The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11

the Valkyrie stuck TO her work and the
cutter admirers retained their hopes, say
ing that the more wind they had the
better would be the chances Of their
favorite. and yet as the wind increased
the greater distance did the Vigilant
open between herself and her opponent.
The wind was almost directly over the
starboard quarter as they started on the
second leg. The Valkyrie now had a
chance to show what she could do in run
ming before a real whole sail breeze. AS
has been the steady claim of the cutter
men. the model of their choice was sure
to beat the centerboard in that sort of
work for one thing. Instead Of doing
so the centerboard increased her lead
TO an extent that made everybody.
friends and enemies, astounded. The
bow of the Vigilant did flop and down
little bit on the running seas, but so
little more than did that of the Valkyrie
that astonishment was expressed all
around. 1t was fair and square open
sea race, both boats finding every breath
that was astir and neither being both
cred by the excursion boats. When the
Vigilant turned the flag at the end Of
the second leg she was good two miles
in advance.
The Third Leg.
Having rounded that mark, then came
another leg on which the cutter was sup
posed to be much the better boat. The
wind was pretty nearly abeam, possibly
half point forward of it, and sheets
were hauled aft away. It was a pretty
good specimen Of a reach, and yet. here
again, the light-draughted boat knocked
the spots out of the other craft. The
third leg is as easy TO describe as was
the second. There is but one thing to
say about 1.-THE Vigilant continued TO
increase her lead from the time she be-
gan her leg until she crossed the finish
line. When the winner did finally go
over the line from which she had started
she was three miles ahead. She had
made on the average and just about ac-
tually a gain Of mile on each of the
three legs. 1t was an ample test, as
has been told, on each of three points
windward work, running and reaching.
1t is generally admitted that the Val
kyrie is the best boat that England ever
sent over to win the Americas cup. She
met, however, a yacht that is so far her
superior that her hitherto admirers all
say that there can be no doubt that the
Vigilant will win three straight races
and therefore the match.
1t still remains, however, a question as
to which Of the boats is the more worthy
in half gale, and a very rough sea.
For instance, in a wind that will allow
neither to carry a top sail. The cutter
ha frr1 Of ctfT
to be found) continue to claim that their
boat can do up the Vigilant in a hard
blow, and therefore is the more useful
as yacht for the purpose of pleasure
in cruising and for safety than the mere
racing machine that the Vigilant repre-
sents. The American boat supporters
meet this assertion with the fact that
the more breeze that blew yesterday the
further astern did the Vigilant leave the
Nalkyrie today.
The OmciaI Time.
The official time Of the yachts was:
vigilant, start, 11:25.OO. finish, 2:5O.O1;
elapsed time, 3:25.O1; corrected time,
9:25.01. Valkyrie, 1:25OO; finish, 3O224;
elapsed time, S:3- "a; corrected time,
3:35.56. Thus the Vigilant beat the
three seconds on elapsed time, and after
taking OFF the one minute and forty
eight seconds time allowance, by ten
minutes and thirty-five seconds. The re.
gatta committee of the New York yacht
club also says that the Vigilant crossed
the starting line two seconds ahead Of
the Valkyrie, and they ought TO know
best. This would reduce the victory Of
the Vigilant by two seconds in actual
time, but it does not count as the yachts
had equal chances TO start away at the
one-gun signal at 11:25. The gains Of
the Vigilant are officially reported to be
4 minutes As seconds in the first leg. 4
minutes u seconds on the second and
3 minutes &c seconds on the third The
first leg Of the course was to south
west by south. to windward; the second,
east half south in the run, and north
northwest in the reach home.
Some Interviews.
An Associated Press reporter saw
Capt Cranfeld on the Valkyrie When the
English yacht came to anchor off Bay
Ridge after she was towed up from the
Sandy Hook lightship
What kind of day was it, captam?'
"It was not a bad day" replied the
captain. eve had a good fair breeze
and not too much of it. L must say we
are much disappointed. / thought after
the race on Saturday that we should do
better on the triangular course than on
that to windward and leeWard race. In
stead of that, she beat us on the wind
and off it, and when the wind freshened
and l thought we should catch her. she
walked away from us. When We hal
gone about five miles 1 thought we
should have passed her, but was very
much surprised that from that time tC
the end she gained on us. / expect that
was on account OF her center board-my
idea, 1 mean. She probably had no. got
IL down to suit her. l knew after Sat
urday's race that we had a hard nut to
crack, but I could not believe that we
could have been so well beaten as we
were. We knew from what the Navahoe
could do, on the other side, that the
Vigilant must be far away in front Of
her"
HAS not your knowledge of center
board yachts as compared with the keel
convinced you that the American plan
is the better?"
'I will not admit that yet" answered
the Scotch captain, I'VE can yet show
you some other experiments"
Mr.. c. oliver Iselin. chief owner of
the Vigilant, said, when on the deck Of
the victor. while standing near Capt
Nat Herreshoff and Capt. Hanson, that
the Vigilant had not been pinched IN the
early part of the race.
1--WE held to windward in order to
avoid the Valkyrie's back drift. As soon
as we got the position we wanted, ."
said Mr.. Iselin, 1--WE let her go and went