The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-17
THE CUP REMAINS
In Possession of Americas
Yacht Men.
GREAT REJOICING OVER IT.
Mexican Independence Chamberlain
Cholera Rise in Sugar
The Carolines-Etc.
GREAT REJOICING OVER IT.
The Cup stays.

New York, Septic nber 16.-"The cup
stays in America" These words were
spoken by ex-Commodore James D.
smith, as the Puritan's main boom
passel the finish line of the Scotland
Hghtship to-day, after the closest con-
/ test ever sailed over any 40-mile course.
Tie Genesta was beaten minute and
IS seconds corrected time and minutes
8 seconds actual time. The course was
twenty miles to leeward and return
from the Scotland Lightsbip, the wind
being west-northwest. The yachts
were sent away on an seast-southeast
course dead before the wind. In this
the cutter beat the sloop one minute
and tWenty-one seconds. From there
to finish they made but one short tack
OF mile and two long legs of nine and
ten miles respectively in a half gale
OF wind, which canted to north-north-
west. soon after the "outer mark" was
turned. In this work the Puritan
gained three minutes and three seconds
from point TO point. Leaving pier 8.
East River, at O'Clock, the committee
DO 1t Luckenbach, flying flags of the New
York, Eastern and Royal Thames yacht
clubs steamed down the bay to Staten
Island, taking on board there Mr.. Louis
2. Bayard. The sky overhead was as
clear as II bell, but out over the New
jersey Hills on the westward, fleecy
white clouds we're rising, giving prom
Use of an increase in the force of
moderate breeze from the west
northwest then blowing. There was one
solitary spectator on the bluffs of Fert
Wordsworth as the boat passed the
narrows. where there had been ten
thousand on Monday, TO see the finish
of the first race. There was no time
lost in preparations to-day. When the
judges arrived off Sandy HOOK, the
Genesta and Puritan were both seen
under weigh close up under he Scot
land Lightship, the starting point As
soon as Mr.. NJ Il. Schuyler, re-
presenting the Genesta on the Puri-
tan. was put on board the latter
yacht, and the feet captain, Robert
Center. boarded the Genesta to
do similar duty for the Puritan.
the tug Scandinavian, in charge of
Messrs. s. T. Lipplnco5t and Mr.. Olsen,
was sent away to log out the twenty
mile course, east, southeast and to lee
ward, and at 1915 the committee boat
south southwest, distant 100 Yards. This
for the imaginary line over which
the yachts were to pass. At this
time the steam yachts Electra, Stranger.
Corsair, Vision, Sentinel, Polynia and
Skylark had gathered to the southwest
Of the judges boat. The steamers
Grand Republic, Taurus, Sirius, H. T.
Bay, and the Old Dominion line steam
shin Richmond, their decks fairly black
with enthusiastic spectators, lay closely
by, with enough flags flying to supply
couple of circuses.
The following table gives actual
results of the interesting race: Start
Puritan IL h. &C m. 0.5s. Genesta IL h.
0.5 m. 0.Ss. Finish Puritan b. O.9 m.
Is s.; Genesta 4 h. 10 m. 80 s. ELAPSED
time. Puritan h. 0.3 IN. II s. Genesta
5 b. 0.5 IN. % s. Corrected time.
Puritan 5 h. 0.3 m. II s. Genesta 5 h.
0.4 IN. 50 s.
Captain Robert Carter said tonight
shat Sir Richard Sutton and Sir VIM.
Levigne said nothing during the race,
but watched its progress with interest.
B. Webb and Captain Carter denounce
the Puritan's sctfoa in bearing down
upon them as SHARP practice.''
and say that it would not be
permitted if racing liz English waters.
They think they tried to crowd them
off their course. Mr. TamS and others
of the committee and other prominent
yachtsmen said last night that 1t was
folly to talk about sharp practice.
Captain Croker "bore away" because
be held windward position and in max
ing his course to the lightShip was able
to do so.