Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-14
HEHA bI lfLthkAPn. From All Quarters. CUP QUESTION SETTLED. VigiIant's Work Will Hold
 fine Famous Trophy. RICE WAS Woa BY FORTY sEC0HDs. Both Yachts Met With Seri-
 ous Accidents. RECEIVERS FOR UKIOA PACIFIC, The Road Has Lost Mill
 lions of Dollars.
RICE WAS Woa BY FORTY SECoHDs.
RECEIVERS FOR UKIOA PACIFIC
AmRRICa,s CUP STAYS HERR,


 tsh Crew Had Prayed For-Nt
 Grander 1Iace Was Ever Seen-Th,
 Centerboard of the VigiIant Dit
 Not Work Until After the Stalk.
 BOat Was Rounded, but Handi
 capped as She Was by she Accident
 She Succeeded in Winning the Race
 and Holding the America's Cup fl
 This Countryside Beat the VaIkY.
 rie by Forty Seconds.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-In gale that epli two spinnakers on the valkyrie, the Vigil ant to day won the third of the interns tional races and settled for year the cut question. The Valkyrie would probably have come in ahead but for the accident tc her canvas. As it was, the Vigilant wor by forty seconds.
 No grauder race was ever sailed off this port. It was day to test seamanship as we'll ss yacht architecture. It was the day crew had prayed for and the only kind of a day, ha claimed that his yacht could sail the Vigilant. The excursion boats, though not so numerous as on previous days, were comfortably filled with epecta- tors, who were we'll repaid for taking the trip down the bay.
 Both yachts got away from their an- chorage at Bay Ridge at 8 o'clock. The Vigilant was lowed straight down to Sandy Hook and ran up mainsail and jib as she left. The Valkyrie left and rounded up off Grsvesend Bay. She was then lowed to the Swash. When off Sandy Hook at 1920 her throat hsllisrd block showed signs of giving away. The maineail was lowered and the block was repaired. This accident delayed the Val kyrle so she did not arrive at Sandy Hook at the starting time. The Vigilant reached out from Sandy Hook to the starting point under msinsail and jib.
 The wind was due east and blowing twelve miles an hour. The skipper of the Vig!lant had reef in the mainsail and then ran up small working topsail. The Valkyrie after repairing the halyard block got up her mai1sail with reef and re- placed her jib with a smaller one and when her topsail went up at Il o'clock 1t WAS 8 small spirit sail.
 At Il o'clock the May dropped anchor north of the lightship. At 11:23 it was decided to postpone the race for au hour and in the meantime the racers cruised around. The May signalled that the course would be beat to windward fifteen miles due east and return.
 At 1907 the May ran up the preliminary signal and fired @ gun. Ten minutes later the preparatory gun vas fired and the red ball went up on the stay between maste. The wind was right in the east and blowing harder every minute.
 A few seconds before the starting gun was fired both yachts were flying for the line closed hauled on the starboaId tack, the American boat little in the lead with the Epglishman off the weather quarter. It was close call and for 8 time it looked as though the Vigilant would be over first and handicap the Valkyrie by half min ute. Skipper Hansen was little too anx- ious, however, and had to pay the penalty by being forced over toward the eastern end of the line. The result was loss to the American boat, for she had to luff in order to weather the main. The English man stood on for the lire, however, every sail full and crossed few seconds ahead and well to windward.
 After crossing the line both yachts were heeled well to leeward. The VslkyIis was a trihe stiffer and seemed to carry her canvas easier. It was 6 wise move to have reefed malnsails, for the sea was increasing at every moment and the barometer falling proaching storm. Both yachts were pre- pared for bad weather. however.
 Once over the line the racers settled down to their work. The increased ballast attached to the Valkyrie keel appeared to do her world of good, for she sat right up to windWard and in less than an hour was fully three hundred yards off the Americans weather bow. Both were stand ing inshore towards the big hotel at Long Beach, but the Vigilant did not tray el wii her traditional speed and was 8 quarter of point further away from the wind, They were plunging their bowsprits into the sea and decks were awash more than once. The Vigilant's people were doing their best to hold the wind. It looked as though she was being "pinched" too much.
 At :10 the Vigilant close inshore, went on the port tack and headed in the 6irec, tion of the Valkyrie, then standing over on the starboard. The American boat appear ed to be in doubt whether or not she would be able to cross the Epglishmsn's bow. But minutes 40 seconds later the VIgi lant, seeing that she must pass astern oi her rival, went about again and stood Tn shore. Both yachts held on to the star board tack for more time, when the Val kyrie went about at 1:16:35, followed bJ the Vigilant five seconds later. They now stood offshore, heading about southeast one half south. On this leg the ValkyIi, managed to eat more into the wind, anC one half hour after they went in stay she had gone one hundred yards furthe to wiEdward and was outfooting tn, American. Even thus early it was almos assured that the Valkyrie in 8 heavy SCI and half 8 gale was by far the speedier snt stiffer boat of the two. Both yachts stood on much longer than it was thought the, would, for the Englishman had the Amer ! ican under his lee, and he was determined not to tack until the Vigilsnt did. Tn | work was we'll on the lee quarter of th Valkyrie before she went on the star bosrt | tack at 2:11:30. The Vigilant went abou ! at 2:12:25, little to the wiDdward of tn, Valkyrie, and 1t was evident that she wa | going to attempt to blanket the Vslkyri \ if possible. In light zephyrs or stron | bree zes the Vigilant might have been sbl' ! to do this, but in heavy head sea and hal ! a gale of wind the Vigilant was not ''in 1t. ca this leg the yachts had the turnin | mark we'll under their lee and 1t was onl 8 short time before the Valkyrie still far ther increased her lead, until she WAS full one-fourth of mile ahead.
 According to the instructions the yacht were forced to leave the mark on the stal board hand and as they ran for it on tn starboa1d tack each had to pass to leewar and then go about to the port tack. A 2:31 10 the Vslkyrie tackled for the marl going around 1t half minute later.
 Following Is the official time of turnin
 the outer mark: Valkyrie 2:33:4O, Wig lant 2:35:35.
 The figures show that it took the Valky
 rie 2:06:45 and the Vigilant 2:0S:35 to mak
 the fifteen mile beat to windward, gai
 of one minute and thirty five seconds
 favor of the Englishman. This defeat (
 the Vigilant was due more to the sea tha
 the wind, as the oup-defender thumpe
 hard into each wave. Though the beat |
 windwa1d was exciting in the extreme,
 was nothing compared to the run hom,
 The wind began to freshen and the sea b
 came angry and turbulent. Still bot
 boats carried their flying kites. Scarcel
 had tLe Vslkyris cleared her skirts of tf
 outer turn before she set her heavier spil
 maker, big jib topsail and balloon stsysai
 The VIgilant, though a trihs slower in se ! ting her kites, carried many more yards canvas, and to the surprise of the En9lis
 man, shook out the reef in her mainef and set her large club topssil over tl : working one that she had carried all da \ nk. UfD;Iapk khnroh a1nnnaf ha1f Q ,,,i