The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-10
VICTORIOUS C0LONIA.
She Wins by Six Seconds Over the
Vigilant.
THE BOSTON BOATS ARE DISABLED.

THE BOSTON BOATS ARE DISABLED.
Tho Day Was an Ideal Ono for Racing,
and Many Enthusiastic Admirers Wit
nessed the Fret Trial Race of tho
America Cup Defender Candidates.
SANDY Hook, N. j.. Sept a--The first
of the trial races between the CUP defend
ers was sailed in stiff wind and heavy
sea off Sandy Hook yesterday, and re.
suited in victory for the Colonia by six
seconds over the Vigilant, the Pilgrim and
Jubilee both having been disabled and
withdrawn at the start.
The day was an ideal one for yachting,
and no better conditions could be asked
than those which were presented when
the four boats which had been built 10
contest with each other for the privilege
of meeting Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie and
defending the Americas cup, and Incl
dentally reasserting Americas supremacy
on the water, had been put in readiness.
Each had contingent of enthusiastic ad-
mirers, and aboard Sf each boat were vet
eran sailors, confident of success
The two New York boats, the Vigilant,
built by the Morgan-Iselin syndicate. and
the Colonia, built by syndicate headed
by Archibald Rogers, lay ut anchor off
Bay Ridge over night. A few cable
lengths away General Paine's boat the
Jubilee, was anchored, and the other
Boston boat, the Pilgrim, was anchored
in the horseshoe, inside of Sandy Hook.
On the Vigilant was Nat Herreschoff.
her builder: j. Rogers Maxwell, one of her
owners; Captain Hansen, who sailed her,
aud Captain Terry, of the Grayling, who
acted as advisor. General Paine and his
son. John Paine, were on the Jubilee.
Captain Jack Barr was skipper and
Charles Barr who sailed the Navahoe in
England, was aboard On the Pilgrim
were Skipper Sherlock, George Stewart,
her designer, and Stuyvesant Palmer.
Captain Hank Half sailed the CoIonia, and
Archibald Rogers was aboard.
A score of large steam yachts, including
William II. Vanderbilt's new boat the
Valiant, the Conqueror, the SANDER and
the Clerment and several schooner yachts
accompanied the big sloops down the bay,
and followed them through tho race.
There was also a feet of excursion steam
crs headed by the Grand Republic, and
number OF ocean going tugs with yachts
! men and reporters aboard. The whole
fiotilla made pretty sight. The wind
was blowing at u 10-knot pace, and there
was sea on which washed the decks of
the yachts and gave the passengers of the
ShlulieT SUSuluDOuuS u WeCtlng.
The four cup defenders bent their sails
just before IL o'clock, while they lay in
side of Sandy Hook The Colonin nut up
her mainsail, jib, jlb-topsail, and a big
club topsail. The Vigilant and Jubilee
were satisfied with lower sails only. and
the Pilgrim was towed toward the start
with mainsail only up. The Vigilant and
Colonia had several brushes before the
start and neither seemed to gain an nd
vantage The Jubilee was racing about Mt
great pace, aud there were many yachts
men who predicted it would be Jubilee
| day.
Commodore Morgan's flagship MAY
took her position north of the Scotland
lightship at IL o'clock and signaled d. c.
A., which was that the course would be
| from line drawn from her to the light
ship, south by east fifteen miles to wind
ward and return. The boats had a heavy
sea TO contend with, In addition to the
WIND, which kept them well heeled over,
even with only plain lower sails The
Pilgrim which WAS the last to arrive.
plunged into a heavy sea, and the shock
added to the strain on the canvas, carried
away the jaws of her gaff She was
lowed back to the city incapacitatcd for
the days race.
The start was magnificent one. The
Is
| above her deck before the Vigilant tore
across the line, with the Jubilee close on
her heels, the spray dashing in clouds
over the bows of each boat. Half n dozen
lengths astern came the Colonia bending
low with topsail still in place, and every
stitch drawing we'll. Everybody was happy
at the prospect of u great race between the
three boats, when suddenly the Jubilee
parted her peak halyards and was out of
the race in five minutes after the start.
Following Is the time of the start Vigi-
liant, ll:45:27; Jubilee, 1l:4540; Colonia,
1l:46:i6
Tue Vigilant and Jubilee both crossed
with topmasts housed, under mansails,'
]ibs and staysails but the Boston boat
was evidently i'll trouble. for her jib was
half way down the stay with the foot
dragging in the water. She evidently
| parted one of her sheets, and was doing
her best to repair it, After the yachts had
crossed, the Vigilant and Jubilee kept
their starboard tacks aboard, and stood
OH to the southwark and eastward, while
the ColoniN split tacks with them and
headed in shore. The Jubilee had scarcely
hoisted her jib again before one of her
peak halyard blocks was carried away.
and fell into the sea-
The Vigilant had now gone on the port
tack, and she and the Colonia were both
standing over toward the Highlands. The
latter pluckily had her topmast on end
and carried a working topsail. On they
both stood, until the Colonia went on the
starboard tack at 1f:55 and headed over in
the direction of the Vigilant. The latter
crossed the formers bows, however, about
one eighth of a mile In the lead, going