The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-07
GLORY LIKE The AMERICAS
Vigilant Wins in The Race Around
the Isle Of Wight.


Spectators The Britannia Beaten
by 8 Minutes 19 Seconds Actual
Time and Nearly Minutes Cor
rected Time-Tbe Satanita Unable TO
Keep Up With Her white-Winged
Rivals.
Cowes, Aug. 0.-Forty-three years ago,
when Queen Victoria was in her matronly
prime She saw the swiftest of Eugland's
peerless pleasure fleet defeated by the
yankee schooner America To-day her
son, the Prince of Wales, saw his own
cutter, the Britannia, vanquished hand
sOmely over the same course, from Cowes
around the Isle of Wight, that the
America traversed when she taught Bri-
tish tars the value of a beamy model.
The Emperor William Of Germany and
his suite came into the roads late in the
afternoon and saw the cutter of his royal
highuess defeated.
The race recalled the contest between
the America and the British yachts of
long ago. The weather was Just about as
variable as it was then, and the yankee
sloop won easily The Britannia had bad
luck and the Satanita breeze-and a
lack of breeze-that did not suit her. She
never has been so thoroughly defeated.
SIXTY MILE COURSE.
The course around the little island is
estimated to be about sixty miles. BY
hugging the shore in certain places the
racers hoped TO reduce the distance The
allowance given TO the Britannia by the
Nigiiant was, owing TO the greater length
OF the course, somewhat more than in the
preceding races.
From the beginning to that part of the
race where it was evident that the Bri-
tannia could not win, the Yankee sloop
and the Princes cutter hung to each
other with the tenacity Of bull dogs.
| There seemed to be a mutual fear that
one might get away from the other,
Of Ventnore, on the southwest coast of
| the island when it was a question
whether the Vigilant or the Britannia
| would get the better of the light sailing
the cutter headed in shore. Her skipper
| had evidently decided TO 90 wind hunting,
HAFF FOLLOWS SUIT.
Capt. Hank Half steered a course that
| brought him pretty close to the Briuon.
| 1t is a maxim Of yankee shippers to stick
| to the yacht that they think they can de-
| feat under the same weather conditions.
! Capt. Hank Haff hung to the BritOn.
| Pilot Daiper Of the Vigilant became fear
| full for the safety of the white sloop He
| shouted 'If we keep on this course we
| will 90 ashOre.n
! Mr. Islein. who was In charge of the
| Vigilant said to Capt Half: i don't
| give damn, stick to her. We will go
| wherever she goes
| BOTH GO AGROUND.
| A moment later the Britannia thumped
| on the bottom. She struck again, and
| then the Vigilant grounded The Britain
MAS knocks were hard ones, and she NAV
| be injured. She will be doched to-mor-
| row and examined. The Vigilants CEN
| ter board was up, and she merely grazed
| the bottom.
The accident to the Britannia lost her
some time, but not enough to counter
| balance the later gains of the Vigilaut
The Britannia was beaten byS minutes
! and 13 seconds actual time and somewhat
less than 9 minutes corrected time. The
Viligant won a prize of $3.50 subs cribed
by the Royal London Yacht Club.
The announcement that the Satanlta,
regarded by British yachtsmen as their
representative rough weather cutter,
would take part in the contest intensified
the interest in the event and made the
Britons pray for half gale. The Argosy
of pleasure craft in tho roads, composed
Of the finest vessels in the world, was
larger than on Saturday The shore
on the Isle of Wight around
which the three yachts sailed
were skirted with throngs Of
English folk, and every port of the little
island sent out a small feet of boats of
many kinds, whose occupants saw the
racers pass on their sixty mile tussle
around the island. Observationssof the
race from the shore was sometimes shat
off by mist as the yachts at certain places
wero far out in the English channel.
A PRoPITIoUs DAY.
The day opened propitiously, with a
bright Sky and good north northwest
breeze, just suited for club top sails.
There was tangle of craft at the start
ing point off Covers. Each skipper tried
to get his boat in good position TO let
those aboard have a good view OF the
giants as they bounded to the eastward.
1t was a quick start, and the white
yankee slOop was not slow in the ma
neuverinR Booms were jibed to port as
the illustriOus trio came running for the
line few seconds before the gun fired
The colossal Satanita was the first to
cross, only five seconds after the gun
The Britannia followed, and the Vigilant
was last. The advantage Of the leader
was counted in seconds only. The Brl-
tanuia was % seconds after the gun and
the Vigiant so seconds.
The racers passed the Ryde, the head
quarters OF the Royal Victoria Yacht
Club, about six miles from the start, with
the Satanita leading the Vigilant by one
minute and forty seconds. The yankee
sloop was fifty seconds ahead OF the
Britannia. Thence to Bainbridge, the
Vigilant picked up one minute and three
seconds on the Satanita and lost five
seconds to the Britannia
THE BRITANNIA OvERHAULs THEM.
In the run TO Ventnor with the wind.
which had decreased TO a light breeze,
over the starhoard quarter the Britannia
overhauled the Vigilant and the Satanita.
and passing NentnOr, she led the Vigiant
by 7 seconds The Satanita was / min
ute and 6 seconds astern Of the leader
II was a reach, with tho wind over the
starboard quarter from Ventnor 20 ST.
Catherine, the southernmost point Of the
little island, almost due south Of Cowes
The Vigilant was leading the Britannia
by length here, the princes cutter hav-
ing lost some precious seconds while
aground Of Ventnor.
Tho Satanita was length astern of the
Britannia. The breeze had shifted to the
southwest and was still light. Tho yachts
were forced 10 joe and reached for the
Needles, the west pOint Of the island, with
the wind just abaft the port beam
The racers kept close company on the
long stretch up the southern coast Of the
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