The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-06
VIGnANT DEFEATED.
The Britannia Leads Her by Only
Thirty-five Seconds.
vALKYRIE SUNK BY COLLISION

The Race Between vigiiant and Britain
mia Gives Reason for Hope That the
American Yacht win Yet Show Her
Heels to the Britisher.
GLASGOW, July 6.-when the start was
made in the principal race OF the regatta
OF the Mudhook Yacht club in the Clyde
yesterday the Britannia was the first te
cross the starting line. the Vigilant fol
lowing a minute later. The valkyrie and
Satanita were meanwhile endeavoring tc
get into position, and In the course OIL
their maneuvers attempted to put about
In doing so the Satanita's bow struck tht
Valkyrie on the port side abaft the rig
cling and nearly cut her In two The Val
kyrie Immediately began to fill, and In
five minutes after she was struck sank In
twenty-five fathoms OF water. The Satan
ita's bows were badly stove, and 1t lie moi
regarded as probable that she will be able
TO take part in race for a month to come
AS soon as the boats came into collision
a number Of vessels near by hurried tc
the assistance of the crew Of the Valkyrie
Lord Dunraven and one or two Of thu
Valkyrie's crew were rescued by the stem
yacht Hebe, and the steam yacht Van
duara attached lines to the sinking yach
and saved the rest Of her crew. 1t wa
found that only one of the crew was in
tured. The unfortunate man was sea
man named Brown, one of whose leg
was broken. Brown was one OF the crew
OF the Valkyrie when that vessel was con
testing for the Americas cup in thu
United States. The crew lost everything
they had except what they wore.
The collision was due to the Satanits
being iammed by number of steam
yachts at the starting point, leaving hei
cramped for room.
The Vigilant and Britannia proceeded
In the race, the latter winning by thirty
five seconds. The official time was. Brit
ANNA, 4:2S;l0; Vigilant, 4;2S:i5
After the race the Vigilant returned tC
Gourock bar in company with the steam
yacht Atalarta The Associated Pres
correspondent went on bonrd the Alta
lanta, on which George Gould embarked
on returning to the bar. Mr. Gould ap
peared no wise Disconnected at the result
OF the contest. He said.
81 was defeated, and am willing to adj
nit my defeat. must, however, say thi,
for the Nigilant. She was not ready to
sail today. My crew never sailed in hei
under the present rig except four times
or course with little more practice they
are bound to become more proficient"
In regard to the conditions and rule
governing yacht racing in British water
Mr.. Gould said: what don't like about
them Is the system Of single gun starts
To my mind they are dangerous for largt
vessels, and ! think today's disaste,
clearly demonstrates this. The American
style I consider greatly preferable fol-
large vessels"
Asked what he thought about the Brit
ish system of handicapping Captain HAM
Haif said! Under british rules we havt
10 give nearly double as much handical
as In the United States.
1--WE lost thirty seconds at the start
owing to our unfamiiarity with the Brit
ish system of starting, The Viglan
gained most today on windward work
which is her strong point. but comm.
down before the wind the Br..annil
gained few seconds on us
Getting near Cloch we lost the wine
by pure chance. The Britannia wa
further out and happened to get streal
OF wind which brought her abreast of us
The Britannia's people evidently knev
something more of the course and tn
winds than we did. She held the win,
and we did not, and the Britannia won tn
race. | must say II was one OF the pretties
races that ever saw, and especially tn
finish believe the Britannia is quite tn
equal Of the Valkyrie. We were yer
much surprised that the course was s
confined. SO different from those /
America"
| Asked as TO the treatment the Vigilap
received from the yachts and steamer
following the race Captain Half said tina
be desired to speak very highly of the cor
duct of the captains of the excursio
boats. There WINS no interference VIVA
ever.
In conclusion Captain Half said: "W
are not bit afraid of our future matche
! We will race Saturday of this week, an
/ Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday of ne,
week We are certainly defeated toda,
but that was due in my opinion. to IL
/ merest chance. ! agree with MIR Goui
! that a little more practice on the part {
I the crew will make marked difTeren,
in the sailors working OF the zach
Our boys made some little mistakes I,
day, which is not to be wondered at. tt
Britannia's crew banded their calls vel
much better"
AnoiHer correspondent OF tne ASS
cha ed Press who attended the race sa,
that the Vigilant's first race here brougl
her about the worst bit OF luck that 81
has had in her brilliant career After e
hibiting the most pronounced SUPERIOR
Tor over forty miles, beating the Brita
mia on every point of sailing. she had tt
misfortune to drop into calm patch, al
, the britannia, warned of, with vein
j wind. was enabled to win.
The result of the race is popular, b,
/ there is nobody found to say that Il
britannia won on her merits
Captain Cranfield, of the Valkyrie, q
[ rived here last night With the yacht
crew, who Will be sent to their hons
Captain Cranfield said he did not belle
that the Valkyrie was worth the expen
of lifting except for her lead Lord Du
:, raven, he added, had narrow escape. /
ing injured by the SatSl, ta's bowsprit.
Terrible Balloon Accident.
\ JOLIET, Ills, July 6-While Profess
Jones. of Bloomington, was preparing (