Sept. 17, 1885.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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f^chting* 



FIXTURES. 



Sept, 17— n. Y. Y. C, Breii ton's Cup Kace. 



Sept. 19— Beverly Y. C, Nahant. 



Sept. 19— Hull Y. C, Ciiampion Race. 



Sept. 19— Peulucket Y. 0., Union Regatta, 



Sept. 22— N. Y. Y. G., Cape May Cup Race. 



Sept. 28— Poutucket \". C, Chamuionship Regatta. 



Rep . 88— Newark Y. ("!., Open Siveepstakes. Newark Bay. 



SepD. 30— Knickerbocker Y. 0., Fall Regatta. 



THE GREAT RACES. 



THUS far five attempts ha.ve been made to sail the three races for 

 the America's Cup, the result of which, briefly .summed up, are as 

 follows: 



Monday, Sept. 7.— Outside race, 20 miles to windward and return. 

 Race started in hght wind, and failed to finish in time. Puritan lead- 

 ing all day. 



Tuesday, Sept. 8.— A fair sailing hreeze. Puritan fouled Genesta at 

 start and was ruled out. Genesta declined to sail over and retiuTied 

 to Sta.ten Island tor a new bowsprit. 



Friday, Sept. 11.- Race started in a good bieeze, E. bv N. Genesta 

 leads at start but drop-s astern as the wind falls. Puritan rounds the 

 outer mark but faUs lo finish. 



Saturday, Sepr. Foiu Lh atteui ot to start the outside race. No 

 wind up to 1:30 r. M, Race postponed. 



Monday, Sept. U.— Race over New York Y. C. course. Wind light 

 and fluky. Water smooth. Puritan beats Genesta 16 minutes 19 

 Seconals. 



' ^/^UR weather" has much to answer for; its reputation has been 

 y ' at stake before tbc eutire yachting world, and its perform- 

 ances during the past week have been such that Its credit is gone 

 beyond repair. Afte)- a whole season of preparation and expectaiiou, 

 two great nations have beeu ilisnppointeU ; yachtsmen have been put 

 to endless vexation and exjiense, the scribes of the press, to the 

 number of tivo or three seorc, have run the entire gamut of "white- 

 winged ilyers," "leashed greyhounds," and o' her terms supposed to 

 be specially appheatde to racing yachts, and have entirely exhausted 

 the stock of "ooaline tints," ■ ruddy sunsets," '-dull gray masses 

 edged with a golden glory," and tlie other well-worn "properties" 

 with which the embryo Black prefaces or concludes his allotted 

 "space," and all tor the wanD of a little wind. Each day for a week 

 the types have been set to record in glowing headlines £he victory of 

 the Eastern yacht, Boston has been at a red heat of enthusiasm ard 

 patrioiism, and New York Jia* not been far behind , fireworks are 

 ready, the restless presses wait eagerly to throw off thousands of 

 "extras." tired cluldren, barefooted boys and girls that should have 

 been at honie and in bed for hours," sleep in tlie doorways of Ann 

 street, Park Row and Washington street, ready to stai t off witu their 

 shrill cries, "Full account of the great race," "Puritan ahead at 

 Sandy Hook," "Geuesra leads at the turn." Thon.sands of people 

 neglect tiusine^s and even the daily routine of pleism-e, to spend a 

 dozen ho _irs on a wheezy tug or roHina; steamer, and the result of all 

 is summed up in four words each night, "No wind ; race postponed." 



