The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-20
Contest the Result of Which
4 is Doubtful.
rss .xAYFLOwEE" THE BEST
,.oe Il Given the "Puritan
S'' 'n Sy sac Au'r. ofth' A''o-
eli on
rb. Yacht Race.

zAe.r and AtlaHt'e' tc-u4!
49, The auspices of the Seawan-
has1 -. 80, c,n worth $1OOJ. was NOR
''i.I r-o,orv than either of those that
's'i7'-e -.,oias il. But i did not prove
1Hye pre- or,artette is the best boat
Enieh ~ ,,sr,sIionAl match. There was
for ne si i.,,te stsrt, every yacLt oeins
81 uliiil'-.,1s,t and tue winds were lent
bsn1i1-f ~ must of The time. Ihe run
ano az me lutthest TO dIsaouse me
AomS - n al been formed from the
DE- s-- scbieyed success oil the IRON
2Ie-.,ia that that yacht was the com
rlsoo.l1-.,nion vet she did remarkaoiy
ms Ole ,-j ,,sd IL not been for several
seI 80 in her management she Wouiu
!lis'1ss -. oven better. The mistakes
nav ~SI however generally applied 10
;le n, anuer and the same may De
nc - ,,,s Puritan. The Puritan had
salaleroiiv good luck, while the Atlantic
uu1-.Iost the wind at the time when II
OnoJ have been a great werth
- ber The general opinion loriheo
inert yachtsmen who witnessed
70 was that the MAY Hover
nc ne hest boat of the day Iherr
;,,mense interest felt IN the big
49, and as the morning promised a
lei. ind there was a goodly number
-aohfs tugs. excursion boats ara
=. 33;Ie- crafts 10 see the race begin. u
sTsc,Iv IL m. when the prepara-
80 vh,stie was given, and nVe MIN
80 ,ster he starting signal was blowa
TSo vschts then had, according 10 the
- ~ the club. only five minutes IN
,,bi.b m oct across the line. Not one oil
ne, did il. There was only four
49, bree blowing from the north-
n 49, and the feet had gathered
100 far north of the line To
oct down to it in time. Inc
Puritan was the first yacht, as
usual. bat even she was three SECONDS
violate. The result was tnat every
YACHT was handicapped; that Is 70 say,
ihst whatever time she crossed tne IIns
the vessels time was taken as oeing II
hours and 10 mi uteS. Inc Tar noItn
ward position OF the MdyF01er pre-
vented her from getting down 20 ire
start until IL l5.55, and this untortuh-
ately proved enough 70 take tue PIiZe
eUar from her. The Atlantic, was the
second nf the fir class sloops to Gro 3
the PrtsettlE third and The H0gF0tUe
1
once and there was now hardly enough
10 an The sails. The first point to reach
was buoy No. 10, on the southwest spit.
WBen the wind came up again, It cane
from the south in an almost opposite
direction 60 that which prevailed
at the start AS they near d h
buoy. the rarit0n did not have over
half z mile the lead. The Prise la was
to WindEard. but the slant OF the wind
from westward of south helped the
other boats and destroyed the adTan-
tsge that the iron boat tad gained. As
the four went shout for the buoy, the
MayhOwer,a mile and half TO leewart; !,
was in front. she having done some tall
sailing secOss the bay. The boats went
about pretty well At the same time and
they passed the buoy in this order /:
Puritan l.3S s. Priscilla Ia, As Atlantic
I42,40.an0 MAJ fogerl. a ~. They then
stood away for buoy No. sj< the Puritan
doing good work. The wind soon a ter
came out from the south-s lutheast and
vas freshening outside OF the Hook
Halfway TO the Sandy Hook iigi tship
the Priscilla had worked TO win6yard
Of the Puritan, the MsyhOWer had
passed the Atlantic and was to wind
SaTd OF her. The Puritan was the FIRST
10 come about 10 round the lightship.
She -soSSeo the Priscilla's bows. turned
The ship al S.0S.37 and squared away or
home. The Priscilla was the next al
SlL9, the Aayaower mex: al
S.l703, and the Atisntic turned
a. 32303 The Atlantic had
good lead, and squared away
nearly half mile ahead OF the PriscilIG.
The wind vas blowing about eight
knots. and the sea was smooth. The
ude was still running ebb against the
Yachts. The principal incident of the
faee back was the way in which the
Aags9iger oyerhauled both the Priscilla
ana the Puritan. She caught up 10 the
frsoiiiG while of the middle OF the
sandy Hook beach. The Atlantic wa.
1;least two miles behind, but when the
nrSt three yachts got within a point o
me Hook tbef lost tie wind, and tn
4llantie got the full benefit of the breezl
outside. This enabled her to catch III
very vel.
From buoy No. 10 TO No. 10. the hom
Aske, the race was very exciting, especi
1Ay The contest between the atlantic an,
ne AdgRover. During the first part o
'Tetea It remained anybody's rare a
me Atlantic had come up from behini
I'D vas roJ far from being on evel
terms. When all the yachts ha
Enlightened out for No. Is. there wa
~ much more between the Puritan
ne leader, and the Atlantic the las;
nan quarter OF q mile. But the Pun
IAN got the wind that none of the 9th
~ let oy rcTnsin'ng TO windward, an,
s.e new home with everything set lik
rue racer. She mad been lucky il
s respect. The Mayfower ard th
aliSellls, ana afterward the Mayfiowe
49, ne Atlantic. had some close fight
cut the Priscilla finally took tn
lid place. The Mayfower and tn
,b'antle crossed the home line onl,
hlee seconds apart.
III ne Official corrected time give
s.e cup to the Psritdn BY g MN
- seconds over the Priscilla
go clsh beat beat the Atlantic by minutes
.SiesoEsdsagt.SJ this awafd Is based Of
I'M 9S tules ETlch pub tie sfnrtlnI
an oe o. al az lilo. taking the acfua
Gos etseressiag the Iina: stnthe staSt
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