Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-07
RACES FOR THE CUP
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the Canadian boat by 10 minutes seconds.
The Canadians made another attempt to
capture the cup IN 1881, when the Bay OF
Quinte Yacht Club Of Beieville challenged
with a centerboard sioop. called the Alta
lanta. which was also built and sailed by
Captain Cuthbsrt. This was not only the
first race for the cup by sloops, but there
were also he id, for the first time, series of
trial races to determine who should defend
The Hldegarde. Mischief. Oracle and
Pocahontas participated in these, the last
mentioned being built for the purpose. The
Mischief owned by ]. r. Rusk, was select
ed, and, on November .. she defeated the
Atalanta by Is minutes 10 seconds over the
inside course. The Oracle went over the
ground, too, and beat the Mischief by IL
minutes 23 seconds. -
On the second day, over the leeward and
windward course from buoy D. the Canadian
vas worsted by the Mischief to the extent
of So minutes 81 seconds. The Oracle was
minutes IS seconds behind the Mischief
The Genesta's Attempt.
It was Sir Richard Sutton's cutter Ge-
nesta, designed by J. Beaver-Webb, that
gave our yachtsmen a scare but that very
fast vessel met one a little faster, and the
cup was still safe. 1t was in 1885 that she
came over from England and met the Puri-
tan, Boston boat, which was designed by
the late Edward Burgess, who was then
only known an architect of small boats.
Ine however, served 10 make bur-
CESS famous the world over as a model
maker and she also was the means of in
PRODUCING into yachting history one of the
most liberal and gentlenlanly and courage
Gus sportsmen whose name ever adorned
its pages-Gen. C. j. Paine. He and Mr..
j. Malcolm Forbes, another Bostonian who
has since done much for yachting, were
the principal members of the syndicate
that built the Puritan.
Meantime, the iron Priscilla was con-
structed on plans laid out by A. Cary
Smith, the popular New York designer.
and paid for with New York money and
the new boats went in the trial races with
the Oracle and the Bedouin, the latter
being an out-and-out cutter from designs
by John Harvey, an out-and-out English
man.
The Puritan and Priscilla were the
largest sloops that ever had been built
in America The former had load water
line length of eighty-one feet one inch,
and the latter one of eighty-three feet
three inches, SO constructed to meet the
eishty-one feet Of the Genesta
There were three trial races, and the
new boats had them all to themselves.
The Priscilla won one. but the Puritan
defeated her twice, and was selected to
defend the cup.
The Puritan-Genesta match consisted of
best two out of three races, and was
veritable test of the centerboard sloop
against the dee-keeled cutter.
The first date was September Z, the same
as this year, but after the yachts started
II was seen that there would not be enough
wind to carry them over the course of
tw enty miles to windward and return from
the Scotland lightship within the time
limit. and the event was called off.
On the next day the Puritan fouled the
Genesta at the start and snapped the cut
ter's bowsprit off.
Sir Richard Sutton's Courtesy.
The committee promptly and properly
ruled the Puritan out, and informed Sir
Richard Sutton that he had the privilege
OF sailing over the course alone.
Sir Richard refused to do this, saying
that he wanted race and not a walk
over, by which sportsmanlike decision he
made warm admirers.
On September II they made third at
tempt, but were again frustrated by a
dropping of the wind. On September IA
they sailed over the N. Y Y. C. course,
from Owls Head. Bay Ridge, Long Island,
out around the Sandy Hook lghtship and
back. distance of about thirty-eight nau-
teal miles.
The Puritan won by 10 minutes 10 sec
onds. after allowing Genesta % seconds,
The Genesta sprung the cap of her mast
on this day.
1t was on September 10 that the Genesta
gave the New Workers a fright. The race