How the news that all are so eager for is collected and distributed 

 all over the world isin itself an interesting matter. First, on board 

 of the judees' Isoat. the tug E. Luclccnbach, are twenty or thirty 

 reporters from New York. Boston, i^hiladelpnia and other points, the 

 majoriiA' fj om the former Uvo. As it happens that the tug may not 

 reiurn imtil midnight, and in a quick race little time is given for 

 more than rapid notes, to be elaborated later on, each of the large 

 dailies is represented by two skille.i t ep n ters, most of them starting 

 on their "story" by the light of the galley lamp, as soon as the race is 

 fairly over. As the tug reaches Sandy Hook in the morning one or 

 two reporters for the evening papers are set ashore in rowboats, to 

 flndtheirway to New York as quickly as po.ssible. On board the 

 various excm-sion steamers are the rank and file, who pick up any 

 funny incidents and odd happenings that can be twisted into half a 

 column, and on board the elub steamer is the accomplished gentle- 

 man who does the "sassiety" column, and vvho.se intimate acquaint- 

 ance with the "oong tong" enables him to tell in an airy and graceful 

 manner what Miss McFiiinsy was dressed in. and what Col. Sellers 

 said about the race to Mr Thomas Noddy. Ou an afCair of this kind 

 words are not enough, but an artist accompanies the reporters, and a 

 diagram of the course is hurrieiUy dra\vu, perhaps with a few 

 sketches, and as rapidly engraved on wood. One reporter carried 

 a coast suivey chart, marldug do\vn (jenesta's com-se with a 

 blue pencil and Puritan's with a red one, the lime of each tack being 

 noted. One cai ried a similar chart divided into squares of J.^ mile 

 each, every square being mmdjered. A duplicate cnart was kept in 

 the Boston office, and the mimbers being telegraphed, the course of 

 each yacht from point to pouit was plotted on It. An evening paper 

 had on hand (if ty carrier pigeons, from Newark, New York and Key- 

 port, one being sent away at frequent intervals with a message on 

 thin paper wired to its tail feailiers. Ou reaching home the message 

 was at once telegraphed to the paper in iNew York. Out of thirty- 

 eight pigeons dispatched in a day only foui failed to report So 

 much tor the marine corps; they land between P. M. and midnight 

 and quickly make their way to the newspaper and telegraph offices 



Cooperating with 'hem are the land forces, stationed along the 

 beach from the tall tower of the Western Union on the point of Sandy 

 Hook as far south as Deal Beach, all armed with powerful telescopes 

 and ready to note every movement of the yachts and to wu-e it lo the 

 city It is from this division that the earhest, though least accurate 

 intelligence is obtained. Something definite is usually known by 5 or 

 (j P. M. Once in New York the news flies everywhere by wire, under 

 the Atlantic and the English Channel, over the Alleghanies and 

 Bockj^ Mountains; Boston has it by dinner time, London and Paris 

 have it after the theater, and before the.new day has begun that part 

 •of the world from San Francisco on the West to St. Petersburg on the 

 East knows who has lost and who has won. 



Of course, the excitement centers in New York and Boston ; Wall 

 ^street is comparatively quiet, and the "tickers" speak in a new tongue 

 I'or a time the language ot tne sea supplants that of the "Street.'' 

 Bulletins are as plentiful as in election times, every few minutes a 

 new one is posted in front of eacn newspaper office, "Special by 

 pigeon post," "Latest from Sandy Hook." One buUetm in the Stock 

 Exchange announced that the race was postponed, to be sailed on 

 Central Park Lake, on Saturday, another tiiat the yachts were then 

 crossing the Boulevard. Everywhere ttiat news could be had were 

 groups of people, and as the day closed the centers of excitement 

 moved uptown to the clubrooms and hotels, the sijectators who had 

 been on the steamers mingling with the crowd and telling the story 

 to eager Usteners. How many people were afloat on Monday would 

 be very difficult to compute, but there never has been such a turn- 

 out of steam and sailing craft before, even on the occasion of the re- 

 ception to the Isere. 



Friday. Sept, 11 . 



