New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-05
BY MULTITUDES.


channel There was a channel sca. celebrated for
chopplncss. supposed ~ be resisilcss to American
MODELS. but which did not materially interfere
with the triumphant progress Of the white sloop.
The speed ~ the racers will best Illustrate the
Kind of breeze which drove them over the course.
The Vlgilant never d.d better In any match
race or regatta I'm which she has taken part She
covered tie course In four hours. ak minutes and
forty seconds. or ~ an average ~ about el"F'n
and a half knots an hour The wind luctuatcd
between about fourteen and eighteen Knots. The
Vigilant bca; the Britannia ly six minutes ana
itIriy-thrcc seconds actual time and four minutes
and twcniy-ninc seconds corrected time allowing
tvs, minutes and four seconds 70 her opponent.
Mr. Gould was represented on the Britannia by
Commodore f. u. Morgan. of the New-lork
Yacht club and the Prnce - Wales was rep
resented on the Vigilant by Colonel Paget The
impression here is that me V!gi.ant cannot be
defeated In such weather "a the yachts had to-
day by any British model.
CROWDS AFLoAT AND ASHORE.
A multitude of sightseers. with decided pref
ercnce for keel yachts. gathered mere in all
manner Of floating craft. Royalty was well rep
resented There was never a more resplendent
feet of pleasure craft at any previous race In
Hrliish Yachting annals. Some Of the yachts
present were Sir r. W. Brlkeleys Speranza. LORD
Dudley's Vigorna. the Marquis Of Ormondes
Mirage Albert Brasseys Czarina, Mr. Goclets
White Ladye. A. II. Woods Roma +. -. Nor
gan's May Prince Henry Of Battenb"rgs Sheia
G. Oliver Isolin's Gulneverc. and Mr.. Gould -
Atalanta. Among the American yachtsmen VINO
saw the race were Gouverneur kortrght oi 'ne
Ncw-York Yacht club. nd C. y. stevens ot
BOSTON Her Majcsty's ship Dreadnnught ana
The German naval schoolship Siosch lay OF the
clubhouse u the Royal Yacht squadron. Inc
finish and start Of the contest were vlslbl" from
several points Of land. the nearest " whl'h was
West Cowos and the villas and notes were
crowded with guests. some Of whom had paid
fabulous prices for rooms
Tho length Of the course was forty-eight miles,
with four turns IL ran almost due east ana
west each leg being about twelve miles lo"k'
The first. part Of the course was To marK-Doa'
off Lepe In the Solrnt: thence eastward throuH"
srithead to and around the Warner lgh'snP
ont IN the channel and back to the starting point
Off Cowes twice around. II was over pra'"c'"S
This course a year ago to-day that the Satanita
beat Royal Phelps Carrolls centre-boarder NaN"-
hoe by seven minutes and four seconds
Tho slv was cloudless when the yachts sailed
ont IN the starting line. There was a good
breeze from the southwest. which TO the weather.
wise skppers and alert pilots seemed to have IN II
the promise Of royal yachting later In the uaS'
The EXPERTS on both yachts evidently eNpe'ucu
a frcsh wind. as they had only working topsaiiS
sct instead Of the wlespreading clubtopsais ~
frequently in preceding races
1T WAS \ BEAUTIFUL START.
,he start was one Of the ceverest ever s''"'
The Yachts came for the line on the port TACK
tho britannia to windward. The starting gun
boaucd AT 1890. and five seconds later poth
Yachts crossed the line evenly that one "o-
scured the other and at IA distance theS "P-
ne,red ike a single vessel II was short peat
10 the Lepe against n strong ebb-tlde' with '"o
long legs and n s.ort one The Britannia seemed
to be leading until the yachts drew near the Lepe'
She stood too long on the last leg. and the Nigi-
liant gybed around the mark 80 seconds aheau ol
het. iHii'' h. 3.
Nlgilant 10 .56 90
In the run from Lepe to the warner hs"'-
sha with the wind which was freshening pi'
over the starboard quarter, both yachts set tner
ibtopsaiIs Passing the clubhouse on thelr wa!
20 tho ughtship IL was that the NlgiIaht
had Increased her lead to l minute and ~ sec
ohds. liHe' h. IN. S.
Vigiant II ,Oi 26
The britannia lost few more seconds on the
xay out At the Warner the Vigiiaht "aS