Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-10
yALKYRIE NOT IN IT
Easily Beaten By vlgaans "a
Triangular Race.
0uTsAu.ED At ALL POINTS
Americas rachs Prsxe<l ths hessss
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go t4f - "aA2lt4 All 4a<7 IS
yzehfsmss Aalegicss ~ eel - British
usrs xls.i that ne DAP bad arrived When
there coald 10 DO s1euss q light winlis
for sifher q ths confestanis Al felt
that ths conparatlse merits u ne tso
crack sinzss skieksrs would BE made
pi4in before the day VS. ospr,
and tke anxions eltizezs 81
The to nsfions souli - abis - make
somethlnz moro thzn a guess - 10
wkich - tAs queen Il faehts The ffst
a ths International rAces Nas run 10
lssssrd and return; thai q today. the
ssoond IA tke ssries q three ia I've was
triangular courss q ten miles 10 the
leg 1hers Nss bound " b. vlndNsFd
soEk and rsachins and thai always
nakes pretfier RAGS than lees srd
run. 1hs tao yachts left their snehor-
agr q Bay Ridge uhers they bad teen
oser sunday rather early The Nlgliaas
got a1ay a. 90 =. m and the Nalkyris
had hsr anchor up az o'clock. both
boats were tooed doNo % sandy Hook.
Bosh Bosss Crs-s th- fiaa
The wind was bi0~ing t~ehty i've
niles an hosr When 10th bouts went
over the ice sithin Two saconds u each
other. The tsgiiant led by the length
q her boxspriL Fhey made q pretty
start a. they stzrfess for the first ten
mica A on Saturday. the Valkyrie
forged ahead az the start She Was not
running gSike a. close % the wind as
the wkits siocp. bat che vas going
faster Ia t<11 aiautes the Nalkyrle led
b. four lsngthA bat the Nigilant Was
trliie 10 windUfd The NalkyFie in
creased her lead toten lengths az the end
u tbs iirst half hour. = and thea while
TIE tngiishnen on the steamboats were
hugginz themselves with Joy the Nigi-
iant began % cut down the open water
between her bow and the NaIkyrie's
stern. She walked right up and took
the lead and tho race was PROCESSION
from that point Tho cup defender
gaincd four minutes aud forty.fvc
sec9Gds IN the first ten miles lacking 10
tho windp ard. four minutes and
twelve SECONDS IN the second Ten mile
mile run and three minutes and genty-
six seconds IN the last teu miles. She
crossed the line ahead % the Valkyrie
tVs.se minutes aud twenty three sec
o1ds. actual time and deducting the
tins allowance % one minute and forty
eight secoods. she won by ten minutes
AMI thirty nye seconds The
steam whistles Of al og the craft that
could kcep pace set BY the white sloop
greeted her. and the people on the decks
yelled themselves hoarsa The Valkyrie
was over two miles astern when the
Fiziiant finished The thirty mile race
vas run Ia three hours and twenty five
minutes. The wind blew almost half a
gale during the last bali Of the race and
the boats came >in with decks forward
vet with spray. All the excursiGn boats
salutsd the Vigilant and also the Val
kyrie a. they sped past them coming
back ~ the city
Oaiciai Summary.
Following IL the official summary Of
The race from start 90 finish Course
triangular tea miles 10 leg. thirty miles:
Elateed Corrct'd
Yachts start. Flnlsh. time. tima
vaIkyris. II sz3 SOC - 3;57-3f 3.15 -
vigilaat. II - 2Sosol , - oi 3:5 01
Vgilant wlns in correcisd tina. Ten n m
utns. thirty ave soccnd~
Yachts. nark. Marx.
yiziiaat ..-.............-1E xS I:5s Is
Falkyr1s- ...............1:it :2O 20 -
Gain lVigilantl first leg. minutes -
seconds, second leg. minutes l. sec
onds, third Lex. 3 minutes d seconds
Total. l. minutes - secondsL
Los allowance. minute - seconds.
10 minutes % seconds Course. first
l.g. southwest ly south; second lex.
east ooe half SOUTH third leg. north
southwest one-hai west
Actual starting time; Vigilant.
l-5-l9. vakyrie. IL .35.2l
The next race VII be on "Wednesday.
II Nhi - a beat a. windEard fifteen
miles and return. should the Vigilant
via again The Americas cup will remain
AZ east another year. ADD the American
center board vii stiil b tho cham pion
yscht q The 0orlL