Year: 1875

star erect at 3h 37m the Dannsess tackled and headed
up 10 the buoy, and At Sh 4om- ne AohewS sd
II was now a pretty well assured fact That
the Mohawk would be the first yacht around but y
was stil matter OF argument as 10 what would be the
difference in time between them. From the distance
the Dauntless appeared 70 be pointing well up 70 WIND
ward OF the buoy and the Mohawk was trihe too
far down 10 leeward. The yachts were considerably
closer together than the had led 10 believe and the
Mohawk passed lseward of the buoy and tackled TO
weather Il at four O'Clock P. NJ The Mohawk went by
the buoy the port tack, with sheets started and,
running her BOOM she kept It on the same quarter
The Dauntless by the buoy the starDoard tack
ana then gybed over her main BOOM after chewing up
the maintopsal. The yachts turned the buoy fol
lows:-


Mohawk. ........4 80 Dauntless ....... 9 II


The Mohawk gybcd her fore boom to port and sent
up jb topsa but the wind dead aft and head
sails were not of much service. As soon as the Daunt
less was headed for homo she tried TO make her fore
sail set to port and after Intellectual attempts IT
began to draw The Mohawk then set her staysail
and the Dauness followed suit Strange to saw con-
trary 70 the expectation Of every ONE the Dauness APP
peared to be gaining ON the Mohawk, and the Cyclops
had hard work TO keep company with them BOTH The
Dauntcss, encouraged by the prospects of close race
sent up big club headed topsail to the main that
proved drawing sail, and the Mohawk followed her
example few minutes later. The race had now be-
come intensely erestng MS the Dauntess was evil
IDENTITY gaining steadily and 1t became matter OF cal
culatIon W.. she could gain the min
ute and thirteen seconds she had taken
at the start before they arrived at the
Lghtship At An. 45m IL estimated that the
Dauntless only minute behind the Mohawk,
"a
utes in threequarers OF an hour and chance OF vic
tory provided she retained tho same ratio OF speed.
The Dauntless kept heading little TO the west
ward, so as to keep her staysal full. Now that the
cluo opsail on the Mohawk began to draw, the Daun


less did not close up rapidly, but stil she slowly


improving her position and edging in TO the westward
The weather was still pretty thick and as darkness
set in, II pretty difficult to make out the
OF the yachts. The Cycops was steamng about twelve
knots, but could not catch the yachts which
travelling very fast, wing and wing All eyes board
the Cyclops the lookout for the lightshp, and
MT En mi mt m civ Nvug nd a a
on the port bow, to the westward and astern OF the
Dauntless. The Mohawk about milo and a half
to the eastward. on parallel line with
the Dauntess Immediately Captain Centre per-
ccved the position of affairs he ordered


the Cyclops headed in for the lightshp and whisted
several times to attract the attention OF the yachts
thinking they had not the lightship The Dannt
less Immediately luled up the wind and headed for
the lghtshp but the Mohawk paid attention to the
signal and continued her The Dauntless finally
passed tho lghtship from the eastward, leaving IT on
her port hand and then going in stays went
by again between the Cycops and the light
ship at Oh. 25m. SIS. Captain Centre, after waiting
ten minutes for the Mohawk, ordered the Cyclops to
head for Sapleton On arrival at the club house Cap
tain Centre went on shore and found gentlemen
from the Mohawk who expressed considerable aston
ishment at the decision giving the race TO the Daunt
less They said that when the lightship bore west
they about minute ahead Of the Dauntess
Captain Centre, however, could give no other deci-
sion, as his instructions distinctly said that
in case the steamer was not up the yachts should
take their time when the ghtship bore west, close
aboard 1t was for that reason the Cyclops whisted
in order to call thor attention TO the instructions 1t
rather unfortunate that such brilliant
should terminate in so unsatisfactory manner, as


judging from the position of the yachts II would be hard
to name the winner had both headed for the hight
the Dauntless being mile to the
westward OF the former certainly from half to
The start for the Cape May between the Resoue
and the Dauntless will not take place to-day the
latter has repair damages, having carried away her
fore gan and split her foretopsa during yesterdays