Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-26
A BAT IN A WOMAN'S STOMACH.
THE mAYFLOwER WINS AGAIN.

Though Crossing the Starting Line Her Sister from The Hub Good Second with the Atlantic and Prise ella Coming After.
 NEW YORK, August 25-The victory of the Mayfower in the fifteen miles to leeward and back from the Scotland light to-day settled the question of her supremacy over the Atlantic, Priscilla and even over the standard bearer of last year, the Puritan. Just as in the race on Saturday last the May
 flower was last to cross the line at the start to-day and was the first to finish. The orig
 inal arrangement provided for the sailing
 over twenty miles to windward and back,
 but the experience of Monday taught the
 cup committee that the course, considering
 the variable winds in this latitude and the
 almost absolute impossibility of the course
 being covered within the required seven
 hours, entirely too long. They, therefore,
 arranged that the contest to-day should be
 sailed fifteen miles to leeward or windward.
 The yachts early in the day were lowed out
 to within short distance of the Sandy Hook
 lightship, where they cast off and began
 manouvering for positions. At 11:15 ex-
 J.
 cup committee, notified the yachts that the
 course would be south-southwest fifteen
 miles and back. Just previous to the start
 the schooner yacht Rambler reached the light l
 with Henry Irving and Ellen Terry on board. 1
 Out of courtesy to them nearly all the steam l CTS footed their triple salutes. The wind was l from north-northeast and strong, creating | heavy chop sea. Shortly after Il o'clock | the tug Scandinavia steamed away to meas buoy at the outer mark. The course led them | to a point below Long Branch and four miles off shore. Commodore Gerry's 1 big steamer Electra was made the judges boat and on board were Messrs. J. D. Smith and William Krebs of the committee and among the guests was Lieutenant Hem.
 Six minutes before noon the Electra from her sonorous throttle footed out the prepaIa- tory signal for the start. The Puritan and the Atlantic were at the time quarter of 8 mile from the Sandy Hook lightship beating ! about in the heavy swell and stiff wind and awaiting the start The Mayfiower was away up to the northward and the Priscilla was out east. At noon the start was pro- claimed and at 12:05:39 the Atlantic crossed the line between the lightship and the Electra abreast of the feet At 12:07:36 the Puritan crossed, followed by the Priscilla at 12:O9:70 and the Mayaower bringing up the rear at 12:11:26, official time. All the four boats broke out their spinnakers as they crossed and headed direct to leeward. The scene was magnificent. The Puritan car ried all her working canvas and her clubtop- sail, but the Atlantic, in consequence of her frightened ballast and short water line, carried only her forestaysail and jib head sails. l At five minutes past 1, while the Puritan was forging ahead just off Monmouth Beach, second in the race, she pitched in the heavy sea and her spinnaker boom broke near the arm, necessitating the taking in of the sail. The rest of the trip was without especial in terest until the red turning buoy bobbing on the heavy swell was reached, which the yachts rounded in the following order: At lantic first at 2:20:22, Mayfower 2:21:3 Puritan 2:22:30 and Priscilla at 2:23:17. The wind was blowing from northeast by east at the time and the boats as they rounded l trimmed in for @ close-hauled stretch along the Jersey coast north by east On that reach the Mayf1ower danced ahead of the Puritan and then ahead of the Atlantic and at 4:07 she came about on the short leg tack, heading east by south nearly mile ahead of the Atlantic. Following the tactics of Captain Stone the Puritan shortly after tackled, but she was a long ways l astern or the leader. The Atlantlc stood oH l on her own tack followed by the Priscilla until the two were abreast of Atlantic high lands before they came up on the other tack tor the light. The MayfoWer seemed if l anything to augment her lead and forged up to the light in magnificent style under noth- ing bigger than mainsal, topsail and little The Electra had run ahead and anchored near the lightship to take the off cial time of the finish and when the May flower crossed at 4;50:45 all the boats of the steam fleet sent up nerve shattering salute. The Puritan followed some distance behind and crossed at 455:05, official time Some three minutes later the Atlantic came up l from her northern long tack and crossed at 4:58:5S followed by the iron kettle Priscilla at 4:59:47. The following is the official sched- ule of the race: