Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-10
JOHN BULL. AGAIN
DEFEATS AMERIoA's REFRESHMENTS BY
 MINUTES AND SECONDS.

CONES, Aug. 9.-In a club top sail breeze, through white capped, but not tu, multous seas, the Britannia defeated the American sloop Vigilant today over q course of about forty y-eight miles by 2 minutes and 3 seconds actual time, and I minutes and 17 seco nds corrected time. About half of the contest was windward work, in which the Britannia had decjd- edly the better of it. She also showed sur prisingly swiitness in running, which is attributed to surreptitious lighte ming of the ship while she was iu dock last night.
 The Vigilant on two and half legs of the course, in which the yachts sailed at- most dead before the wind, beat the Brit anuia one minute and thirty-two seconds, but the cutter in the weather battle worsted the yankee yacht by three minutes and forty five seconds. Over the last nine miles of the course, all windward tussling, the Vigilant puzzled her admirers by beat ing the Britannia one minute aud twenty seven secouds. Iu the other fifteen miles ot tacking the British yacht had led the Vigilant by five minutes and twelve sec- onds.
 If the center board had shown the same weatherly qualities in the first part of the race, she would have won the Cowes town cup, valued at S5C0, with the same ease that she captured the prize over the same course on Saturday. Then she finished in funeral
 
 crossed the line British throats distanced with delirious shouts and the steam yachts shrieked greeting. This time the white sloop was also applauded. She had lost. There were six yachts entered for the race, including the Satanita, but only the Britannia sailed. The wind was brisk from the west. The course was from the club house of the royal yacht squadron, off Cowes, to and around a mark boat off Lepe, thence eastward to and around the Warn CT lightship, at the entrance to the English channel, and back to the starting strong enough to suit the yachtsmen. It enabled the boats to carry their light weatherto sails. In Saturdays contest it was somewhat stronger and ordinary work ing top sails were used. The Britannia got the weather guage on the yankee at the start and crossed the line two seconds ahead of her at 10:30
 The Britannia was apparently handled better than ths Yankee, and she led one minute and forty seconds at Lepe. Besides spinnackers the yachts carried big jib top sails. In the twelve mile stretch out to the Warner light the Yankee picked up one minute and seven seconds. Both yachts held to their spin hackers until they were opposite Ryde, where, getting the breeze more on the quarter, they gathered in the great sails ana later preparatory to rounding the Warner light, they hauled down their jib top sails. Rounding the Lepe-a second time the Britannia was four minutes and five seconds ahead On the last leg of the course the Vigilant gained on the Britannia, but not enough to win.
 The Prince of Wales accepted iGoulo's proposition for three match races, the best two out of the three win, over an open course, for S5000. The first of these races will be sailed Monday outside the Needles over course of thirty miles, fifieeng to windward or leeward and return. Gould has challenged the prince for the Cape May cup, which must be sailed for according to the conditions within two days of the re- ceipt of the challenge. Tine Cape May cup was won by the Cenesta after her defeat by the Puritan. The schooner Dauntless was the British cutter's opponent, and she was costly defeated. The Navahoe tried to re. capture the trophy last year, but failed