The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-12
ARase Across the Atlantic.

Especial to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch 1
New YORK, Sept. 10.-The White Star
line steamer Teutonic passed Sandy Hook
at z: O5 O'Clock this evening. Although she
had broken no records, she had steamed her
course OF 2, IA miles in days, "A hours and
54 minutes, which is bedind the record she
claims to have made On her last westward
race with the City OF New York. Three
hours later, or to be more precise, at 1906
O'Clock, her defeated antagonist, the City of
New 4ork, was made out OFF the Sandy
Hook light ship. She completed her course
of 2, 119 miles, four miles longer than her
opponent, in days and Il minutes. Captain
lrvlng's log this time is not open to crit
cism, the time he reported having arrived
off Sandy Hook agreeing with the report of
the marine observer there.
The race began at Queenstown harbor
last Thursday afternoon. Ii was 30
O'Clock when the City of New York got her
anchor up andsbegan the ocean "Trip. she
had on board l., HI passengers. Her saucy
looking rival was still in harbor Twenty
minutes after the City of New York passed
Daunt's Rock hghtship the Teutonic
was sighted. She was about eight
miles astern and following directly in the
wake of her rival The weather was not
very propltious for making great speed a
choppy head sea was running. which ke1t
back both racers. The Teutonc proved
herself better heavy weather boat than
her rival. At sundoWn the ships were still
in about the same relative positions The
passengers OF the Iuman line prided them
selves on the fact that they had gained a
tritie On the chasing ship. Just as the
City OF New York got little west of Fast
net light she ran into thick fog, and
both ships were then lost TO each other
The fog continued six hours, and when it
cleared away the horizon was dark and
not even the lights OF the Teutonic were
visible. Morning dawned clear, but neither
ship could see each other. During the fog
the Teutcnic's skipper took advan-
tage OF his antagonist; he cut
across his stern, and while the hardy
stokers on the Inman ship were working
ike fiends to keep their lead, the White
snip stole to northward and began upon
and haul away from the City of New York.
AT noon Tuesday the City of New York
had only 410 miles, while the Teutonic.
which was ten miles to the north, had
sailed 424 miles, and was leading her an
tagonist. Each day the Teutonic gradually
increased her lead. On the second day out
from Queenstown she had run $50 miles.
while the City Of New York logged OILY
4S4. The third day, while breaking a
moderate gale, the Teutonic made 40 miles.
and the Inman liner in the same covering,
only 462.
Not once after leaving Roches' point
until Sandy Hook was sighted were the
engines of either ship slowed down. As they
neared Sandy Hook each commando and
many Interested passengers yainly scaned
the horisoni in every direction for the rival
vessel. Neither skipper knew until he got
TO Sandy Hook whether his ship had
triumphed or been defeated. With the ex-
ception of the fog and choppy sea On the
first day and gale on the third day. both
ships had pleasant weather. Each ship
had the biggest load Of passengers ever
landed here