New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-14

The Viciant showed her powers al the start
and at the finish. There were times III Inc
! course of the race when IL appeared lmposSipie
for the American boat to win. but she did. ana
the reason why only the Iierroshons can tell
All that there is of speed and power IN the III
tricato dcsignirG Of yachts are in the Nigiant
She stands i'm the glory of the rising sun to-day
the fastest Yacht anoat and the Incompatible
defender Of the Americas Cup The cup has
been defended by fast boats before. but never
has IL been defended by one which showed those
great powers of wcathery endurance and the
unaccountabc speed OF the NigiIant.
WEATHER MADE FOR THE N\LKYHIE
II was "A day for rough-water yacht racing
such Il day as the English boat has frequently
seen dawn over the waters of the English
Channel The sel choppy. and the WIND
blew strong f. seemed as il nature had joined
the Ncw-York Yacht club. and conceded to
Lord DunraNen his last request. In nearly all
conditions of wind and weather the Nakyrie
had been beaten before. and it remained for this
last and final test to establish the claim of the
Vigllant to the championship of the seas.
It is all over nov. The long struggle To bring
the races about. the demands and the conces-
sions are all buried in the depths of sea more
deep and less tempcstuous than that over which
the great white soop from Bristol swept to
victory yesterday.
In the first part of the race il seemed as If
nothing short of "A miracle could make the
American boat win. but the waves and the
winds know the Vigilant. and love her too
we'll not to bear her To victory. Never did
Yacht. not even the Puritan when she sailed
her memorable and deciding race with the Ge-
nesta develop such sudden and Unforeseen
Of ne Nipilaut Yesterday
JoCKEYING At THE STARE
Only those who can discount the winds and
the ocean. those who bluff the eternal
sea" can tell why the Vigant won yester-
day 1t was a race which put the possession
Of the Americas cup beyond doubt for the
present. but the Vicilant. To the inexperienced
eye seemed to be badly sailed at the first
of it. It looked as if spectacular effect was
being brought into play. and the honor of
Il nation being ieopardized.
Undoubtedly the man who had the wheel
of the vgant knew what he about. and
i'm the face of his tremendous victory all crit
icism is idle The jockcying before the start
was something superb Its like was never before
seen on either side of the water. If the
Vigilant had not sailed fast she would have
had much the best of the start AS it was. the
Valkyrie got the weather gauge on her and
while the Bristol sloop was fooling about went
ahead Of her in manner which made the |
hearts Of Americans sink. The advantage of |
the English boat continued until the time |
came when it behooved the American boat to |
move with m)re celebrity. and then she did !
What message was blown TO her over the roll /
ing waves Of tn wind-swept ocean will never |
be known but the winds came and found /
her. and they bore her along with speed such |
rs never "A yacht displayed before and they bore
her. they always have whenever they have
blown. to victory. She won the by only |
forty seconds on corrected time. but what she
could have done it is idle to speculate upon
The cyclone which on its way up the coast
blew its first breath upon the Iacers and II
,ver OFF the misty Highlands of the Navesinl
here was English Channel weather. It was
BREATH OF THE CYCLONE
When, in the early morning the boats ware
owed out beyond the sandy reaches Of the Uook
pound to defeat or victory. there was a mist
,vcr the waters. 1t cleared awav howevar
md the breath Of the approaching cvcIone
,orn on the whirling waters of the Gulf stream
'ecame more and more in ev,d."cs. That