The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-14
Tho Third Race. and Last.

The deciding race between viglant and
valkyrie has been sailed. although it was
only the third of possible series Of five.
Our yacht. as The SUN expected. has set
tied her superiority In three straight races.
| This gives the extraordinary result. since
the great sloops have come to monopolize
racing for the Americas Cup, Of nine
straight victories won by the Amer
lean boat Of the time over its Eng
lIsh competitor. The Puritan won twice
from the Genesta; the Mayflower
twice from the Galatea; the Volunteer
twice from the Thistle; and. with the test
OF the best three out OF five. as 1t was ar
ranged this year, tho Vigilant has thrice
sailed away from the most confidently
heralded adventurer Of them all. the VAL
kyrie. Nine continuous heats for the boats
built here against the best that could be
produced from the mother waters Of the
yacht! 1t Is an astonishing record.
No victory has been more pronounced
than the Vigilants. She has proved herself
better in weak winds and In strong winds.
In the tests that we have had. and surely
they have been fair enough. the Vigilant,
in comparison with the Valkyrie. has shown
herself. in our judgment. despite the per-
Torrance OF yesterday. able to box the
winds entire compass. or to SILVER her sails
by pinching and then bear Off until she
may have swung away to dead full run.
and at every point to be the better and
ADLER boat.
Yesterday. for the first time in the his
tory OF our yachting here. one Of the con-
testants was seriously interfered with by
the steamers. Fortunately, this happened
to the Vigilant. It might have settled the
race. But we are not inclined to dwell
long upon that. A very great factor. il
not the decisive one. to the yachtsmsn who
doesn't hold watch. and fixes his eyes most
thouRhtfully on boats beating to windward.
was that extra ballast which the Valkyrie
took aboard with large eye open to the
coming blow. That helped her to lead to
the turning mark. II ballast Ia to be shift
ed thus. the very excellently foretelling
weather reports are bound hereafter to be-
come an extremely important element in
international yacht racing. But we venture
to say that with this practice Of ballast al
teration 1t would be just as easy to make the
Vigilant beat the Valkyrie. even In such
blow as that Of yesterday. as 1t would be to
take it out again and have her win, as OF
old. In moderate weather.
At the close OF this exceptionally inter-
esting yachting season. with all due and
enthusiastic respect for the many gentle
men. Mr.. OLIVER IsELIN first, who SO gem
erously contributed to the defence Of the
Americas Cup. the laurel must be awarded
to the name Of HERREsHoFF. The great
est revolution In the art Of boatmaking
since the days OF the Vikings. materialized
In the first conspicuous HERREsHoFF model, |
the Gloriana. She was new. The Vigilant,
the elimination up to date OF something Of
the Gloriana's principle. leaves us with
confident expectation Of still more brilliant
results In the future.
We first cheer the victor and then the |
vanquished. and then pause and ask:
what noble Luc-No comes next Il
To taste our Roman ohesrr |