The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-10
BRITANNIA SETS The PACE
The ViSilant Beaten Over a 49, Mile
Course by I'm. 3S..

The Corrected Times Gives the Victor
Am. IFS. the Best of It-A Good Club
Top Sail Breeze Blowing and the
Waves Topped With White Caps.
Gould Accepts the Prince of Wales
Challenge for Another Race Around
Cowes.
Cowes, Aug. Elm good club top sail
breeze, through whitecapped but not tu-
multuous seas, the Britannia defeated
the American sloop Vigilant to-day over
a course of about forty-eight nautical
miles, by2 minutes and seconds actual
time, and 4 minutes and II seconds cor
rected time. About half of the contest
was wlndward in which the Britannia
had decidedly the better of it,
She also showed surprising swift
ness in running, which is
attributed to surreptitious tightening of
the ship while she was IN dock last night
The Vigilant, on the two twelve mile legs
of the course, in which the yachts sailed
almost dead before the wind, beat the
Britannia by l minute and 32
seconds. But the cutter on the
weather battle worsted the yankee
Yacht by 3 minutes and As
seconds. Over the last nine miles
of the course, all windward tussle-
ing, the Vigilant puzzled her admirers by
beating the Britannia minute
and 27 seconds, In the other
fifteen miles of tacking the British
yacht had led the Vigilant by
3 minutes and II seconds. If
the centerboarder had shown the same
weather qualities in the first part of the
race she would have won the Cowes town
cup, valued at $780, with the same ease
that she captured the prize over the same
course on Saturday Then she finished
in funereal silence To-day as the princes
yacht crossed the line British throats
distended with delirious shouts, and all
the steam yachts shrieked greeting. This
time the white sloop was also applauded.
She had lost.
SIX YACHTS ENTERED.
There were six yachts entered for the
race, including the Satanita, but only the
Vigilant and 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 Warner light
| ship, at the entrance to the English
! channel, back 10 the starting point, twice
around. The breeze was not strong
| enough to suit the American yach tsmen.
| 1t enabled the boats to carry their light
| weather top sails, In Saturdays contest
it was somewhat stronger, and ordinary
| working top sails were used. The Britain
MIA got the weather gauge on the yankee
at the start, and crossed the line two
seconds ahead of her at 10:80:08.
BRITANNIA BETTER HANDLED.
The Britannia was apparently handled
! better than the yankee, and she led By
| l minute and 40 second at Lepe. Besides
| spinnakers the yachts carried big lib top
! sails In the twelve-mile stretch out tC
| the Warner the yankee picked up
minute and z seconds Both yachts held
to their spinnakers until they were oppo
! site Ryde, where, getting the breeze more
on the quarter, they gathered in the
great sails, and later, preparatory tc
| rounding the Warner, they hauled down
their big lib topsails
Rounding the Lepe second time, the
| Britannia was minutes and seconds
ahead. On the last leg of the course the
| Vigilant gained on the Britannia. but not
enough to win.
THREE RACES FOR $1,000.
The Prince of Wales has accepted MIR.
Gould's proposition for three match races.
the best two out of three to win, over an
open course for 50, COO The first of these
races will be sailed Monday outside the
Needles, over a course of thirty miles, TO
windward or leeward and return Mr..
Gould has challenged the prince for the
Cape May cup, which must be sailed for.
according to the conditions within fifteen
days of the receipt of the challenge.
The Cape Nav cup was won bV the
Genesta after her defeat by the Puritan.
The schooner Dauntless was the British
cutters opponent, and she was easily de-
I feated. The NayahOe tried to recapture
the trophy last year, but failed. The
British course in the Cape May cup race
is from the Isle of Wight, past Cowes to
Chorburg and return, a distance of l22
miles.
THE MOST DECISIVE VICTORY.
London, Aug, 10, a. m.-The morning
papers agree that yesterdays victory is
the most decisive thus far won by the
Prince of Wales cutter over the Ameri-
can centerboarder.