The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-10
AGAIN THE VIGILANT.
Valkyrie Left Far Astern in q
Rattling Breeze.
A VICTOR BY OVER TWO MILES

tsh Yachtsmen Wished For, and the Su-
periority of the Centerbohrd Yacht Was
Clearly Shown.
NEW YORK, Oct. TO- Yesterday was
Great Britain's day so far as weather for
. yacht race was concerned, and Lord Dun
raven and all Of the crew OF the rakish
black cutter were happy when they went
down the bay in the morning.
G. Oliver Iselin and the gallant crew of
The white cup defender were the happy
enes when the yachts came back in the af-
ternoon. They led triumphal procession
pf yachts and excursion craft up the har-
Dor, for the Vigilant had added another
victory to her score. She had walked away
from the Valkyrie in wind that topped
bhs seas with foam and drove clouds of
rpray over her weather bow.
The day was an ideal one for an outside
race. The nir was clear as crystal. 1t
had the vigorous freshness of October in
1t, and every old salt who shifted It in the
sarly morning predicted a blowing day.
The yachtsmen, American as we'll as the
British, were glad that the day had ar
rived when there could be no excuse of
light winds for either Of the contestants.
All felt that the comparative merits of the
two crack single stickers would be made
plain before the day was over. and the
anxious citizens Of two nations would be
able to make something more than guess
rs to which Is the queen of yachts.
The first of the international races was
run to lceward and return, and that of
yesterday, the second In the series of three
In five, was triangular course of thirty
miles. ten miles to the leg. There was
bound TO be windward work ana re aching,
and that always makes prettier race than
leewnrd run.
When the wind came up from the south.
west nll the yachtsmen and yachtswomen
put on their blue caps and sea togs ard
started down the bay on the usual fleet of
excursion boats, which included every
thing from big ocean steamer to naptha
launch. The big boats were the popular
ones yesterday, and many OF the small
craft did not go half way down the bay
b,fore they turned tail to the seas that
tlreatened to engulf them, and returned
to the city. There was the usual crowd OF
patriotic citizens who went down to see to
It personally that our Yankee sailor boys
did their duty In the defense OF the Amer.
ica's cup. They were not quite equal to
Saturdays crowd in nui! bers, but they
made more noise, especially when they
showed her stern to the cutter.
William X. Vnnderbilt's new steam
yacht Valiant, with the Countess Dun
raven on board. was present, and other
crack steamers was Commodore Perry's
Electra, Il. c, Benedict's Oneida, Ogden
Boelet's White IRdye, and John Jacob
Astor's Nourmahal. The excursion boats
kept at more respectful distance from
the yachts than on any previous day and
Hid not interfere with them In any way.
Tbe Valkyrie arrived at the Sandy Hook
hghtship an hour before the time of start
Ing. After a consultation had been held
IN board tie topsail was taken down. and
the larger one which she used on Satur-
day was sent up instead. At this time
the wind was blowing a good fourteen
miles an hour. The Vigilant ran up her
large club topsail at 10 o'clock. Both boats
uruised about north of the lightship for
an hour before the start.
On board the Valkyrie were Lord Dun
rsyen, Lord Wolverton. and one Of Lord
Glnraven's daughters in blue yachting
suit trimmed with yellow at the neck.
Others on the British yacht were Captain
Cranfleld, Designer Watson, Sailmake er
Batsey and Archibald Rogers.
On the Vigilant were G. o. Iselin, Au-
gust Belmont, Nat Herreshoff, Il. A. Will
lard, w. Butler Duncan, Jr., Herbert
Leeds, Ncwberry d. Thorne, Captain Han
sen (who was at the tiller), Captain Terry
lwho looked out for the sails) and Charles
Kerr, representative Of Lord Dunraven.
On the bridge of the flagship May were
Commodore Edwin ~ Morgan, Com
modore s. Nicholson Kane, A. C. Garfield,
Latham A Fish, General Charles J. Paine,
Irving Grinnell, Peter Wright, ]. Rodgers
Maxwell, J. S. V. Oddie, Charles Russell
and Stanley Mortimer
Before tho start the excursion boats and
tugs mnssed in two groups, one around
The lightship and one around the May.
At the request OF the skipper of the Wig
liant all OF the boats around the lightship
moved over to the other side of the course.
so that the yachts could work up to the
line close under the lee of the liRhtship
without their wind being broken. The
peet made great show on the water. The
deck of the iron steamboats, and river craft
were black with people.
The wind was blowing twenty-five miles
an hour when both boats went over the
line within two seconds of each other. The
Vigilant led by the length of her bowsprit.
They made pretty start as they started
on beat to windward Of ten miles to the
frst mark, which was off North Long
Branch, and so close in shore that a good
view OF the racing yachts was obtained
from Seabright, Monmouth Beach and
Long Branch. AS on Saturday, the Val.
kyrie forged ahead at the start. She was
not running quite as close to the wind as
the white sloop, but she was going faster
In ten minutes the Valkyrie led by -four
lengths, but the Vigilant was trlfe to
winlward.
The Valkyrie increased her lead to ten
lengths at the end of the first half hour,
and then while the Englshmen on the
steamboats, were huRglng themselves with
10y, the Nigilant began to cut down the
open water between her bow and the Val.
kyrie's stern. She walked right up and
took the lead, and the race was a process.
sion from that point. The cup defender
gained min. As sec. in the first ten miles
tac&ing to the windwnrd, min. II sec. in
tho second ten mile run, and min. and
% sec. in the last ten miles. She crossed
the line ahead of the Valkyrie 12 min. %
80, actual time. The Valkyrie was over
two miles astcrn when the Vigilant fin
shed
From the second mark to the finish, of
Sandy Hook lightship, it was broad
reach on the port tack, shifting to n close
reach as the wind canted to the westward.
The Vigilant seemed literally to hy
through the water from the moment she
gybed around the mark. The wind blew
Fresh from the southwest throughout this
leg, getting little to the west near the
end, Indeed II had increased to almost
half gale, and for a time it looked a.
though both boats would be forced to re
ouce the fearful strain upon their spars.
SO far as the English boat was concerned
It. was but natural that she should hang
on to every rag, for therein Law her only
hope of victory, but that the ViRilant with
. lead Of three miles should have kept her
club topsail on end, while her delicate ton.
mast seemed to bend like a bow, was
something that her warmest admirers
could not understand. ...
The Vigilant was determined that she
would not only outsall. ouAlt and out