New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-08
TOO LITTLE WIND FOR RACE.
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yachts considering the light wind moved with
marvellous rapidity. The Genesta was evidently
anxious to get to the windward of the Puritan,
and at 1;59 o'clock she came about minute
later the Puritan came about The yachts were
now very near each other The Genesta,
seeing that her effort to get to wlndward
of the cutter was failure, made
short leg of 1t and then came about. The Puritan
followed, and though the English yacht
was quicker in stays than her rival
the Puritan seemed to have gained
moro than the other did by tie
manGuvro. The Yankee sloop outpoining the
cutter, and Puritan stock went up with boom.
The breeze began to freshen, and the Genesta
drew away from the Puritan little. She was evil
IDENTIFY outfooting the American boat. Then there
was an elevation of cutter stock. The
sails of both yachts set like boards.
For awhile the two yachts sailed along without
either getting decided advantage. Every sail OF
the Puritan drew for every inch there was In 1t,
and she was sailed with consummate skill The
English cutter too, was doing her best.
At $40 the wind increased trife and steadily
the Yankee boat began TO draw ahead of her rival.
quarter of an hour later and the
Boston beauty a quarter OF n mile
ahead of the pride of the Royal Squadron. Count
windward, the American yacht had at least half n
mile the best of it at that time. At 800 the
Genesta came about on the port tack She
was quickly followed by the Puritan. The
wind was dying out now and to the northeast it
looked like fiat calm. To the south there ap-
pesred TO be more wind, and the Genesta. 10th to
leave the wind she In. stood down toward the
southern horizon and did better than she had
before, holding fair wind, much
better wind indeed than the Puritan.
For a while the Genesta crawled up ON
the American Yacht. but the Puritan soon got the
same wind as the Genesta and did her
best not to be oyertake1 The Eng ish yacht was
ard had ordered nailed TO the mast III the early
morning, drew, ahead Of the pgritan's
red white and blue d stu n the Puritan
respect Ts much the advantage. At 4:i3 both yachts
came about. and it was seen that although in the
first part of the previous b tsck tne
all she had won later. and that
the Puritan was further ahead than her
which had, all the time pressed too close
to the racers, seriously interfered with them
The steamer Kill Won Kull ran to tho windTard
of the Puritan and several steamers passed 10
the windward Of the Genesta. The steam.
ers which passed to the windward of
any harm. but the Kill Won Knl caused the Puri-
tan TO fall off and lose several seconds The sails
OF both yachts mad been drawing and setting splen
didly until now, but soon atier the boats came
about on tho port tack the leach OF
the Genesta's IDainsail began to shake badly. The
Genesta considering the light wind, sailed with
remarkable rapIdlty, and Americans thanked their
stars that the Puritan had been built. IL was not
that the Gencsta sailed fast. but that the Pnr-
tan sailed faster Most yachts In cracking breeze
could not have sailed fast as the Genesta ala IN
the light airs that Just rutiied the dark blue
water. No yacht could have equalled the marvel
lous Puritan. Steadily the spacelof SUMMIT water
between the Boston sOop and the English cutter
heightened, and those two leaning towers or can
vass got further and further apart. still the wind
continued light, and II grew more and more
within the required seven hours. At
5:12 the Genosa came 9b0u on the port
tack and was followed by the Puritan. The Puritan
was at that time one aud one-half miles ahead. AS
Genesta began to do better again and 1t
was soon evident that she was outfooting
the Yankee There was no hope, apparently. that
she could ever catch those white rails that gllded
she was evidently bound 10 do her
hest The knowledge that the Genesta was being
fairly beaten must have had dispiItng effect Oh
her crew but they did not show Il IN the handling
aud was followed immediately BY the Pariian.
What the GeDesta had gained on this
tack by ontfooting the Puritan bad been more than
counter balanced by the American Yachts superior
wind had been dropping, and now
not enough remained to wave the hags
OF the steamers nj rest on the waters around the
stake-boat waiting for the yachts to round. Al
held her tack until CD wnen she
followed her antagonist. The wind grow
lighter and lighter. The stake boat was miles
away. II was evident that the race could not Dc
sailed liz seven hours, and at $40 the committee
decided 10 give il mp and try again today. Inc
racers were then towcd no TO the Horseshoe.