The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
THE GERMAN YACHT
SECOND AT FINISH
ALMOST A DAY BEHIND THE WIN
MING ATLANTIC.
While Disappointed over His Defeat
the Captain Expressed Admira-
tion for victor's Per.
formance.

IOTTndnCcs
On Board the Steamer Lady of the
%5les, OFF the Lizard, May 80, via Pen
Ssnce, May 31.-The schooner yacht
Hamburg, the sole German representa-
tive in the ocean yacht race for the
gold cup offered by his majesty EN-
peror William of Germany, crossed the
finish line at 1922 tonight, % hours ana
six minutes behind Wilson Marshall's
peerless yacht Atlantic, but still beat
ing the Endymion's record by Is hours
and 20 minutes, an especially fine per-
fm nance. While proud of their crafts
good work the Germans were plainly
terribly disappointed that they had to
content themselves with second honors
in the long race.
AS it was her fortune to be the first
to congratulate the Atlantic so was it
the lot of the Lady of the Isles to be
he first to tell the Hamburg that she
lad been preceded to the winning mark
by her speedy rival. This we did when
at 2:45 we ran close under her stern
some % miles out from the Lizard.
Alter exchanging greetings with Herr
'Hietgens we told him that the Atlantic
had finished at 9:16 last night. On
hearing this Herr Tietgens let his hand
fl II from his ear with an expressive
gesture of disappointment but NOM
cnt afterwards he expressed admiration
Of his rivals fine performance, especi-
ally her big days run of 341 miles.
We had first fallen in with the Ham
| bdrg about one o'clock when she was
80 miles west by north of the Lizard
| with all sails set. She was then maxi
ing from four to five and one half
knots in the light breeze. The weather
was as fine and as brilliant as yester-
day, but the breeze was fresher. After
securing the record of her daily runs
aud giving her the runs for the Allan
| tic we steamed off to investigate a
tt rdly discernable yacht which it was
thought might be the Ailsa. She
proved to be a coaster however and
we returned to accompany the Ham
burg to the finish. When we caught
up to her the breeze was freshening
and she was making nine and one
half knots despite the fact that there
VAS two and one half mile an hour
/ tide running against her. She was
! sqing in form with every sail drawing
\ las she crossed the line in the presence
Inf many less tugs and steamers thar
i greeted the Atlantic last night.
1 Herr Tietgens stated that they hat
had fine passage and that they saw
hut few of their competitors although
mon. Last Thursday a steamship
on May 20 they were abreast of Endy'
mion. Last Thursday a steamship
overlook them and told them that the
Endymion was 70 miles astern and thu
Ailsa Z miles astern. The vessel be
haved splenddly in the heavies
weather. Comparison of the fogs o
the Atlantic and the Hamburg showed
that the latter had sailed about 10
miles farther but that the Marshal
schooner had always been in the lead
The Hamburg crossed the line on ;
port tack. The total elapsed time wa
Is days, hours, minutes.
Following are the daily runs
May Is, 142 miles, May 10, ZIG miles
May 20. 219 miles; May 81, PAT miles
May 22 1863 miles; May %, 160 miles
; May "a, 303 miles; May 26, 272 miles
May q, 253 miles; May 2S, 292 miles
May 29 312 miles; May 80, 161 miles.