The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10

lead to an extent that made
everybody, friends and enemies,
astounded.
RIDING TIE RUNNING SEAS.
The bow of the vigilant jumped up and
down a little bit on the running seas, but
so little more than did that of the Vallxy-
rie that astonishment was expressed all
/ around it was a fair and square open
sea race, both boats finding every breath
that was astir and neither being
| bothered by the excursion boats.
When the Vigilant turned the flag Isat
the end of the second leg, she was a good
two miles in advance. Having rounded
that mark, then came another leg, on
which the cutter was supposed to be
much the better boat. The wind was
pretty nearly abeam, possibly half point
forward of it, and the sails were hauled
aftway. 1t was q pretty good specimen
of reach, and yet here again the light
draughted boat knocked the spots out of
the other craft.
THE THIRD LEG.
The third leg is as easy to describe as
was the second There is but one thing
to say about it, the Vigilant continued to
increase her lead from the time she
began her leg until she crossed the finish
line. When the winner did finally go
over the lineifrom which she had start
(
made on the average, and just about
actually a gain Of q mile on each
of the three legs. 1t was
an ample test, as it has been told,
on each of three points-windward work,
running and reaching. 1t is generally
admitted that the Valkyrie is the best
! boat that England ever sent over to win
| the American cup. She met, however, a
| yacht that is so far her superior that her
| IA a II f.,t FL
| be no doubt that the Vigilant will win
three straight races and therefore the
match,
STILL TO BE DECIDED.
1t still remains, however, a question as
| to which of the boats is the more worthy
in half gale and rough sea for in
stance, in wind that will allow neither
! to carry a top sail. The cutter cranks-
and a handful of them are still TO be
| found-continue to claim that their
| boat can do up the Vigilant in
the more useful as yacht for the pur
| pose of pleasure in cruising and for safety
| than the mere racing machine that the
| Vigilant represents. The American boats
supporters met this assertion with the
fact that the more breeze there blew yes
| terday the further astern did the Vigilant
leave the Valkyrie to-day.
THE OFFICIAL TIME.
The official time of the yachts was:
Vigilant-Start, II $50 finish, 3 50:01 ;
elapsed time, 3:25:0l; corrected time,
| 3:25:0l.
Valkyrie-Start, 1880; finish, 3:O2 "a /;
elapsed time, 3;37:24; corrected time,
| 1925 36.
| Thus the Vigilant beat the Valkyrie by
twelve minutes and twenty-three seconds
on elapsed time, and after taking OFF the
one minute and fort g-eight seconds time
allowance by ten minutes and thirty-lve
| seconds
The regatta committee of the New
| York Yacht Club also say that the Vigi-
| liant crossed the starting line two seconds
ahead Of the Valkyrie and they ought to
know best This would reduce the vic
tory OF the Vigilant by two seconds in ac-
| tual time, but it does not count, as the
| yachts had equal chances TO start away
at the one gun signal at II :25.
| GAINS OF THE vIGILANT.
The gains of the Vigilant are officially
reported to be :45 in the first leg; 4:12
on the second and 3 .26 on the third
| The first leg of the course was to the
| southwest by south, to windward; the
| second east half south in the run and
north, northwest in the reach home.