. Races for the America's cup . tover an ocean course, twenty miles to windwardand return from the Scotland Lightship. Therewas every prospect of a good race when the their attendant flotilla oi! excursion boats gropedtheir way home as best they could. On Septem-ber 11 the race over the outside course wassailed. The result was a victory for the May-flower, which was decisive and conclusive, andleft no question as to the relative merits of theBritish and American champions. When the yachts were started at the ScotlandLightship at 11:20 oclock the wind was blow-ing about fifteen miles an hour fr
. Races for the America's cup . tover an ocean course, twenty miles to windwardand return from the Scotland Lightship. Therewas every prospect of a good race when the their attendant flotilla oi! excursion boats gropedtheir way home as best they could. On Septem-ber 11 the race over the outside course wassailed. The result was a victory for the May-flower, which was decisive and conclusive, andleft no question as to the relative merits of theBritish and American champions. When the yachts were started at the ScotlandLightship at 11:20 oclock the wind was blow-ing about fifteen miles an hour from the north-west, and the course was therefore laid outtwenty miles to the southeast, making the courseto leeward and return. The wind, fresh at thestart, died out after the outer mark was reachedand it seemed at one time as if the race would notbe made within the time limit of seven Mayflower did it, however, and achieved asweeping victory. The race proved beyond doubtthat the Galatea was not a racing boat, and that. MAYFLOWER AT THE FINISH. and the wind died out before the boats had got the fears which had been entertained regarding four miles from the starting point. So the at- her were groundless. The race was more properly tempted race was a fizzle, and the yachts and a walkover for the Mayflower, and the Galatea did yachts were started, but a dense fog shut down not get near enough to her in the course of the
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