The many disappointments had compelled a large number 

 of visitors to return home without seeing a race, and many were 

 unable to leave their business for a third time, but still there wvs 

 quite a di'play on Fiiday morning when the Luckenbaeh steamed 

 out from the Hook at 11 A. M. On Tuesday there was wind enouo-a 

 for a good race, and it could easily have been made within the time 

 if Genesta had not been disabled. Thuisday was rainy with a south- 

 easter and a good sea, but the race had been set for Friday to allow 

 time for repairs lo Genesta. On Friday there was stiU some sea out- 

 side and a good breeze from the east in the morning, while the sky 

 was clear and bright with warm weather. Off Tompkinsville GJenesta 

 3.nd Ileen were met, standing down under headsails before the 

 westerlyharhor breeze. On the big cutter the crew were seen mount- 

 ing aloft and laying hold of the halliards, the big sail rising quickly 

 as the double rows of men descended cntil it was set, as flat as any 

 one could wish. Aloft at her mastUead flew the red cross of the 

 Royal Yacht Squadron, and at the peak of her mainsail the red and 

 black burgee she has made famous in her home waters. The new 

 stick looked no whit inferior to the old one, m spite of its additional 

 weight of aoulbs., and a reraeasurement showed no difference in her 

 trim. On Ttiursday night a dinner was given at the Union Club by 

 Ml-. Philip Schuyler to Su- Richard Sutrou, at which several gentlemen 

 fiom the Puritan were present. Tbey were on the tug ou Friday 

 morning and it was necessary to set them, as well as Mr. Padelford 

 and Capt. Ellsworth, on board. After towing Genesta from Clifton 

 to the Romer, where the breeze oaustd her to overrun the tug, the 

 Luckenbaeh ran outside, where Puritan was under lower sails.' The 

 patch in her mainsail had been mended in a very neat manner and 1 1 

 was none the worse for it. After putting Mr. Lippincott and Steward 

 . Olsen on board tue small tug Scandina ' ' ' 



was steady, and there was a short ugly roll to the sea that was con- 

 sidered favoiable to the natTow boat. The course given was E. by 

 N. 20 miles, and the Scandinavian was soon steaming away with two 

 logs spinning over her counter. As soon as she had a good start the 

 whi.<^tfe was blown as a signal to come into position, and both boats 

 took their places to the south of the Hue, which was drawn from the 

 lightship to the Luckenbaeh, its direction being aliout S. E. The 

 usual maneuvering for place followed, and when the preparatory 

 whistle blew at 11:.30 and five minutes later the .start sounded, as on 

 the first day the whistle found Puritan to windward, crossing near 

 the tug, while Genesta cut thft line at its middle, both im starboard 

 tack. They were timed: Puritan 11:3.5:41, Genesta llrSSUT. Close 

 hauled on starboard tack made the course N. E., both heading evenly. 

 Puritan was trimmed in pretty close, and Genesta loo seemed 

 troubled in the same way. The tireeze held strong and the sea 

 rolled in heavily, but against them hoih Geuesia stood up and 

 was soon seen to be gaining a little ou her opponent. Little 

 difference could be seen in the pointing, but soon a decided 

 difference in speed was visible, and the Jet black hull, though 

 siili to leeward, was well ahead of the striped one. On they 

 went until near Rockaway, where at 12:40 Genesta wetit aboiit 

 for a cant off shore, easily weailiermg Puritan. The latter had 

 slackened sheets and was "going faster, but was still some distance 

 astern. Along the beach the sea harl gone down greatly and the long 

 roll seemed to trouble her less. Standing across her' bows Genesta 

 tacked again at 12:43 and found herself on Puritan's weather bow, 

 At once the latter eased off a litile. reaching through her lee and going 

 faster, though falling oil of course. At 1 P. M. the water was com- 



garatively smooth save for a long roll, which lasted all day. but 

 othered the boats much less than the short breaking seas near the 

 Lightship. At 1:16 Genesta went on port tack with Puritan after her. 

 Both crews were seen busy on deck, and soon a club lopsad went 

 aloft on the Puritan, set over her jibheader. Genesta, oii the con- 

 trary, was obliged first to take in her jibheader, afterwards sending uo 

 a spnt topsail with her crew on the halliard, but in spite of the lost 

 time Uer sail was sheeted home more quickly than the Puritan's. 

