New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22
r1cILANT WON ALL THE WAY
,rlTJNG THE PRINCES YACHT
,r, AMERICAN YACHT FIRST AT EVERY
MARK AFTER THE START.

,,o N PUFFY AND UNCERTAIN WIND WITH
FACING BREEZE ON PART OF THE COURSE
TUE BRITANNIA DEFEATED BY TWO
MINUTES AND TwENTY-NINE SEC
oSDs CORRECTED TINE.
v,ngstown. July 2l.-The Visilant won her sec
- ,Ictorv on this side Of the Atlantic to-day.
e" , IN faint breezes and ability in brisk winds
.,As her 10 win the flfty-mile race. three
.,..as over the kite-shaped course Of the Royal
=. csorges Yacht Club. The Britannia was
-, three minutes and thirty-nne seconds
.,,l time With an allowance Of one minute
~, .sn seconds. the Brtannia's defeat Will be
49, ro,nutes and twenty-nine seconds. Tne con-
uos long-drawn out. the average speed OF
" Yachts being about 66 nautical miles an
= Tho Vigilant covered the course in seven
~. A ef,v minutes and three seconds; and the
'..,n,a g., seven hours nfty-three minutes and
,.o seconds There were moments when
uas some real racing. but. taken as
-. the contest was inconclusive The Wig
r.,, les AZ every mark save one and in brisk
- the Kish Lightship on the third round
.,s was nearly nine minutes ahead.
49, u,as a depressing influence for American
..,,,ani,nways this morning ana cast their eyes
s.',or5 They have been almost convinced by
~. s,.csssos Of the Britannia in light winds that
x ,s a better Yacht when whte-caps are in
.I.,,,s and they were prepared for a hopeless
.,,-r chase Of the slippery cutter The wind
go. light from the northwest and from the over
o.., skv there came occasional bursts Of rain.
rhA course was the same as in yesterdays fluky
a tha ID =
,.-bor opposlte the breakwater the first leg eX-
tended 10 the northeast TO Rosebeg. about
three and a half miles the second leg ran sea-
uard five miles. about east-southeast. to the kish
'1,gbtsbin thence southwest TO the Muslins; the
fnal leg was from the Muglins home about two
snd half miles. The prize for which the yachts
con,ended is valued at $500
AT THE STARTING POINT.
Tho yachts came for the line with cubtopsails
g.. They were timed just as they turned the
bome-mark. Before doing 50 they had a little
leg o, several hundred yards to make, running
nor,hwest into the very eye of the wind. They
lufed up at the stakeboat and turned it thus:
, \ % n n ss
BTtanna n 10
Both yachts headed westward with the wind
over the starboard bow. They stood on this
course for about fifteen minutes. each striving
for the weather position. by thus heading into
the bsv. they were enabled 10 make a somewhat
broader reach to Rosebeg. The manoeuvrc
brought the wind more on the port beam. Broad
reaching in light weather. the Brtdnnia's skipper
evidently thought more favorable L. his
yacht than work with sheets almost nattcned.
The Vigilant surprised the talent by slipping
ahead. and rounding Rosebeg one minute and
four seconds before the Britannia. Time:
h. 3.
Ngilant 10 20
Eitannla II 10 81
The wind was rising a little and blowing over
the siarboard quarter in the fve-rnile run for
the Klsh Lightship The Vigilant led by one
minute and forty seconds having put thirty-six
seconds TO her credit in the run from Rosebeg
and having gained since the start one minute
and hf;y-seven seconds Time:
Britannia II L 80
Just after they rounded the lightship the wind
shifted 10 southwest making a dead beat across
The fve-and-a-haif- stretch 10 the Muglins.
The battle was now made In short boards ana
the Quckness Of the Britannia in stays enabled
her 10 reduce the Vigi,ants lead 10 on" minute
and twenty-eght seconds when they passed the
Auglns. Thus the Britannia had picked up
Twelve seconds. Time al the Mugns
v.,... h. m 5
s - .iS
Britannia II :i5
THE vIGILANT IN LUCK.
The wind seemed 10 have southcrly tendency
utter the yachts cleared the Muglins, as they set
'pnnakers 10 port and large iibs TO catch all
ns wind which might spill from or elude the i'm
mense s.de-saiis The wind shifted again and
splhaKers were taken in They were again set
s,a once more hauled in when the wind came out
" % 'ne east puffy and uncertain. Trey completed
@ @.as hrst round with the Nigilant leading by four
,,Hnu'es She was having some Of the luck which
14a before been he Rritannia's own in all races.
line al the home mark.
ysl.a, h. T.: i; :;
ihe wind now freshened and the Britannia,
ing ing aslern, fe.t rs influence first and slightly
Dssu .su Inc wide gap between herself and h"r
80. IL was reach T. the R0.eOcg, TINS uIne
rn r.n the wind on the starb)ard bon. Tn"
,sant lost one minute and fifteen seconds.
.sshg now lead Of three minutes and five
''''0has. Time at ROsebeg:
yv h. m :.
D4nha - 55
tine ,ns wind had shifted 10 south when the racers
nsnS sSea the Rosebeg buoy. The large jibtopsails
sns VI tne reach % RJsebeg We're hauled down
ricL.A A."ei ones substituted. ! ne britannia
s,rM. up fifteen seconds and was row two
Tim. and fifty seconds astern at the lightship.
n. 8.
pssnsht ........ ..............2 . "a 80
Ia yachts We're not turned AZ the Muglins.
On ree1e died out. and they drfted southwark
"a ~ epolng tide. with masts perpendicular ar
sa,sa.s idy happng The Britannia had the
en- position when the wind came up out
Iss., southwest She got t. the Muglins marx
Va. az the same time as the Vigilant. ana
sney rounded she was perhaps a bowsprlt
Va leaQ. Tho wind Mas cOmhing UP inc