Telegram-herald., 1886-09-12
OUR FAIRtST FLOWER
The Gallant American Iacnl
Again Beats rhe Galatea.
A 8slgWgL ls1 IHs.L-.Si SCENE


s0t s I- el.H4 ace til -ir - @'
..I -....i 4. llr anat1er year. o. lra-t-
F.-n ss lt u4s ai-h lhe igLt Wiaa -nat
orsrs.lsl early u the race. tle sinnins
.I... CAME sniy slfl.l eleven minutes 90
tl- seven hears amIt. beyond anica inr
-.,.. zclIl have 1een declared uI ior an-
other flial. hat lnisliag ar She iid "ilAin
fh.. seven na.r. sle wins Use cup 4f cn-i-
inr n something Nke - minui-7 am ~
seconds ahead of Ehe English cutter uaia.oa-
Abant O'Clock tns forenoon tne l-.--e1
fge IlraellalL started d1hl GO Day
R.fs- Ffa A-ssr-. taase ali i-uNii-'l 'N
Board The N4ydaNer and uala.ea we're a.
anchor ot the Atlantic cluo lol-r and
,ger- quickly taken ia tow ng tlr -ltAe--
h..h .rt he aux.larq CLUB boat andl-
rset + trt xere headed tor che point oI
-sn8r Hook. Lieut. henn Na- nor on
DECK shoari ais cutter. bur Vas ocnnned to
hfs berth nr reason 0f a severe coid. out
AZ Beaver Webb was ou deck as large as
life tn an-Ner for him. The breeze did nor
amount to much early iu tne day pAl
,arnr fn o'clock 10 freshed up. and
9lrn the fNo yachts feacneu
A. t.r as lutte beyond tne hook they
threse rt taeIr toWs and started OF on a
beautiful position. near lnr 9eo''Ail'
Liraf ship. ar strange cnntfA-, % me
former osrfsrmances Of Tuesday and
'rhu-.lae Ia-f It was seen that while on
the former aav fne start Vas attended ~
th- presence ~ about 2aU crart oi steam and
sail nor morr tlan forty steam yachts
and a f-N sailing crafts were ou haud to see
The beginning 1f TO-DAY race. Wnen the Judges
baaf arrived az the start The wind blew
northwest hv north. and a. win1"ard
course would bring the yachts upon Coney
Island beach n no time. the .eeW1rd course
Was laid 0lr at southeast uy east. just
about 1880 che Luckrnoach steamed over
gu tae Galarfa again and was greeted irom
Der deck with a request from Nf- Liosu u
pheuix that Lieutenant HEM being very
tu th. rar- might b. shortened % niteeu
miles to uind0ard and return. The Luck
enbaek steamed OF % the MayHower
- carry the message and then
The committee were informed oF
General Paine that much as he
regretted The illness Of the gallant
Lieutenant be- could not see tl-t the com
rnirea had any power t0 shorten tle course.
Then fhe Luckenoack headed out Tor The
Scotland hzafshig t0 las ou The lne TOT
tls start. During tle interval ,le Two
yachts eot out their spinnakers anu came
bowling aIorE for tle starting point before
tie ires1er ~ breeze The Galafea sails
she sailed better r0o. possibly because zap
tam Bradford and uoi J Btavor Webb was
a. fhe helm AT lllU rae preparatory
whistle vas gwen and the two Yachts began
10 D'av about for POSITIONS. Ten minutes
later the whistle for the start
was blown and lhe Nav flower being 20
xIrdwarl crossed at ii.Z-le. followed a.
a. -f-lU by fle cutter. which. as she crossed.
broke ouf her big balloon Jiu-fop-stii JUST
A. the two Yachts got fairly under way. the
Priscilla ioomed up away 20 seeward AMI
started over Tire course abreast and ABOUT
mile io leeR8rd oi the TWO boats. The
Mlvaaxer gained rapidly on The cutter. and
bg noon she seemed to be leading her ny
nearly mlie. Even the Priscilla calamity
hsil ter Wludsagd position and va Sed
away from fhe Ga.atsa as we'll.
The course before the wind 90
tie turning stake. twenty miles 20
Iseward vas luinteresting. Occasionally a
puf of Wind would spuri The yachts along
Pr a stretch and then die our. leaving the
boats efl their sails dragging on their
sraFs Tie fDg with the red turning buoy
or board bad 81 on ahead. and aiier
iaVinxcf TIE cruis dead southeast ry south.
Iav "a. frr the Yachts r0 come up and round
Ne eiln wa.t long tbs May flower doomed
I'D .nf 20 fhe northeast sea and hidden in
cloud ~ canvas. made for the
.t.ss vb,-h shs rovrIsl from Ieeward
..r..t .l ~ .f.. .a|r.. f.r-4 Tie Priscilla ro
,e.r..,.-,.,'.f ~ d. lt.-rirs marx hauled up
.l ~ rr4 ..ta-r. ard f.noVed the
w.-s..q.- .ge- ~. -rr. AL fI5 iH amid a
,... RI ..rr.eha. f-rm rIe steam craft
-. ..--.. ..a....s -. araeav fs uindnar,i
.-rr--.r- tas r.-.nie'. saese s-f4n thaf she
.t.r ~. rnt ~ ~ .9u-sa when fhe
C.ls-., .s-.sr. The WaeH.asr t-iulrne,l
h.- ..t... ....I ..si..l ..s na.. hr-norfh tor
49, fs-a- -r Az tHn aa lie Gn'afsl
-.s..... ~ ar..r sr.f -.rr...r ASS she lIlf
49, .eI .-r.....I rr t.- a stretch nu fhe
s-,-a...-f ...s tla efs,fesar away ahead
-sr.e ,..f rEs H r-rshare.I
s ~ rrt ana me ea.f-. f.-rell
r- .-...- Al. .rsIr.r .-..44rl .ne.r trd
.r r.r.e.I f- Fr. faa 1fe.r..ear was .sr
e. 80. ....l. ~ -. .-.- .f... F-..rsilr al
f..s. - ...... r... III ne PACE vas arr
h.. ..r.-f Nrtttat..lsta.s ,-ss h.f.s-
.a..I. t....f f.r ff..f.rar rarr about
a. .rf .f.rf a- fe s.arha4r.I tack
...... -t. t4f.rs.. f.-hrsr.l. a..s, .rt s.eat
i. r... ..r.- st-sf.n .r..I las rani f.e.I arf
y. r..rertIr thtf ...,s..fa-ltIs s..,.r tsifan
x-s -frI-sf = - - .es -..s eauia 81
Powered .- seven f-rrt Ths fle.afea mazda.
s-re,s. .s.rt f.rksan1 Them sptt.e.1 tlouu
f. The rrsssrf f.a N4..f.esr f'rtte stretch
ta tta -.ata-F 9sEfsh.r lhe sum was
fsf selma a.r 30 hemisphere behind
~anHr HOOK Wnfn fna rr from