Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-09-08
NEW YORK. Sent. Z.

ONing 10 the iateDes. OF the start In the
initial race between thr Grnes sta and Puritan
and to the lack of wind afterwards the yachts
succeeded today in m king only halt the
course or 20 miles. In this twenty mile sail
to the wind~ard the Puritan fairly out-sailed
the Genesta one mile in ten and nearly two
miles in twenty A haze settled upon the
bay all the morning and there was no wind
from any quarter until nearly noon.
huadred achts lay in the Horse Shoe at
Sandy Hook this morning when the judges
boat Luckrnbach arrived from New York
with the Judges. Messrs. j. F. Toms. Chss.
>t~bbins and Phillip SCHUYLER. At 9.45 Jay
Gouid's steam yacht Atlanta passed out by
the Hook, followed in ten minutes by the tug
Luther {. Ward towing the Puritan. She
was saluted BY guns from nearly every steam
yacht in the fleet " hile on her way to the
Scotland Lightship. the starting point The
G-nests remained in the Horse Shoe, while
VIM. Krebs, of the New York Yacht Club,
repres. nting the Puritan was put ON board
from the judges boat. She tnen proceeded
under sail to the lightshp. The English cut
ter was also saluted by the large feet of
yachts nov under weigh. There were 2l7
vessels of all sizes and rigs assembled within
mile of the lightship.
After tediu> wait Of two hours, at l. 80,
the preparatory signal was given from the
JUICES boat. This was followed five minutes
later by the starting signal The most of the
attendant fleet were then lying to the south
west of the lightship to give the Genesta and
Puritan clear water to START in. The wind
was from the southwest moderate breeze
shortly after one and it was hailed with de-
light bs thousands of enthusiastic spectators
on the steamers, who pa d from 81 to So
head to see the gre at contest,
BY skiilful manouvres the shippers OF both
yachts brought them close enough to ran a
line between the Judges boat and the light
ship, on the port tack, to cross in few Sec
onds after the starting sisnal.
The Puritan slipped across the line close
up TO the Judges boat at 1856, but for
some reason Capt. Carter of the Gen.sta
tackled TO the starboard just before reaching
it, losing minute ana AZ seconds, thereby
She crossed at 1877 81, official time. Capt
Crocker Of the Puritan, which boat looked
very handsome. with mainsail, spirit, topsail,
foretopsali, jib and jb topsail set, meant
flight" from the start At the moment the
Genesta cross the line the Puritan came
about and IN 80 se' onds had filled away
on the starboard tack with the Genesta
one hundred yards on her lee
beam The course was right Gin the winds
w
in charge of Nies Olsen and T. Lippin-
colt, of the New York Yscht Club, which
had started ten minutes ahead to lay out the
20 miles to windward and place the stake
buoy for the yachts to round. was cheered by
shouts from hundreds of spectators and fol-
lowed by an immense fotila of pleasure
craft. The two contestant headed due east
on the first reach. Finding he could neither
pass the Puritan to leeward or outpoint her,
Capt. Carer after 90 minutes. sud ienly put
the Genesta about to cross the Puritan's stern
but Capt Crocker put his helm down, at once
bringing the white sloop around 40 seconds
later. The Genesta was full OF tricks. for
round she came again in less than a m mute,
followed by the Puritan again in so seconds,
both yachts carrying exactly the same
canvass.
J. NJ. Forbes, Gen Paine, DIR. Bryant and
W. Burgess were on board the Boston sloop.
with Joe Ellsworth as pilot and NJ. S. Schuy-
Ter representing the Genesta. Instead of
gaining by the little skirmish which he in
augurated. Capt. Carter had lost, and the
Puritan had gained a decided advantage
Both yachts went about at OIL and reached
to the southard, having made about eight
miles OF casting on the starboard tack. Now
the Puritan b, gan rapidly to open the gap
between her and the Genesta, and when they
next tackled to the eastward, at Hi, she was
fully three-fourths of a mile to the windward
of her antagonist. and one eighth of mile
ahead. At ) 10 both tackled to the southard
again and now the Genesta was over a mile
on the Puritan's lee quarter. The way both
yachts walked through the feet of schooners,
including the Montauk, Fleetwing, America,
Gitana and Columbia astonished the specta-
tors and proved the superior speed of those
boats as compared with old models. At $50
o'clock when the judges boat arrived at the
outer mark it was sundown. The wind was
growing lighter and the yachts being then
two miles to leeward it was evident the race
could not be sailed within the required
hours, the regatta committee ordered
it postponed until tomorrow
when the boats start at the same hour and
over a similar course. All the accompanying
boats turned back before dark, and the Ge-
nesta and Puritan were towed back to the
horseshoe by the Luckenbach and Ward
The result Of todsy's contest is thought by
experienced yachtsmen to be convincing
proof that the Puritan can beat the cutter
under any conditions.