New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-09
THE GENESTA DISABLED.
arR BowsPRIr CARRIED AWAY By ihN
PURITAN.

fhe international yacnt races ""' "' C.o,to
dav. 1t resulted IN the Puritan anu oonee
fonlinc each other before the line nau Doen
crossed. the tearing OF the Amei''a &c
hoat,s malnsail and the loss :"
tbe English boats bowsprlt' Inc
pur;ton was pronounced to blame lor
the accident. but Sir Richard Sutton refused 10
Gail over the course and take the race. iheio
,vas a narrow escape from serious accioen. .no
loss Of life. AS it is the yachts Will De a. 'us
lima in racing trim on Friday and both Ensianu
and America hope they will have sun oree1o
IL . fo;r 6old The action of Sir Richard III
rofusinp TO claim the race was appreciaeeu py
Mr.. Forbes, and there is no Ill teei'ns III '"'
matter.
now THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
nrn,r.N TRIES TO CROSS HER RIVALS BOW
AND FAILS.
Az the Judges boat Luckenbach steaiheo
,brouph the clear air OF the brlght 0op
tamber morning across the Lower Day anu
into the Horseshoe yesterday, tina sea lay
" like n shield Embossed with silver" ana 'ne eioon
Highlands of the Navesink were Sharply oeuneu
ansinst the cloudless sky. Tho flags OF the hoyai
80. Sonadron and of the lstern and New YORK
yooht Climbs and the American yacht ensign were
a., from the Luckenbach. As she entered the
orseshoe she met feet of yachts that had lam al
.nohor there all night coming out The Puritan ana
Tho Ceuesta wore there with sails up, reauy ior
.ha co,tcst On board the YanSeo sioop
,b.-e vvas the confidence of coming victory anu
sc,ene satisfaction at the work OF the previous
dav. on board the English cutter grim deterinia"-
,ion. The racing flag OF Sir Richard stil ho" "o'
family from the topmlsthsad noierate orocAo
was blowing from the southeast aud there was
much more sea on than on Monday. nc nv "a,
mooarcbs of the seas sailed out to the Scotiahu
p,,ship accom- panied by their attendant Tram Vi
Yachts and steamers. The Ocean King threw over
board a patent log and steamed away iof the
son b. ouheast, for from that direction the VIM
was blowing outside the Hook. The judges po''
blew fantastic fanfare on Its steam
whistle as signal for the yachts 4"
get above the line, and they ran
10 the northward under mainsail, iib jib topsa'i'
and club topsail. The wind blew freshly ana there
was likelihood of its increasing There was every
prospect of a good race.
At1l:3O the Luckenbach gave the preparatory
signal. The Genesta and Puritan. the slosp to
wisdvard. stood down toward the lightship on the
mort tack Five minutes were allowed TO cross
the line. and all but thirty seconds had elapsed
when an accident took place which nlppet in tho
bnl the hopes of race The yachts were near to-
cetber and within short distance of the lghtshtp
The Genesta, seeing that she could not cross on
that tack came about on the sarboard tack.
Then the Puritan tried thing which Is trick II
il is upsuccess u and piece of good seamanshp
if il succeeds She tried to run across the Ge-
nesta's bows with the lntentlon of coming a6out
on the cutters weather bow. Tue yachts were so
close TO the lightshp that il Is extremely doubtful
if she could have carried out the latter part of tho
programpse even IL she hal got by the Genesta
successfully. The yachts were so near together
that those on the judges boat saw at once that q
collision was inevitable. If the Genesta had held
her course she would have gone clean
through the Yankee sloop. She was at
once put hard off. and answered her
helm beautifully But 1t was Of no use. The
people on the judges boat saw the straight bow
s,rt of tho cutter go teariny through the leach OF
the Purltau's malnsaiI. The next Instant there
vas crash and the bowsprIt of the cutter was
snapped short off and fell dangling By her side. 1t
was 50 apparently aud entirely the Purtans fault
that when the Yankee sloop came up to the judges
b,at as she Immediately did, aud j. Malcolm
Forbes threw up his hand aud sh'uted; We want
Instructions Snail we 60 over the courseP Mr.
Tams replied mo- very enphatcally.
Then the Luckenbach steamed up TO the
Genesta and Mr.. Tams said; I'VE
are very sorry for the accident.
The Puritan is ruled out and if you will go over
the course the race is yours"
"Will you give us time TO rig the spnnaker
boom for a bowspnti' shouted back NJ Roose
welt Schuyler.
YES" replied Mr Tams.
But Sir Richard Sutton shouted "No. no. We
don't want that sort of thing. ysu know. We
don't want IA wak-ovcr. We want a race"
The Ocean King meanwhile had returned, and.
taking the Puritan 10 tow had steamed away with
ber for tae Narrows. Then the Luckenbacb took the
disabled cutter in tow and the disgusted procession
returned to Staten Island The Puritan was at
anchor off Stapleton when the Luckenbach ar
rived there The stoam yacht Magnolias beautiful
little boat went of 70 the soop aad brought to tho
indges, boat j. Malcolm Forbes, General Paine and
T. r. Busk. They were closeted with the commit
tee for a while and then returned gumly TO the
Puritan It was then announced that the Puritauf
people acknowledged that they "had miscalcd lated
the distance aud were sorry for the accident" On
returning 10 the Puritan Mr.. Forbes wrote
letter and sent IL aboard the
Genesta, in which he regretted the accident
and slicred to pay for the damage done. lie said
that ne had nsca leu ated tho distance which the
Puritan was from the Genosta aud thought that be
had roon to cross the cutters D,ws.
The broken spar OF the Cenesta was taken IN tow
By the judges boat aud carried to pollons ship
yard, where one will be made. There
was but opinion on the Judges boat concerning
the accident, aud that was that 1T was entirely
the Puutan's fault Tue committed,
acton in ruling out the Puritan and offering the
race to the Genesta If she would sail over the
course met with hearty approval. WHAT the me m
bers Of the committee thought Of the Puritans ac
ton In trying to cross the Genestas bows 80 close
on the port tack they refused otherwise than
by their official action. One old yachtsnan on the
judges boat who is well known for his hatred 0i
cutters and love OF sloops. was temporarily con
yeried to a cutter man aud exclaimed when the ac