The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-25
VIGILANT WINS.
The Wind Light but the Cutter Beaten
by 3m. 25s.

By Gus.
Roches. Point, Ire, July 24.-The
vipilant and Britannia started a race
again this morning for q cup offered by
the Royal Yacht Club of Cork, and
vaiued at 100 guineas. The course 10 be
sailed over was the same as that in yes
terdav's races, the finish being in front
Of the club house; and the distance fifty
miles. The weather was cloudy, and oc-
casionally rain fell and with little breeze
mat blew lightly from the northeast The
yachts crossed the line almost together at
at 1O.3O.O2, the Britannia having a nose
the best Of 1t as far as a lead was con
cprned. but the Nigilant seized the
I,aather berth and thus Offset her slight
advantage. The boats both carried Jack
varters at the start, but Immediately af-
Ter crossing broke out their lib tops and
ran close hauled on the port tack for Poor
Head. The Britannia, after going half
The race to the first mark, ran under the
stern of the Vigilant and got the weather
berth.
the Yachts to turn the mark at Poor
Head. with lead of 40 seconds. The Wig
liant steadily increased her lead through
out the race, and finished 4 minutes and
"a seconds ahead of the cutter. The cor
rected time of the Vigilant's victory is,
allowing the Britannia l minute and 10
=
The Vigilant while sailing free on the
last round between Poor Head and
Daunt's Rock, broke the jaws of her gaff.
The broken parts were hurriedly and
roughly spliced in order to carry her
home There is now some doubt that she
will be able to race tomorrow. A similar
accident to the Britannia lost her one of
the series of races.
CLEARLY OUT6AILED.
T,,J,v am,
menting on Yesterdays Yacht race, says:
"The Britannia made grand fight, but
she was outsailed. 1t was a thorough,
an-round racing test The Vigilant well
deserved the victory. She was sailed
throughout with excellent judgment"
A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE.
The surprising feature of to-day's race
between the Vigilant and the Britannia
was the remarkable light weather speed
developed by the centerboarder. 1t has
never been paralleled under similar
conditions over fifty mile course.
In her duels with the Valkyrie off Sandy
Hook the best hours average of the Vigl-
liant was {. so knots. The hourly average
to-day was 967, which is about half d
knot better than the speed Britannia at
tanned in her quickest previous race, ex-
cept yesterday over an inside course;
The wind was light from start to finish
and huctuated between northeast and
east. Its force varied only slightly,
probably not more than two knots.
The Britannia accounted for some
of her loss after four-ffths of
the course had been sailed, when
the Vigilant was nearly four minutes
ahead, by the fouling of her spinnaker.
1t was caught on the topmast sky Just as
she rounded the Daunt's Rock light ship
on her way home. But this slight
loss was more than counter
balanced by the loss of the Vigilant
while running free 10 Daunt's Rock from
Poor Head on the last round. She broke the
Jaws of her gaff, and her nimble sailors
went aloft and made rough and hurried
Job of splicing to hold out to the finish.
THE WINNERS TIME.
The Vigilaut won the Royal Cork
ply by minutes and % sec
onds, corrected time on the surmise
that she allows the Britannia l minute
and 10 seconds. On actual time, the cen
terboarder won by minutes and % sec
onds. She led at every one of the nine
turns in the course and proved herself in
agility in steady light breeze better
yacht than the cutter.
The impression here is that the Vigil
liant has completely recovered her old
form and is prepared TO tackle the cutter
in any kind of breeze that has staying
qualities. The British yachtsmen think
it was a square victory in a true,
light breeze. Capt. Hankhaff and his
men are jubilant. The yankee yacht
received an ovation at the finish. Stem
torian Irish cheers mingled with the
bark and thunder of big and little guns
and the shreaking of steam whistles.
Both sides of the entrance to the harbor,
varying in width from about half mile
to a mile, were thronged with sightseers
as the victor and the vanquished sailed
through the straight to the home mark.