The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-06
VlGILANI IS. IALKYRIE
The First Contest Between the
Two Fruitless Of Result,
TIE SPEEDY YACHTS BBOALMBD
Neither Crossed the Finish Line within
the Time Limit, and tho Contest Was
Declared On-Valkyrie Forged to the
front Through snperior Handling.

/ racers NalkNrle ana NlEilNnt IN Lhclr IN
/ ternational race from The Sandy Hook
! lightship for the America cup. Thousands
of enthusiastic citizens had a delightful
days outing, but the first effort to pull of
the international race was a failure. This
was mainly due to lack of wind; but
Americans saw Lord Dunraven's VHlEyrie
the pride of Great Britain, sail past Vigi
lant the pride Of America, andswere com
PEELED to acknowledge that the English
boat had outgeneraled the American at
every point of the compass. When the
| wind held steadily the Vigiaut held her
own, but when it became @ drifting match
the VallSyrie gained the advantage
! Throughout the contest it was more of a
drifting match than a race. The wind at
no time reached the dignity of sailing
| breeze
At ll:15 gun doomed from the flag
ship May and a red ball was hoisted at the
triatic stay. 1t was the preparatory signal,
and the yachts had just ten minutes TO
cross the line, for the start was to be a
single gun one.
At 1l:25, when the gun again sounded,
the Nigilant was leading the Valkyrie
about two lengths Before the echo had
died away both boats broke out their
spnnakers and the Vigilant her balloon
Ji2 topsail, hauling down the other at the
same Uime, BOOms were broad off to port
and spinnakers to starboard when the
yachts crossed and it looked then as if
they would make a speedy run TO the first
mark
The wind, however, had scarcely started
them ON their fifteen mile journey before
it died away almost to a calm. Whatever
air there was, could not reach either yacht
owing to the numberless excursion boats
which crowded in upon the racers. The
| Valkyrie was the first to hang out sign
keep further astorn,n followed by the
Vigilaut, with a more emphatic demand
to "keep Off These requests had the
desired effect, and as the attendant craft
stood off, the racers seemed to forge ahead
a trifle faster
For the first hour of the race there was
scarcely any perceptible change in the
relative positions of the two yachts. The
Englishman did his best to crawl up in
the weather quarter of the American, and
thus steal away his wind. He was not
steady enough, however, and though he
steered a course a little to windward,
failed to close the gap; but gradually fell
further astern until at the end of one hour
and half he was at least twice as far be
hind the American as he was at the start.
The Valkyrie seemed to have made "A wise
move in not setting her balloon iib topsail,
for the Vigilants was doing little or no
/ good.
At lis o'clock the wind began to haul
to the southland and west ard, and the
Vigilant took in her spinnaker and iib
topsail and seemed to lay to right in the
winds eye. The Valkyrie hung on to her
spinnaker, however, and rapidly overlook
the Nigilant, passing her at l:25, just two
hours after the start While the Nigilaut
seemed to be dead on the water the Val
p kyrie hauled by the wind on the starboard
tack, set her jb and staysail and shot
, ahead, steering to the southland and west
ard The Vigilant for some unknown
reason made no effort to haul by the wind
& but retained all of her head sails, while
p she eased of her main sheet until every
one believed that she had met with an ac-
cdeut and had decided to give up the
, race. There was evidently a strong tide
/ under her weather bow, for it threw her
! head off to the east'ard and she drifted to
, leeward After losing almost mile the
+ American came upin the wind and headed
after her English rival This gain of the
q Valkyrie's was probablyuhe turning point
q of the race, and the seamanship displayed
on the American boat was lamenJably
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