The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
GREAT VIGILANT.
She Wins the Second Race
Much More Easily than
the First.
Valkyrie Outsailed at All Points and In
Every ConditiOn-Cutter Men Conn
pletely Astountietl.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1O.-For the second
time, and that more easily than the first.
the Americas cup defender, Vigilant,
defeated the English representative,
Valkyrie. The second race was sailed
yesterday on triangular course from
Sandy Hook, under conditions that could
not have been more gratifying. While
the victory was magnificent one. only
the strongest words Of praise can be
said OF the gallant, but ineffective strue.
| gle which the Valkyrie made, She was
beaten fully three miles at the finish.
and when the plaudits of thousands
rang out to speed the conqueror, the
hull OF the conquered was yet far astern.
At the start the wind was blowing
about thirteen miles an hour from the
southwest by south half south. and it
was OF course dead beat to windward
from Sandy Hook lightship into Long
Branch on the New Jersey shore. The
Vigllant got quickly into the wind. and
followed the Valkyrie over the line about
two lengths behinds. The handler of
the Nigilant began to pinch his boat
high up into the wind. Her head sails
shook as though there was not enough
wind to fill them, and she dropped be-
hind The Valkyrie went ahead with
great speed. 1t looked as though she
was skipping away from the Vigilant,
and SO she was in a way. but the Vigi-
lant's centerboard prevented that boat
from sageing to leeward. whereas the
keel OF the cutter had only small part
of the same effect.
Presently the sails of the Vigilant
were seen to belly out, and from that
moment the American boat began to
win the race. She passed the Valkyrie
at 1905, forty minutes after the start,
and never afterwards was headed or
touched under any conditions or circum.
stances.
AS the boats stood off on the port tack
it was seen that the Vigilant was over a
quarter OF mile ahead, and just about
as much to windward. They tried hard
on board the Valkyrie to send her head
up into the wind, but she could not bet.
ter herself single inch. When the
Vigiant got around the first leg she was
fully mile in the lead, but the Valkyrie
stuck to the work. The wind was almost
directly over the starboard quarter, as
they started on the second leg. The
Valkyrie now had chance to show what
she could do in running before a real
whole sail breeze. The steady claim of
the cutter men was that the model of
their choice was sure to beat the center.
board in that sort of work. Instead of
doing SO, the centerboard increased her
lead to an extent that made everybody,
friends and enemies. astounded.
1t was fair and square open sea race,
both boats finding every breath that was
astir. When the Vigilant turned the
flag 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. and the sheets we're
hauled aft away. 1t was a pretty good
specimen of a reach, and yet the light
draughted boat knocked the spots out Of
the deep craft
There is but one thing to say about it
the Vigilant continued to increase her
lead from the time she began the leg
until she crossed the finish line. She
had made an average. and just about
actually. gain Of mile on each Of the
three legs. 1t was an ample test, as has
been told. on each Of three points-wind-
ward work. running and reaching.
There can be no dout that the Vigi.
liant will win three straight heats and
therefore the match. 1t still remains,
however. doubt as to which boat is
more worthy in half gale and very
rough SEA.
According to the corrected time the
Vigilant beat the vslkyrie by twelve
minutes twenty three seconds, and after
taking of one minute and forty. eight
feconds. time allowance. by ten minutes
and thirty five seconds.
THIRD RACE