Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-24
SPEED ON TIE RIVER.
Two Davenport Yachts Endulee In a
Race on the Mis ssssippi-The Win

Two Davenport Yachts Endulee In n
Race on the M,s s,ssippi-rhe win.
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Toe Davenport Democrat Of yesterday
morning thus describes the yacht race
between the Lucy and Sarsh on the river
Saturday aftersseu:
After little delay the two yachts
booked tfor test of speed, the Lrev.
owned by Rev. X. a.. johnson and N
&. Pendleton. and the Sarsh, the prom
erty OF Charles Anderson and Norm Bur
dick. got oh almost perfectly lined and
started for the red buoy two miles down
the river that marked the turning point.
The Sarsh had crossed the imaginary
line that led from Jim Fleming's eve to
most anyw here at 2:523. the Llcy cut
tag it 10 seconds later. Both craft had
msinsail aad jib set. and as they gilded
'ly tow Ard the o Djec i've buoy, their
sharp prows cutting the water and send
ing il in floods along the scuppers. the
sight was a: imposing ore To those
who were on bosrd the craft the race had
an exhiliarating tinge that it could not
possess for the on locker. These were:
On board the Lucy: Rev. NJ. A John,
son. N G. Psndlet1n. Walter John,
son, Reginald johnson, F. J. Wa'z,
Perry Richardson, [. L Sears,
W. r. Weir, F. W. Weir, W. P. Christv
and Democrat pencil pusher who had
been picked up for ballast. On board the
Sarsh Were Charles Anderson, Charles
Bower, George Fay. f. r. Clayton,
Charles Falkner, Hal Decker, and George
Bsgley. The Sarsh carried 1,2uO pounds
of ballast in the shape of sand bags
The tiller of The Lucy was in the hands
of Skipper Waller Johnson, while that
of the Ssrsh was handled by the repre-
sentative of the majesty of the law, Night
Capt. Falkner. who had doffed his dignity
for the time and replaced it with a fam
mel shirt Charlie Anderson was ad-
dressed with becom ne respect by the
Others rs Captain
For the first half mile the race was
as pretty one as could have been
wished. Both boats kept a straight
course side by side and were evidently
evenly matched. Then the Lucy
slowly drew ahead and soon crossed
the bow of her competitor Before
the buoy was reached for the turn the
boats changed places, and the Sarsh
was in the lead hundred yards. In
making this turn the Lucy virtually lost
the race. The Ssrsh made clean turn,
lacking but once. while the Lucy, having
shifted sail too soon, was compelled to
make second tack TO round the buoy.
When shs was Gaally pointed upstream
tie Sarsh was quarter OF mile in the
lead.
The rest OF the story is soon told. The
Sarsh rounded the upper buoy at 25{
minutes after 3, the Lucy i've minutes be-
hind. The yachts started oyer the course
again for the second and last time but
before the Lucy had proceeded mile she
met with an accident that retired her
from the race. The mast snapped about
eight feet from the top and the broken
end, with sails and rigging. came tumb-
ling into the boat. Fortunately no one
was hurt.
The Ssrsh flushed her course, picking
up the Lucy on her way back and towing
her in. Although handicapped in this
manner she got back to the starting point
at 4:15, her time for the race being one
hour and 22I minutes.
The Caprice. which has been sailing
without jib for couple of days, will
be in good repair by next Saturday, when
there is promise of three-cornered race,
as the Lucy will propatly again be in trim
hr-N lat