The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
YOUR UNCLE AHEAD.
THE w HlTE-WINGED RACERS SHOW
THEIR MsT1LE AT LAST.
Boston's Pride Leads from the Start and
Comes in with Victory on Her
Prow-One Point for
Uncle Sam.

prospects t1at the furlGtn ana NehesUa Will
be able to have to-day the initial race foI
the America cup over the inside, or New
York Yacht club, course are quite favora-
BILE. The signal office at Sandy Hook re-
ports at this hour a thirteen-knot breeze
from the southwest with probability oi
continuance throughout the day
The race to-day is over what is called tn, |
inside course of the Nav York Yacht club |
The course is down through the Narr0ws |
across the lower bay, around buoy No lG |
on the southwest spit, leaving that buoy ol |
the port hand; thence to the s0uthwnrd ol
buoy No. 81, and to the northward of buoy |
No. 5, on the point of Sandy Hook; out
around the Sandy Hook light-hip, ana
home over the same course, finishing at
buoy No Is. just inside the NarrowS.
1850 a. m-The Genesta and Puritan
have begun the race They crossed the line
at 1924 a. IN. Tie boats started on the port
tack the Puritan scoring an advantage OF
half length. After ten minutes run in on
the Long island shore, both boats almost
simultaneously but about for the Narrows,
the Puritan still eading.
II 10 a m The Puritan is now going
through the Narrows, leading the Genesta
by half a miIe The shores of Long Island
and Staten island are crowded with people
and boats of every description follow in the
wake of the contestng yachts
1880 a. H. Both yachts are bscalmod of
buoy l3 The wind is setting in from the
southeast and is light. At Sandy Hook.
however, the wind is blowing a twelve knot
breeze
SANDY Hook, N. j., Sept. L. The aea
off Sandy Hook is smooth this morning.
The wind, which at dawn was blowing
fresh from the sCuthward, is now az ny o
ten mile breeze. The bay is dotted wlth
yachts and yes els of all sorts and SIZES.
The air is so clear that glasses are hardly
necessary to distinguish the racer, 1t was
Just lI:O7 o'clock when the Puritan and the
Genesta passed by Furt Wadsworth. The
Puritan looked to be at least IA half-mile
ahead Of the Genesta.
FORT HAMILTON, Sept IA Noon. The
yachts are healing south on the port tack.
The wind is southwest and only three
miles an hour The Puritan leads the
Genesta about quarter Of a mile
SANDY Hook, Sept. IA The feet behind
the racers extends from shore to shore and
incoming ships had to lie to outside the
NarI ows until the racers and attendant
feet had passed seaward. The club topsail>
of the Puritan are not more than half filed
The Genesta's sails seem TO catch more of
the favoriug breeze but the Puritan keeps
ahead
Up m.-There is breeze coming up from
the south-southwest. The yachts felt it
They are both on the port tack The Gene, ta
keeps nearly two miles astern of the
Puritan.
Las p. m. THE Puritan has passed buoy
| g. off Sandy Hook point, at l:32 p m. The
Genesta passed the same buoy at 1856 The
wind Is nine miles an hour, aud south-soutA-
west The Puritan is we'll to wind ward and
holding her advantage She is now outside
OF SanIy Hook.
2p m.-The Genesta, after rounding the
| spit sent up her balloon topsail and rapidly
reduced the distance between heTsalf and
! the Puritan. The latter also sent up her
balloon topSaiL the racers are only half a
mile apart now. The Puritan passed the
observatory oppos lie Sandy Hook buoy No
| 51s at l:;}2 under cloud of canvas An iron
Steamboat mterfered somewhat with the
wind of the Genesta.
2:05 p. m.-The Puritan passe1 the Scot
land lIght-hip at l;57. the Genesta at 2:Ol1S
| The Puritan turned the stake-buab al
2:l5:l0, the Ganesta has Just turned it i2:3t
p. ml.
245 p Nth Puritan and Genesta art
on the port tack The Puritan keeps heI
position to the winiward. 1t looks from
here as though the Puritan went too far Il
the windward in rounding the light
ship, and, con nseguently, lot considera
bic ground, The Genesta Is overhaulin1
her more rapidly than on the outward
course. Both yachts are doing good work
FoRT WADswoRTH, sept IA -3:15 p, m
The Genesta has Just set her spmnikel
and it draws. The Puritan has not set her
but all sails are drawing fins. Both ar
running before tine wind just below tn
hospital ships.
4:03 p m-Both racers are now abou
"a miles below lower quarantine rnnnin.
free before the wind. The Puritan has no
yet set her spinnaker but seems K
he holding her own all right
The entire fleet surrounds them at a re -pect
able distance. About 5 900 people are as
sembled on the bluffs at the fort and are al
excitedly waiting the result.
| FORT WADswoRTH. 4:3i p III. Benin,
the Puritan and reaching to leeward for
mile and half is a dense crowd Of steam
ers and tugs all blowing their whistles in
perfect pandemonium of delight. TAe Ge
aesta fails to gain an inch.
SANDY HOOK, Sept IL = p. m -Purita
nas,ad n line drawn rom bar, toyv,rI
s., ha,. q r,,in',+o. a. -, -,
AIinees oAS iii'iiU ~ 'o''ii' oneA
OF the uehes'A'
TT NADsWoRrH, sept t4-4:0 p m. =
The Luckenbach has just taken positio
alongside the stakeboat, ready for the fiji
ish. The noise OF steam whistles from tn
ho1iha 10 ue"ieni''s "' '"e III nan ui""
near 'ne iile, An sun 'oa' .s uf,s uia"
aloheSiue oi Ino "ene Ia as II W oear ne ne
company ih her solIthae a' tne rear Oh Ih
procession. Inc furitahs Dailoon-Jb