Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-12
WILL DEFEND THE CUP.
The Vigilant Proves Herself the Best
American Yacht.
WINSN ALL SORTS OF WEATHER.
A Booming Wind and a Dead
Calm Make No Difference In
Her Capacity to Win from All
Her American Competitors-A
Great Procession of Canvas.

NEW YORK, September ll.-Vigilsnt
and Victory 10 the banner OF the New
York Yacht Club and will swing from
its masthead during the coming great
contest for the American cup. To-
night the cup committee chose the Mor-
gan lselin boat as the cup defender,
for the out and out centre
boarder. the true Yankee type OF sail
boats has proved herself q wonder Ia
all weathers. She lives on wind aud
can hold enough stiff weather In those
great sails OF hers 10 rip the seas open
from Sandy Hook TO Fire Island. She
walked away from the rest OF the cup
defending Ileet to-day In \ wind that
came screaming across from England az
the rate OF 25 knots an hour. 1t was
an English wind. but she ate her way
into Is as Georgia negro eats his way
fnto q watermelon.
A cleaning sea that lay like an I'M
broken sheet Of beaten silver to the
East, a blue sky shot with flying clouds
and wind that shrllled through the
rigging with a nasal twang that sound
ed like the voice OF Uncle Sam.
At 1880, or thereabouts, the little
brass cannon on the port side OF the
May shot an imaginary hole right
through the old Scotland lIyhtshlp and
then the Colonia and Vigilant began 20
strew the ocean with enough tacks 20
lay a large carpet.
The Jubilee and Pilgrim held away
to leeward, aud to all appearances were
not anxious 10 start with their New
York rivals. Ten minutes more or
marine waltzing and again the little
cannon doomed. A minute later the
green bottomed Colonis reared her long
nose over the line. followed closely by
tho Vlgllant. Hardly had the two
leading hulls slid over before they
swung about on port tack aud went
careenIng away like twin gulls.
The Pilgrim and jubilee evidently In
tended TO have a private battle OF their
own. Five minutes after the Vigilant
aud ColonIa got away third gun was
fred, and the two Boston boats came
tearing for the line on fast sprint.
The Jubilee got there frSt--about d
minute.
The Vigilsnt went TO the windward
OF the Colonia aud was bucking Mo-"
like an ocean bronco W.
whooping np from her
white de,r dc Us.
Poor Colonia, she hum
while and then stood
10 the northwest Shs
stormworn dove.
The Jubilee was o.
outfooting the Pilgrim, H.
not seem 10 III the latter at
Ten minutes afterward. a l.r-.
] the front, the Vigilant was liaklng :
grand spiurge OF IL almost a mile ahead
OF the Colonia, her nearest competitor.
A grand boat she looked, careering cas-
fly over the heavy seas with every foot
of her mighty sails drawing like a mus
tard plaster. and her crew lyinR snugly
up 10 the windward.
The following feet OF small craft
made all haste 10 watch her round.
Eagle-llke she scared up 10 the buoy.
sheeed on her great pinions and away
over the white billed track she had lats.
ly travelled.
About a mile behind came the CO.
lonla, and mile and half further back
the Jubilee bowled along. About mt o
also separated the Jubilee from the Pill
grim. The race home was the usual
procession OF big canvas pyramids.
all the boats keeping their relative
position. The corrected time was As
| follows:
Vigllsnt, 4;06.26.
Colonis, 4:l309.
Jubilee, 4:l4.45.
Pilgrim, 4:20.59.