New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-12
THE r1vIsH-rHE vIGIIANT CROSSING THE LINE.


,owever to make any pcrceptlble closing OIL '''
.,p which separated the two leading boa's Hon
l,. two which were following. Inc race was
,..nr sailed in sections Inc Nigllant and the
ylonia were racing together and the Pilgrim anu
,h.. Jubilee were doing the same. Boston ana
,,istol had separated and were having an inter-
necine war among themselves
ON Long Beach the Vigllant was hall miie
,I,.ad of tu. ,olonia lc Pilgrim stood In near
,i h,,ch but the jubilee made IA long leg Oh
thc mort tack OF shore. About three mics iron
,he out.r mark the jlb nois ards OF the jubilee
,,rt.d and her jb came down on the run Inc
'lamace was quickly repaired and the Jip set
igan .,,..,,
rbns the four big boats went dashins through
th. hilloyys toward the red flag which waved
ON th, outer mark, and the seas spia"9 'o"aiu
them and clasped them III tielr arms d. II
tLcy loved them The Fisilant was hrst arouh"
th, mark As she went AROUND Si' 'e'' Wy
her topnlast and lowered away her -plnnaker pore.
linen snc set her working topSin, ne, ,t a,i
nh topsaIl and her spihnakcr. Whrh sh' So' an
iih,t canvas on her -hr seemed larry 80 fi~;
ont of TN" water and ny. Inc Coionld io""ri
tho Nigilant around the marx marx AT 4 ,n'ndeJ
distance and Sct the same sails, a. s''' ro"no'"
Trr Niuilaut IL should be- sad, was whal ''"li'N
10 ANXIOUS onool<rrs long tlhe III eet,InS ;r Nv,
torsaii All III" boats We're SLOW Ill S''tlhs IN M
E,,ht sails when they rounded the mark. IN"
@oinr;, s..nt mn her topnast before she rounded
the others Just as they got well on 'ne Vim Vim
The Jubilee was the thlru boat aio9Iu 'at 10 -
mark but she long way peiiih" tne W"
lonia, and the poor .SA9a stary ,,,,I'n rhI.n" Tho
around fourth flr a>tern OF III" Jupll,F. ~ ~
time Of the boats at the outer marx was aS
follows: ,,,.,
Niriant -'''''' 10 :OS
,olonia :,3 III
Pilgrim ......-..--.-...--
The claps-l time of the racers between the start
inc line and the turning buoy was AS foilo",'
,.,on,nt ....... ....~ = 81 90
Jubilee 2:5I ~
~. lrim -...'''' .''
The wind. which had been blowing fresh at
th.. start. dropped little Just before the outer
,,,.l, ,y,,. r.,ch.d bn: - the yachts were com
mo hom. il f,">honrd az iln. At III" starr IL
blew about eighteen mi.'s AN noul. ,I,aI ~ ,,.
q clock inst before IL" yachts h"d fac'e" 'lr ~,
outcr mark il WAS bl0wnt fourteen ana hdl'
u,;I.s an hour and al the finish II blew seven
tcon miles an hour There l. llt'ie 10 tei VI Iiic
,,,c. after the Yachts rounded the outer hulN
7 hr Great towers oi canva, went sul9ihe 10 t,r
,,,,',rd shining white and beautiful. mafVrls
", .trrn"th and speed THE white suited slll
a.. who -warned aboard the racers had ne
l,,no down TO windward. Hat on the decks, III
,r, worl, 10 the outer mark. except when IN"
,nice of the sailing master called them to per
,or,n som. duty. Now they gathered close
hunchcd on the long and ONerhan9lng st"rnr.
There was 10 shouting or any baoeI 81 Nolc
ON hoard the racing yacht, AT any tine lh'
.,,,vs of all of them apparently w'll taiH -
The NIgilant the ,dn home Incrcasel i n,r
load and at 40 AZ came ru, hing a'losS thH
nr,.I linc Il winner. All the feet of ro'klng'
to,sino. plnngng beats which awaited her comihs
hrok, iorth in screaming of whistle and bah 'ln2
of auns The he,t boat had won. ana every oonH
va. clad of it, The purely American type t",
,vn. which since 1881 has defended the cup ana
,rr bncL in the sha low of defeat the best polts
thnt the world could send against It, was rNl-
lcntly to be the type asain to I"iehd the s'N''
iLr Colonia was second over the finish lin''
fin. i hIl,-. third and the PILGRIM last; The tlpic
nf fin. Yachts al th, finish as follows
Valiant ....3 :4G AZ Juh u ~ y
cni,"i, SO 81 Pilgrim ..........' ~ ~
I,,. .lapsed time ot the yachts OH I'll" run
home was as follows:
N,.l,ut | 81 - Jubilee ...--.....-. ~ =.
colopi, ,.1 "a iS Pilgrim .-.........-.l 80 81
I'M. time of the race. computing il from IN"
tim, the yachts actually crossed the line" would
h. a. follows: