The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-07
yIGILANT WE'LL HANDLED.
ryroRTUyATELF SHE COT CAUGHT
IN A CALM sTREAK,

p,,,rner Herreshon. &. Oliver Iseiin. New
berry ID. Thorne. II. Maitland kersey'
Lieut.. Hem, and Other Wei-known
y,cbtsnen Say tbatit was Hard Luck and
Not NisnannGenent that Caused the Wig
u,,ts Delay In Thursdays Rnce-Nat
uerr..hoT sailed Her TO the Outer Mark,
aud capt. Hansen Handled Her After
,,.rd-Au Ready for To-day's Struggle.
rvory one from Lord Dunraven down to the
,oy terrier mascot on the NiGiant put In their
Irnrc tipc yesterday In praying for wind for
.n,day's race. and II Weather Forecaster Smith
:. 10 ho believed tho yachts will have all tho
iii thoy want rs the storm which wac CEN
,,nd Yesterday near La Crosse. Wis., was
,ootinr a hoe limo for the Atlantic coast and
the indications are that the yachts will have
GOOD 15-knot breeze to-day
Tho general opinion yesterday among those
ubo nre in position to know was that Thurs
dav's Yacht race was in no sense fair test OF
Tho merits OF either tho Valkyrie or Vigilant.
Many who were on tho excursion boats were
land In their dcnunciation OF the manner in
,bich tho vgilant was handled. and {. oliver
Iselin. Capt. Hansen and Designer Her
reshofl-s ears would have tingled could they
bay, heard the criticisms. friend OF MIR.
~ have always noticed how we'll you can
sail other peoples boats when you are not on
tbom. II any one can show me better sailors
tb,n Designer Herreshoff or Capt. Hansen I
rould like to see them. The criticisms In the
daily rapers on the manner in which the Vigil
liant was handled in Thursdays race are
.imply absurd. We simply got caught In
cain, streak while the Vnlkyrie held her wind.
an that while she was forging ahead We lay
perfectly still.
"There was nothing extraordinary in It ut
MI, You can see the same thing every day in the
voar on the Sound. The Captain OF the VAL
tvrie saw our mistake and lufred up to avoid
the same predicament You can see what sort
Of breeze It was when 1t took the Valkyrie.
which was only fifty yards astern two minutes
to pass u.s..
Sewberry D. Thorne OF tho Country Club.
who sails on tho Vigilant and who Is one OF
ber amateur crew. was asked yesterday who
sailed the yicilant in Thursdays race. why.
Mr.. HerreshofI sailed her out to the outer
mark. and Capt. Hansen sailed her after that"
When asked II there were not too many skip
ipers on the Vigilant he said:
NO all that sort OF talk is nonsense. Capt.
Hansen is the skipper Of that boat and no
move Is made without consulting him. Out
side OF Mr.. Iseln or Designer Herreshoh no
Sone on board has anything to say unless his
opinion is called for"
When asked what Capt Terry's duties were
he said:
7 "Why, he has charge Of the sails"
= Everything. according to Mr.. Thorne. moved
Ike clock work on board. and hardly word was
spoken during the race. There was no division
,of authority. and Capt. Hansen issued all the
orders 1t Is said that the reason Mr.. Herre-
l. a IL tI,an arlp ri Nf
'terdays race was because his strong forte is
sailing boat before the wind. while Capt.
Hansen is supposed to be at his best by the
wind.
The vigants designer. Nat Herreshoff was
down at the Atlantic Yacht Club house yester-
dav afternoon. He said that no one was in any
way to blame for Thursday's unfortunate &C.
currencc. and that 1t was an accident that was
liable 10 happen to any one.
through a perfect lane Of steamers. the Vigil.
liant being. on the starboard side OF the line
the
here MsS iitt Ri puff Of Wind What little bsesze
Wshiited to the southwest. -.-.
We Of course; had to take in our epintn "a
H. sn sails A up ana we lost our headWay
were power!ess to move. and had simply to
VA. and suS' this hSt tooE fully minutes
taks in your spinnaker quick enough. Is
Vol. il they are right, hoy was It that the
Eaky:ie gould carry hers i9r b fiXe minutes IN tee
west both yachts wore pointed nearly due
south. with the yizilant on the Yalkyrte's star
p DSM If woad ow
from the laws Of nature that we, being to the
;Windward. would get the change OF wind before
case, as the now wind did not reach US, while
the valkyrie. WHICH was q few yards to the
land was Sill sailing before the wind long after
1 It left us. It finally carried her Into the new
she h o 9nS before we
when tho yalkyrie finally got into the new
lshift Of wind all she had to do was take In her
;on the starboard tack. 30 the real reason OF
her pig LEAD on ~ us was because the wind never
g oliver Iselin one of the owners Of the
IN the races. was seen on the New York Yacht
When asked what that he thought af ThursdaHs
saa,t say that / think very "a maeh ,
prove anything as to the relative merits Of
either boat ! am still confident the Vigilant
yiof her being, .poorly handled. naturally I do
ny 10R so WIs s%py sS ease 81 D, tSs
test at all. -" am not at all concerned about
that result. The, wind was light and va
variable, and fail to see hoy any definite
NMkyrie seemed 20 do the better work to
Slhdward but this was in large measure due
the fact that she had more wind"
When sked II he thought tho Nigilant poorly
banded, Mr.. Smith smiled and said: You are
the hundredth person who has asked me that
question to-day. AT the first glance 1t looked as
IIhough they had made an error. but from what
ihaye hoard since / am convinced that 1t was
simply case OF hard luck and not poor
handling.
70 They could not have done anything to pre-
Ssntt Later events showed that they could
got nave held on to their spinnaker as long as
ile NalRyrie did The wind headed the Vigil
iant OIL first. while, the Nalkyrie carried the
wind with her lust long enough to get into the
new slant, Then she was favored by, getting
we wind from the southwest. The Yigilant,
w seems. did not get the wind at all.
Herbert {. Leeds. the ell-known Boston
Sub man who sails on the viglant In speak
,nR OF the race. said the Nalkyrie was wonder
rIqlly quick in stays and would undoubtedly
Show up well IN windward races He said
ne thought that 1t would be good plan to
pave The liegGtta Committee postpone a race
" wind Ike Thursday as 1t was all a waste
" .it me to try and sail u thirty-knot course In
FIX hour- in four or five knot breeze. Mr..
4 ietlS WAS still of oDiniOn that tho Vigil