The sun., 1893-08-15
THE SLIPPERY VIGILANT.
oUTFooTs TEE JUBILEE AND ooLoNII
IN A BREEZY s7-KyoT RUN

Redeeus Himself Arerwnrd-Th, Con
steiistior, L.sea, and Shamrock tho wip
nirs sohoo.crs-visiiant,K Katrfns, ouse,
Nab, and Hsrpoor the Leading sioop,
VINEYARD HAVEN. Aug. 1I-The run Of the
was q fairly successful one. although there
was no windward work: nothing but running
and reaching. The cup defenders. Vigllant
Jubilee. and Colonia. ran along and made O
lively race. which was finally won by the Wig.
liant with the Jubilee second. The wind al
tho start was fresh from the north northeast,
but II nattened out after few Of the loading
yachts had passed Vineyard Sound Llghtship;
then It came In from the southwest. and finally
freshened to n good sailing breeze, which
brought tho racers flying up the Sound to q
hne finish.
The vigilant seemed to do better than in any
OF her previous trials She stood UP we'll In
the strong breeze. crawled away from the
others when the wind lightened. and drew
further ahead In tho run down the wind with
spinnakers set Altogether. she seemed q
very slippery boat, and her admirers are iubi-
liant over tho showing she made. 1t Is still an
up and up fight between the big boats and the
Astor cup races promise to be the most inter-
esttnR OF tho cruise.
To-morrow's programme is for run TO New
b6uIOTu WIN y IHlTly edTly NoWpOTC Is
to be made on Wednesday. and the Astor cups
will be raced for on Thursday and Friday. and
II necessary on Saturday. too.
Tho fine northwesterly wind which blew all
day Sunday lasted through the night and
this morning. although 1t shifted to the
north. 1t was q strong as ever. and gave every
promise OF increasing. In spite OF yesterdays
dosertlons. there was as fine q fleet OF racing
boats quartered at Brenton's Reef lightship
this morning as one would care to see. In ad
dition to the cup defenders Vigilant Colonia.
and Jubilee. there were the 6O-footers Queen
Nab and Hildegard the 7O-footers Katrina
Huron and Bedouin. and theWasp and now fin
Carmita in the 46-foot class Every one was
anxious to see what the Carmlta would do
with the HerreshoT crack. and the prevailing
opinion seemed to be that the new boat would
not be in it. Among the schooners the AlcRa.
Mr.. Brooks's Lasca, which won the Goelet.
cup race last Friday. and ex- Comm odore Hills
Ariel fought it out in the 00-foot class. while
tho larger boats. the Dauntless. Ramona,
Palmer Yampa, and Constellation all had their
racing flags up. and in the tine reaching breeze
they eNpectedt to break all records to Vineyard
Haven.
The flagship May. with the Regatta Commit
tee on board. arrived at Brenton's Reef light
ship shortly before 10 o'clock and dropped
anchor. She was accompanied by the steam
yachts Clermont, Conqueror. White Ladyc.
Sapphire. Harriet En- bla. Marietta, Vision. In
trepid. Susquehanna and number OF tugs.
Little time was lost. and at 1905 o'clock the
preparatory gun sounded for the small soops.
the Regatta Committee having decided. in
view OF the fine breeze. to reverse the usual
order OF things and start the cup defenders
last. This was wso move on their part. for
In the wind which WAS blowing the May could
ho..n ,t,,,f l1rl,o =
do to hold thom at tho start. For fear OF acc-
dents. A. Van Santvoord's fast side-wheel
steam yacht C!ermont WAS sent ahead to take
the time at the finish. In case the May should
be left behind.
At lO:l5 O'Clock gun and red ball on the
Mays tratic stay started the small sloops.
The course for all classes was from Brenton's
Reef lightship to the West Chop buoy at Vine |
yard Haven. leaving Vineyard Haven light
ship on tho Fort hand. distance OF thirty |
seven nautical miles. Tho wind shifted from
almost due north to n little moro to the east
ward Just before the start. and the result was !
that instead OF having the wind nbenm. it WAS |
cioce teach to ,inera!d Haven light from |
New ned ord to Vineyard Haven
THO H. tic fellows were all close to the line. |
and they made pretty, picture MS they dashed |
the first across. closely followed W the Huron.
Wasp. Queen Nah. Bedouin. Katrina. Car.
had baby IiU topsnils snt. except the Huron
and Katrina. vi wed from the press boat. the
queen Nab Masl. and huron seemed to make
At lU:2O o'clock the handicap gun for sloops.
which Was ais" the starting signal for schoon-
ers. was fired. and in less than three minutes
every one OF tho two stickers was across. The
Ars 81 i; lsI the Aica q; g. length which was to lee
Palmer. CopsteIatlon. Nearea;
jib t0psails set. and the Dauntess. Yamra. and
the Nearen had small mantopmast staysails
In the mean time the three cup defenders.
vigilaEs' Golonia; n and Jubilee. were spinning
shore and in the dstanc ce there did not seem
to be much to choose letween them. Both
t" stanI up to It better cite " than tie e' Jub
lee. which keeled over pretty well in the puffy
ocI"ck The JnIiee' With had hit hitherto M Beer; been
eailing Under lower sails. only set her big
rSrdkh aPd sHt nsr baby I opfa
lore the starting signal was due. the two New
Sork boats came about together under the
Lille The, jubilee, was moro to. the east
%9rd IS,sd and .toot beyond ,hS Inc moment
oyer toward the May which Was to windward
q the IRne and i locked for little while as Il
to Afan Ss fhf 1ss Hen
william Hansen. who were sailing the Colonia
md .igilant. were not to be caught mapping. |
anh b f"r once they fooled the clever skipper OF
Thirty seconds before the gun was heard the
Jubilee WAS forced to come about to prevent
1er going over ahead Of time. This was what
4 5ar AT had been looking for. and. having got the
,igilant undor his lee, he crossed almost with |
he Hash OF the gun. second or SO ahead OF
he Vigilant, which was second. The Jubilee ,
vas third. to leeward. only ten seconds behind.
Fhere was little to choose between the trio FOR
! time, and 1t looked as II the question of which
'ould reach the fastest In II fresh breeze would
% settled for the present. The Colonia led the
!iglant about length. while the jubilee was 4
hird. only 100 Yards astern.
Away they spod along the Brenton's Point :
hore AT a twelve;knot gait. The Colonia
tood np TO her work the best, and for a while !
'LsfI 6 While both Dot seemed to 10 making land on
yard berth. The jubilee undoubtsdly out
pointed the Herreshotf boats, but they were !
'ntfooting her fast. Inside OF ten minutes the !
yiad y a lightened Sit; and the Iieiisnt which
nepcsd to walk right through her Ice. In less l
han fye minutes aiterward she was ahead.
,hich was we'll TO ,windward Of the pair.
he Colonia now eased OFF her sheet a foot or
.. and seemed to hold tho Tobin bronze fiyer T
'eter; Fol, four, miles they hung together, :