The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07

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n-,,,n,, 80. 80, az. tia .,.,
Immediately after run Are. elosely f,l.
lowed by Marjorie.
'is'iaht maze DAD start oeing ruiiy
tnree-auarters or minute behind
britannia rms waa accounted for by
inc tact that 'he American yacht had
iess way on "heh she came ABOUT.
Inc time OF crossing the me wao:
HIM S.
Britannia........ ..................lo.3o. Ii
Nigilant.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .....lo.o 81 q
Amid rousing cheers and much steam
whistling the three yachts bore away
short on the starboard tack, and Il was
soon seen that vi9,lant was closing
In on the leaders and lying hirh up on
the wind.
Britannia had a short hitch about .oc
yards out, and hi. 10 stand I'D on the
weather Of yigilant as she drew on and
still had the weather raure. the Amer
lean yacht being two lengths behind.
vigi!ant was undoubtedly the favorite
at the s.art in to-day.s race. which was
regarded beforehand as a thorough test
of tho two yachts, coupled with the re-
spective steering Of American and Brit
ish steersmen.
n. c-s-
capt. Garter OF britannia To-Day was
assisted by Capt. omen, or lverna- and
the frince OF Wales's cutter had on
ooard sixteen picked men from lVerna'
making total OF forty-six men TO nan
die the yacht.
Visilant carried q crew OF forty-nine
men.
Both Nig,lant ana Britannia held on
to the starooaru tack to the Cloch shore
without making a tack' britannia railing
away to leeward.
The breeze was excellent and the
sa.nts 'i'aue las. passsse. ~
people following after the racers in car
riages, dog-carts and other vehicles
along the roads.
Marjorie was first to put about on the
port tack. of the Renfreyshire shore.
Britannia holding on for some distance
further with yigilant keeping in her
wake.
Marjorie nained something in Shaving
on quietly.
As the wind seemed to slack near the
shore both britannia and v,ri,ant went
about. almost together. and the rap be-
tween them here wss le,rened. britain
mia. however. anpeared IN stand better
IN the wind than nm Thur.dav
when the racer, cleared IN. cIocb
1i.htbou.. th.v mat more Wind ond
britannia VA. not onlv point,np as
h,1h a., y,o,,,n,. hu, she vo, dro vino
ahead
N,r,or,. In b.- oxr ~a+srs w.,
,.,ch;ng into Duncan Raw On The soc.
ond tooL ava -, tb,,. r,u.b N ,.au,o ~
NJ On. h,y yscbta vhich we're living
we'll down channel and fetching round
toxa ~. tho he,, buov
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so far the struggle had been q pretty
one, and close. Vigiiant net getting
away from Britannia with the same case
as she did on Thursday.
When the yachts ran into more open
VIC 'ie se
visilant we're heeling over.
Overhead the sky was bright and
clear, with fieecy clouds scudding across
the Firth.
vigilant, to everybody'a surprise
ashore, appeared to be falling behind.
As both the crack yachts fetched down
channel for the Skelmorlie mark boat
the race was a magnificent sight. and
aroused the greatest possible enthusiasm
among the crowds lining the shores at
every point.
The experts said that vigilant fore
reached very fast, ana tnat her centre
poaru Brlppeo ner 10 WinaWuru IN
very effective manner.
There was a startling difference in the
amount of light canvas which Vigilant
spread to advantage on the run, COM
pared with the stun Of similar nature
which Britannia few to the breeze.
The expert yachtsmen also commented
upon the wonderful way In which the
spinnaker and spinnaker-jib of yigilant
filled together. Compared with Vigilant
Britannia appeared to be under-can-
yassed.