New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

terdsy and far beyond the dim headiands oi
the country which gave her birth swept win
her towering. shining sails over seas ''d'
seemed to lure her to victory The day WAS
fair and the wind was light Thousahds witt
out 10 see the race. and they saw IT, 1t was
not like the dispiritng iasco of Thursda!' anu
while II was not a race such as II II hoP'u ~
give the British boat before she returns IL WAS
still race enough To get some sort oi d ""e
on the valkyric. and to enable an lil'ei''se"'
vachtsnian 10 go out 10 sec the rest OF me
races with some sort OF confidence in the re-
suit.
That the boats are. on the whole, pretty
evenly matched. was apparent yesterday Inc
Valkyrie is fast. but apparently not quite faSt
enough for the Nicilant is faster. strange To
any in the race of Yesterday the Nigilant did
better when she was reaching nearly close
hauled on the wind than she did In running
II has heretofore been supposed that the Eng
lsh boa, would beat the American of the wind
and bc beaten by her on the wind. and 1t has
been argued out sich.' But theories dld
not work we'll In the race Of yesterday though
the result was all right
II there had been more wind the race would
have been perfect. No more beautifu day ever
shone ON the waters and Il brighter sun
never looked down on a more beauiiful scene
as the stately yachts and the great hotliia
which accompanied them fwopt over the
thirty miles of rolling water which was the
course and the place Of the combat Early In
the morning the air was heavy with mist. and
the winds seemed uncertain whether to blow or
n go to sleep. but by the time the
started the clouds and nists had rolled away
and a wind came gently blowing out Of the
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pitched the boats about in Thursdays hasco was
stu rolling in from the eastward. but other
wise the were smooth.
The race was started promptly on time. and
both boats were well handled The Vigilant was
the winner by five minutes and forty-eight sec
onds. At the outer mark she was eight minutes
and six seconds ahead Of the Nalkyrie If the
wind had hauled more to the southwark. as the
Vigilant evidently expected 1t 10 do she would
have been winner at the finish by consid-
erably more than she was However. as she
won IFS" and "buts' have no place In the
story of the victory. Her praises shook the waves
when at the finish. guns and whistles and
tho shouts Of thousands hailed her triumph
Tn. race was fair in every respect and while
the defeat of the Nalkyre was not over
vhclming it was bad enough to give cause
for American jubilation.
The two yachts were towed out to their battle
field ON the open sea early in the day and when
the tide Of excursion steamers poured down
tbrough the Narrows and out by the low
living shores OF Sandy Hook. they had cast off
,heir tow lines and were gliding easily about
waiting for the signal which was To send them
ON their ways OF victory and defeat The wind
WAS light but was freshening a little, and
the Regatta Committee decided that the race
could be made within the six-hours time limit;
so the flagship May signalled that the course
would be fifteen miles to leeward ana return
Then came wait which seemed long in the
minds Of the anxious yachtsmen eager To see
the two boats i'm conflict. but which was In
,eality short. Finally the preparatory gun
was fred and the yachts began TO manceuvre
FOR position The wind was from west by
north. 80 the course was east by south a
Jug had been sent out t. place the turning
mark. and down the broad and shiny waves
the pathway of the boats lay toward the coasts
OF Spain.
At ll:25 the starting gun was fired. the
Vigilant and Valkyrie were both close 10 the
line at the time. the British boat slightly In the
lead with the Yankee on her starboard hahd'
Spinnakers were broken out, and dead before
the wind the two yachts went. They both set
balloon jib topssils that oi 'he 'iSi"i' "'""
ing splendidly and every inch of 1t pull
ing The Vakyries jib topsai did not
draw 80 well and was not so big.
The British champion at first seemed
to draw away from the American, but II was
only for a moment that she seemed to do so
and then the American began to move with
a sneed that was wonderful considering the
light wind. In ten minutes after the start she
had overhauIed her antagonist and went away
all by herself, sliding for the outer mark over