Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-25
THE PURITAN TAKES IT.
The Puritan Wins the $1,000 Cup in
the Last of the Three BIG Re"attaS
Off the Eastern Coast.
The Contest did not Prove which Of the
Quartet is the Best Boat for the
International Match.
THE GREAT SLOOP RACE.
The Puritan Takes the Cup by Three Minutes
and Twenty Seconds.

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and Twenty Seconds.
| New YORK. June 21.-The race between
| the giant slops. Puritan, Priscilla, May
! flower, and Atlatic to-day held under
the auspices of the Seawanhaka Corin-
THAN Yacht club, for a subscription cup
worth $1,000, was more satisfactory than
either of those that have preceded it, but
it does not prove which of the quartette
| Is the best boat for the international
match. There was an unfortunate start.
every yacht being handicapped and the
winds were light and variable.
The run home went furthereSt to disa
buse the ideas that had been formed from
the already achieved success of the
iron Priscilla. that that yacht was tn,
coming champion. Yet she did re-
markably well, and had it not been for
several mistakes in her management she
would have done even better. The mis-
takes she made, however, generally APP
piled to the Mayfower, and the same
must be said of the Puritan.
The Puritan had unusually good luck
while the Atlantic once lost wind at the
time when it would have been of great
service to her. The general opinion
formed by expert yachtmen who witness
ed the race was that the Mayfiower was
the best of the day. The start was made
at Hos. The boats went about pretty,
well at the same time. They passed the
buoy in this order: Puritan, Priscilla
Atlantic, Mayfiower.
The Puritan was the first to come about
to the round light ship. She crossed
Priscilla'- bow and turned ship at 3: 0S.
81. and squared away for home. The
Priscilla was next at 3:11.20: May
Flower next at 3:15.O3. and the Atlantic
last at 3:23.O3. The Puritan had gone
ahead and squared away
NEARLY A MILE AHEAD
of the Priscilla. The wind was blowing
about eight knots, the sea was smooth
and the tide was still running ebb against
the yachts.
The principal incident of the run back,
was the way in which the Mayfower over
hauled both the Priscilla and the Puri-
tan. She caught up to the Priscilla
while off the middle of Sandy Hook beach.
The Atlantic was at least two miles be
hind, but when the first three
yachts got within a point of
the Hook they lost the wind and the
Atlantic got the full benefit of the breeze
outside. This enabled her to catch up
very well. From buoy No. 10 to No. Is
the homestake race was exciting, espec-
tally the contest between the Atlantic and
Mayfower. During the first part of the
stretch it remained anybOdy's race as the
Atlantic had come from behind
and was not far from even terms when
all the yachts had Strengthened out for
No. 10. There was not much more be
tween the Puritan, leader and the Allan
tic, last, than a quarter of a mile. But
the Puritan got wind that none of
the others got by remaining to
the windward and she few home with
everything set like true racer. She had
been lucky in this respect all day. The
Mayfiower and Priscilla and afterward
the Mayfower and Atlanta had some close
fighting, but the Priscilla finally took
second place. The Maytiower and Allan
ia crossed the home line only three sec
onds apart.
The official corrected time gives the
cup to the Puritan by three minutes and
twenty seconds over the Priscilla, which
beat the Atlantic by three minutes and
twenty seconds, and the May Flower was
last 50 seconds later