 After barely holding her own on this tack, Genesta shifted to a bal- 

 loon foresail at 1 :40, but the wind continued to decrease, and as it did 

 so, Ptu-itan gained on her. For an hour ine latter continued to im- 

 prove her position, the conditions being nearly the same as on Mon- 

 day, light wind and little sea, the roll troubhng her but little. At 3:07 

 she went on starboard tack, being then well ahead and to windward, 

 and at 3:14 Genesta tollowed her, ^4 miles astern. At 4:10 Puritan 

 tacked off shore agam. holding for eleven nun utes. when she stood 

 inshore. At 4:50 Genesta parted hei- topsail sheet, reeving off a new 

 one and changing her sprit for a club topsail, paying off on port tack. 

 The boats were now off the Lon^ beaeh Hotel, and a good tide 

 was running in against them, wldle the lessening wind made their 

 progress very slow. At 4:54 Puritan went on port tack, only hold- 

 ing it for a few minutes. At 5:li; (ienesta went on starboard tack, and 

 eight minutes later Puritan tacked again. The wind was now 

 so light that she barely made it. being backed off with her foresail. 

 The mark was now near by. with a group of steamers and yachts 

 waiting near it. The schooner Intrepid was in tow of a tug, having 

 followed the race all day in this fashion. A very strong tide was 

 swinging the buoy hoinewai-d and Puritan lay for some minutes 

 barely moving toward it. but at.5:-S7, with spinnaker boom lowered to 

 port, she turned the mark, in the midst of a hori-ible din from fifty 

 steam whistles. The spinnaker was at once sent aloft in .stops l>ut 

 was tiadly liaudled, being taken in once, and over two miiuites passed 

 before it was set. Only an hour was left to drift 20 miles and the 

 committee resolved to call the race, (jonesta was taken in tow at 

 P. M., and the Scandinavian picked up the ratrk, passed a hawser to 

 Puritan and the fleet started home, the steam yachts and fast 

 steamers in the van, then the other steamers, and last the two tugs 

 with their tows. Genesta was ch-opped inside the Hook and Puritan 

 at Srapletou, and at 10:aO P. M. the Luckenbaeh landed her tired 

 passengers at Pier 3. 



Saturday, Sept. 13. 



Again the weatherwise attempted to strengthen their reputations 

 with the oft repeated boast, "A fine breeze from the southward in the 

 afternoon," but tUere were no takers. As the Luckenbaeh passed 

 down on Saturday morning wdth Genesta m tow there was a flat calm, 

 a smooth sea, and a blue slcy with hght gray clouds across it, the 

 lightship swinging lazily at anchor, and a group of vessels, smaller now 

 than on Monday, saiUng or steaming around. From 11 to 1 the same 

 monotonous game continued, only broken by the incident of a huge 

 steamer, the Assyrian Monarch, going some distance out of her 

 course as she passed out to cheer Genesta three times; a salute which 

 Sir Richard Sutton acknow ]edg,*d from the stern of the yacht. About 

 1:30 a light breeze did spring up, and tbe prophets who had quietly 

 disappeared, again bobbed up serenely with the same oM song of 

 "More wind from the south'ard." The Committee decided to cali 

 the race and blew the whistle vigorously, but when Genesta came 

 alongside her owner objected that the course given, due south, was 

 not to windward, and also that so late a start In a hght \vind would 

 make the finish, if at all, late at night. The Committee decided to 

 postpone the race again and a line was passed to Genesta. The de- 

 cision suited the Puritan's owners as well, as the prospect for a 

 race was very shgbt. When up by the Hook the schooner Norse- 

 man, wnich had been iu tuw ot a mg aU day, was discovered aground 

 on the False Hook. Leaving Genesta for the Scandinavian to pick 

 up, the Luckenbaeh went to Norseman's assistance. After getting 

 agroimd herself she finally pa.ssed a hawser and towed off the 

 schooner. At Toinpkinsvihe Messrs. Tams. Schuyler and Stebbins 

 boarded the Genesta, and after a consultation with Su' Richard Sutton 

 decided to .sail the inside race on Monday, the windward race on Tues- 

 day and the third, if i-equired on Wecmesday. Puritan went on to 

 the city, where sbe hauled out on the screwdock for a new coat of 

 potlead. The wind, after freshening for a time, died down, so that 

 had they started no race would have been made. 



