The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
VICILANT AN EASY VICTOR.
ValkyTie Three Miles Behind When
the Yankee Reached Home.

The Earl's Yacht the First Across the
Line at the Start in a 13-Mile
Breeze - The Vigilant Passes the
Cutter Forty Minutes After the
Start, and Soon Begins Running
Away From Her-The Center-Board
Beats Her Rival Running Before the
Breeze - The valkyrie Beaten 10
Minutes and 50 Seconds.
New York, Oct. For the second
time, and that easier than before, the
Vigilant has defeated the English repre-
sentative Valkyrie. The second race was
sailed on the triangular course from
Sandy Hook under conditions that could
not have been more gratifying had they
been arranged to order, and it
looks as though the in
ternational series will be determined
in three straight victories for the
gallant little centerboard. In light
winds and in strong winds, the Vigilant
has demonstrated her superiority over
the British boat and in all the tricks of
the trade, the men who handled the
yankee vessel showed that they were
quite as competent as those who sailed
for England. And while the victory
to-day was a magnificent one, only
the strongest words of praise
can be said of the gallant, but ineffective
struggle which the Valkyrie made. She
was beaten miles at the finish, and
when the plaudits of thousands rang out
to speed the conquerer, the hull of the
conquered was yet far astern seen barely
dipping up and down with the waves.
AN IDEAL DAY.
It was an ideal day for sailing, with all
the indications that it would continue
clear and bright and that there would be
at least a strong fresh breeze. As the
steamers, which daily accompany the
yachts, moved out to sea, they left long
stream of white smoke behind them. The
same wind that bore it astern tossed the
waves until the spray Went high
over the rails. All along the
coast the glistening sails Of yachts
went bobbing in and out of the hollows,
for this was really the first day on which
their shippers had chance to show
themselves and they drew up alongside
the old red lightship as smart and trim
as their second cousins, the steam yachts
and much more in keeping with the event
of the day.
The yachts got down to the start over
half an hour ahead of the time ap-
pointed for the firing of the preparatory
gun, which was II :l5, and cavorted
around to the northward of the line until
the first gun was given. Then they be-
gan business. 1t was very pretty play on
the part of both captains. The Vigilant
wore ship couple of times, but confined
herself to tacking.
AN UNFORTUNATE wEARsHIP.
The second wearship of the Vigilant
made her land at least a couple of lengths
to leeward of the position from which she
had started to do the act, and the Val
kyrie, with her quick going in-stays, was
right down on the line when the gun to
send her over sounded. At that time the
wind was blowing about thirteen miles
an hour from southwest by south-a
half southland it was in that direction
that the regatta committee Lad noti-
fed the racers that they should make
the first leg of ten miles in their course
1t was, of course. dead beat TO wind
ward from the Sandy Hook hghtship into
Long Branch on the New Jersey shore
The Vigilant got quickly into the wind
after shernade that unfortunate wear
ship, and followed the Vallxyrie over the
line about two lengths behind. Neither
boat crossed for the start as promptly
after the starting signal as they hau done
on the previous date, but they were
equally close together.
MAKING UP THE loss.
After having gone over the line, the
handler of the Vigilant evidently felt
that he must gain in windward work,
and that very quickly what had been lost
in lateral distance. He began to pinch
his boat high up into the wind Her
head sails shook as though there was
not enough wind to fill them and
she dropped behind The Valkyrie's
sails were kept well full, and she went
ahead through the water with great
speed. To the uncritical eye, it looked
as though the Valkyrie was skipping
right away from the Vigilant and so she
was in a way; but the Vigilant's center
board was preventing that boat from sag
ging to leeward all the time, whereas the
keel of the cutter had only small part of
the same effect. The Vigilant also
pointed higher to the wind by about a
point of the compass. Presently the
sails of the Vigilant were seen to belly
out we'll, and from that moment the
American boat began to win the race.
THE VISITOR LEFT BEHIND.
She passed the Valkyrie at 12: :05, forty
minutes after the start, and was never
afterward headed, or touched under any
Valkyrie saw her opponent going ahead
of her, and an eighth of mile to wind
ward at that, she hauled down her big
top sail. with the intention of pulling up
small one like that of the American, but
while the process of changing was going
on, Capt. Cranfield decided to 90 about to
stand up for the New Jersey shore
No sooner had the Englishman
gone around than the American
followed suit. AS the boats
stood off on the port tack, it was seen that
the Vigilant was over a quarter of a mile
ahead and just about as much to wind
ward. They stood pretty long on that
tack, the center board naturally eating
up the wind, and strange to say clearly
Out-footing the cutter. They tried very
hard on the Valkyrie to send her head up
in the wind and lessen the advantage that
the center board was making on them
with every length, but let the English
mans fOrestay sail shake as it would, she
could not better herself a single inch.
MILE IN THE LEAD.
When the Vigilant got around the first
leg she was over a mile in the lead but
the Valkyrie stuck 10 her work, and the
cutters admirers retained their hopes,
saying that the more wind they had the
better would be the chances of their IA
vorite. and yet as the wind increased, the
greater the distance the Vigilaut opened
between herself and her opponent.
The wind was almost directly over the