The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-18

made frequent tacks. and the Bostonians saw
that the Colonia had worsted the Pilgrim and
was having pretty fight with the Jubilee for
place
A mist-like rain came in from the sea, and
the sailors thronginR tho decks OF the racers.
appeared In yellow olskins. Tho rain did not
Kill tho wind. 1t held true from start to finish.
and varied In force so slightly that no skipper
could complain that any OF his rivals had been
exceptionally favored by catching lucky slants.
Nearly all tho steam yachts that had been in
tho hurbor In the morning were near the rod
nag whom tho Vigilant came dashing down
toward II on the starboard tack. revealing n
yard Of her bronze to wlndward and sending
thick showers Of spray squirting from her lee
bow She rounded the mark In handsome
style. swinging her massive boom far to port
amid much vaporous applause.
She shot down the wind at steam yacht
speed. Fonr aud n half minutes after she
rounded tho flag buoy her yellow spinnaker
blossomed out like big tiger lily Tho Jubilee
was second around the buoy. the Colonla
third. and tho Pilgrim last.
On the windwnrd work the Nigilant. by de-
fsatinG the Jubilee had proved conclusively
her right to be con sidercd the best windward
yacht In a brisk breeze. As that is the kind
OF breeze wo usually ct on Sandy Hook. it
mn7 he assumed that tho Vigilant stands fine
chance OF being selected 20 sail against the
valkyrie.
On the run homo all the racers piled on
pyramids OF canvas. Tho Nigilants time from
the nna buoy to the finish was l hour 81 min
utes and "a seconds She would have done
better by a minute or moro perhaps. II she
had not gone too far In toward the Newport
shore. She was compelled to lower her spin
maker and thus lost some time.
As usual. tho flagship May was little late
and IL was not until 1:2O o'clock that she
dropped anchor or the lightship. As the
wind was south southeast. and the conditions
OF the contest called for rnco OF fifteen miles
to windwnrd or lceward and return. the tug
Scandnav Wan. with tho red flag buoy on board
which was to BIO used as turning mark.
steamed due south southeast for fifteen miles
and anchored.
There was little or no delay at the starting
line. and tho preparatory gun was fired at
IL rs o'clock. There was fine wholesale
breeze blowing mt tho time. which Just allowed
the use OF club topsails. or jnck-yarders. as the
English cali them. The Colonial Jubilee. and
Pilgrim he'd their largest topsails up. while
the Vigilant which had her tender. the tug
Hattie Palmer. along. changed hers Tor II
smaller one just before tho start. This proved
to be wise move. as the wind increased
little after the start. and the big club topsails
The result was that the Vgilant outpointed
the Jubilee for the first time since they met.
and defeated the entire fleet with minutes to
spare in the thrash to windward.
Instead OF being a one-gun start. as the
sailing directions called for. the yachts were
allowed two minutes to cross in. which was
considered faircr for all parties. Tho cup
defenders shippers occupied the greater
part OF the ten minutes interval between
the preparatory and starting signals In get
ting good windwsrd berths over by tho
lghtship. At 1:33 O'Clock. Just two min
utes before the starting SPINAL. the Jubilee
came about and stood for the line The others
quickly followed her example. and the quar-
tst OF giant single-stickers made stirring
picture as they came rushing down to tho line.
close hauled on the star board tack. showing |
tons OF green and white foam kissing and boil |
ing away to leeward.
Capt. Barr Of tho Jubilee. as usual. sent the |
Paine boat over the line first. Just twenty-one |
seconds after the signal. The other Boston |
boat. tho I'm keel Pilgrim. was next five sec
onds behind. and to Toward OF the Jubilee.
The Rogers syndicate yacht Colonia cnme |
next at 11:35:5S. only thirty seven seconds |
behind tho leader. Last bnt not least. came |
the peerless Vicllant. on which tho hopes OF
nine.tenths OF the New Workers centred.
she crossed at 1l:38:1D. and as she round
cd was luffed sharply to get on the
Colonia's weather quarter. This was Just
what Capt Hcbb did not want. but
he could not help it. as tho Tobin bronze boat
was moro than match for her pretty keel sister
In pointing. The result was that Capt. Hansen
Of the Vieilant soon had tho satisfaction OF hav-
Ing his boat to windward Of all. The Boston
crowd sst up n great cheer when they saw the
two Bosto1 boats take the lead at the start, and
kI~k 4 -
she could never catch their flying FIN Pilgrim
Stewart and Dinney boat would do the trick
after all.
Within three minutes after tho start the
Pilgrim had walked right through the Jubi-
Ices lee. and seemed to be running right away
from the Herreshoff boats. Her gain. how
ever was moro apparent than real. The other
boats were not footing quite no fast. but they
were pointing W we'll whilo she kept slipping
ofr to leeward all the while.
The Pilgrim. Colonia, and Viginnt set baby
iibtopsails as they crossed the line. while the
Jubilee was rather slow about setting hers.
All stood along tho Rhode Island shore for
while. making IL long leg over toward West
Island and tho Seaconnet light. The Pilgrim.
which was way to leeward by this time came
about on tho port tack at 80 o'clock and
stood of to the southwark. Glasses were
levelled Mt her. and the Boston crowd said.
Now watch her cross the NiGlant's bow"
The New Workers thought she would too for
q moment: but to every ones surprise she
passed astern OF hor sister racer and it soon
became apparent to every one that. barring
accidents. tho race lay between the ViGlant.
Colonia. and Jubilee.
The two New York boats had good windward
positions. and seemed to be footing quite as
last, II not faster than Gen. Paine yacht and
some of the more enthusiastic OF the New
Workers were willing to wager that the Herres-
hon boats would finish first and second. 1t
was too early to tell anything about tho mat
er. however and the cooler ones waited for
he trio to come about on tho port tack. whom
hey could tell something OF what each had
lone on the first leg.
Some thought that the flood lido OF the Sea-
'onnet River kent setting them to leeward all
ne while. and that Capt. Sherlock Of the Pill
Trim had made n wise move in tacking of
'hore: but this was probably not so. rs the
Pilgrim had made no apparent gain by her
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