Monday, Sept, 14. 



At last, after so many delays and disappointments, a race for the 

 Cup has really J)een decided, the course of 38 miles being made in a 

 little over hours, and well within the limit. After the postponement 

 on Satm-day, Su- Richard Sutton agreed to sail the inside race, over 

 the New York couree, on Monday, although it had been specially 

 agreed from the first that an outside race .should be sailed first. Four 

 attempts to do this failed, as we have recounted, and in the order of 

 things the race naturahy went over to Monday; but the club had made 

 aU their arrangements in advance, to enable the members and friends 

 to see the inside race, while many who were able to attend but one 

 race had made up parties and engaged boats for Monday also. Tin- 

 der these cu-cumstances. Sir Richard Sutton consented to the change 

 and it was agreed to start at 10:80 on Monday. After a good scrub on 

 the screw dock ou Sattu-day evening, Puritan was lowered at raid- 

 night and towed to her anchorage, lying there all day Simday Qen- 

 esta bhing just above. A fine breeze came in from S. W., mockiu"' 

 with its ptdls and flurri' s the tired yacntsmen who had wooed it in 

 vain for a week. Ou Monday morning it still blew, but with lesseuine 

 force, striking over Cfifton hills into the Upper Bay, and at times 

 haulmg more to the east and coming on end up the NarroAVs Of 

 course, the "wind from the south'ard" fiend was on hanu again' but 

 he made his suggestions in a mild and deprecating way, with an air 

 of doubt and apology, too, so that he deceived few. " Nearly every 

 morning tti; light harbor au-s had given a promise that failed of its 

 f uiailment, as they are often quite fresh inside, with a calm outside 

 the Hook. 



The start was ordered for 10:30 opposite Owd's Head, but long be- 

 fore that the entire Bay was crowded with craft of all sorts. There 

 were fewer large steamers than on the Monday previous and those 

 present carried but few passengers. Many of the Boston yachts had 

 gone home, but still there were steam and sailing yachts on every 

 hand, and tug.s and small steam craft beyond number. Just below 

 Buoy 18, in charge of Captain Jake Schmidt and Sailor, his big- 

 brown dog, was the sloop Alice wita the New York Y. C tlag aloft 

 above a gay string of small colors from truck to bowsprit and taff- 



. Ulsen on board tue small tug Scandinavian, the Luckenbaeh ran out 

 , to where the Hesper, a splendid specimen of a pilot boat, deep, luirh 

 , sided and liandsome, one of D. J. Lawlor's finest boats, was flykig 

 about under topsails. On being hailed she dropped a boat, which 

 ■well handled m the rough sea running, came alongside and cook off 

 -Messrs. Forbes, Burgess. Padelfoid and Capt. Ellsworth. About the 

 Hook were ilie IJauutless. Vi-iteii. Waterwitch, Albatross, America 

 Elecira. \Vanda, Venture, the little Madge with topmast housed 

 aud Atalanta with a big British ensign at her foremast head. At 



eubach cast anchor at 10 A. M. and signaled to the yachts. On ooard 

 ot her were Messrs. Tams and Stebbins of the Comauttee, Mr Apple- 

 ton, of the Eastern Y. C, and Mr. Bayard, of the Y who 

 assisted m liming; Br. Woodbury, the representative of Genesta a 

 few members of the- N. Y. Y. (J. and a number of artists and re 

 porters. On board of Genesta were Sir Ri!:hard Sutton and •^n- Wil- 

 ham Leyini-e, Ml-. J. BeavorWebb, Mr. William IO-ei)s, renrVseuta- 

 iive of Puritan, Mi-. Edward PadeUord, Mr. Edward Lapthoi-De, and 

 Captain Carter. On board of Puritan were Messrs. Paine, Burgess 

 Fornes, Welsh, Richards, Busk and M, R. Schuyler, the latter as 

 representative of Genesta, Captain Joe Ellsworth acted as pilot and 

 Captain Crocker was in command. 



