. Races for the America's cup . twenty miles towindward and return from Sandy Hook Light-ship. A moderate breeze was blowing, and got just what he had been wanting— the Southwest Spit was reached the Sappho over-hauled her and took the lead. This lead she kept increasing ail thewas as follows: time. The time of the race SapphoLivonia :21:21:00 :59 :054 :25 :41 Elapsed Correctedtime. time. 4 :38 :05 4 :46 :17 5 :04 :41 5 :11:44 The Americans having won four races out offive in the series of seven, the committee declaredthe series closed, and that the cus
. Races for the America's cup . twenty miles towindward and return from Sandy Hook Light-ship. A moderate breeze was blowing, and got just what he had been wanting— the Southwest Spit was reached the Sappho over-hauled her and took the lead. This lead she kept increasing ail thewas as follows: time. The time of the race SapphoLivonia :21:21:00 :59 :054 :25 :41 Elapsed Correctedtime. time. 4 :38 :05 4 :46 :17 5 :04 :41 5 :11:44 The Americans having won four races out offive in the series of seven, the committee declaredthe series closed, and that the custody of the cupshall still remain with the New-York Yacht .Livonia had been beaten twice by a centre-board boat, the Columbia, and twice by a keelboat, the Sappho. Mr. Ashbury, however, wasnot satisfied. He still claimed the race of Oc-tober 18, and having announced to the committeethat he would send his boat out to Sandy Hooklightship on a certain day, he did go there, andraced with the Dauntless. The club, THE SAPPHO ROUNDING a dead beat to windward. The Sappho provedherself better both on the wind and off thewind than the Livonia, and kept increasing herlead from start to finish,race was as follows: The official time of the Sappho Livonia :11:12:52 Elapsed CorrectedFinish. time. time. 5 :44 :24 5 :33 :24 5 :36 :026:17:30 6:04:38 6:09:23 The fifth and last race of the series for thecup was sailed over the New-York Yacht Clubcourse on October 23. The Sappho was againthe chosen champion of the Americans, and againshe won. There waa a moderate breeze blowingfrom west-southwest and the tide was the lastof the ebb at the start. It was a clear and beau-tiful day of Indian summer, and a great flotillaof yachts and excursion steamers came out to seethe race. The Livonia crossed the line first andstarted down the bay at a good pace, but before THE LIGHTSHIP. took no cognizance of this race, and not much ofMr. Ashbury. Mr. Ashbury now claimed t
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