The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-12
NO RACE YESTERDAY.
NotWind Enough to Finish Within
the Time Limit.
BUT THE vIGILANT WAS AHBAr-

She Led Lord Dunravsn's vnIkyri, oy
Hair Mile when, At the End , Six
Hours, the Boats Were Towed 0Baok
to the city.
New YORK, Oct 12.-It was no mans
race yesterday The Nigilant and Valkyrie
tried hard to settle the international uues-
tion as TO which is the queen yacht of the
world, but after alternate spells Of racing,
drifting and waiting for wind they gave
up the contest at the expiration of the
time limit. Z was long after dark when
the crack yachts abandoned the drifting
match off Highland Beach They were
fully seven miles from the finish, and they
had been sailing for six hours The Vigi-
liant had turned the outer mark seven
minutes ahead of the English cutter, and
was leading by about half a mile when the
time expired. The fortunes Of each had
varied during the day, and the British
boat had the best Of it during the first
part of the race.
The day promised well in the early
morning. There was a good breeze from
the northwest, and the weather sharps
said there would be a rattling wind out.
| side Sandy Hook. The race was 60 be ff-
| teen miles to windward or leeward and
return. 1t was the third in the SERIES and
| If won by Vigilant the America's cup
would be Yankee trophy of prowess on
the water for another year.
The usual crowd of yachtsmen who
would not miss a race for farm were on
hand, as also were the patriotic landsmen
| who neglect business and risk certain
! personal discomforts incident to a day on
the rolling deep in order to see John
| Bulls crack yacht defeated The steam
| boats, big and little, and yachts and tugs
with private parties steamed down the
| bay, rs they had done on each of the pre-
coed X racing days There were perhaps
| a few less boats i'm the excursion fleet than
| usual, but the decks of all that went out
to the course were black with people. The
! expectation that the day would end the
battle of the yachts brought out many
who had waited for the deciding race in
| the series The day was delightful one
| for a days outing on the water. The sea
! had only ripple on its surface. and one
vanturesome little Naphtha launch &C
| c lmpanied the fleet
The wind of the early morning did not
| hold, and when all the fleet had assembled
ready for the start the two racers Law be-
calmed. BY mutual consent their owners
a sreed to a postponemeut until later in
the day. For two hours the yachts lay
idly tapping their sails or slowly gliding
about among the excursion steamers.
Then when the regatta committee asked
if they would consent to q postponement
] for the dav the people on the American
sloop answered promptly in the affirmative.
but Lord Dunraven hesitated, and as the
wind freshened bit he asked for a race
The boats were started on beat to wind
ward and return at AS p. m. in a light
south by west wind. The Valkyrie got an
advantage of one minute crossing the line.
She had the windward position as well as
the lead. The boats were under the same
canvas, except the Vigilant had up a baby
jib, which was much smaller than the one
the English yacht carried Valkylie
pointed higher and footed faster in the
light air stirring. For an hour she held
the lead and worked to windward of the
white sloop.
The two. racers made pretty picture as
they worked in toward that part of the
Jersey coast midway between Sandy Hook
and Long Branch. Lord Dunraven led
his opponent in close to the shore and then
made number of short tacks, for which
the black cutter is famous. The people on
the Vigilant kept up a stern chase with
| out lessening the gap until, after racing
nearly three hours with the main jib top
sa up, she took it in and ran up a larg er