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

snInnaker NJ the Valkvrie came in. This was
because the wind had hauled to the southwark
and spinnakers could not he carried to advan-
tare The yachts set fore-staysail and jb and
took in their balloon jlb-topsals. They were
now approac hing the mark. and set No. jib-
topsails The Vigilant showed the way around
the mark and then both yachts, on close
reach. started for home.
The times of the boats at the outer mark
were as follows:
Ngant ~ ~ ~.
Nakyre os.0o
The ELAPSED time of the boats taking the start
as at gunfire follows to the outer mark
Ngant 559 30 ~ ~
Naky rie 10
If the actual time Of crossing is taken. there
would be a difference Of ten seconds for the
Valkyrie and OF fifteen for the vigilant, for
the Valkyric actually crossed the starting line
at i1:25lO and the Vigiant at 1l25l5. How
eyer officially the boats both crossed the start
ing line at 1l:25 for such is the happy system
Of one-gun starts. which save considerable
figuring.
on the way to the outer mark the boats
sailed free either running free reach.
The wind had hauled since the start that
when they got around the outer mark they
had close reach home. They were almost
close hauled on the way back. They both stood
pretty high for the lightship. the Vigiant espe-
cially working far up to windward. She evil
IDENTIFY expected that the wind would haul still
more i'm which case she would have had a
considerable advantage of position.
The wind held as 1t was. howe, ,er. until the
finish. and the Nalkyrie made the shortest and
most direct course back to the lightshp. and
gained a little on the Nigiant. But ii was
too little to affect the general result. The
Valkyria did her best sailing on the way home
thn 10 hx fha
way she held her position. not sagging of like
the Coionia. but seeming to have grip on the
water to keep her in position.
There is little more To tell OF the reach home
Both victor and vanquished were cheered and
sauted at the finish. and 1t seemed hours after
the Vigllant had passed the lightship before the
Nalkyrie got there. To the people on the
Vaikyrie it must have seemed years.
The boats finished at the following times:
vgilant S:SS:45
Nalkyrie 1888
The elapsed time of the boats from the outer
mark to the finish was as follows
Vigllant 1857
Thus the Valkyric made the reach home i'm
thirty seconds less time than the Vigilant The
time OF the race was as follows:
ys2q,. yIS2qs ;s s4i ss5 iSs:1 .3s:7 ;i sig 4
Thus the Vigiant beat the Valkyrie by seven
minutes and thirty-six seconds on actual
time and by five minutes and forty-eight sec
onds on corrected time.
So was the race sailed and so won. In sun
shine and in seas that should have belonged To
summer time. The friendly foes met on a
great arena. where often before the destinies
of the great yachting trophy have been de-
cided and fought their battle out before the
eyes OF thousands. and victory became a sweet
little cherub and perched up aloft on the top
mast of the Vigilant.
The next race will be sailed tomorrow
II will be over triangular course. beginning
and ending at the Sandy Hook Lightship. The
course will be OF thirty miles ten miles for each
side Of the triangle. and will be SO laid out az
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