The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-07
AMERICAN 1HE VICIOR.
The Yigilant Easily Defeats the Britain

NDWES, Aug. G.-FOrty-tnree years
ago. when Queen Victoria was III her
matronly prime she was the swItest
of Englands peerless pleasure fleet but
she was defeated 10y the yankee SchooIit.f
America. To-day her son, the frlnce OF
Wales saw his own cutter. the BIilahnia,
Nanuulshed handsomely over lhe SANE
course. from COWes around the lsle Oh
MigAt that the America trdNerSeu Nnch
she taught British tarS tne Ndiue on Il
6earnv model. The Emperor William,
OF Germany. and his suite came INTO
the roads late In the aiteIl9ou anu st"
the cutter of His Royal Hlghness de-
featcd The race recalled tine contest
,>stwcen the American and English
S@SbHeS Tbe BritaTnia Tii 2Ii lad bad luck and the
Satanita a breeze. and "a lack Of breeze
that did not suit her. She never has
been so thoroughly defeated. The course
around the little island is about slAiy
miles by hugging the shore i'm certain
places the racers hoped TO reduce the
I'M. aIloWanco given to the britannia by
the Nigilant was owing 10 the greater
length of the course somewhat more
than in the preceding races. From the
beginning to that part of the race where
il was evident thlt the bniannia could
not win, the Yankee slOOp and the
Princes Cuttet hung 10 each other. There
seemed to bc a hahituM fear that one
might get away from the other. or
NentuOr. on the southwest coast OF The
!. "a
the NlSIlaht or Britannia would get the
better Of the light sailing. the cutter
headed in-snore. He skipper nau evident
~ decide 10 20 ,wind-huntins. Captain
Hank Half stored 4 course that brought
him pretty close 10 The Britcn.
STUCK CLOSE TO TIE BRITANNIA.
II is a maxim Of Yankee shippers TO
stuck ~ the yacht that they think they
can defeat urdcr the sam weather con-
ditions. Captain Hank held On &c the
B.ltOn. Pilot Diaucr. Cf the Va liant, be-
came fearful for the safety of the white
sloOp. lie shouted: III we keep on this
course We Will 30 ashore" Mr.. lselin.
who was IN charge Of the Nigiant said
to Captain Haff Il DON'T give a -!
stick 70 her. We will 60 wherever she
goes" \ moment later the Britannia
dumped on the bottom She struck again
and then the Nigilant grounded.
The Brittle MAS knocks were hard ones,
and she may be injured. She Will be dock
"a tomorrow and Examined The Nisi-
lant's centre-bOard was up, ana she
merely graZcd the bottom. The accident
to the britannia lost her some time, but
not enough 10 counterbaldnce the later
gains Of the Nieilant The Britannia was
beaten b. eight minutes and thirteen
seconds. actual time. and somewhat less
Than six minutes corrected time. The
Nigilant won a prize of 500 subscribed
by the ROval London Yacht club.
The announcement that the Satanita.
regarded bv British yachtsmen as their
representative rCUgh-weather cutter.
would take part in the contest, inten-
sided interest I'm the event. and made
the Brtons pray for half d gale
FINE PLEASURE CRAFT.
The argosy Of pleasure craft i'm the
Roads. composed of the finest vessels i'm
the world, was larger than on Saturday
The shores of the Isle of Wight around
which the three yachts sailed, We're skirt
cd with throngs of English folk and
every island sent out a small fleet of
boats of many kinds whose Occupaufs
saw the racers pass on their sixty-mile
tussle around the island. Observations of
the race from the shore were sometimes
shut off by mist
The day opened propitiOusly with a
bright sky and a good north-northWest
breeze, just suited for club tOpsails. There
was "A tangle OF craft at the starting point
Of Cowes. Each skipper tried 10 get his
boat in good position to have good view
of the giants as they bounded TO the
eastV ara.
1t was a quick start, and the white Yam
noeuvring B0Oms were gybed to port as
the illustrOus trio came running for the
line a few seconds before gun-nre. The
colossal Satanita was the nrst 20 cross.
only five seconds after the gan. The
Britannia followed, and the Niglant was
last. The advantage Of the leader was
counted In seconds only. The Britannia
was twenty three seconds after the gun,
and the Vigilant fifty seconds.
1B If ~.
At the finish the Satanita was hui
down, about forty minutes astern. Ihe
time at the finish was: .o,.,-
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i'i ildniild s.ts2,
Sdlanlld OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ''''-s 49,,
Nearly all the Nigiants lead was nlaue
in the run from the Needles. AS on oa,,
urday, the whistles Of the yachts ,i anu
when the white sIoop sped across the llne'
but the band on the Royal Yacht squad
ron pier played what ne ,l,no;. entnus.iasndd sue
Americans thought was AneIlSsa amer S sIn ,ha
the Britons were sure was W." N''S ''0
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