Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
YlelCANT WINS EAsILY.
The valkyrle Beaten by Twelve and One
 Half Minutes.

Half Minutes.
 SANDY Hook, Oct 9.-It is perfect day for yacht racing. The weather clear and at I0:50 the wind was blowing nineteen miles an hour. A big fleet of all kinds of craft had assembled for the start and the yelkyrie crossed the line at l2:50, the vigilant five minutes later. The Valkyrie gained lead of three lengths, but when the yachts settled down to work the Vigi- lant began to gain and fifteen minutes | after the start was on even terms with her | rival.
 At l2:36 the boats were about two miles | from the first stake boat, the Vigilant | quarter of mile in the lead.
 At .O7 the Vigilant passed the first stake boat five minutes ahead of the Nalkyrie.
 At 35 the Nigilant was one and one-half miles ahead and steadily gaining.
 At :57 the Vigilant rounded the second stake boat nine minutes ahead of the Nalky rie.
 At 2:3O the wind was blowing thirty three miles an hour, and the Nigilant was over two miles ahead. Both were go ing at a fearful rate, and yachtmen pro l nounced the race the best on record. | The Vigilant finished an easy winner crossing the line at 2.50I, twelve and one half minutes ahead of the Yalkyrie. Saturday's Race. l In looking over the race of Saturuay and analysing it, it seems that the gain of 30 seconds that the Nalkyrie made in the | close reach going home was more apparent than real, for the Nigilant, in standing so far toward the Jersey shore looking for | wind, sailed a longer course than the Val kyrie, and by so doing probably lost fully 80 seconds, which the Nalkyrie gained in | the official time
 August Belmont admiral of the Corinth- ian Yacht club of New York, gave a din l mic li yacht luna to C. l.. Watson, the Nalky l rie's designer
 Martin Lyons, the pilot of the Nalkyrie, is not at all cast down by the results of Saturdays race. He says that he honestly believes the Nalkyrie the faster boat and can win the cup He also urges that the excursion steamers should keep farther away from the yachts.
 Mir. Kerr, Lord Dunraven's brotherin- law, who sails on the Nigilant as repre- sentative of the Royal Yacht squadron, also spoke of the way in which the eXcur- sion boats hung about the racers and hoped they would not do so hereafter.
 MT. Watson does not consider the race of Saturday any test of the relative merits of the two vessels any more than Thursdays s attempted race. Mir. Herreshotf thought that the Nigilant had certainly shown her self superior to the Walk yrie in light winds
 English Comments on the Race. One of the first things that was done when the Dunraven party reached New York Saturday night was to send the fol- lowing brief but pointed telegram To the Royal Yacht squadron, Ryde, Isle of
 Wight:
 Lost. Fluky. reaching.
 That told the story to the British club as
 plainly as n hundred words would have done. Among those who will see the race
 today are Lieutenant Henn of the Galatea,
 Hon. James Asbury of London, General Paine and Malcom Forbes of Boston, the
 Duke of Alba and large party of German
 and French visitors returning from the
 Worlds fair.
 LONDON, Oct. 9-The Times says cdito-
 rially of the yacht race off New York Sat
 ur'lay; ''Figilant's victory was fairly earn . ed and doubtless raises the presumption that she will win three out of the five
 races. Still NAlkyrie k not beaten vet. She had little chance of displaying her best points of sailing. Had the wind held true she would have had fine opportuni- ty of showing her merits, Making excuses for the vanquished, however. is not pop
 ular office, and doubtless there arc many - who will answer that fickle breezes are an - essential condition of yacht racing. More, ' over, we have no idea of disparaEing the = merits of Nigilant's triumph" q The Standard says: The race proves little more than did Ihursday'S which yacht is the speedier."
 6 The Daily News says: Tt would be idle : to deny that the result of the race is disap s pointing, but it will not bring n bitterness Il of feeling to anybody. The Walk yrie's be
 havior on the homeward course serves tC
 diminish the extent of the disaster and
 warrants the best hopes for the result ot
 the next race.
 n John McCray, !. Rogers Maxwell, Charles
 Moore, Colonel \. D. Beard and Commo
 dore R. F. Sutton will give dinner to De |, signer Watson at the Montauk club, Brook
 iyn, tomorrow night. Among the guest. \ will be Robert Wiley of the Royal Clyd, . Yacht club, who represented the Scotcl Il syndicate on board the Volunteer in tn, ' cup races in tSS1 Lord Wolverton ant 'S Colonel Paget, who are to sail on the Val
 kyrie in today's race, spent last night a 'S the Atlantic Yacht club, while Mir. IseliI " Rnd his friends remained on the Nigilant.
 General Charles T. Paine of Boston, wh, II Is in town watching the yacht races, wa y at the New York Yacht club yesterday l. but declined to enter into any discussion l. about the races
 Is It is said that in case Lord Dunravel
 fails to win the cup with the Nalkyrie an
 other boat will be built and another chal
 lenge issued next year.