The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-10
THE VIGILANT IS
AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
The Superiority of the Center
board Conceded by All.
SHE WILL WIN THE MATCH.
The Race Over the Triangular Course
Won by IL Minutes, % Seconds.
1t Is Generally Admitted That the Val.
kyrie Is the Best Boat Ever Sent
Here, but Is No Match for
the vigilant.


Americas cup defender, the Vigilant,
defeated the English representative, the
Valkyrie.
The second race was sailed today on the
triangular course from Sandy Hook un-
der conditions that could not have been
more gratifying. 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 three
miles at the finish and when the plaudits
of thousands rang out to the speed
conquer, the hull of the conquered was
yet far astern.
The yachts got down to start over
half an hour ahead of the time appointed
for the firing of the preparatory gun,
which was at 11:15, and cavorted around
to the northward of the line until the
first gun was given. Then they began
business. 1t was a very pretty play on
the part of both captains. The Vigilant
OF lengths to the leeward of the
position from which she started
to do the act and the Valkyrie with
quick going ln-stays, was right down In
line when the gun to send her over
sounded. At that time the wind was
blowing about thirteen miles an hour
from the southwest by south half-south.
1t was, of course, a dead heat to the
windward from the Sandy Hook light
ship into Long Branch on the New Jersey
shore.
The Vigilant got quickly into the wind
and followed the Valkyrie over the line
bout two lengths behind. The handler
OF the Vigilant evidently felt he must
gain in windWard work, and very quickly,
what was lost in the 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
went ahead with great speed. 1t
looked as though she was skip
ping right away from the Vigilant,
and SO she was, in way, but the Vigil
lant's centerboard prevented that boat
from sagging to leeward. whereas the
keel OF the cutter had only small part of
the same effect.
Presently, the sails of the Vigilant were
seen to belly cut well. and from that mo-
ment the American boat began to win the
race. She passed the Valkyrie at 1905,
forty minutes after the start, and was
never afterwards headed or touched under
any conditions or circumstances. When
the Valkyrie saw her opponent going
ahead, she hauled down the big top sail
with the intention of putting up a small
one like the Vigilant's. but while the
shange was going on, Captain Cranfeld
decided to go about. No sooner had the
Englishman gone around, than the Amer
lean followed suit. AS the boats stood off
on the port tack, it was seen that the
Vigilant was over quarter of q mile
ahead and just about as much to wind
ward. They tried hard on the Valkyrie
send her head up into the wind, but she
could not better herself q single inch.
When the Vigilant got around the first
leg she was over mills in the lead, but
the Valkyrie stuck to work. The wind
was almost directly over the starboard
quarter as they started around the leg.
The Valkyrie now had a chance to show
what she could do in running before
real, whole sea breeze. A steady claim
of the cutter men was thaS the model of
their choice was sure to beat the center
board in that sort of work. Instead of
the cutter doing so, the centerboard in
creased her lead to an extent that made
every body, friends and enemies, as
founded.
1t was fair and square open sea race,
both boats finding every breath that was
astlr. When the Vigilant turned the flag
at the end of the second leg, she was good
two miles in advance. Having rounded
that mark, then came another leg on
which the cutter was supposed to be a
much better boat. The wind was pretty
nearly abeam and the sheets hauled aft
away. 1t was a pretty good specimen Of
the race, and yet the light draughted
boat knocked the spots out of the deep
craft. There was but one thing to say
about it. The Vigilant continued to in
hay Loo "a Ir17n ch n n
the leg until she crossed the finish line.
She had made on an average, and just
about actually, gain of q mile on each
of the three legs. 1t was an ample test,
as has been told, on each three points
windward work, running and reaching.
1t is generally admitted that the Valkyrie
is the best boat that England ever sent
ever sent over to win the America IS cup.
She met, however, yacht that is so far
her superior, as her hitherto admirers all
say, there can be no doubt the Vlgilant
will win the three straight races, and
therefore the match. It still remains,
however, question as to which boat is
more seaworthy in half-gale and very
rough sea.
The official time was: vigilant-start,
11:25; finish, 2:50.01; elapsed time,
3:25.01; corrected time, S:25.O1. Valky-
RE, 11:25; finish, 3:02.24; elapsed time,
q .
the VigiIant beat the Valkyrie by u min
utes and % seconds on elapsed time, and
after taking off 1 minute and as seconds,
the time allowance: by 10 minutes and 30
seconds. The regatta committee also say
the Vigilant crossed the starting line 2
seconds ahead of the Valkyrie. This
would reduce the victory of the Vigilant
by 2 seconds in actual time, but does not
count. as the yachts had equal chances to
start at the gun signal. The gains OF the
Vigilant are officially reported to be
minutes and 45 seconds in the first leg,
minutes and IL seconds on the second and
3 minutes and 26 seconds on the third.
The Associated Press reporter saw Cap
tain Cranfield on the Valkyrie and asked
him as to the race. The captain said: 81
must say we are very much disappointed.
| knew, after Saturdays race we had
hard nut to crack, but | could not believe
we could have been SO we'll beaten as we
were.
'sHas not your knowledge of the centre
board yachts, as compared with the keel,
convinced you that the American plan is
better?o
81 will not admit that yet" said the
Scotch captain. We can yet show you
some other experiments.
It was learned that the American
Yachts head spar was strained during the
race. A new one has to be rugged, and,
as a result, Wednesdays race may be put
off until Thursday.
At louisville.
louisville. XIV. Oct. 9.-The fall meet