The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-14
AGAIN TIE WINNER.
The Americas Cup to Stay on This
Side For Another Year at Least.

The Americas Cup to Stay on This
Side For Another Year at Least.
New York, Oct. 13-For the third
time the Vigilant has passed the Valky-
rie, and the Americas cup will stay in
this country for another year.
With plenty of wind, with splendid
sea, aud in almost IDEAL weather for
yachting, the beautifuTwhite boat passed
the line, and amid the blowing of whistles
and the cheering of men, while women
waved their handkerchiefs, the flagship
May hoisted the colors of the Vigilant.
The Vigilant was first on the ground
and soon the Valkyrie came down in tow
of her tug. After some preliminary
maneuvering, the gun from the flagship
declared that the last race had begun for
the cup. The wind at the start was
squally and it was feared the yachts
would not have all they wanted. For
tunately, however, this proved a mis-
take of the prophet, for after a
short time it blew steadily once more.
THE START.
The racers made a short run on the
starboard tack, but changing soon took a
long run to port Apparently their posi-
tions did not change. The Valkyrie kept
her lead, and if anything, increased it.
At 1:02 the Valkyrie came about and
made short board to the starboard, the
Vigilant following her closely. Then
again to port both boats turned
The friends of the Vigilant declared
that she hugged a little closer to the
wind than her rival. The Valkyrie
turned the stake with its red flag at 2:3l
and the Vigilant followed at 2:35. AS
she swept by the waiting steamers, the
Valkyrie, at 2:36 set her silk spinnaker,
which glistened like a sheet of silver in
the wind. In two minutes the sheets
were home, and the great sail was pull
ing and tugging like live thing. The
effect was Immediately apparent, the
Valkyrie drew away from her rival as
though the latter was tied down,
but the sheets of the Vigilant went
home and she too leaped forward.
THE vIGLANT FORCES AHEAD.
Then the Valkyrie douced her jib and
forestay sail and set a balloonstay
sail The Vigilant hauled her balloon
jib slowly up to the top
mast head and set it. She
seemed to fairly jump in the water. From
that time it was a foregone conclusion
that the VaIkyrie would be beaten again.
AS the white boat drew up behind,
she blanketed her rival and the
silk spinnaker fell in graceful
folds for a time. 1t was not long, how
ever, before the Vigilant had made a cast
TO the south sufficient to enable her to
pass, and the Valkyrie's sails filled once
more. The estimated three-fourths
of mile between the boats
fell rapidly and at 3:2O O'Clock
the end of the bowsprit of the Vigilant
was in line with the Valkyrie's stern. At
$3.50 it had reached her bowsprit head,
and at 3 ;33 a line of open water appeared
between the two. This time the Vigilant
was in the lead, and now the whistles
screamed and the people applauded.
THE vALKYRIE's sPINNAKER SPLIT.
Suddenly at 3;34 the men on the Valky-
rie were seen running to and fro and then
a glance showed that the spinmaker had
been split in two, and was tapping in the
wind. In a few seconds a new one was in
place and being hauled up and sheeted
home. The work of the crew was so
quick that at 3;351S, the new sail was in
place and drawing to the full.
Short as the delay, it is TO be feared it
lost the Valkyrie the race, for the two
boats were very close. Meantime. the
Vigilant was driving ahead, everything
pulling and the distance between herself
and her rival gradually 'widen-
ing. She was a picture as she
tore along under her mainsal gaff, top
sail spinnaker and balloon jib, every
thread drawing, and the yacht waving
her tall masts slightly from side to side.
THE FINISH.
A flash from the flagship 'May," as the
Vigilant passed the line between herself
and the lightship, was echoed and pro-
longed by all the whistles in the feet.
The cheering filled the air, even the wind,
strong as it was, could not blow this
away. It was a magnificent race, the
finest seen in years.
1t is impossible to say with this record
which is the better boat in such a wind
as that of to-day Forty seconds on
boat to windward of 15 miles and return,
is so close that the splitting of the
Valkyrie's spinnaker might easily ac-
count for it.
The following is the official record of
the race as supplied by the
flagship May Corrected time. Val
kyrie 1925 10; Vigilant 3:24:39 Elapsed
time: Valkyrie 1926 90 Vigilant 1924 :39.
Time passed finish line Valkyrie 3;53:52
Vigilant 1851 :39, the Vigilant winning by