Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-08-10
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
WHITE WINGED FLYERS.
The Puritan Leads The
Fleet.
BLOODY WORK BY STRIKERS.
The Police Routed At
Belfast.
CUTTINGS HEAD IN DANGER.
TiIden's Will Opened And
Read.
THE RUN TO NEW BEDFORD.

A Very Pretty Race In Which The
Puritan OutsafIs Her Rivals-The
GaIatea Joins The Fleet
NEW BEDFORD, Aug. 9.-When the signal
''get under way for New Bedford was float
ed from the flagship of the New York yacht
fleet in Newport harbor this morning the
scene was stirring one. A brisk southwest
wind was moving, the sun shone brightly
and the scene in the harbor was an animated
one. At $50 the gun was fired from Com
modore Gerry's steam yacht Electra and the
fleet got under way and with scuppers
awash beat out of the harbor. With the
small craft which were sandwiched in among
the larger vessels the harbor was not over
ample for the feet and it required dextrous
handling on the part of the sailing masters.
The Sachem in heaving her anchor lifted a
telegraph cable and hung thereto some time,
narrowly escaping being run down by
schooner directly astern. Among the first
to get away was the Atlantic. Joe Ellis
worth was at the wheel, wishing as usual
for a gale of wind and elated at his
victory over the Priscilla in the contest for
the Goelet cup. Just before the Electra left
a boat rowed alongside from the Brazilian
frigate Alimarante Barossa and Don Augusta,
the Prince, stepped aboard. He presented
the commodore a photograph of his vessel
upon which was his autograph. Near the
mouth of the harbor the Electra passed the
English schooner Miranda, which had just
arrived from New York Outside the harbor
there was lively sea tipped with whitecaps
The yachts crossed the line shortly after
eleven O'Clock, passing between the lightship
ON Brentons reef and the steam yacht Fedal-
ma, from which the time was taken by the
regatta committee. The Vixen was the first
over the line and the Fanny was quickly
after her. The Puritan, with Captain Crock
er at the helm and Commodore Forbes at his
side, bore down and crossed next. The Pris-
ella was the fourth boat over and then came
several of the schooners and smaller
sloops New Bedford was twenty-eight miles
away. but with a fourteen knot breeze the
prospect for quick run was good. The
Puritan soon began drawing away from the
feet, with the Priscilla in threatening po-
sition on her weather quarter. Here they
hung for miles, the two crafts sailing an al
most even race. Occasionally they seemed
to see-saw for an interval. Meantime the
Mayhower and Atlantic were engaged III
lufing match, to which is attributed the fail
ure of the Mayfower to worst her rival.
Then the Mayfower went under the Allan
tics lee and was soon abeam of her. Gen
eral Butler sat on the deck of the grand old
America and smiled as he saw how mis- YES
sci held her own with the Montauk, Fortuna
and the other big schooners. One OF the
prettiest pictures was made by the schooner
Sachem. She is almost the exact coun-
terpart CT the Mayfower excepting that
she has two sticks. There was also
an interesting tussle going on between the
cutters Clara and Stranger with little ap-
parent advantage to either. The position of
the leaders at noon was: Puritan, Priscilla,
Fanny, Oracle, Montauk, America, Sylph,
Crusader, Wanderer, Clara, Stranger and
Sachem. At this time the wind was far
enough aft to make spinnakers of value.
Then the Priscilla showed her mettle and the
Mayfiower soon bid farewell to the Atlantic,
who had been too uncomfortably nsighborly,
as one of her guests expressed it, for dozen
miles back. At 1910 the Atalanta's main
topmast went by the board, but the wreck
was quickly cleared away. At lis the Pu-
ritan gibed off Dumping light and entered
Buzzards Bay. A few minutes after the
Priscilla also entered the bay. The yachts
then bore down for the finishing line off
Clark's Point.
The following is the time made by the
principal vessels on the trip from Brenton's
reef to Clark's Point