Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-08
THE maFFLOWER WINS.
The Ameriean Yaeht wins
the First e. the Races.


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haxk has ever sen and another dav ef
Glogy for Bostnn over her hissi 80
Rfeille1z proqac1 e naval ar1hilsaturs.
fhe aloop yaehf Mayfoves has won ths
1Est racs q tie lnternntional ssriss
eksin9l . poWeKful anlaRonisf. sha
h<l1lsn guttef Galataa, with STEADY
Unnieaail breazs fson the souihuard.
permilllng each % carry ali thaiR Iiahf
sails. 1hs Galaiea was bssaen y nh.
% 80. aotasl tins, e. 4 Mia. 2 50.
eoxreo1ed 1iDe. rhc MaydomaE haTin
EfVen her 81 seould1 tins allowances .
eoEdfnR % Ne NsR York Taahl Cat
rules, under which the Kansa are mailad.
fhe contssi sas omineutiy fair for koth
yachts inasmnch a. half the oo1ras
sailed Ravs aimost an Windward w0rk.
whils the other bali Wns win frss
shestA Aitho1Rh tho euttat was de-
leAted. she has shown herself % Be- 4
faster yanhk than the Geneafa il q liqhl
oeeszs and one that mag Be very hard
% dsfsat IN : strong breeze and ssa-
way.
It has been q day Of sxoiasmanA. saoh
as = seldom seen Ia New York. From
daWn til daEk, a1ost o. ashore. IN ho-
iel. CLUE or ca change. sha yacht was
the leading topic ef 0ongslsstion. Bg
10 o'clock II tue morning thousands
Who Were going 90 Uitnass iha raas haa
enbaFked aud ueze atsaminR down ~
bay . the rendezVo1a o4 Bay Ridaa.
Long Island There lay tie two types
Of clipper craft ready for the grsnd
marine tournament. A hundred sail
yachts surrounded them, some a. an
chof and some under WoiQh, but al
anxioua 30 BE- on the move.
Ten o'clock ives tho time 81 for khs
start, but up tili that hour a hsavy veil
Of haEs hung over the city and fhe
haKbOE. N1t a breath of wind stirred
The foliage while the sun shone directly
down e. II % mook the efforts a. he
Yaehtmsa. Heasrs. Robinson. Ohnss
and Cahoou, tie KaRai1A oommfttae. On
board tie Lackonback, at.er passina
sailing orders 70 General PaFns and
speotive yachts, instructed both . 70
under weigh and get 10 position for q
prompt start when bfeoze should uoms.
AZ 1890 hRht bgoszs from littls east
Of south came in from saa9aFd, clearing
away TIE hage and xipplina the Waksfs
OF tns bay. Qaiakly tbe tW0 oontssi-
ants and the Immense flsst Of steamers
Of all sizes from q 20 foot launch 70 the
throo-deokeF, Grand Rspabtio, clustered
aboat the starting point. The pre-
paFatory Whistie soreeahed out is
warning at l0;t5, and ten minutes later
oame on for ths start. Both yachts,
carrying the same sale. maiusail, club,
t0psail, iio and forestry sail, had been
manoavered into Rood positions, ana
down they zane for the imaginary line.
The AayhOWeF had already beaten
The cutter minutes and II seconds.
from here 20 the outer mark, Sandy
HOOK light ship, the contest was ex-
trcmaly pretty. The Mayfower slowly
but surely oatfooted the cutter and
lacking for The outer marx as 2.21.30
came grRndly along for Il on The port
tack. She squared aWaV around q q
few minutes later and her big balloon
topsail bloss0mcd out Of its stops.
The Whistle seranade thai was Given
her could be beard for miles. The on.
ciAl time Of raining vas Mayiouar,
Z hours a6 minutes; Galalea, 2 hours
A minutes Both made q splendid PIE.
ture az they roanded the light ship. To
this point ths Aayhower had new beat-
en- the 0aiatea 2 inmates and 20 seconds
and she was fully miles away whan
the latter squared awAy. Back 20 noFth-
came the great notilia Of steamers with
their freight ef enthusiastic admirers.
Ihs Maynower, with. her balloon iib
topsan hel,yinR out il the new breezs,
came hoEsinR By tie huaF 81 "a the
home stretch 81 3sSi, Just as the 0alatsa
was passing the point Of Sandy Hook.
fhe lattaF passed Bnen ae 8a6, and
both angling over 10 port came erandly
down 3 the fuiah on q food tide.
Finding thai the apinnakeF would
draw, Lieutenant hann ordered Il ct
70 stAFboaFd 90 f:i8. Captain Stone,
andinR she cuiter was ovorhaullnQ him,
followed snit and set the Maydower'a
BpinnakeK I've minutes later. What q
grand sight that hnish vas, only an eve
witness can tell Il vas she grandest
marine speotaole ever seen 10 New Xork
bay. Surrounded b. nearly 5000 steam
ana sailing craft, the May1ouer came
tearing along through the narrow palh
of water and crossed the finish line
amid the firing Of guns, the ssFeseh Of
whistles and waving of aorsa Of bunting
and hAndksrohiefA
The 0alaiea received as hearty q vel
come Wnen 1ka arrived, and when the
judges told Lieufsnant HEM that BE-
was beaten twelve minutes and tWo seo-
ondss be laughed and shouted back. "
tho1ght it vas half an hour Three
aheefs and q tiger we're given By the
yaehlmen for The gallant little
lFishman and his charming wife
Both yachts prooeeded 20 their anchor
age on bay Ridge. The enexf contest will
b sailed on Thursday, 0yer 3 course
iwenty milsa 10 the windward or lee
ward, starting from Sandy Hook Light
ahiR.