started. A large
number of steamboats,, steam yachts
and sailing craft accompanied the con-
testants of course to the outer mark,
where the Puritan arrived at 5.37, the
GenestG being nearly two miles to lee
ward of it. Both yachts were
towed back to the Horse Shoe,
o clock tomorrow morning. The start
was made at II 80 and fresh breeze
from the northeast and an ugly eaSterly
swell. l. not for the delay in putting
the crews and officers Il the yachts
from the Judges boat, many think the
race might have been sailed to-day
within the time limit of seven hours.
Early morning gave every promise of a
oooi breeze for the contest, a good
yachting day for all.
At O'Clock the Puritan was standing
out through the narrows under main
sail and jib, when the judges boat,
having on board Messrs. Tams, Schuy-
Ter and Stebbens, arrived at Tompkins-
vile. Staten Island. The Genesta also
was underwelgh, heading for the mar
rows under her jib. Her white jacketed
crew were soon aloft in the rigging and
the cutters mainsail was hoisted in a
few minutes. The easterly wind, which
prevailed yesterday, left a heavy
ground swell, which rolled over in the
bar and west bank, making itself felt as
the yachts under sail made their way
through the channel, to the Scotland
lightship, the starting point. By half
past 10 several steamers, the steam
yachts atlanta, Electra, Wanda
and over score of sailing yachts,
including Gen. Buffers Imericd,
were assembled near the light. The
wind was blowing a fresh breeze from
the eastwardand the tidewas about one
quarter ebb when the preparatory sig
nal was given at II 80, followed by one
to start at 11:35. The course was east
BY north, twenty miles to windward
and return. The Puritan lay hove when
the signal was given, while the GEN
esta lay near the imaginary line,
ready to slip over in a moment. By
excellent management, Captain Croker
sent the Puritan across the line first
in handsome shape, forty-one seconds
after the whistle was blown, the
Ge7lesta following six seconds later and
to leeward about 200 yards. The sea
was quite heavy during the first hour OF
the race and the GeneStG showed her
good weatherly qualities to advantage
| by running away from the white sloop.
| Her first tack was made at 12.41 when
she was apparently half a mile ahead OF
the Puritan and heading northeast by
east for Rockaway beach. She only
crossed the Pitritdn's bow by about
three lengths and Immediately
went about again at 12.44. The
Puritan kept on the starboard
/ tack until IL, when she came
about with the Genesta then under hel
| lee. The wind falling light soon after
she began to steadily increase her lead
on the Ge1testd, and when at LIS she sci
her spirit top sail, and the GenestG hel
club top sail, the Boston boat had 8
good lead. After long stretch to star.
| board, the Puritan tackled again at 8. 10
! = al ,S<r
later. The boats both carried the same
sail, mainsail. club top sail, forestry sail
and iib. The Genesta took in her bal.
while on this tack. The Puritan made
going about again at 4.20. AT this time
the stake boat was three miles
TO windward and was Just visible
but the wind being light and
the swells still quite heavy. There wa.
bat little chance for the yachts tc
finish. The GenestG set her big club
topsail at $50 and went about to port
| The Puritan had been slowly but surely
"eating" her way to windward Of hel
antagonist and was now q good MILF
ahead of her. At 5.15 both went about
again, while over 100 crafts of all size:
patiently awaited the coming of the
racers at the outer mark
The Puritan tackled for it a
5.23, when the Genestd was ye
nearly two miles to leeward, with moi
wind enough to fill her sails. The
Boston boat rounded the mark a
5.37.56, while the chorus of steam
whistles from the fiotilla of steamer.
greeted her. 4 moment later hel
spinnaker was broken out to port
making a beautiful picture, as she slipped
away over the now almost glass surface
of the undulating swells; toward the
brilliant sun and sky in the west, The
committee finding it impossible to sal
the race in seven hours, took the Gen
cstd In tow, while the tug Scandinavian
was sent to bring the Puritan into the
Horse Shoe. The yachts are to b
started at 1870 tomorrow morning
The indications to night are that tn,
weather will continue light tomorrow.
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