Both boats left their moorings with jibs m stops, breaking out 

 quickly, and i\ orked up with the tide above the line, moving slowly 

 m the ligut air. Both carried club topsails and louver sails It was 

 10:10 when the call was blown aud soon both « ere maneuvering above 

 the hue. Genesta made no special effort for a weather berth but 

 boxed about a iitde to leeward of Puritan, fluallv setting a small lib- 

 topsaii when near the hue. There was hardly wind enough to allow 

 any close maneuvering, and when the starting wliiscle blew at iO::w 

 both were some distance above the line. Paying off slowly on the 



With a strong flood on their weather bows they stood on starboard 

 tack untU near the Long Island shore, Genesta lowering her jibtop- 

 sad, and at 10:3T they made the first tack together, Genesta leading, 

 Stani.bng now across the tide Genesta outran Puritan but was unde- 

 niably going to leeward, up the Bay, whfle the other's course lay 

 straighter, ui toward Clifton, and she held to windward better. Again 

 Genesta led the tacking, going about at 10:46 with Pm-itan dhectly 

 after. As usual Genesta was about and away instantly, while Puritan 

 was very slow in stays. This leg lay along the Staten Island shore, 

 the wmd beuiK very light under the lulls. Genesta ran up a large 

 jibtopsail at m:.')-2. and at onee showed an increase of speed, but 

 four minutes later Puritan followed suit and set hers, anfl 

 again lett her rival slowly but surely. Close astern came the motley 

 fleet tha t had been sprea<l over the bay, now converging to the Nar- 

 rows, The progress was very slow, but at last Puritan took a free 

 puff from over the hills above the Quarantme grounds and ran away 

 mjt of the Narrows, passing the forts at 11:05, Genesta had not the 

 wind for some lime, and was just five minutes astern when she passed 

 out. Still on the starboard tacktluiv moved slowly down, the distance 

 remaiumg the .same, but when below Bix's Island Puritan caught a 

 flaw from S. E. that set her headsails fluttering, and threatened to 

 throw her aback and on to port tack. Genesta, astern, was now 

 closely pressed I ly the licet, a steam yacht running on her weather 

 side and the big steamer H. T Baya in close proximity to leeward. 

 At 11:40 the wiud had left her completely and her sails were shaking, 

 hut a few moments later they felt a siij(lit wind ou the port side 

 which promised to put her to leeward of the steam fleet, and iu a 

 very bad position, The wind drojiped entirely, however, and both 

 she and Puritan were ii'.'arly motionless until noon, when the morn- 

 ing iireeze again came up from the old quarter, S. W. 



At ia:08 Puritan weut on port tack, standing to the west to clear 

 buoy 14, and at 12:17 Genesta fofiowed her, after standing well down 

 by the buoy. Immediately after, at 12:18 Puritan came on starboard 

 tack agam with a long lead to her credit, going about again at 15:32, 

 just as Genesta went on tue starboard tack. Another tack by Puritan 

 at 1:3:40 .showed her ahead and well to windward of Genesta." At la:51 

 the Boston yacht again went on port taek, going about very slowly, 

 and after holding it for ten minutes, tacked to the east again. At 

 1:05 Genesta wen I on starboard tack, and it was seen that she had 

 improved her position greatly since passing the islands, being closer 

 and less to leeward of Purita'i, At 1:07 Pm-itan made her last tack 

 for buoy 10. about which the fleet were grouped, with many new 

 arrivals from the Horseshoe, all greeting her as she turned and fell 

 off a little for buoy 85i>. The times at buoy 10 were: 

 Puritan 1 Hi 23 Genesta 1 19 25 



Thus Puritan was Smin. 3sec. ahead, in place of 5min. at the Nar- 

 rows. Genesta at once seta balloon foresail, and into it there came 

 a bagful of wind, driving her along, while Puritan now felt it too. 

