Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-06-20
GIANTS On the WATERS.
Regatta si the sewanhaka
Yacht Club.


TIE Mayaswsr.
ne last e. she nernalns.
NV YcnE. Jnns ls.--Ths lasa Of ahs
three big Fegastas took plaaa today. and
again lhs Prissiila, Puritan, Mayh0Was
and Atlan3io sailed aQainss each other.
Ihis tins they sailed for q 5000 cup
o4ased - tie Seuanhaka Yacht Clnh.
Besides tha fear big aloopa the entrees
aRe ne sehooneE4 Eoriune, GnyiinR
and Ru1A; ne sloopa 0facie. CindsF.
ella, Dolphins Daisy lseulk, Nomad.
Ouiprit, Fay. Niasa and Elephant, ard
the su1leEa BedoWin and Cara
The YAehts sEaxted az f6llnws: The
Puritan &c 1i17 s ths Atlantic e
| llsl6-16 The Rkiseiile 81 Hal, tie May-
AoWag at 1is14-fS. Tha oouEas uaile1
ogsE today Il thirty -asgsn miles IL
| lsnRah. aFem Fart Wadswprih 20 huov
No. 70. en- lhe HouthWsst spit, then q
Sandy Hook hghtahip and back 10
buoy No. lb.
The yachts passsd busy 10 as follows:
PuFsfau, 1sll 50. Prisoilla 1sk8 30, Allan
tie 1.f5. and MaynoweE Is50. AZ ba0y
81 the positions we're unchanged,
shoaRh tha Atlantic had Gained on The
Friseilla.
SD. m.-Ths Mayaowsr has pasasd
he Atlmntio and b drawing near 10 the
Priscilla. The weather Is fresheninR
little outside. Ihe PaEifan passad
Scotland Yard hahtahip ai ass. the
Priscilla e rs. the MayaoWsF e 2sts
and The Atlantic at 30.
H1zDR HooR, 1uns I9-l2:58 D. m.--
Tbs Atlantic has passed the Priscilla.
The Puritan II still leading.
HAHDx HOOK, Jnne 19.-6 .. m.-The
foaF aloops ara nov drifting up ths ship
channel with tbs side. Tia wind has
died cut snd theiF positions remain the
same. 1hs Atlantic has got Z little
nearer the Mayn0wer.
The Puritan oEosssd the line hKst, as
5s51 80 The PKiscilia vas 20 lates,
the MayhswoT third, 8 80 hshind, and
the Atlantic last. 10 seconds later.
an Acoounx on rME nAcn.
EKw Yozx, June l9s-Ths Faoe be-
tween the giant sloops, PaFitan, Pris-
cilla, Maynower and Atlantic. today,
held under the auspices Of the 9swan-
haka Yacht Cab for Q subsofiption cap
worth $1,000, vas more satisfactory
ihan either Of those Whish have pre-
oedad u. bas Il did NOS prove which Of
he quaFtsste is the beet boat Tor the
International medal.
Thero was an unfoFaunate start, every
Yacht being handicapped, aEd the Wiad
light and variable most o. the time.
The ran home went farther 30 diaAbusa
the ideas that had been formed from
the already achieved success Of the
iron Priscilla, that that yacht vas the
coming champion, yet she did remark
ably well, and had it not been fer sew
eTai mistakes In her management, she
would have done even better. fhe
mistakes she made, however, generally
applied b the MayhoseF, and the same
may be said OF the Puritan. tbs Puri-
tan had unusually good luck, while the
Atlantic onoo lost the wind al q time
when 70 would have been Of great worth
70 her. The general opinion formed BY
expert yaehtmen who witnessed the
race, 10 that the MayhoweF vas the best
boat Of the day.
There vas immense enthusiasm felt
In regard 70 the biz fellows. and as the
morning promised Rood wind. mum
Der Of yachts, tuga. excursion boats and
smaller craft went 10 see the RAGS begin.
u was exactly II q q. when the pre-
paKatory whistle vas given and i've
minutes later the starting signal waa
blown. The yachts then had, according
to the rules Of the clnb, only hve min
utes IL which 20 get across the line. Not
Que Of them did it. There vas only q
four-knot breeze hlowing from the
north northwest and the fleet had gath
cred 70 the far n9rth Of the line 20 get
down 10 Il In time. The Puritan was
the fiFst over, as usual, but even she vas
three seconds too late. The result W6s
shat every yacht was handicapped
that Il 10 say, that from whatever time
she crossed the line, the vessels time
was taken as being II hours aud 10 min
utos. The far northWaFd position Of
the MaynoWeg prevented her from ret
ting down fer the start until t1:2l56.
and this unfortunately proved enough
20 take the prize away from her. The
Atlantic vas the second Of the firgt-
class alo0ps 20 cross, the Priscilla the
third and the Maynowar the last.
Tha Wind began to die almost e once
and there vas nov hardly sneugh TO
an the sails. The nrst point 70 reach
vas buoy No. 10. on the Southwest apit.
Whoa the Wind came up again u came
from the South--in an almost opposite
direction 10 thai which prevailed at the
start. A. they neafed the buoy, the
Puritan did not have over half mile
the lead The Priscilla Uas % wind
ward, hut q gast of wind from west
ward Of south helped the other boats
and destroyed the little advantage that
the iron boat had gained.
A. The four want about for the buoy,
ths MAyfloWoK, mile and q half 70 les
ward, was In trent, she having done
some tall calling aeraas the bay. fhe
boats vent about pretty veil 81 the
same time, and they passed the bnoY N
this order; Puritan ] 81 81. Priscilla
lao ~ Atlantic l-<2l0s AayaoweE
l-l7-11
They gshsn stood away fsE baog No.
ej<, tue Puritan doing a0ed wofk.
Tho wind soon aeasr oame ogt from the
soaah aoufheAst and uas frnaheutng Out
side of the Hook. Half way 20 sandy
Patnt liRhtahip, the Priscilla hsd
Wosksd 70 WindWard Of The Puritan.
and TIE MayGoWer had paasad the A.
lAnsio and was 70 uinduard of her.
fhe Pufitan was the drst 10 eoals
nbout % round The liahtship. She
crosses ths PFisoilla'e boz. turned the
ahip at 81S38 and sqaared away for
home. Tie Priseilla was next ct S:ll;0.
sho MaynoWer nsxt At 3:t7ao, and TIE
Atlantic tuKned aa 3-848.
The Puritan had . good lead and
squared away nearly hAls . mile ahead
Of The PriseillA. Fhe wind vas blow
ing absut sight knots and the So vas
smooah. The tids Vas still running eob
aRainst the yachts. The principal Incl
dent Of ths run back vas TIE vay u
which the MAydoWeF 0vsrhaaled b0th
TIE Priseiila ard the Puritan. she
eaueht % 70 sha PFisclila % The middle
af sandy HOOK baaeh. Tbs Atlantic
Was at iaaEt too mileg behind. but When
The Argf yachts Got within ne point Of
the Hook they iast The Wind and tbs
Atlantic Goa ths fali hsns1t Of ths breeze
oalHla. This enabled ksg 70 eatah up
very veil.
49, 49, IA a AZ tha har,a staka