Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-10-19

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Last Race . INSET Esestasr o.e. sad the
Es<ti.hsaa Probably Loaf BY Ee.sea ef
. slight Accident
SANDY Hook. y. J.. Oct lA-Thc
Nigiiant yesterday won the third and
decisive race for the America cup. de-
feating the British yacht valkyrie in n
gale by 20 seconds The race. which
had been postponed from "Wednesday.
was started at fs;ss with the Naikyrie
leading. The wind was blowing thirty
miles an hour from the east. At iisso
the danger signal was ~, at the signal
s~tstioa. hut Notwithstanding this, both
yachts put MP n great amount Of sail
and kept mp their top sails IL was
plain both boats intended to strain
every point In the contest The course
was the sane a. that Of "Wednesday
hfteen miles 10 windwsra and return
Just before the starting u was
fired both boats were hying for the
line close hauled by the starhnard
tack. the American boat n little dis
tanec In the lead with the E~ngli~hman
on the weather quarter. IL was a close
call. aud for a time IL looked a. though
the Vigilsnt would he over first and
handicap the Nalkyrie by half a min
ute. skipper Hudson was a little too
anxious. however. and had To pay the
penalty Of being forced over toward
the eastern end Of the line. The re-
suit was n loss 10 the American boat.
for h had Tn lur in order 10 weather
h way. The Englishman stood on
toward the line. however. with every
sail full. and crossed n few seconds
ahead and well to windward On cro>S-
ing the inc both yachts were hecled
well tn l--vsri. the valkyrie the sitter
and seeming to carry her canvss with
morc Ease. II was a wise move u have
recfed msinsaiis for the >ca was in
~cressing at every minute and the ha-
roneter was falling rapidly. giving
every Indication Of an approaching
storm. oucc over the line the racers
settled down Ia their work The In
creased ballast attached Ia the Val
kyrie's keel seemed To do her q world
of good. for she sat right mp - wind-
ward. and in less than an hour was
fully loo yards Of the American
weather bow. Both racers were stand
ing over toward Long Rraneh. but the
Nigilant was NOT doing as we'll as her
friends expected
At 1910 the vigiiant, tcing close In
shore. went on the port tack and
headed over in the direction Of the
Nslkyrie, then standing over on the
starboard. The American t-oat seemed
to te in doubt whether she would he
able to crces the EagliShman. This
was soon disp-lcd. however. for two
minutes later the Nigilant seeing that
h must east astern II her rival. went
about again and stood inshorc. Roth
yachts held on the s.arboard tack for
~ome time. when the valkvri~ went
about at Il;os. followed by the vigilant
n few seconds later. They now stood
OF shore on the leg. the English boat
seeming tn hold her own. She wa.
sron outfsoting the American. and I,
was almost assured that the valkyrie
had been favored with just what she
wanted. and that in a heavy SEA and
half a gale she was far the spcedier
and sitter beat
At s:SI the valkyrie tackled for the
mark. going around il a half minute
later. The following il the official
time of turning the outer mark: Val
kyrie. $3.50 vigilant. s:ss.31
Though the rat o. windwari was
exciting in the extreme il was nothing
rs compared 10 the run home. The
wind frvshened and the sea became
angry and turbulent still. both boats
carried their flying kites. The Vigil
liant. though a trife slow er than the
Valkyris in setting her kite. carried
many more yards of canvas and. to the
surprise of the Englishman. shook out
the reef in her main and set her large
club ,opsail over the working one that
she had carried all day. The Vigi.
liant although almost n half-miie be
hind ut the turn managed to pick up
handily her English rival and cloSe
upon the weather quarter. As u o rs
she did this. she. of course. blanketed
the Englishman and then managed
tn gradually crawl up and pass her.
The Englishman showed hat two
could play at that game. and he gave
the Vigilant a lose Of her own medi-
cine lie also took away the wind
from the American. and then in turn
shot ahead.
The Englishman was leading by sew
eral lengths when n little split ap-
peared on the inner reach of the cut.
ter's spinnaker. Larger and larger the
rent seemed to grow. and when il had
spread well out Capt Cranfield was
forced 10 take it in In two minutes
another spinnaker OF light Irish linen
was riggid and quickly run up II was
all in vain. however. for the wind was
blowingh nearly half a gale. and this
light canvas was soon torn into shreds.
This crushed forever the hopes Of an
English victory for one brief day. for
although n jib balloon top-sail was
hoisted instead of a spinnsker. the
Valkyrie fell astern and crossed tbs
line 500 yards behind the vigilant
SUMMARY or THE RACE
Course rfteen mile. to windvxrf and return
Wind east.
valkyrf-Start. te-iTso. finish. 31ss.
elapsed time. 3eB.se; corrected time. az:
vigflant-Start. 'iess7s00. finish. 3sIs5.
elapsed time. 3;et:e. corrected time. > etaD
vtxilAnt wins. - seconds
Outer neutrality-suspicious. n %. elapsed
time, 2-essn vigiiaat-St2rt. 2 DsS. elapsed
time. ssex> ninute.
Outer mark. finish: vslkyrfe-EIaps>d time
f.p.ie- vt~silsnt-Elzpsed time. 100 IS,
minutes : seconds in favor OF The vtxilant.
yigil.nts gain over outer course. ? minutes
i5seecnds siess allowance. ! minute u seconds
WINS By 20 seconds
Many Persons Drowned.
BosToS. bet 14-An unknown
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