Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-08
THE YACHT RACE.
The First Contest Between the British
Yacht Genesta and the American
Yacht Puritan.
A Late Start and Unfavorable Wealth er
Prevents a Completion OF
the Race.
The American Craft by Far the Tastes
Sailer-Hundreds of Sail in
Attendance.

New York, September Owing to the
lateness of the start of the initial race be-
tween the Genesia and the Puritan, and
to the lacS Of wind afterwsrd, the yachts
succeeded to-day in making only half the
course, or twenty miles. In this twenty
mile heat to windward the Puritan square
ly outsailed the Genesta one mile in ten,
and nearly two miles in twenty. A haze
settled upon the bsy all morning, and there
~as no wind from any quarter until nearly
noon. A hundred sail of yachts lay in the
Horseshoe at Sandy Hook this NOM
ing when the judges boat, the Lucken-
back, arrived from New York with
the judges, Messrs. ] F. Tsms, Charles
S ebDins and Philip SCHUYLER Al 9:45
O'Clock m. Jay Gould's steam yacht Alta
lsnts passed out by the Hook, followed 10
ten minutes by the tug Luther G. Ward,
towing the sloop Puritan. She was sa-
lrted by guns from nearly every steam
yacht in the fleet while on their way to
Scotland Eght-ship, the starring point.
The Genesta remained in the Horse Shoe,
while Mr.. VIM. Krehres of the New York
Yacht Club, representing the Puritan, was
put on board from the judges boat. She
then proceeded to sail on the port
tack to the light-ship. The English
cutter was also saluted by the large fieet
of yachts now under way. The tide wss
running food. During the forenoon 2l7
| vessels of al sizes and rigs were assembled
within O circle of a mile of the Scotland
lightship. After a tedious wait of two
hours, after the arrival of the contestants
at the ightship the preparatory signal
was given from the judges boat at 30
o'clock. It was followed by the starting
signal five minutes later. Most of the at
tendant yachts we're lying 10 the southwest
of the hghtship to give the Genesta and
D. III 49,
had come in from the Southwest, moder-
| ate breeze, shortly after O'CLOCK, and was
| hailed with delight by the thousands of
enthusiastic spectators on the steamer,
who had paid from 81 to So head to see
the great conteet. Byskilful maneuveriDg
the Shippers of both yachts brought them
close enough to the line hetween the
judges boat and light ship en- the por5
| tack to cross in a few seconds after the
| starting signal. The Puritan slipped
across first, close up TO the judges
| boat at 1856, but for some rea-
son CAPT. Center of the Genesta
tackled to starboard just before reaching
it, losing one minute and forty-two sec-
onds, and being handicapped thirty-seven
| seconds thereby she crossed at :35 81,
/ official time. Capt. Croker Of
the Puritan, which boat looked very
| handsome, with her mainsail, spirit, top
sail, foresteysail, jib and jib topsail set
meant eight" from the start. At the
moment the Genesta crossed the line the
Puritan came about, and in thirty seconds
had filled away in the starboard tack, with
the Genesta 100 yards on her lee beam
The course was right "in the winds eye,
southeast, and a tug had started
ten minutes before to log out the
twenty miles to windward and
| place q stake buoy for the yachts
to round, cheered on by shouts from
hundreds of SPECTATORS and followed by
the immense fotilla of pleasure craft. The
two contestants headed due east in their
first reach. Finding that he could neither
pass the Puritan to leeward or tout point
him, Capt. Carter, after three minutes, sud.
| denly put the Genesta about to cross the
Puritsn's stern, but Capt. Carter put his
helm down at once, bringing the
handsome white sloop round forty
seconds later. The Genesta was full
of tricks, for round she came
again in lees than minute, followed by
he Puritan again in fifty seconds. Bott
yachts were carrying exactly the same
canvass. Instead of gaining by the little
skirmish which he inaugurated, Capt
Carter had lost, and the Puritan haC
gained a decided advantage. Both yachts
went about al 1907 O'Clock, and reached tc
4
miles of casting on the starboard
track. Now the Puritan began tC
rapidly open a gap between hersel
and the Genesta, and when they
next tackled to the eastward, at ALL, she
was fully three-qusrters of mile to wind
ward of her antagonist, and one-eighth o
mile ahead. At 5:ll both tackled to the
southwark again, and now the Genesis
was over a mile on the Puritan's lee quar-
ter The way both yachts walked through
fleet OF sehooners, including the Mon
aux, Fieetwing, America, G ilens and 60
umois, asionished the spectators, anC
proved the superior speed of these bost
AZ compared with the old models. A
$3.50 p m, when the judges boat arrived
1T the outer mark, it was shutdown. Til,
, wind was growing lighter, and the yacht
oeing then two miles to leeward, it wa
, evident that the race could not be sale,
within the required time limit Of sevel
hours, go the regatta committee ordered
postponed until tomorrow, when th
poats will start at the same hour and owe
; | similar course. All the accompanyin
yachts turned back before dark, and th
: Genesta and Puritan were timei back t
/ | the Horseshoe. The result of to-day
/ contest is thought by experienced yachJs
e | men to be convincing proof that the Puri
tan can beat the cutter under any cond
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