Telegram-herald., 1886-08-22
A MAYFL0WER DAY


Fon Wta-soalH. IS g. Aas -l.-lhe
start iu tle lst mal ra.e oser the Nee
1urk Yacht DIa1 course far the purpose oi
l-.ll.a. el.cA of the four crack Amerie a.
s.saus shall compete with the Dala-ea in
t.e n4ce or he America cup. although
advertised t1 taae place promptly al I'D
q m eas uol made unul mly twelve milne
uies after tle ame appointed The start
was D. .ooi one. all of lhe competitors cross
lus the starting uue ol the port tack under
70 iaesu southeast wind nearly together
hltlt minutes after tle Atlantic Was
-lElrlv iu thr ltad and slightly tO tne wlst
aarl The Nayuuwcr was following close
ali trlei to 80 under the Atlantic stern
and lau6rt her but the skipper Of Tie AT
.autiC would not allow Tins and laiuns
match followed ln which the Atlantic sue
ceeled iu Shaking the May t1wer 90. The
ia.er about this lme ist 80 her Jin topsAils
and lost considerable
Ihe Atlantic And Priscilla were the next
t0 have tu-sIr. lle Priscilla was away o.
tle leewArl of all. olt a- the boats passed
oI Ior, NadsN0rth tle Atlantic had
II irat cad of tle Priscilla. lAr iur, was
passed 0y The Atlantic 80 1888 Il, irs-
cIlla ctue second NtK. cAlA- ih- Puritan.
u.t.u.iF one quarter oi mile % the ar
0t the lr.scl.la. c.o,cir followed py -fe f4y-
laH.r Tie Atlantic stood lp ~e let
Nltl-an0luE her largely decreased ballast.
J-s- before the START the 0alatea went
over the lime and led ,Ae tour big slo0ps
down to forJ Wadswouh. where size came
about. and stood toward Fort Hamilton
The yachts turned tAe SPIT buoy ln the
following ORDER Atlantic ll.2s Priscilla.
Il5- Puritan, ll.5-.39. Mayhower, 1882.
AT ll4il tle Atlantic tacSet to tne star
Ooari. oae had "a lead of about three QUAR-
trrs Oi "a mIle and maintained lt. The fris-
ella had slightly drawn away from tae
ot1er two Wlnd ten miles and freshening
rue Atlantic tackled % porg, followed
quickly 0v the Mayhower AT 1912 Tine
Puritan tackled To port and attempted 10
cross cine PrisclilGs bow. but could nOt
maze it. and quickly lacked TO staroOard
again. TIE Priscilla then shot ahead of
her and ooth tackled to port al l2.l5. The
Atlantic tackled to staD0ard al 300 p. m.
AZ o. m. the MayhONer was on thr the
srar0oard tack. heading east and soon
PASSED the Atlantic coming In. The
Atlantic a, This time was bound ont. and
making for tne lgh--hip. The Atlantic
turned the hgntship at l4f3o p. m. The
MayHwer turuedo tle lghtshlp at' l.j1 p. ul-
Along che jersey coast To- below the Attain
tie highlands the MayhOwer gathered in
magnificent headway until she led the
fleet oy nearly ,nree miies. Asfern OF her
the Puritan ami Priscilla We're having a
Afrlr uip-aud-Iuck time OF their own. with
Tine Priscilla leading. bat tine Puritau D-tlec
up to wIldoald. shorty after 1 % cock
the N.vleTer headed up for the sandy
Hook lgh--hip. waica she rounded
at las-3 just tArce hours twcnfy-oue
minutes aud if.Y-niue seconds from
the start at owls Head Sne
rounded from eeward, and unfortunately
legged her spinnaEer boom on the wrong
tack. The Ii-IillE VI which error caused her
lue loss 0f mucn bsatway. Tine Puritan
rounded the ,hio l.4d. leaning over until
Lle pot lead Ou her biige shone lu the SUM
Hght half way Cd her keel. At l.50.lO the
IRON pot Priscilla. rounded. and easing oif
her sheets started for home ON the port
tack, az the same time breaking out her
spinuaker shortly after o'clock tue
lower deck spluuaker of the MavhOwec,
dragged In ile water and split the sail abou
four feet up one oi the cloths. of courset
uecessitating the taxing i'm ~ the sail. ln
consequence of tine shortening of sail the
BOAT made bus little headWay tor some
time. out as soon as she rounded the point
OF the h00k. where she would necessarily
have taken in her spiunaker anyhow. she
trimmed in and forged on again ike a
thing ot Gfa I1e A-lsntiC was second In
the Ieet. blt Tar astern, with tine Priscilla
following her and the Puritan pulling
up in the rear. Near the
point OF .he h11k the Priscilla. too. made
wreck % her sonuaae-. but as soon as she
rounded Size aliu need DO She iust
forged ahead and passed buoy 81 40 3.07.13
Tifh splrnid breeze ON her starooari
quarter The judges boat took Us position
at fle uuly which t4e boats were 20 round
aa thtlr lomewari stretch, aud recorded