The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20
In Duu1s
2 O'CLOCK.
''''I FAR As7ERN.
Britannia Making a Show Of
the Crack American
Yacht.
LIGHT WIND AND A transform
Prince of Wales's Boat First
Away and Soon Takes a
Commanding Lead.
BIG CROWDS TO SEE THE RACE.
Britannia More than Four Minutes
Ahead at the End Of the
Second Round.
BIG CROWDS TO SEE THE RACE.
OBJ Associated Press,D

ROYAL ST. GEORGES YACHT CLUB,
kingstown, Dublin Bay, July 2O.-lThe
American sloop Vigllant and the British
cutter Britannia locked horns again to-
day in their ninth aquatic battle. the
record this morning standing at Z to l.
In favor of the Prince Of Wales's yacht
The day dawned with little prospects
OF Vigilant weather and many signs of
Britannia wegther. The wind was light,
and as the n1ofssspss WORE on the breeze
did not freshen to any great extent,
causing corresponding fall in the hopes
of the admirers and supporters of the
graceful American racer.
1t would not be quite right to saw
that Kingstown was "astir at an early
hour;' for. as a matter Of fact. the ma
jority of the yachting enthusiasts who
arrived here last night in such large
numbers did not appear to have gone
to bed at all. Many of them spent the
night on Bray Head where one of the
best views OF the race was to be OBJ
tanned. and others slept on kidney Hill,
so anxious were they to get good
position from which to view the battle.
Dublinites and others poured into
ktngstown all yesterday evening, pack
ing the hotels, inns and boarding houses,
flling the streets, securing accommoda-
ton OF some kind for the night while
hunting for points of vantage for the
morrow.
Great Crowd To See the Race.
Shortly after daybreak, this morning,
steady streams of people began to pour
into kingstown from Dublin and other
places. until Bray Head. kidney Hill
and other such spots were black with
humanity. They came by rail, by road
and by water, on foot and in carriage.
In yachts and in excursion steamers, in
old-fash.oned paddle-wheel tugs and In
antiQuatet sailing craft: In fishing
smacks ano In luggers, from all points
OF the compass they came. Crowds
came from Liverpool last night. and a
special steamer brought many more from
the same city this morning.
Here and there. almost everywhere
could be seen groups of Americans anx-
ious for the success of the sloop, and
many American flags and other emblems
were displayed. for thousands OF honest
Irish hearts were In sympathy with the
Yankee racer. as hardly a man of wo
man among them but had knsfolk be-
yond the ocean. prospcring beneath the
Stars and Stripes Of America.
Kingstown harbor was. early this
morning. packed with steam and sail
Ing yachts. in the centre of which
beautiful fleet rode Vigilant. looking as
handsome a racing craft as ever cleft
water.
The race to-day was for a prize Of
400. offered by the Royal st. Georges
Yacht Club, and not for the st. Georges
Cup, as previously announced.
A Preliminary Spin.
The course was quadrangular, and
about nifty miles long. The start was
from the second. or east pier. OF Kings
town, County Wicklow, to and around
the Rosebeg buoy. marking the Rose
beg Banks, of the Point Of Howth,
County Dublin; thence out to sea and
around the Kish Lightship: from there
back towards land and around the
Muglins Rocks. Off Bray Head. and from
there back to the starting point; this
course to be sailed over three times. In
order to complete the fifty miles.
In addition to the main event, the
race between Vigilant and Britannia,
there were nine minor events with thir-
ty-seven entries.
Vigilant left her mornings at 9 o'clock
and went for a cruise outside the har-
Dor in order to test the wind and get
her sails in good drawing condition.
The piers and sea front by that time
We're packed with people, who gave the
American yacht a hearty cheer as she
slipped through the water on her way
to sea. Nat Herreshoff was sailing Vlgi-
liant, and he was at her wheel through
Out the days racing
The breeze at that time was southwest
and soft. Britannia also ran out to
sea shortly after vigilant. Both yachts
had taeir Jack-yarders up and also