The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-10
The Second Race Won by the Ameri-
can Easier Than the First
One.
The Britisher Was Three Miles
Away When the Vigilant
Crossed the Line.
Vaikyrie Outssiled at ali Points and -
Every Condition -Cutter Men Com
pistoIy Astounded.

NEW YoHK, OCT. 3.--For ths second time.
and shat more easily than the hrst. ths
Americas CUP defender, Vigilant. defeated
the English representative. Valkytie. The
second racs was sailed to day on a trianau-
lar course from SANDY Hook. under oondi-
tions that could not have been moro Rrati-
flying. While the victory to-day was .
magnificent one. only the strongest words
Of praise can be said Of the gallant but in
effective st. uQRle which she Valkyris made.
She was beaten three miles at she finish.
and when the plaudits OF thousands rang
out 10 speed the oonqusroT, the hull Of the
conquered was y.t tar astern.
Al the start the wind was blowing about
thirteen miles an hour from the southwest
by south half south. and IL WAS Of course .
dead beat 10 windward from Sandy Hook
liRhtship into Long Branch on the New
Jersey shore. The Vigilant got quickly
into the wind and followed the Valkyris
over the line about two lonaths behind.
The handler Of the ViRilant b.aan TO pinch
his boat high up into the wind. Her head
sails shook ~ though there was not enough
wind to fill them aud she dropped behind.
The Valkyrie went ahead with great speed.
1t looked a. though she was skipping away
from the Viailnnt, and SO shs was in way.
but the ViRilant's center board prevented
that boat from sngRing 10 lseward, whereas
the keel of the cutter had only . small part
of the same effect.
Presently the sails Of the ViRilans were
sssn to belly ont well and ftoa that mo-
ment the American boat began to win the
race. She passed the Vnlkyrie at 1906,
TO ty minutes after the start. and never
I nj TER wards was headed or touched under
any conditions or Circumstances.
Al the boats stood Oh on the port tack IL
was seen that the ViRilant was over quar-
| to vindwa-d. They trieu hard on the VAL
kyris TO send her head mp into the wind.
bat she could not better hes self single
inch. When the Vigilant got around the
! hlst leg she WAS . mile in the lead. bat the
VAlkris stuck TO the wcrk. The wi~a was
a. they started on tbs second leg. lhs
Valkyris now had chance to show what
she could do in runninR before = real whole
sail breeze. The steady claim Of the cattsr
! mon was that the N odel Of tnoir choice was
sure to beat the center board In that sort OF
work. Instead OF doing 80. the center
board increased her Iesd to an exteut that
made every body. friends and enemies, as
founded.
II was fair and square open sea ,sos.
both bouts finding every breath that was
nstir. When the Viglant turned the q u
of she second leg she was good two miles
in advance. Having rounded that mark
then came another log on which the cuttes
was supposed to be m uch the better boat.
The wind WAS pretty nearly abeam and the
sheets We hauled att away. It was .
pretty good specimen of . rsaoh AMI yet
she light d aukh ted boat knocked the spots
| out OF the deep craft.
There 10 but one thing to say about 1t
The V,gllant continued to increase her lend
from the time she began the leg until she
o, ossed the finish line. she had made on
an average, and just about actually, II gain
of q mile on each OF ths three legs. 1t was
an am pie test, a. has been told. on each of
three points, vindvasd work. running and
reaching.
Thero can BE- no doubt that the ViaiIant
will n three straight races and therefore
the match. It still, rem aims. however. .
question as to which boat is more worthy
in = halt gale and a very rough sea. lhs
official time was: ViRilant, start 1l:25,
finish 2:50:O1; elapsed tine. 3:25:0l, cor
reoted time. 3:26:Ol; Valkyrie. ssnrt, ll:25.
finish 302:24; elapsed time, 3:37:2A; COZ
rectei time. 8:35:36.
Thus the Viallant beat the Valkyris by
twelve minutes and twsnty-thEee seconds
on elapsed time. and after taking Oft ono
| minute and forty eight seconds, time al
lowance, By ten minutes and hi. five
| as cOnda