New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-12
HOW THE YANKEE SLOOP WON
HER SPLENDID WORK IN BOTH STRONG
AND LIGHT WINDS.
RUNNING NIMBLY AWAY FROM TIE BEATEN GALA
TEA-GooD MANAGEMENT OF The BOSTON
BoAT-IIEUTENANT HEM ILL-HIS
REQUEST FOR SHORTER

REQUEST FOR bHOKlLh
COURSE DENIED.
The Americas cup will not go across the ocean
this year. for the Mayhower won the second OF the
International races yesterday. The victory OF the
American boat was so great and COM
plete that the race was unnterestng
Five minutes after tho yachts started the
race was practically over. The only real race
was the race Of the Mayfower against time, and
all the betting done was after the wind died out
and 1t became question whether the
Yankee sloop would get to the Scot
land Lightship within the seven hours
allowed for making the race. The owner OF
the Galatea has made himself so universally liked
that every one who saw the felt sorry for his
sake that the victory so overwhelming. and
ioy at the Mayhower's splendid performance was
tempered with regret that Lieutenant Hem had
ever allowed himself to be persuaded that the
Galatea stood any chance of winning the cup
II was not hard struggle between two fleet
boats # was walk-over and the Galatea was
never near enough to her rival to make the affair
interesting From the race yesterday it looks rs
If any one of the four big sloop woud be more than
a match for the Gaatea. The Engilsh Doat
crossed the line nearly half an hour after the May
flower had finished The Galatea finished "by moon
light alone" and her dispntei crew could see the
Point of the Hook accompanied by most of the tugs
and excursion steamers which had come out TO see
the race.
The Mayfower was well sailed as usual, by Cen
eral Paine. The Galafea was badly handled by j.
Beavor-W Webb Had the cutter been properly
handled she might have cut down the time by
which she was beaten. but she stood no more
chance of winning against the peerless ana
wonderful Mayflower, even if q sailor had been at
the tiller than she did of flying after one OF the
carrier-pigeons which brought the news OF hef
overwhelming defeat up to the city, Never has
Yacht with any pretentons to speed been
so humllatingly defeated. In comparison
with the Mayfower. she seemed to be
anchored 1t was cruel for such
yacht with j. BeavOr- Webb at the helm, TO sail
against yacht like the Mayfower, handled IN the
skilful way she
The race was over the outside course, twenty
miles to eeward and return from the Scot
land Lightship The wind was blowing freshly,
about fifteen miles an hour at the
start but after the turning buoy rounded 1t be-
gan 10 die out, and after time 1t seemed as IL
even the Mayhower could not reach the 1ghtslp
in time to make race. But she got some wind
under the land and as it needs only the slightest
proyocation to make the MayiOwer go ike
a racehorse she came flying over the line with
about ten minutes to spare There was nolhlhg
wonderful in her beating the Galatea but her race
against time when she got the breeze and came
rushing up to the lightshIp was marvellous.
At $50 a. LII. the judges boat, Lucken-
bach, took the GaIatea IN tow OIL Bay Ridge
and the tug Scandinavian got line to the May
flower. They were towed out to the Scotland
Lightship and there cast OFF. The WIND blew
freshly from the northwest and the course gwen
maneuvring measures Hyslop safely landed
on the Scandinavian from the iron steamer Taurus
rs an annex to the regatta committee and started
with a tatirai log log oft the course. Before the
scandinavian started the Galatea came alongside
the Judges boat and Lloyd Phenix sang out from her
deck that Lieutenant Hem sick, and requested
that the be fifteen miles and return instead
of twenty. The regatta committee decided that
they did not have authority to shorten the course
Then Mr.. PhenIx requested that tug be sent to
the Galatca Immediately after the race to tow her
nd TO the city, Lieutenant Hem wanted to see
physician that night. This was promised oy the
committee and the steel cutter went gliding away.
ust then the Priscilla was seen running down near
the lightshlp. She racing trim and had evl-
dently come out to show what she could do with
the champions. She found out what she could do
with the Mayfower before the race was over.
At11:1O the Luckenbach blew the preparatory
whistle, and ten minutes later the starting signal
was given. Both yachts were near the line. The
Mayhower had her spInnaker run up III stops and
broke it out 1t was beautifully done, and
q cheer went up from the people
on the excursion boats. Under mainsail. club top
sail, spinnaker. fore staysail aud jib the yacht,
whose beauty even the disiiguring potlead could
not conceal, went rapidly across the line
before the strong wind which was now
breaking the surface of the ocean into
white caps. The Galatea went over about two
minutes later and her spinnaker she crossed.
The Mayfower set her balloon jIbtopsail soon after
crossing and took In her other headsails lhus
doing all her work with her immense spnnaker
and jib topsail her great mainsail and towering
club toDsail, she was blown rapidly
toward the southeast. The Galatea did not set her
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