 Both were timed at buoy 



Puritan 1 19 33 Genesta 1 S3 12 



Now began the only work that could be called racing in all the five 

 days, the wind came fresh out of tlie 8. \V., and both yachts bowled 

 along, Puritan with scuppers awash aud Genesta with lee rail down, 

 much in the position showm iu the well known photo. Hiir baUoon 

 foresail was sheeted in to the main boom, but she soon found it of 

 little use and shifted to plain foresail again. Outside there was a 

 little tumble, nothing to bother either boat, while the freshening 

 breeze hurried them along at a pace they had not reached before in 

 any of the races, Genesta movmg with more life than she has yet 

 shown. The times at buoy a wore: 



Puritan 13100 Genesta 1 33 35 



Of the two the wide boat seemed the steadier and less troubled by 

 the slight roll than the narrow one, in marked contrast to the experi- 

 ence with the smaller cutters and the old sloops. Out to the Sandy 

 Hook lightship was a reach, and the course in was the same, a sol- 

 dier's wind for the seven miles each way. A number of vessels 

 were waiting at the tm-n, but it was seen that there would not be 

 time to run the full distance, so the Luckenbaeh stopped half a mile 

 aw.ay, in a position to time both boats. Ou came Puritan, her sails 

 showing a slight yellow as the sun shone through them, in contra.st 

 to the darker shades of Genesta's hemp. The white bidwark showed 

 its ciu-ve above water, aud the white stern stood out in relief from 

 the dull gloss of the sides. LuSing up. she left the lightship on the 

 starboard hand, and was quickly off for home, among an mfemal 

 din of whistles that gladdened the heart of every steamboat man. 

 from captain to messboy, on the whole Bay, surxia.ssing as it did 

 even the wildest flights of Wagnerian fancy. The times at the light- 

 ship were: Puritan 3:14:.54. Genesta 3:19:16, a difterence of 4min. 

 tKsec, a gain of ISsec. for Genesta between buoy 5 and the ship. As 

 soon as Genesta rounded the fleet steered for home, sueU a motley 

 crowd of boats as has never been seen in the harbor before. 



The wind held steady but a little more ahead asnhe boats hurried 

 in, their positions changing little on the reach to buoy 5, where they 

 were timed: 



Puritan 3 04 35 Genesta 3 09 13 



The difference is 4m. .3Ss., or a gain of 3s. for Puritan in the 7 niUes 

 from the turn. No official times were taken ,at buoy 5 in either di- 

 rection, but these times were taken on ihe judges' "tug as the boats 

 luffed at buoy 5 and are quite accurate. They show that the difference 

 in saOing was really nothing. When they luffed at buoy 5 the exciting 

 part of the race was over, i,he wind dropped, and at no time 1 or the rest 

 of the course was there a fa:r sailing breeze. Outside the Hook, Grade 

 came out to meet the fleet. Far up in the Horseshoe was a mosqiuto 

 fleet of catboats and small craft, and at buoy 10 the big boats halted 

 also. 



As Puritan came in the wind fell, and the strong ebb tide from the 

 Shrewsbury was met off the point of the Hook. At 3 :S3 Puritan stood 

 inshore on the starboard tack lo weather buoy 8};^, tacking again at 

 3:27. Genesta had held further to windward coming in, but she, too 

 tacked at 3:27:30 for the Hook, going about again at 3 :3 1 :30. Both 

 moved very slowly against tUe tide, witU barely a capful of wind to 

 help them along. 



