Telegram-herald., 1886-06-20
The Race OF the SloOps on the
Lower Bay Yesterday.
The PURITAN 8lAS OFFICIALLY
The Start lntsrferred With bY Strong
Flood Tide-The Best Record
Actually Made Dy the
NARROWER.

[ siOoNs, May unHcf, EAfltdhi Atiaiitlt anu
/ Priscilla were entered. The start Was made
shortly after II o'clock from an imaginary
iae between the north bastion OF IT.
Wadsworth and the regatta tug. Luck
enhack hove 10 out IN the NaEfO"s-
/ Five classes embracing twenty-one boats.
1 Wefe entered for the contest At ii clock
/ tLe preparatory whistle was blown nom the
/ club tag aud was taken up by the steamers
/ Cygnns Grand Republic, and a score or
more OF tugs, assembled about the starting
/ grounds. strong flood tide was running
/ Al The time on tue c-est OF which the yachts
I bad tackled and beaten about unconscious
/ OF the fact that they were drifting up the
/ bav with the tide As a consequence
1 " ben the starting whistle was blown at ll,oo.
none OF the boats were within three-qu quarters
/ of a mile of the line. The first boat 10 cross
was the Puritan al ll.oO.03. She was fol-
| lowed bv the Atlantic ll.i6.40, the Priscilla
Al ll.l7.36. the Mayilower at ll.2i.5, and
/ the smaller craft of the feet Shortly after
/ crossing the Puritan broke out her spinna-
| ker and SET her balloon jib. The Atlantic
was the last of the boats 10 set her fancy
| sail and as soon Is she did the wind hauled
ahead 10 the southwark ana the yachts were
| compelled 10 reach across 10 the COney Island
shore on a long tack in order % head back
To buoy ten. which was the first turning
| point The Puritan led the fleet across on
the tack aud the tug waited al the buoy for
/ them TO reach back At 1889 the Puritan
| rounded buoy ten. followed By the Priscilla
al HOSE the MaytiOwer 81 l:42:4O and
Atlantic at las exactly. Then the four
cracks strung out in their order and headed
| for Southwest Spit, which they rounded,
setting their big sails again as they
struck off on their course 10 the
point of the hook with the wind abeam.
A nerve-shattering shrek from the throttle
I valves of a score or more of steamers and
/ tugs went up as the boats reached the point
! Of Sandy Hook After a stretch of mile
/ or two 10 the eastward the yachts headed oil
| on the other tack southwark for the Sandy
| Hook lightship. the smaller class boats
/ making for the old Scotland light They
strung out again and in the course to the
| lightship the MayhOwer gained two minutes
on the Puritan and twelve seconds on the
Atlantic, but the Puritan still kept the lead
| turning at 3.0s:37, and followed by
| the Priscilla at 31l.20 the MaytOwer
at 3:1503. and the Atlantic at 3:23O3. The
| reach back TO the point of the Hook was
a vertical course with free sheets and lots of
canvas allow and aloft. The wind was
variable. sometimes scanty and again blow
| ing uD briskly and bellying the spinnakers.
| balloon ibis and club top sails out To the full
/ tension Of the sheets. The Puritan retained
/ her lead and some hundred yards behind
| her, the MayfOwer was catching up 10 the
| Priscilla in tine style. She
| did actually reach her shortly before
| 4 o'clock, and endeavOred 10 work
70 windWard on the Jersey coast side of the
| iron pot. but Captain Garfield understood
/ The trick and lufied up the wind TO head
| the MayhOwer off and drive her ashore.
4 Both vessels continued on that line until
/ they were almost within the surf line when
/ the MavfOwer paid of and came up
/ behind the Priscilla. The small boats of
/ I.l-. 4 Il.
well as the Bedouin, Crawling and others
were met heading for the Sandy Hook
| light, when the big slOOps were coming To
| point OF the HOek on the home stretch.
| Rounding the Hook at buoy 81 a strong
| ebb tide was encountered. and 10 make
matters worse the wind died down. For
nearly a quarter OF an hour the big sails of
| the crack slOops tapped with the roll OF the
ground swell, but even then the Puritan
| led the drift. The Mayflower keeled over
with the weight Of her big boom thrown
| far over her starbOard side. and created the
I impression among the ladies on the guest
! boat Cvgnus that she was sailing IN stiff
/ wind: but she wasn't and no one knew II
/ and felt worse about it than Cass Garfield,
| her own skipper. The Puritan rounded
/ buoy 81 on the southwest spit. bound in. at
I 4.3s12. The Priscilla turned al 4.4l.ls,
/ the Mayhower az 4.f2.25. and the Atlantic
/ far In the rear at 4i5.O7. On the stretch
down the ship channel the wind blew up
again and the yaohtsnen grew happy. 10
7 was a strong fight against a strong tde
! with a weak wind. but they found canvas
I 20 spread and catch enough Of it 30 send
/ them home 90 buoy II CALAMITY. On this
stretch The Mavhower caught MP with the
I Priscilla and VAS beaten af home bv only
I h1lf q length. The Puritan of course crossed
irst af 5.13o~. and tle vuliev OF steam
Z shr'ek- which greeted her from The tYEnus,
Grand Republic tLe steam yachts aud tugs
resonniel throush the staten Island hills
+ far fully aminufe. The Priscilla and May
T flower. which were having mo and tuck
time Of it from buoe 81 came In almost
neck and neck. The former crossing az
- 81 % the white sloou crossing - seconds
Afterwards. The Atlantic too bad hauled
un mamfilIv rn the home stretch and it
is question whether ~ fhe race were 1--WE
rai - longer she would pot have overfaken
fhe pa-fan. As none Of the yachts
erassaf tae starting ine within the allotted
aee miantes thev Ecre all subject to hanfi-
rsn aud acrorlinzIF to the official
Timing ~ fhe commi-fe tie f9i-
ln1inr record was reached
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fme 6t5nf The Priscilla finished ai
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