Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-12
BRlTANNlA'S FOURTH VICTORY.
Wales Yacht Makes it Four Straight in
Tuesdays Race with the vigilant.

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HUNTERS QUAY, FIRTH OF CLYDE. July
5.-The Valkyre was sunk by the Satanita
at the Mud Hook Yacht Club regatta to-
day.
The Vigilant is leading the Britannia in
the race for the Muir memorial cup.
Noon-The experts who saw the yachts
| pass Innellan say there is no doubt that
the Vigilant will win.
| p. mat the first round the Vigilant
led by two minutes.
BRITANNIA FORCES AHEAD.
On the run home to the finish, the Vigil
liant was still leading and it was estimated
that she was about seven minutes ahead.
The wind was softening, but the Britannia
| with her spinnaker down, began to haul
| her in, and passed her near Gourock.
Later. the Britannia increased her lead.
BRITANNIA WINS BY FIVE SECONDS.
The.Britannia passed the winning mark
only five seconds ahead of the Vigilant,
amid scene of the greatest enthusiasm
ashore and ut the club house.
WON BY TIME ALLOWANCE.
HUNTERS QUAY, July lin the race for
the Queens Cup at the regatta of the
Royal Clyde Yacht Club, to-day, the Bril-
| tannia passed Cioch Point half minute
ahead Of the Vigilant and was increasing
her lead. Reaching down to fetch the
| Skelmorlie mark boat the Britannia was
leading by one minute.
| The Britannia was ahead on the first
round the time being, Britannia hour,
So minutes and 3S seconds; Vigilant /
| hour 80 minutes, As seconds.
The Britannia passed Ascot mark on the
| second round ahead of the Vigilant. The
| time was: Britannia, hours, minutes,
| 10 seconds; Vigilant, hours, minutes,
| 90 seconds.
AT the Cloch lighthouse the Vigilant had
| gained on the Britannia and was only
little over half a minute sstern. This was,
however, only about three miles from the
| finish.
Britannia crossed the line winner.
The time of the two yachts was as fol-
| lows at the finishing line: Vigilant, 4
| hours, 16 minutes, 81 seconds; Britannia,
4 hours. II minutes, AZ seconds.
The Britannia, with her time allowance
or three minutes won by one minute, So
seconds.
BRITANNIA's GOOD MARGIN.
HUNTERS QUAY, FIRTH OF CLYDE,
July 9.-'Phe Vlgilant in this days rae
ing of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club re-
gatta spread new mainsail to the
breeze, was slightly altered in trim and
at the start crossed the line two seconds
ahead of the Britannia and secured the
weather gauge.
AS this dispatch was sent at $50 p.
M, there seemed no prospect that the
first round could be finished within an
hour, so it was considered certain that
the race would not be finished on the
| first round.
First the Britannia and then the Vigi.
liant hoisted to port in order to catch the
slightest breath of the southwest air
which swept gently over the water, but
it did not have sufficient strength to fill
the sails Of the racing yachts to any APP
preciable extent, and they passed Gou-
rock going no faster than before.
A mile out from Gourock the spin
makers were set and the booms gibed
square to port for slight southeast
wind. The gap between the two yachts
was then unchanged.
The Britannia was leading when
nearing the Kilcreggan mark boat by
two minutes, and it was considered that
she was almost certain to win the race.
Up. m.-Britannia won the race.
The Prince of Wales cutter crossed
the finishing line at hours, "a min
utes, 45 seconds.
The Vigilant's time was s hours, A
minutes, 10 seconds. Consequently the
Britannia crossed the line minutes, "a
seconds ahead of the Vigilant. Add
half the time allowance which she
would have been allowed, had they
sailed the two rounds, namely, minute,
80 seconds, the Britannia wins by II
minutes, seconds.
BRITAHNIA's FOURTH VICTORY.
HUNTERS QUAY, July l0-With very
light air blowing across the bay and the
prospects bad for yacht racing, the rival
boats, Vigilant and Britannia, started this
morning in the race for the Clyde Corin-
THAN cup. valued at $500, in the regatta of
the Clyde Corinthian Yacht Club.
The course was the now familiar one Of
the Royal Clyde Yacht CLUB from mark
boat No. l, off this place, across the bay to
and around mark-boat No. 2, off Skel-
morlie, on the opposite shore; thence back
across the bay and to and around the
mark-boSt off Ascog. Isle of Butte; from
there around the mark-boat off Kilcreggan
and back to the Hunters Quay mark-boat,
twice around this course, making the total
distance of so miles.
The time of the yachts at starting was
Britannia 10 o'clock, 80 minutes; Vigilant,
10 O'Clock. sc minutes.
CLOSE RACE, But BRITANNIA LEADS.
The times were as follows at rounding
the Ascog mark-boat On the first round:
britannia - o'clock, 81 minutes, Is seconds
| Vigilant, 12o'elock, 30 minutes, 10 seconds.
| At the kilcreggan mark-boat OH the
first round the following were the times
of the two yachts:
Britannia, hours, 10 minutes, IS
seconds; Vigilant, . hours, ID minutes, As
| seconds.
The Britannia passed mark-boat No. l,
at the end of the first round, 56 seconds
ahead of the Vigilant. The times of the
| yachts at the end of the first round were
as follows: Britannia, hours, 30 minutes
A seconds; Vigilant, . hours, 81 minutes,
| Az seconds.
At the Shelmorlie mark boat, on the
second round, the Britannia was still
ahead. The times of the two yachts were
| britannia. 3.50.56; Vlgilant, 3.52.03.
| On the second round the times of the
yachts in passing the Ascog mark boat
were; Britannia, 4.l7.3O Vigilant, 4.2O05
The Britannia beat the Vigilant for the
fourth time in to-day's race.
Including the time allowance of three
minutes the Britannia beat the Vigilant
| bV s minutes ~ sepnnds