The evening world., 1894-08-11
VlGILANT.
Vaughan Carter EXPLAINS Soma
Of the Causes for Defeat,
Should Never Have Been Raced
on the Clyde.
Irish People Enthusiastic Over thu
Yankee sloop.
Copyrighted. 1894. by the Associated pr..,

Among the passengers on the Amer.
lean line steamship Paris, which ar
rived here from Southampton this morn.
Ing. was Mr.. Maughan Carter, who went
to Europe with the Goulds on their
steam yacht ATLANTA, and was ON
board Vigilant during all of her races In
the waters of Scotland and Ireland.
"In anything over reasonably stead,
eight-knot breeze" said he,- "vigilant
can beat Britannia. In light airs and
drifting matches, Britannia is faster.
At least. that is my opinion.
when we went over to Scotland
Mr.. Gould did not intend to race in the
interlocked bays and water courses. He
knew Vigilant was not we'll suited ia
them. But what was he to do? Many
people came aboard and begged him to
race. They wanted him to take part In
the different events for the sport Of the
thing, they said. Mr. Gould could not
refuse these requests. SO, against his
will and judgment, he consented.
THE first races were in the Firth Of
Glide. 1t Is fine deep water, what thers
is of It; but it is only four or five miles
wide. and there are hills all around To
spoil the wind.
| "Vigilant always led at first; but. after
a while, we would run into one of the
Gains that are lying around there
Britannia, from behind. would see this,
take another course. avoid the calm and
pass us.
"Mr. Gould felt these successive de-
feats very deeply. Once he meant to
stop the 'land-locked races; but a
Scotch paper heard of his intention. and
said he was funking. That nettled him
and he kept on. Even In these races,
however. with all the luck and all
the experience of the waters that Brit
ANNA had, the contests were always
very close. There were several guests
on board Vigilant during some Of the
races; but. no ladies, except that Mrs
Gould was on board during one race In
the Clyde. That was the only one In
which we came across the finish line
first"
How about the Irish races?" Mr.. Cas.
ter was asked.
"They were much the same as the
Scotch races" he replied. Always the
same Gains and unsatisfactory winds.
although they were sailed mainly On
open water.
eat Queenstown they wanted US to An.
ish far up the harbor. in a narrow creek.
but We got that changed.
THE people in Ireland were moro "a.
thusiastic over us than the Scotch. Not
only the south, but the north Of ireland
people went wild over vigilant- 1t Is .
great surprise to me to hear Of the cold
reception the English gave her when
. she won last Saturday. don't under.
ma
installer"
Carter shook his head and said that Il
) seemed incredible to him.
I'VE saw the start Of that race" m
: continued, but through a fog darby
J The Paris passed close along the course
5 but the fog hid nearly everything. Their
Y was a fine breeze at the time, and
, thought vigilant had a first-clase chance
) Some of the boys said ! was a 'hoodoo,
: and guess I was, for the yacht seem'
to have begun to win as soon as / left
= "wha, do you think of the attempt a
jockeying by the Britannia In Satur
e days racer"
v "Well, that is a very popular thin
s over there" said Mr.. Carter. 1T u
u permitted, and the yachtsmen take full
n advantage Of any opportunity they ma!
have in that line. They tried 1t On III
again and again. At Pepzance, for In
stance, britannia tried to crowd us int
a steamboat and we had either to strik'
u It or strike Britannia herself. w
chose the latter, and then Britannh
sheered off, and just missed collision
81 although we did touch slightly, l be
- lieve.
e "Capt. Hafr always swore he worn
u not yield an inch to these tactics, but n
~ did so during the earlier races. Ou
10 pilot, Tom Diaper. is said to be the bes
T, lin England. believe him to be strtctl
10 honest and faithful, and he certainl!
u works very hard for success in a race.
L II am very glad to hear of Vtgilant'
v. recent victories. Her defeat on Thurs
h, day In "Vigilant weather" is a surpris
10 to me, but there may have been goo
ne reasons for 1t. ! am not famiiia
As enough with the circumstances to e.
rs press an opinion now.
N at must have been an exciting eI
ok perience, when both boats were on IN
ne rocks on Saturday. Yacht racing
he lively enough, under ordinary circun
al stances"
n, "What do you think of the reductio
made In Vigilant's sail area?''
1T is a great advantage. We save
time by 1t. Vigilant's spars are no
lighter, and she is better on In ever
- way. The small area of canvass
high up, that she lost. did not amour
to much anyhow.
1.-The editorial from the Pail Mall III
he zette rejecting upon the interior httini
lily of Vigilant is ridiculous and unti ~
ga Vigilant Is not fitted up any less iist
-, than Britannia is, and to say that 81
ia has saved tons of weight by THIS mea,,
.r- is nonsense. The differences from u
m, regulation fittings, are too shght
-. be appreciable. eau
ne las for the statement that the GOV
We boys lost earlier races Intentionally y
mt reasons OF royal fiunkeyism Is one OF y
meanest things that could be SAID b ri,
George and Howard Gould are san,
Ter the yacht for reasons of pure SPORT a.
NV such charges are shameful hi,
- IBID you see the collision III via VIZ
ed Valkyrie was sunk?" was the next que
he "oh. yes. We were only short u
80 lance away, but the fog and mist ~
'eu scured things. You know, up there VI X
on the fog 10 thick enough to cut anu y
rain and wind are overwhelming e VI
~ thing the Scotch say 1t Is a wee bit 50, ,
AL UVralI n WAS n wee bit SOFT tnut Ne