The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-06
VIGILANT DEFEATED.
The Britannia Leads Her by Only
Thirty-fve Seconds,
vALKYRIE SUNK BY COLLISION.
The Race Between vigiiaut and Britain
mia Gives Reason for Hope That the
American Yacht WIN Yet show Her
Heels to the Brltishsr. s..rf...s. 20.

GLASGOW, July 6-When the start was
made in the principal race OF the regatta
Of the Mudhook Yacht club in the Clyde |
yesterday the Britannia was the first TO
cross the starting line, the Vigilant fol
lowing a minute later. The Valkyrie and ,
Satanita were meanwhile endeavoring to |
get into position, and in the course OF
their maneuvers attempted TO put about |
In doing SO the Satanita's bow struck the
Valkyre on the port side abaft the rig |
ging and nearly cut her in two. The Val |
kyrie Immediately began to fill, and in
five minutes after she was struck sank in
twenty-five fathoms of water. The Satan /
ita's bows were badly stove, and it is not
regarded as probable that she will be able
to take part in a race for month to come.
As soon as the boats came into collision
a number of vessels near by hurried to
the assistance of the crew of the Nalkyrie.
Lord Dunraven and one or two of the
Nalkyres crew were rescued by the steam
yacht Hebe, and the steam yacht Van
duara attached lines to the sinking yacht
and saved the rest of her crew. 1t was
found that only one of the crew was in
jured. The unfortunate man was sea
! man named Brown, one Of whose legs
was broken. Brown was one of the crew
of the Valkyrie when that vessel was con-
testing for the Americas cup in the
United States The crew lost everything
J they had except what they wore.
The collision was due to the Satanita
being jammed by a number of steam
yachts at the starting point, leaving her
cramped for room.
The Vigilant and Britannia proceeded
| in the race, the latter winning by thirty
| hn off nj INN ri r
ANNA, 4:2s;1O Vigilant, 4;2s;45
After the race the Vigilant returned to
| Gourock bar in company with the steam
| yacht Atalanta. The Associated Press
correspondent went on board the Alta
lanta, on which George Gould embarked
on returning to the bar, Mr., Gould APP
peared no wise Disconnected at the result
of the contest He said
81 was defeated, and am willing to adj
init my defeat. / must, however, say this
for the Vigilant. She was not ready to
sail today My crew never sailed in her
under the present rig except four times
OF course with little more practice they
are bound to become more proficient"
In regard to the conditions and rules
| governing yacht racing in British waters
| Mr.. Gould said: what don't like about
them is the system of single gun starts.
To my mind they are dangerous for large
vessels, and / think today's disaster
clearly demonstrates this. The American
style l consider greatly preferable for
large vessels"
Asked what he thought about the Brit
ish system of handicapping Captain Hank
Half said: under British rules we have
to give nearly double as much handicap
as in the United States
81
owing to our unfamiliarity with the Brit
ish system of starting. The Vigilant
gained most today on windward work,
which is her strong point, but coming
down before the wind the Britannia
! gained few seconds on us.
"Getting near Cloch we lost the wind
by pure chance. The Britannia was
further out and happened to get streak
; of wind which brought her abreast of us.
The Britannia's people evidently knew
something more of the course and the
winds than we did. She held the wind
and we did not and the Britannia won the
race must say 1t was one of the prettiest
races that l ever saw, and especially the
finish believe the Britannia is quite the
equal of the Valkyrie We were very
much surprised that the course was sc
confined, so different from those in
America"
Asked as to the treatment the Vigilaut
received from the yachts and steamer,
following the race Captain Half said that
he desired to speak very highly of the con
duct of the captains of the excursion
boats. There was no interference what
ever.
In conclusion Captain Half said: "W,
are not bit afraid of our future matches
: We will race Saturday of this week, anC
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of mex
week. We are certainly defeated today
but that was due, in my opinion, to d.
merest chance / agree with Mr.. GoVit
that little more practice on the parl o
the crew will make marked differenc
n in the sailors working of the yacht
Our boys made some little mistakes to
= day, which is not TO be wondered at. Tn
Britannias crew handled their sails YER
much better"
Z Another correspondent of the Asso
cia ed Press who attended the race say
that the Vigilant's first race here brough
her about the worst bit of luck that sh
). has had in her brilliant career. After eX
hibiting the most pronounced superiOrit
for over forty miles, beating the Britain
mia on every point of sailing, she had tn
= misfortune to drop into a calm patch, an
the Britannia, warned off, with vein O
wind, was enabled to win.
The result of the race is popular, bu
there is nobody found to say that tn
Britannia won on her merits.
Captain Crauheld of the Valkyrie, Al
rived here last night with the yacht
crew, who will be sent TO their homes
{ Captain Cranfeld said he did not believ
3 that the Valkyrie was worth the eXpens
of lifting except for her lead Lord Dun
2 raven. he added, had a narrow escape, b,
z ing injured by the Satanita's bowsprit.
Terrible balloon Accident.