Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-19
THE GALATEA WINS.
THE RACE TOR THE CITIZENS CUP
AT NEWPORT.
Tn, pav opens with Thirty-nile Breeze,
Which, Hcwevor Dies oui' ana Con-
test winds Up in Drifting Race,



NEWPORT. l.. l., September lS.-
The vachi-rsc, for the cltizcns' cups.
n which the MAJ flower, Puritan. and
c.lstea entered. was the event Of to-
dsv IN these waters. There are four
rriqes--one each for schooners. for
slonps. and cutters Of Il feet and over,
{oy sleeps and cutters over IS and under
Il feel, and for sioops and schoOnsTs
nrder 80 feet. The face was sailed
uuder the rules Of the Ncr FORK Yaca!
Cluh. The course Is about fOrty-hye
miles Iona The following is lis Of
the competitors SchoonoIs-Gissns,
Mortsuk. sachem, Miranda. First-clsss
slpop,-Msy flower, Geiatea, Puritan.
Secon6-class sloups-Bedouin. Stranger.
Thets. Thro.class sl0ops-Clndrolla,
Clara, Berthe.
BEAUTIFUL DAY.
When Saturday morning dawned
upon the yachismen N Newport harbor,
northwest wind blowing thirty miles
or more an hour, piped q night merry
tune among the ri-gIng Of the fleet.
IL WIS lust the wind and Just the
Yves lher which every loyal yachtsman
and landsmau toe mad for 4 week past
lonyed Tor. What was al O'Clock
almost q gale, by 10. tie hour for the
start. had died away 10 q ten OF twelve
mile breeze. and ST noon there was
hardly breath OF air stirring. Other
wise the day was weilnigh perfect.
The sky vas clear, with scarcely .
cloud above the horizon.
just before The start il looked as if
The Sow-and-pi,s course must be chosen
for The race. Indeed this course was
a. ore tine announced officially from
tbc Electro and the judges boat, but
A. almost the last moment, owing 10
the wind, It was decided TO take the
Elock-Island course.
Fleasurs-crafi and excursion-boats
were everywhere TO be seen. No less
thar SIX large sidowheel steamers were
seen. including the monster Pilgrim,
every deck packed with sightseeing
reople. The Canoulcus, Empire Stste,
pa7 star. Nantucket, and France, al
had crowds OF plessuTe-seekers. The
roastine- schooner James NJ. Bsriies
also took out q large crowd, while
nearly dozen steam-JUgs Of all sizes
and as many more steam yachts, with
4 large number Of sailing yachts not
entered IL the race, helped TO enliven
the scene. The racing fleet mean while
vas lying TO of BeRvertail light await
ire the sigma to start.
TIN sTAETING GUN.
When. o. 1920, The starting gun was
fired the Puritan, as usual. was lying
close ITO line and cane rushing across
first al lO.27:ls.
The daiaies and Miranda, the Eng
iish si0op. and the scho0neTs were not
igr behind and crossed the line well to-
ee.hc,. the 6ala-as slightly II the lead
and The Miranda following 81 l0:2-:35
Then came the three tnlrd-class -loOps
close together The Clara 81 lc:2.;44,
the BERTHE ~ lO:2g:--, and the Gin
derella Of lp.3J.3s.
Then followed IL order the Stranger
al lO.3..l5. GItant a. IO.32:24, Thetls
II lO.33:03, and Sachen Al lO:33.3l.
The time o. the remaining three
yachts, which al failed 70 cross the
line within the time limited, was
taken at l0.35. These were the Mon
tauk. MayfOwer. and BedOuln. each Of
which suffered considerable handicap,
TIE Montauk losing thereby two min
uteF and thirty-iive seconds, the May
flower four minutes and iortv-nIDe
seconds, and the Bedouin seven MN
utes and nine seconds.
THE Outward RUN.
me run out to Block Island was un-
eventlul. The wind, which a. the start
was bloWiny fair breeze, LITTLE by lii
tie died away until when two miles or
80 from the buoy Fl became practically
dead calm. The yachts started gene
rally under mainssiss and jib, but soon
after crossing the line sail after sail
VGs set il succession until most Of
them were running under clnb-top-
sails uD-topsails, and splnnakers.
As they neared the buoy they came
well 10 the font and held thelr own.
When the press-boat reached the Block
Island buoy there was long wait
while she lay rolling IDLY IN the long
sV ell for the Puritan 20 round the buoy.
This the light breeze hardly helped her
10 DO, anu she finally drilled around 81
12.@e:O7.
She Immediately stood of or the Sec
ond leg OF the course 10 West Island,
running close hauled. but soon was
Obliged 70 tack 20 starbOard. At 1850,
as she rounded the buoy, she was hail
ed with the tumultuOus greeting Of 3
dozen steam-whislles and the sharp
crack Of hoWlizers.
AN IN~EKEsTING STRUGGLE.
Then followed 81 exceedingly tedious,
but vithal AZ interesting, struggle
among the rest OF the feet for prece-
ucnce IN leachIng and rounding the
buoy The yachts were all well to
cttheT, al nearly becalmed, ana each
STRIVING earnestly 10 keep 20 windEard
ard clear the buoy without lacking. For
= long time they scarcely seemed 10
cain III inch. and now one yacht, and
then another apparently gained the ad-
vantage. only to lose il again few mo
ments later. Nearly an hour passed
before another yacht rounded the buoy.
Then they followed each other pretty
closely for & while. The second yacht
around was the Stranger. al l:0S:lO.
and the others followed II this order
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