St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-20
THE PURITAN WINS.
The Genesta's Cong ueror shows Her
Heels to- the Zig Sloops.

NEW YORK, June 19.-The race between
the giant sloops, Puritan, Priscilla, May
flower and Atlantic to-day, held under the
auspices of the Seawanhaka- Corinthian
Yacht club, for subscription cup worth
$1,000, was more satisfactory than either
of those that have preceded, but it did not
prove which of the quartet is the best boat
for international matches. There was an
unfortunate start, every yacht being handi-
capped, and the winds were light and var-
able most OF the time. The run home went
further to diSabuse ideas that had been
formed from the already achieved successes
Of the iron Priscilla that that yacht was
the coming champion, yet she did remark
ably well, and had it not been for several
mistakes in her management she would
have done even better. The mistakes
she made, however, generally applied to
the NIayflower, and the same must be said
of the Puritan. The Puritan had unus-
ually good luck, while the Atlantic once
Tort the wind at a time when it would have
been of great worth to her. The general
opinion formed by expert yachtmen who
witnessed the race was that the Mayflower
was the best boat of the day. There was
immense interest felt in the big fellows,
and as the morning promised good wind
there was a goodly number of steam
yachts, tugs, excursion boats and MANY
smally smaller craft to see the race begun.
1t was exactly II a. m. when the prepara-
tory whistle was given. Five minutes later
the starting signal was blown. The yachts
then had, according to the rules of the
club, only five minutes in which to get
across the line. Not one of them did it.
There was only four-knot breeze blowing
from the north northwest, and the fleet had
gathered too far north of the line to get
down to it i'll time. The Puritan was the
first yacht over as usual, but even she was
three seconds too late. The result was
that
EVERY YACHT WAS HANDICAPPED.
That is to say that whatever time she
crossed the line the vessels time was taken
as being II h. 10 N. The far northward
position of the Mayflower prevented her
from getting down to the start until II h.
"a m. Sc S.. and this unfortunately proved
enough to take the prize away from her.
The Atlantic was the second of the first
class SLOPES to cross, the Priscilla third
and the Mayfower last. The wind began
to die out almost at once and there was
not hardly enough to fill the sails. The
first point to reach was Buoy No. 10 on the
again it came from the south, an almost
opposite direction to that which prevailed
at the start. AS they neared the buoy the
Puritan did not have over half a mile lead.
The Priscilla was to windward and a START
of wind from the westward of south
helped the other boats and destroyed the
advantage that the iron boat had gained.
AS the four went about for the buoy, the
Mayfiower, mile and a half to leeward
was in front, she having done. some tall
sailing across the bay. The boats went
about pretty well at the same time and they
passed the buoy in this order: Puritan
1889, Priscilla 1:40:4S, Atlantic 1:42:40,
and Mayfower 1:47:12. Then they stood
away for Buoy No. 80, the Puritan doing
good work. The wind soon afterward
came out from south-southeast and was
freshening outside of the Hook. Half way