The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-09-12
4 THE MAYFIOWER WINS.
MALI AN HOUR AHEAD or THE ENG
LfSH CUTTER.

The Yankee Boat Defends the American
Cup Successfully Against British
Invasion - Details OF Yesterdays
Great Yacht Race.
New YoRK, Sept. 1.-THE International
Yacht race between the Boston yacht,
.sMayhower," and the British yacht, ''Gala-
lea, resulted to-day, as everybody antici-
pated it would, in the success of the s'May-
flower" and the Americas" cup, won last
year by the puritan, will stay on this
side of the Atlantic for the present. The
scene in the Bay was gay in the extreme.
The sea at the Highlands of the Naver-
sink was dotted with whlte-winged craft
and alive with excursion steamers and
briggs and steam launches yesterday when
the contrasting yachts. were seen ploughing
the waves for the Scotland lightship. There
was much delay at the start, and it was
I'LL when the preparatory signals were
given. Ten seconds later the starting sig
nal sounded The "Mayfower" was first
to cross the line at l1:23.l5, the ssGalatea''
following at 11:25. The cutter was
slow in getting up her spinnaker, break
ing it ont as she crossed the line.
The ssMayhower" crossed the line
with both balloon jib topsail and spinnaksr
set, while the Galatea only had spinna ker,
mot sending out the balloon, but trusting
to lib and staysail. Tho boats kept on very
even terms at the start, neither seeming
to get an advantage After = short dis
lance had been sailed the Mayhower slowly
drew away and seemed TO be getting the
the best of it. The excursion steamers
were again getting in the way of the yachts
in spite of all that has been said about it !.
The Galatea little later on seemed to be
doing better. and if the steamers could only
have been made to keep away from her she
might have done better still. The May
flower passed the Sandy Hook lightship at
II :37, and the Galatea at II .S8:45, showing
q slight gain. The Galatea half an hour
8 after the start was hauling up on
the Mayfower as the excursion
boats were getting up to the May
flower and blanketing her. The difference
in the ideas of the captains was very plain,
as the Maynower still held to her balloon
jib, while the Galatea did not set hers.
The wind had fallen off little, and the
progress of the boats was slow. The May
flower rounded the stakebeat first, with
good lead of about two miles, and swing
ing her boom on the port side, started for
home, having been over two and one half
hours in reaching the mark. The wind
had diedsaway, and the possibility of max
ing the run home in the required time
seemed doubtful The haze had lifted and
the boats could easily be seen. Once again
there had been good winds to start with,
nut hardly enough to fill the sail to end
NJ The delay in the start has been fatal
bort in each of the windwsrd races.
&After the time the "Mayfower" con-
&inued to crawl away from her com
fpetitor. The wind was very feeble, and
\ travelled at only SIX miles an hour.
1 1t braced up little later but died away
to calm that left the water without rip
pie. In half an hour, at one stretch,
neither yacht covered half mile. The
ssGalatea" gained somewhat ON the Boston
sloop when the breeze frsshened, but she
lost the wind again and fell astern. The
tide after that accomplished what the
wind should. At 5:45 the "Mayfower"
was abreast the Highlands. At e:13
She crossed the line 8 IL miles ahead of
the Galatea. There was great enthusiasm
over the Mayfower's success. Handler
chiefs, shawls and everything that could
be brought into play were ussd to demon
strate the approval of the spectators.
Whistles were blown and bells sounded.
The Galatea didn't even make the distance
within the allowed time Of seven hours.
The following shows the record of the
race:
Rlapsed Cor'cfd
Name. Start. Finish. Time Time.
Mayaower.. .ii2a.4o sii.4o s.1a.oe s.l1Oc
.Galatea.. .1l.4.1O 6.42.5S 7.18.43 T.1S.1s
The Galatea was defeated by 29m. As
actual, and 29m. corrected time. Fire
works were displayed last night on all the
yachts at Bay Ridge.
The Mayfower having won in the first
two of three heats, the third race will net
be sailed. 1t is doubtful if another British
yacht viii come across the water to DOM