Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-10-14
THE CUP LOOKS SAFE.

The Yankee Cup Defender, Vigilant Again
Demonstrates Her Superiority Over the
British Challenger, valkyrie-The Latter
Outsaiied at Every Turn-The American
Centerboard Stiil Carries ION the Palm
as "Get There"
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Yesterday was
Great Britain's day so far as weather
for "A yacht race was concerned, and
Lord Dunraven and all the crew of the
rakish black cutter were happy when
they went down the bay in the morn
ing. {. Oliver Iselein and the gallant
crew Of the white cup defender were
the happy ones when the yachts came
back in the afternoon. They had a
triumphal escort OF yachts and ex-
cursion craft up the harbor, for the
Vigilant had added another victory to
her score. She had walked away from
the Valkyrie in wind that topped the
sea with foam and drove clouds of spray
| over her weather bow. The day was
an IDEAL one for an outside race. The
| sky was clear as crystal. 1t had
| the vigorous freshness Of October in it,
and every old salt who shifted it in the
early morning predicted blowing
day. The yachtsmen, American as
well as British, were glad the day had
arrived when there could be no excuse
of light winds for either OF the con-
testants. All felt that the compara-
tive merits OF the two crack sim
gle-stickers would be plain before the
| day was over, and the anxious citizens
OF the two nations would be able to
make something more than guess as to
| which is the queen OF the yachts.
Inc hrst OF the international races
was run 10 ieeward ana return; that
OF the second IN the series OF three IN
nVe was triangular course OF tnirty
miles, ten miles 10 the leg. lhere
was pouno 10 De wlndward work ana
reachihe' ana that Always makes
| prettier race 'nah iee"ara run
"nen the "iho came up OUT OF the
southwest III the early morning all inc
yachtsihen al" yach's"o'neh put Oh
thelr piue caps ana sea-golhg to9s anu
started GOWN tiie Day Oh tne usual
meet Oh excursion poals' which in-
| cluded everything from Dig ocean
steamship to naphtha launch. The
big boats were the popular ones and
many OF the small craft did not go half
way down the bay before they turned
tail to the seas that threatened to en-
gulf them and returned to the city.
There was the usual crowd of patri-
otic citizens wno went down to see to
1T personally that our Yankee sailor
boys did their duty in defense OF the
America S cup.
| At the request of the slsipper of the
Vigilant all of the boats around the
| lghtship moved over to the other side
of the course SO that the Yachts could
work up close to the line under the lee
of the lirhtship without becoming
broken. The fleet made great slow
on the waters. The great steamboats,
and crafts were black with people.
The yachts. bending gracefully in
the wind. and. keeping close together,
sailed in short reach back and
forth lust to windward of the line.
The Virilant showed her Tobin bronze
',otte,., sho i,se,sa r-re- aud he.-isa
along the seas. dashing spray over her
white. .jacketed crew. The Nalkyrie
did not heel quite SO much, but she
showed some OF her copper below the
water line. The wind was blowing
twenty-five miles an hour when both
boats went over the line within two
seconds of each other. The Nigllant
led by the length of her bowsprit.
They made pretty start as they went
on beat to wind OF ten miles to the
hrst marx which was on North Long
branch ana so close III shore that
good view OF the racing yachts was oo-
| tanned from oeaDrlghl' Moh'hou'h
beach ana Long Branch.
AS on saturday the 'alkyrie lorge"
ahead at the start she was not run
ming quite as close to the wlnd as the
white sloop' but she was gong 1as'er'
In ten minutes the Naikyrle let oy
four lengths but the Nlgilant was
trlfie to the wlndward. The Nalkyrie
increased her lead to ten lengths at
the enu OF lne hrst nan hour ah" 'hen
"hiie the he''s.iiheii oh 'ne ''eaa, .an
ooats Wers muggiDg themselves WIN
JOY the >lgi'ah. oegah 10 e"' 'o" u
the open water oet"eeh ner W" any,
the Naikyrie STERN ohe W"iNe',
r,eh' up anu Vooh tne - .. "n
'nc i"e1 m was p'oe1'.''n 'o"n .A"
poin'' ~. .up ~ st.Ll 80 81 ~
i"u' minutes anu my S..oA
'ne n'sV .'n | n',.s '"sS"s a a,,a w. n nna
"aro' iour minutes anu '"ei'e '
ohus III 'he secoh' 'eii-iiiiie 'un' an,'
.hree minutes anu '"en.S'slA . seJoit's .,s
~ 'iS '"s' '.n my" =, =, ",.':.'
utes and twentv-three seconds actual
time, and. deducting the time allow
ance of one minute and forty-eight