Buoy 8>a was turned: 

 Piu-itan 3 .33 Genesta 8 43 



Puritan now came for buoy 10, taking in jibtopsail as she neared 

 aud breaking out a big baUoon jibtopsail in its place. Another wild 

 howl from the assembled steam whistles, and she was around and on 

 her last leg for home, with spinnaker boom dropped, but only under 

 mainsail, clubtopsail. foresail aud balloon jibtopsail. The wiml was 

 still so light that there were fears that she could not cover the last 

 eight miles in the two hom-s remaining to her. Tne times at buoy 10 

 were; 



Puritan 3 38 05 Genesta 3 46 05 



Genesta had lagged badly in the light airs by the Hook, and now 

 the.-e was no chance of her catching up, as the wind was still vet-y 

 light. Once around she set her spinnaker, but it seemed of lews sei- 

 -yice than Puritan's balloon jibtopsaU, and when by the lower island 

 she sent up her big ballooner, soon after taking in "her spinnaker 



When Pm-itan, slowly stemming the ebb tide, came up to the finish 

 the entire Bay was thick with boats. The Grand Repubhc, Columnia 

 Taurus, Baya, Eliza Hancox, Laura M. Starin, aud a host of other 

 steamers; tugs by the hundretl, aud the steam yachs Polynia with 

 iVIi-. George L. Schuyler on board; Atalanta, Utowana. Electra Nor- 



r jkc.^it, ijji-iipnsr, i cujiuii], jLuia, iruituL, V eiiiu rc, tiavio ta, Jl.n- 



terprise, vv izardand a ivliole fleet of smaller ones; and the cutters 

 Beuoum, Been, Stranger, Clara, Madge, Muriel, Isis, One steamer",^ 

 the Melzingah, carried big canvas signs on each side, --Moderation 

 Society." Ou the forward deck was a field gun and the members in- 

 dulged in an immoderate amount of noise, besides sending up rock- 

 ets with paper figures aud also baUoous, A big tug carried the mem- 

 bers of the Produce Exchage, mtder the sign, "Produce Exchange 

 yacht Club." One sloop with a party on board, was only half com- 

 pleted, no deck being laid aud only part, of a bulwark on, out she was 

 rigged and canvassed and her crew saw tfie race. Right in the course 

 of Genesta on the finish line laid a nondescript with rusty paint and 

 mildewed canvas tbat ran up an Irish flag as soon as ruritan had 

 finished. 



About the line vessels were packed so closely that au active man 

 could leap from one to another for a quarter of a mile. Dirty, smoky 

 littly tugs dischai-ged cinders over the decKs of stately schooners 

 pert little catboats Dumped against the glossy sides of the yacnts', 

 but e\ ery where good humor prevailed. Inside the buoy was a"fleet of 

 rowboats and small craft at anchor, and the heights of i'm-t Tomp- 

 kins were black with a crowd of sight.-ieers A White Star steamei- 

 came by m time to have a look at the finish also. Through the mass 

 of vessels a uaiTow lane was kept open with diffietdty, and up it 

 slowly and grandly, sailed Puritan witu barely •nmid enotigh to fill her 

 sails, and astern among the fleet Genesta was also visible Over the 

 line went the Boston boat, greeted first witii a clieer. aud then all at 



1 :-irVairly 

 ,-neral 

 iiight 

 ■ euesta, 

 itai'ed tor fier. 



once, every whistle opened its brazen thi'oat aud 1 

 hoarsi', while tne beds added a discord of ihei 

 clamor, and the cannon on all the yaclits helpr 

 at her neels the tleet ran on, over ihe luie aud n 

 and it was with great difiiculty that a passage 



Slow li and soberl:,- she moved on, crossiuj^- the'luio at last with a wel- 

 come only a shade less demoi.strative than the victor received. Her 

 ballooner cam ■ ^ ■ 



loudly for Puritan. The crew of the latter ranged themselves along- 



