The morning call., 1893-10-14
THE CUP STAYS
Dunraven Is Beaten
Once r1Ore.
MADE A BRAVE RACE
::
But Luck Was Against
England.
THERE WAS A GREAT GALE
And the VigiIant Again Proved
Herself a Wonder.
HOW THE vALKYRIE LOST A SAIL
Her Spinnaker Blew Out and 1t May
= . Be 1t Lost Her the
...:,.:. Contest.
THERE WAS A GREAT GALE
And the Vigilant Again Proved
Herself Wonder.
HOW THE vALKYRIE LOST A SAIL

:: New YORK. Oct. 13.-The two great
yachts came bravely down the bay to-day
) for the third International contest and the
: fifth race. to settle whether the America
clp:should stay upon this side of the water.
They came in the teeth of a gale too, for
..the wind was blowing thirty miles off
:=sh ore, with a good bit of sea on, and the
waves splashed over the decks of the
: racers, drenching the men there. 1t was
good Valkyrie weather, the gale that Lord
DnuraVen had been asking for ever since
theseries of cup races began.
= When the time for the start came the
ValkYrie was a considerable distance from
the line, and though the gun was fred. the
startwas delayed to allow her TO come up.
The start consequently was DELAYED till
; after noon, when the starting gun was
finally fred.
Plenty of wind, a splendid sea and
an almost Ideal day for yachting satisfied
everybody. AT the start the yachts made
short board on the starboard tack, but,
:. changing, soon took long run to port.
The Nalkyrie had the lead from the start,
:. and. kept it. She turned the stakeboat at
. . 2:33311b5, :and the Vigllant at 2:55. The Val
@Eyrie. at 2:36 set her silk spinnaker,
= which gliStened like sheet of silver in
: the wind. The effect was apparent imme-
diarelv. The VaikyTie began to draw fur
: tfler away from her rival, but the sheets
of i: the Vlgilant then went home, and she,
!: TOO; leaped forward. Then the Valkyre
do1sed her jib and forestaysail and set
the balloon siaysail in place. The Vigilant
hauled her balloon jib slowly up and set
il: From that time it was foregone con-
clusl8n that the Vaikyrie would be beaten
agsin. As the Vigilant drew up behind
she blanketed her rival and the silk spin
maker ruff1ed. Ii was not long. however.
before the Vigilant got out of her wind and
the sails filed once more. The estimated
three-quarters of mile between the two
boats closed rapidly and at $3.50 the Vigi-
lants bOwsprit was abreast of the Val
kyrie and few minutes later line of
open water appeared between the two
vessels. this time with the Vigilant in the
: lead How the people screamed and the
whistles blew. Suddenly at3:34. the men
on the VaIkyrie were seen running to and
fro and then glance showed that the silk
spfnnaker had been split into tapping
ribbons. 1t was quickly brought down
ard another hoisted with marvellous
rapidity. Short as the delay was it is
feared IT lost the Valkyrie the race. for the
boats were very close together.
Meanwhile the Vigilant was driving
along al a furious rate. and had crossed
1.-The finish line winner, according to the
corrected time. by forty seconds. 1t was
one of the finest races seen in years.
Forty seconds on a beat to windward of
. fifteen miles and return Is so close that the
splitting of the Valkyrie'S spinnaker
might easily account for it. The official
record shows the corrected time: Val
kytle: 3:25:19, Vigllant 1924 :39; elapsed
= time-Valkyrie 3:53:52, Vigilant 1924 :39; {;
time passed fnish-Valkyrie 3 1882, Wig
flant 3 81 SO,