Show I The Mayflower Niw YORe August 21 Todays yacht race first of a serits of trial contests con-tests to determine which of the four sloop yachts shall meet the British cutter cut-ter Galatea Inbeptember resulted in a victory for General Haines new sloop I the Mayflower designed by Edward Burgess to beat the Puritan She did so handsomely by eleven minutes and eleven seconds over a forty mile course She also defeated the Atlanta ten minutes and fiftyone seconds aid thefntcttla eighteen minutes and nineteen nine-teen seconds and made the laciest elapsed time over thecoune Thedeiails of the race show that the Javoirrr started last and overhauled the yacht one after the other in fine style An immense number of craft accompanied the yachts among them the GalaUa navigated by Captain Bradford and with Mrs Henn on board She had worked out to the middle of Gedneys channel when she squared away for home having almost caught the others with but little effort although starting far behind them |