Salt Lake Herald | 1891-08-08 | Page 2 | On the Wave

ir r On the Wave It NEWPOST R L Aug 7Tho race for f the Goelet cup presented by Captain Ogden Goelet was marked by two features f of special interest today In the schooner class the newly ninerigged Volunteer was to sail in her ilrst race In the sloop and sutler class the new Herreschoff boat Glo riana was to meet two of four boats in nor class which she had not raced with There was a moderate southwest wind The start was otf Bremens reef light ship thirteen aid onenaif miles to tee mark boat off Block island best dead to windward eighteen miles before the wind to mark bon of the west Island and I six miles to the finish The Katrmu dlu not start The starting gun was llrcd at 1130 When the fleet left Point Judiththe Gloriana was ahead nnd gaining At 103 the Qwenee in the third place broke bor top sail and gave up The other boats turned at Block island marked in this order Gloriana Voluntter Gracie Iro quis Barbara Marguerite Mayflower boyonara Merline Fortuna The Gloriana held her lead over a great part of the next leg but was passed by the Volunteer The winners were the Gloriana in the sloops and the Voluntear in the schooners barring bar-ring tho protest of the Volunteer and Gracie growing out of collision otherwise the iroquois was first