The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-10-10
FLEW ON FAR AHEAD
The Yisllant 0u.strlp; Her Rival Undsr
Every Condition Of Wind
KEPT CONSTANTLY GAINING
Al the Finish She Had . Lead
Of Three Miles-The vaIkyrio
Admirers Concede She
Isn't In II.

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-ror tno seconu tifue,
and that more easily than the first, Amer
ica's cup defender. the vigilant. has de-
feated the English representative, the
valkyrie. The second race was sailed to-
day on q triangular course under condi-
tions that could not have been moro
favorable. While the victory to-day was
q 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 the thou
sands rang out to speed the conquerer,
the hull Of tho conquered was yet far
astern.
The yachts got down 10 the start moro
than half an hour ahead of the time ap-
pointed for the firing OF the preparatory
gun, which was at II :25, and cavorted
around to northward of the line Until the
first gun was given. Then they began
business. II was q very pretty play on the
part Of both captains. The second wear
ship OF tho vigiiant made her land at
least couple Of lengths to leeward Of the
position from which she started TO do tho
act, and the valkyrie, with quick going In
stays. was right down in line when the
gun To send her over sounded.
At that time tho wind was blowing
about Is miles an hour from southwest by
south half south. The yigilant got quickly
into the wind and followed the valkyrie
over tho limo about two lengths behind.
| The handler of the Vigiiaut evidently felt
that he must gain In windward work, and
very quickly, W hat was lost in lateral dis
tance. Ho 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. Tho
Valkyrie went ahead with great speed. IL
looked rs IL she was skipping right away
from the vigilant, and SO she was in q
way, but the vigilant's ccnterboard pre-.
vented that boat from sagRins to leeward,
whereas the keel Of the cutter had only q
small part Of the same effect.
Presently the sails Of tho viailant were
seen to belly out we'll and from that mo-
ment tho American boat began to win tho
race. She passed the valkyrie at i2:06,
~ minutes after tho start, and was never
afterwards headed or touched under any
conditions or circumstances. When the
valkyris saw her opponent going ahead,
she hauled down her big top sail with the
intention Of putting up . small one like
the vigilant's, but while the change was
going on Captain Cranfeld decided TO 20
about. No sooner had the Englishman
gone around than the American followed
| suit. As the boats stood OF on the port
tack, Il was seen that the vigilant wa
moro than quarter OF . mile ahead and
Just about as much to windward. They
tried hard on the vslkyrle to send her
head up into the wind. but she could not
better herself single inch. When the
vigilant got around the first log she was
more than n mile in the lead, but tho
valkyrie stuck to her work.
The wind was almost directly over tho
starboard quarter as they started on the
second leg. Tho vaikyrie now had q
chance to show what she could do in rum
ming before real whole sail breeze. The
steady claim OF tho cutter men has been
that the model OF their choice was sure 10
beat the centcrboard IN that sort of work.
Instead OF doing SO, the centerboard in-
creased her lead to an extent that made
every body, friends and enemies, as.
founded. II was fair and square open
sea race, both boats finding every breath
that was astir. When tho vigilant turned
the flag at tho end of tho second leg. she
was a good two miles in advance. Hav.
ing rounded that mark. then came an.
other leg on which tho cutter WINS sup
posed to be much tho better boat. The
wind was pretty nearly abeam, and the
sheets were hauled aft away. II was a
pretty good specimen of reach, and yet the
light draughted boat knocked the spots
out Of the deep craft.
There Is but one thing to say about it
tho Vigilant continued to increase her
lead from the time she began the leg un.
Ill she crossed the finish line. She had
made an average, and just about actually
gain OF mile on each of the three legs
II was an ample test, ss has been told on
each OF the three points, windward work
running and reaching. II 10 generally ad
mitted that the valkyrie 10 the best boat
England ever sent over to win
the Americas cup. She met. how
ever, o yacht that was 60 far her
superior that her hitherto admirers
all say there can be no doubt that the
vigilant will win three straight races and
therefore the match. It still remains,
however, question as to which boat ID
the more worthy in half gale and YER,
rough sea.
The official time was: vigilant, start
IL :25; finish, 2:50:oi; elapsed time
3:25 :0l; corrected time, 1926 .0i; valkyrie
start. II rs; finish. 3 :O2 "a; elapsed time
1887 "a; corrected time, 1898 :36. Thus
the vigilant beat the valkyrie by IL min
utes and % seconds on elapsed time. and
after taking OIL minute aud 4s second.
time allowance. by 10 minutes aud 81 sec
onds. The regatta committee also say
that the vigilant crossed the starting line
two seconds ahead of the valkyric. This
would reduce the victory of the yigilan,
by two seconds in actual time, but does
not count, rs the yachts had equal chance,
TO start at the gun signal. The gains oi
the vigilant are officially reported to b,
minutes and IS seconds in tho first leg
minutes and Il seconds on tho second
and minutes aud ~ seconds on the
third.
An associated press representative saw
Captain Cranfleld on the valkyris and
asked him as to the race. Tho captain
said: II must say we are very disap
pointed. l knew after Saturdays rae,
] that we had hard nut to crack, but