The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-17
VIGILANT AGAIN BEATEN.
She Crossed the Mark One Minute and
 Thirty Two Seconds Late.

VIGILANT AGAIN BEATEN.
 She Crossed the Mark One Minute and Thirty Two Seconds Late.
 Bangor, July 16.-Ttf course ote, which the American sloop vlgilant and the British cutter Britannia sailed to- day for the County Down cup. or its equivalent in cash, $50, Is peculiarly adapted to the English racing model t has twelve turns and. as the Britain mia is credited with being at least d third faster in stays than the Vtgilant. she entered the contest with the assur- ance that she had probably two minutes advantage of the centerboarder.
 The Vigilant to-day looked trifle less majestic than she did in last week s races as she had a few feet of her top mast cut off and her bowsprit short ened. This reduced her sail area some- what, but not enough to give her more than few seconds less time allow ance. She had the same ballast that she used in her last contest.
 1 When the boats reached for the line the wind was brisk from the south west. The first leg of the course to the westward from a flagboat off the club house here to another boat off Carrickfergus about four nautical miles; the second leg, about five and a half miles, runs northeast to a mark boat off Blackhead; the third leg, about four and a half miles, runs thence, south southeast to a mark boat off Briggs. and the final leg of about three miles, thence to the starting point. The yachts sailed over this course three times covering about fifty miles.
 The Vigilant was handled admirably a' the start. Although sh" crossed the line three seconds later than the Brit annia she secured the weather berth. It was a reach close-hauled over the four mile leg The Britannia gained eighteen seconds on the Yankee craft. The breeze had increased and filled the salty souls of the American onlooker with joy and hope, The wind was fairly popping as the yachts rounded to the Blackhead mark, five and half miles away. It was even too strong for spinnakers, and spinnaker poles were lowered
 The yachts bellying sails were set, but they were taken In. There was something of a sea out in the open off Blackhead. The Vigilant drew up on her rival and passed the mark off Blackhead twenty-one~ seconds in the lead. ''- >' @--
 It was a smoking tussle for the four and half mile stretch across the Lough to the mark boat off Briggs with nu$ beam sea. 'rl.' Vi.:ilant showed her weather qualities and pass ed the mark boat at 12:17;47, with fifty two seconds in her favor; Britannia, 12:1S:39
 The wind dropped a bit just after they rounded the Briggs mark. They made short tacks for the home mark, the Vigilantn increasing her lead per- ceptibIy. ~>', trs
 With one minute and thirty seconds in her favor the Yankee yacht headed for the Carrickfergus mark The wind held true from the southwest, but was somewhat softer than on the beginning of the first round. It began to freshen as they neared Carrickfergus.
 The drop was bad for the Vigilant In the close reaching on this leg she showed herself inferior to her rival The Britannia picked up fifty-two sec- onds, rounding the mark at 1:0s:52.
 The wind got somewhat of a Yankee gait on 1t again., It was not too strong for spinnakers this time. The Vigilant is great at running with all her ampli- tude of muslin on, and she made it stern chase for Britannia reaching out to Blackhead.
 A lead of two minutes and forty-four seconds gave the impression that the Yankee yacht was nearly certain of capturing the cup. In the second con- test at broad reaching with the wind and sea on the starboard beam, the Vigilant won more glory They round ed the Briggs mark at 2:o3:2S
 Even with her old time allowance of three minutes the vigilant, if the race had wound up here. would have been victor by seven seconds.
 The wind had shifted nearly to the northwest and, permeated with rain, was piping down, the lough. After passing the Briggs mark the yachts made long and short boards ot it to the commodore's boat. The vigilant lost ground by making in shore
 The vigilant lost fifty secondse in the three-mile beat between Briggs and the home boat.
 The wind' shifting to the north west gradually fell almost to a dead calm and. the race ceased to, have any interest to the unlacky American.
 The Britannia drifted Into a light l