The sun., 1893-10-11
THEY WILL RACE TO-DAY,
THE TIGILANT REPAIRED AND READr
FOR TIE TEST

Another Challenge Talked of, aud John ia.
| n.ison Said TO Bo tho Man who win send
1.-THE America Cup Defender Co he Sold
by Auction Immediately After the Races
One orthe vieiinnrs Sailor. Iniured-Lord
Duurnven Objects to the Excursion Stcnm-
er-, but Admits He Was Fairly Beaten.
| The third and what may be the last race
| for the Americas Cup. scheduled for to-day.
will take place as announced, and there will
be no postponement on account OF the injury
| to the vieilants bowsprit A new stick was
substituted yesterday. and after short trial
spin down the bay in the afternoon @ oliver
! Iselin sent notice to Mr.. A. Cass Canf1eld OF
the Cup Committee that tho vigilant would
be at the starting line ready to race to- day.
As announced In yesterdays Sun. the Vigil
ant had duplicate stick at Piepgrass's yard.
City Island. ready for just such an emergency.
and little time was lost in procuring It. The
tuy Commander was despatched for It, and re-
turned to Bay Ridge with the duplicate spar
on board at midnight on Monday. landing It
at Wintringh ham's yard AS 1t was In the rough.
considerable work had to be done on It, and
Mr.. wintringham and n force OF fifteen men
worked on 1t all night Mr. Iselin and De-
signer Hcrreshofr took a look at 1t yesterday
morning and expressed themselves as we'll
httlbueu VIII tue sUHT. 1uo WOTh VI bulOOtil-
ing 1t down and the cutting OF the
notohes Incidental to fitting it to the vigilant's
bow we're completed at o'clock yesterday az
ternoon. A few moments later a score or SO Of
the Viglant's crew put 1t overheard, and the
Hattie Palmer towed 1t out to the Vigilant.
whero It was Immediately hoisted on board
! and fitted. Shortly after o'clock the repairs
were completed. and the Vigilant's mainsail
was hoisted preparatory to a short trial spin
to test the new spar and incidentally to find
out II her bowsprit shrouds and fittings were
all right
When of Quarantine her big club topsail.
which had undergone some clipping during
the day. was hoisted to see how 1t worked. On
Monday 1t set very badly and did very little
work in going to windward. owing to its hav-
ing stretched some. Some alterations were
also made in her forestaysail and some bat
tens were put In.
The accident to the Vigilants bowsprit It
seems. happened early In the race. or during
the beat to windward. when she WAS within
about two miles OF the first mark. According
one OF the numbers OF the Vigilant syndicate
who was q ooard 1t was caused by the tre-
Tie G & R
In addition to this the iron toeele which
kent the bowsprit from coming In board had
worked loose. and the great strain. com bined
with the up and down motion Of the bowsprit.
they were forced to favor her all the way. and
at tine were her head sails doing their fH
the cumstances ali the more remark able.
Little or 20 work was done on the Valkyrie
s sed s hsr @ e'r DsfScs sG %asSs
greater part q the day on board, Lord Dun.
@ ord @oserton ton
and the MARQUIS Of ormonde came down
s the
house last night They had he'd few explanations y. st
thought OF the yigilant,
Ms Charles les kss5 Tl Lord Dun
bounced Isst night that the Earl's I've dHuEh
Xarders. yesterday, clipping them q little.
attracted so much attention In their Jack
yarder,, vas sS % tHF they said only to hatten the
II seems that in addition to the accident to
sae Wgans 6ews9fe II on another II and
George Larsen, one Of her, sailore. got entan-
ssd In the msn shet and witt,
Day out the main s6ee. and Is tho huge rope
cos and Su had two of the neers % Of 'h lis Giehs
hand torn OIL. and was badly lacerated around
DR.: Hopkins. one Of tho members OF the
yigilant syndicate. was on board. and attended
the Injured nan ma s,1 ald on the arrival Of the cup
Rnodt1tn ths Hattie Palmer and sent to his homo in
cate. in Al speaking Of the rumors Eat The JaSi,
lee was anxious to sail them and could beat
can sss they
as anxious to rage as they say they are we will
The same SentlemTan,, when asked what they
she, shall be sold at auction to the highest
Outside Of the injury to the yicilants, bow
spirit. the principal topic among yachtsmen
ssS a ssnS fesssy (. Se
aushorIsy for the that one would be
be Bsns igs dsieatsd to.day he said No hardls
Tii, "Saiti It be nItsIy fhS Emperor OF German"
Who will be the challenger. then ?"
Lord Dunrayen knows his name. do |
rs he a yachtsmar who has challenged be-
No; because In that event could tell his
wv v"WiII M the challenge m come through the Royal
sss q. " h,r. i've
QuobtlOu. hpEOpOb 70 inc auON6. u CuaHoHR6 |
you'd have TO be forwarded to the New York |
Yacht Club before Jan. J.. 1894. In obedience to |
the ten months notification clause.
Mr. Kersey was very much provoked at the |
treatment T. r. Of the Valkyris By the stesmboats M @
the next challenger win insist on the races
One OF the members Of the yigilant syndi-
cate when asked last night Il q new challenge
the disposal OF the Vigilant said: "Oh. no:
/ think not: she will be sold any way"
There 10 a rumor that John yamison OF Irish
whiskey fame. the owner OF the cutter lveTna,
Is the man who Ia going to challenge. and II 10
not at all unlikely. as II Is said he has been
anxious to challenge for the cup for long
time.
Lord Dunrayen still has hopes OF the valky-
rle, and was cheerful and hopeful Of the out;
Waldorf yesterday. He frankly admitted that
bis yacht Valkyrie, was fairly beaten In Mon
days race. but he does not admit that the Vig-
liant 10 the better boat under conditions favor
able to the Vakyrie.
The Earl complains OF the crowding OF the
boats about his yacht on Monday.
and says they caused the valkyrie to lose sew
0ral mlnutoa He uOaA not that hiR bnAt |