The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-10

| breoze and the tumDle OF wave ana HaSn OF
white CAP said they wore getting 1t better With
every minute. And when. as tho racers drove
along. the sloop was seen to be gaining con-
tinuaily. the patriots dsvoutlJ prayed that the
winds growth be continued
or course. the turn in the direction stored.
when the yachts tackled about and headed
westerly loft tho yalkyTie astern but up to
windward OF the Yankee, At 1rst glance.
the inexperienced and timid patriots won
dorod whether. after all tho sloop had
tho better CT II. But o mile away to-
ward shore there was none to doubt.
for the Yankee skipper had held the sloop up
into the eye OF 1t until no was fair on the
weather bow OF the British mug. hunter Bot.
ter yet che had gained continually afoot. and.
| whom the stakeboat became plainly visible.
| was not only to windward. but. as it seemed.
at least a third OF q mile ahead.
BOTH YACHTS INTERPRETED WITH.
Meantime the excursion fleet had for the
| most part continued to behave fairly we'll
| The big lighter Edwin Bailey persisted In get
ting up In the lee OF the Nalkyrie. where she
annoy ed the British skipper until the tack was
made and even then hung on until after re-
pcated blasts from tho fagship's whistle.
Tho World. with its accustomed enter
prise" had tug in the feet. and this held on
the lee OF the vigilant. In spite Of all the pro-
tebtS IFOul tiic HaEohip ahu htteuulus tu8b.
Then q menhaden fisherman steamed across
the bows OF the Vigilant and on the whole.
because OF her fool friends. the Vigilant got the
| worst OF it.
On the board in toward shore the yigilants
| skipper took In bis jibtopsail before he had
covered half o mile. The Valkyre had not re-
set hers. and FOR perhaps two miles the two
stood on under topsails and foresails and ibis.
Then the Yankee ran up his jibtopsail. and
Johnny Bull followed his example. But both
OF them repented doing SO. and within five
minutes took them in.
| The shores OF Jersey had been growing out
| Of the water rapidly during these movements.
| and at IL :48 the Valkyrie suddenly put down
| her helm and tackled away to SEQ The
| Yankee sloop went about also. The Vigilant
| was then q good one-third OF q mile ahead.
| the yacht sharps said. and they had not yet
| ceased to discuss this lead when down went
the British helm again. and once more she
| headed toward Jersey. She had held on to her
deep water course only three minutes. The
| sharps said her pilot had concluded to look
| for more wind inshore.
For once, at least the sharps were wrong
| The viRilant tackled back toward the shore
again two minutes after the Valkyrie did. and
then. three minutes later still-that s. at IL SO
| tho Valkyrie tackled to southwark again. No
! satisfactory explanation for these short boards
could be imagined. for again at 1:O1 o'clock
| she came about once more. plainly q loser by
| all the movements
| THE FIRST TURN.
Meantime the yigilant headed on TOWARD tho
| land and soon had the stakeboat under her
weather bow The excursion feet lay scattered
| away to the lee OF the STAKE. save friendly
dozen far out to sea. Tho Yankee sailors went
skurrying out on the bowsprlt end carrying
| the peak OF huge jibtopsaiL A cables
length to the lee Of the mark her wheel whirled
and around she CANA The folds OF the jib-
topsail were just beginning to crawl up the
stay when tho lu.tering red of the stakeboat
flag showed dark and clear on her snowy head
sails.
Instantly the skipper weired his wheel.
while willing hands eased OF the mainsheet,
hauled the jibtopsail from it's stops. and with
a burst OF speed that lifted the patriots into
the air. she rounded the flag and fed away to
| sea- The great white sails bellied out before
the breeze. The skurrying white-capped
waves patted and pettsd her rounded sides
and threw themselves in laughing spray
above her rail. while q lengthening trail OF
white foam marked the place where she
had been but would not stay.
The Valkyrie followed on. How much had
she been beaten In the lively beat to wind
ward for which her designer had so ardently
wished2 Watches In hand. the yachtsmen
Razed upon her and marked the time. To the
patriots the time seemed long. but a trife less
than five minutes later she. too. had passed
the signal and was nosing about like an eager
hound for the Yankees trail
IRISH LINEN ON THE vALKyRIE.
twas glorious race. The Yankee led. but not
enough to stop the doubts Of the experienced
spectators. for who could tell what the cutter
would do now that the wind was over the
quarter and the path in the trough Of the
scar The question was thrilling
To answer it the sharps got down to squnt.
They had noted with marked approval the
quick time in which the Yankees crew had
got her jibtopsail a-drawing. The crew had
done no such good work as that In any meet
so far. But when the Valkyrie had rounded
the turn she was several lengths away before
there was even show OF the sail in stops upon
the head stay, and much further still
before the canvas was set and pulling. And
then she doused her working forestaysail and
ran up In Its place great white one made OF
Irish linen. instead Of silk. as the sharps had
learned by reading the mornings Sun.
1t was quite a time before this was up and
drawing. and the eyes Of the sharps were kept
upon 1t until the last wrinkle was asleep. They
agreed that the British crew had never worked
quite so deliberately as at this turn.
And then all hands turned to look at
the flying Yankee. The first glance filled
them with delight for she was like the
blue-winged teal seeking far country.
With one accord the steamboat sap
pers jingled their bells for full speed ahead
and in many cases jingled In vain. 80 far as
keeping up with the racers was concerned.
The Sun was represented by the steel tug
Kate Jones. one OF the fiestest on tho coast,
and her skipper drove her at full speed. not
less than thirteen knots. he said. yet she
scarcely seemed to gain upon that deer-foot
flyer In the lead. The speed OF the sloop was
simply marvellous.
THE REACH OUT.
The race was laid upon q triangul course
ten miles to windward. ten miles reach out to
sea. and then ten home. No one OF the specta-
tors doubted on that reach out that the lead OF
the Yankee would be increased.
Meantime. however. the sharps had noted
that the bi0 iLtonsnil of the Vipilant was