The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-14
THE CUP REMAINS HERE
Virilant Defeats the Valkyrie for
the Third Time,
TEE CONTEST A VERY CLOSE ONE

..... H| inc International NNNNI Thttst anu
OBJ. cup is ours. For another year the
trophy remains fra this country, and Lord
uuur-rrn goes home without a race to his
credit Ta goes with the satisfaction how
evor of knowing that ne led the Vigilant
br almost two minutes In beating to the
winIwnrd frteon miles, and would in all
probability have won Yesterdays race but
/ for .ha ncoidant TO his canvas As it vas
/ Che NigiIart won by forty seconds
10 was dav long TO be remembered. /
/ The weather huraau had predicted that /
/ tIe wind would blow great guns, and that |
/ thaa.arm which he'd caused havoc on the |
southern coast would get here before the
rH.a was over. IT, oame on time. The
yachts finished iu the edge Of it, and all
tho rrrrmnauriug fleet raced home before
&c. Ea 1audor race was ever sailed off
tria port. and the spectators on the eXcur-
sion b9ate were amply repaid for their trip
and incidental discomfort due to the
tIrasal-y of the l0uts I'm the heavy sea.
10 gya4a day of reefed mainsais, n day
whom Hfs lines were ont, "a day when the
a|rauuan of suars and toughness Of canvas
counted as much as lines below water.
Tt was "a dav to- test seamauship as well as
r7rht architecture. Tt was Just the day
D.. Hrt Lord pwraveu and all the British
rra.e had nravea for. and the only kind Of
r.rI e.n with the Vigilant
r.f ba n Iaafou i'm two races easily
r... .r... & Wind rra still more easily in
,.... A tr9arir41s call a stiff breeze. His
...r-. I..,.s. ,.,. i1 "a .,.le and the gale split
/ a.. aua while the stonch vlgilaut came
#. H.r.a .f7,.7ar "a bio cIoud of canvas with the
4. wind uin.ue through her shrouds and
without n1ishap of any kind.
rnar. were not as many excursion boats
. r.,- re neraI INC smaller craft that have
vrrHrraa ont ON other race davs were alb
ranr Vba ocean steamers that carried
O. r-ssourars were the most comfortable, as
.be stcomboats rolled and pitched in a way
r tl,t rave tlle passengers some concern as
A. ercfr earetv
r-ls course was n heat to yvindyvard hf-
frsr r-,f7a-. and return. At 1907 the flag
Ttr Nav ran up the preliminary signal.
md 94s7 n gun TO attract attention to it.
Hrr minutes later the preparatory gun
v.ss fired A few seconds before the start
iru r-rr -gn. fired both Yachts were fiviuR
s.r .hg 1ine close hauled on the starboard
tgck. THE EupIfehman crossed a few sec
oure "A cad and well to windward
tf.or crossing the line both yachts were
rasI-7 well to lceyvard The Valkvrie was
IaBs6s ff-er. and seemed to carry her cam
j. vr4 with more ease. It was a wise move
.tava reorcd maineails. for the sea was
Increasing at every moment, and the baro-
b meter falling uapidlv gave every indica-
/. .,6p of IN aD7roacbfnr storm. Once over
tho 1f-r. tbe racers settled down to their
/ Var-,
e Tho incr sed ballast attached to the
r. ~rIrrrfa'a keel appeared to do her a
world Of good. for she sat right up to
v.inlward and i'm less than an hour was
fully 300 wards of ,the Americans bow,
while the Viailant was fully one-quarter
ofG point further away from the wind
They were plunging their bowsprits deep
s down into tie sea, and decks were awash
IS. more tdon once.
or ,At1lO the Vigilant, being pretty close
d I'm shore. went on the port tack, and headed
standing over on the starboard Two and
10. hHl minutes later the Nigilant, seeing
is that she must pass asterno of her rival, went
TO about again and stood In shore Bott
r. Yachts heI ON to the st8rbOard tack fol