St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-10

cutter admirers retained their hopes,
saying that the more wind they had the
better would be the chances of their
favorlte; and yet as the wind increased
the greater distance did the Vigilant
open between herself and her opponent.
The wind was almost directly over the
starboard quarter as they started on the
second leg. The Valkyrie now had
chance to show what she could do in
running before real wholesale breeze.
As has been the steady claim of
THE CUTTER MEN,
the model of their choice was sure to
beat the center-board in that sort of
work for one thing. Instead of doing
so, the center-board increased her lead
to an extent that made everybody,
friends and enemies, astounded. The
bow of the Vigilant did flop up and
down little bit on the running seas,
but so little more than did that of the
Valkyrie that astonishment was eX-
pressed all around. 1t was the fair and
square open sea race, both boats
finding every breath that was astir
and neither being bothered by the eX-
cursiOn boats. When the Vigilant
turned the flag at the end of the second
leg she was good two miles i'll adj
vance. Having rounded that mark,
then came another leg on which the
cutter was supposed to be much the
better boat. The wind was pretty
nearly abeam, possibly half a point for
ward of it, and sheets were hauled aft
away. 1t was pretty good specimen
of reach, and yet here again the light
draughted boat knocked the spots out
of the keel craft. The third leg is as
easy to describe as was the second.
There is but one thing to say about it
the Vigilant continued to increase her
lead from the time she began her leg
until she crossed the finish line. When
the winner did finally GU over the line
from which she had started she was
three miles ahead. She had made on the
average and just about actually a gain of
a mile on each of the three legs. 1t
was an ample test, as has been told on
each OF the three pOints-windwar
work, running and reaching. 1t is gen
orally admitted that the Valkyrie is the
best boat that England ever sent over
to win the Americas cup. She met,
however, a yacht that is SO far her SUI
perior that her hitherto admirers all say
that there can be no doubt that the
Vigilant will win three straight races.
and therefore the match. 1t still re-
mains. however, question as to which
OF the boats is the more worthy in
half gale and very sough sea-for
instance, i'll wind that will allow
neither to
CARRY A TOPSAn.
The cutter cranks (and handful of
them are still to be foundl continue to
claim that their boat can do up the Wig
liant in hard blow, and therefore is the
more useful as a yacht for the purpose
of pleasure in cruising and for safety
than the mere racing machine that the
Vigilant represents. The American
boats supporters meet this assertion
with the fact that the more breeze that
blew the further astern did the VIgi-
liant leave the Valkyrie today.
The official time of the yachts was:
Vigilant, start, 11:25.O; finish, 2:50.O1; !;
elapsed time, 3:25.01; corrected time,
3:25.01.
Valkyrie, II $50. start; finish. 3:O2 "a !;
elapsed time, 3:37 "a; corrected time,
1885, So.
Thus the Vigilant beat the Valkyrie
by II minutes % seconds on elapsed
time, and, after taking off the l minute
and 4S seconds time allowance, by 10
minutes 80 seconds. The regatta COM
mittee of the New York Yacht club also
say that the Vigilant crossed the start
ing line two seconds ahead of the Val
kyrie, and they ought to know best.
This would reduce the victory of the
Vlgilant by two seconds in actual time,
but it does not count, as the yachts had
equal chances to start away at the one
gun signal at II 20 a. m. The gains of
the Vigilant are officially reported to be
4 minutes 45 seconds in the first leg;
minutes II seconds on the second leg,
and minutes 26 seconds OH the third.
The first leg of the course was to south
west by south, to windward; the sec
ond, east half south, in the run, and
north northwest in the reach home.