Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-22
AFTER TTIE HOMER
Yankee Yacht. Competing TO Race the
Gg4alsa

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6aiatsa.
by telegraph 70 the D1sIatch.l
NEW YORK. August 2l.-To-dAy :
rtoe-the first Of the series Of trial
contests TO determine which Of our
sloop-ytchis shall meet the British cut
itI Gslsiea IN Ssptenber-resalie5 II
q victory ior the new sloop Mayaower.
She beat the Puritan By II minutes and
II seconds over foTty-mile course.
She also defeated the Atlantic 10
minutes and 81 seconds, aud the PRS
ella ], minutes and - seconds, a0d
made the fastest elapsed tine over the
course. Tie Atlantic defeated the
Puritan BY % seconds. All the Priscilla
By : minutes and So seconds, while the
Puritan beat Tie Piiseills minutes ard
i seconds. The Atlantic vas the first
scross The line at l0;l2Q7. Captain
Joe" Ellsworth was al the wheel.
The Puritan was next, only - seconds
behind, with Commodore J. Malcolm
Forbes steering her. Then the PRS
ella. steered by Commodore 4. CAss
Garfield. ST l0:l3:20, and tie MAY
flower under Captain Martin VanBarsn
Slons's guidance bringing up the rsAT
81 lU:l4:25. Tie course Was 70 G1d
around Buoys 10 and : /; thence around
Sandy Hook light-shiP, and return to
the Aaish OF Buoy IS, passing between
il ard the judges boat lying 10 the east
ward gift
The handsome quartette Of racing
cE&t; were able 10 lay thsir courses
from tie start to Sandy Hook sgains.
3 food.hde. And from there TO the light
ship it Was . dead beat 70 windxard.
4 great improvement II tbs AllAntic's
sailing Vas noticeable from tbs first.
Accompanying the slOops we're the
sieara-ysehts Ele,us, Mignon, Stranger,
Ocean Cen, Vision. and Empress, and
the sailiDg.yscbts Dzuntless, Espirito. !
Miranda, GAls;es, Esielle, and twenty
two tug-boats and other craft. Tie |
tine made to Buoy 10 by each yacht |
was: Atlantic, l:l7:l9; Priscilla, |
1890 ; Puritan, l:20:l5; MayfoEer, !
1904.
As soon as the NARROWER felt 4"
the long ocean sEslls she began 20
q. CIT foot TIE others. She had been
steadily oveIhsaling the Puritan for
some tine, and exactly 81 J. o'eloek. /
when about tEo miles southwest Of
Sandy BOOK, she passed her to wind
ward. Size then made play f5f her only |
Atlantic. Captain
Stone, Of the Nay flower, pat the slooP
about Eve seconds after hls rival, and.
though q the Atllniie's lee quarter
II that time, she was walked out 20
OF her IN ten minutes, cross
ug her bows, and took The frs; place
n the contest. When the MsyfoEer
Ecksd tie next time, 81 1887, she was
'nlly . mile 70 the gindESrd Of the
Atlantic and travelling Ike srlee-horse
or tie goal-ths light-ship-oEer FIVE
nLes dead 10 tbs EindEArd. The Ga
sieA, navigatsl by Captain Bradford
nd with Mrs. Hem on board, had
Vo.ked ont 10 the middle Of Godfrey's
hannel. where she squared away"
o. home, having almost caught TIE
Tiers with but little effort, although
tartipg far behind them.
A feet Of over hundred steam and
silirg crkt plunged and rolled in the
Jng sEells at The "outsr mark {"
waiting the yachts. The Msyfowsr
Eerresched . little on her last star
GARD tack, bat going about come gaily
long for tbs mark, gybi1g around j, (
, Ih. sem. a5s., with the Atlantic
ext q, h 4im. IS; The Puritan AZ ID.
en-. S., and the Priscilla At Ii. 50m.
Is. Each received an ovation from the
.esn-EhiStles.
The figures show that in tbs wiad-
ard work 10 the hgat-ship the May
over beat TIE Atlantic 10 minusss sni
.irty-sour seconds; the Atlantic beat
,e Puritan - seconds and the Priscilla
minutes and Is ssconds. Several :
'oss mistakes were made By the Pari-
ne ssiling- master Or she woai1 have
sde : better showing,