Evening journal., 1894-09-05
G0ULDS WILL GIVE 1T UP
Howard Says They Viii Never
Race Vigilant Again.
CAPE MAY oUPRAoE DEoLAREDoF
The Inst Accident TO tho Great Yankee
Yacht Has soured Her Owners ON Center
boards, Which They Say Are Failure In
English Waters.

CowEs, Sept 5.-It has finally boon de-
oidod that there will be no race this year
Tor The Caro- May Challenge cup held by
the Britannia on account of the loss Of the
Nigilant's ccnterhunrd while on her way
hore yesterday Tho smiling COMMITTEES
Of tho Royal Yacht squadron sont a lottor
to Mr. Howard Gould, who was on board
tho Nigilnnt here, saying that under tho
circumstances the Prince Of Wales will
consider tho challenge for the cup as
Withdrawn
Tho Messrs. Gould, Captain Hank Haff
and the crew of tho Yiglant generally
are greatly depressed at this last accident
Go tine American yacht
Mr. Howard Gould, discussing tho mat.
Ger, said; 1t Is most unfortunate that wa
should DO compelled 10 end the seasons
racing In this manner Tho only expla-
nation can give FOR tho loss Of the CON
torhoard is that tho casting mado at
southampton was defective.
The accident occurred Monday just
as wo wero inside tho Needles Wo wero
sailing along IN ilvo fathoms OF wator. a
friend and | were sitting at lunch when
suddenly tho machinery of tho centor.
board began revolving backward. Tho
cogs failed 20 hold the wheels, and they
htM hfNNuN Ab EfouL pace.
1t was thon ovidont that tine board
hnd dropped and was hanging by It's
chain. Tho board gave the Nigilnnt SOW
eral very hard bumps as we Ora gged It
along for some distance, and then suddon-
ly It broke entiroly Off
Mr. Gould on the Accident.
There IS absolutely no truth in tho
statomont that I had % very narrow escape
from serious injury by tho crank or any
other part Of the eenterboard machinery
lying of Not only was / not In danger,
but nobody olso had q narrow oscar from
being injured OF course # any me had
plncod themselves in tho way wh on the
handle was flying around It wom have
made short work Of them.
As TO the cause Of tho accident / do
not believe that we struck a rock .or any
thing else, and the pilot was in no way 60
blamo for the accident. The chart plain
ly showed that We were in five fnthoms OF
water and It ia a mystery TO mo shat tho
accident did not occur while wo we're IN
the open sea. Coming from Dan amouth
the sea was worry rough, and thm0 must
huye been a great strain upon th board.
But whom the accident occurred we werO
In comparatively calm water. AMI it was
calmor still when We lost the b,5nrd on
tirely.
After our arrival hero wo made MP our
minds 70 rHco, ccnterhoard or no confer
board SO long as we waro allow1G to ship
extra ballast enough 20 make up for tho
loss Of the cantorbonrd We had shipped
an extra Grew and were going 60 do our
best % rncnpturo tho Capo May cnJi.
We Informed tho Prince OF Wales Of
our purpose, but an hour ago / icoived
this note from the committee. inn lilrming
me that under the oircumstane os tho
Prince Of Wales would consider tho chal-
lengo withdrawn.
"Of course # We had insisted Britannia
would have raced. but felt that we had
no right 20 jeopardizo tho club in this way
We could hardly havo hoped To do our
sslves justice without any conterboard,
ana bad tho Britannia won, as sho prob
ably would, Americas chances OF seoing
the cup again would have been small, as
Britannia would hnve TO win II only onco
moro IN order TO become its 20 ssossor.
vigiant WIN Never Race Again.
Throughout the interview Nj. Howard
Gould showed how greatly disappointed he
was nc the accident Go Nigdant. but he
talked IN a manly, sportsmnnlilxe man
ner Of the yachts III fortune, adding.
There seems TO be a fatality about our
centorboard over here and / don't won
dor that tho English don't like them.
don't lko them myself now. Why, ono
Of tho things we hoped TO prove Co them
was the dcsirability Of using oonuerboards
But 1 guess that tho lesson mu st now bo
taken tho other way. Centorboards are
certainly the last things ono wants on
most Of those courses. Tho plots hero
can mover realize how much We draw with
them, and thoro Is constant danger from
that source.
"Nlgilant win DO laid up Immediately
and her crew win be shlppoc, homo as soon
as she is dismantled and this will proba-
bly, be within a week
We shall never race Vigilent again
must admit that she Is notsuited for Eng
lish waters. We shall not attempt to re-
cover the centerboard Y
Captain Hnn told your correspondent
the samo story. Tho accident, no said
was a piece Of worry hard luck
Hard luck, Captain Han repeated
lizard luck very much hoped that we
should at least have finished in good style
and have won q victory over the keel boat
and taken that cup home Vigilant was
mover in better trim, in my opinion, be.
foro she lost her ccntcrhoard "
II is pleasant to record tho feeling and
comment at the Royal Yacht Squadron
castle as being totally different from that
expressed upon the occasion Of the former
accident to the American yacht Tho ut
most sympathy is now expressed for tho
Messrs Gould and for the splendid racing
yacht which thoy own.
Mr.. w. Jameson and Colonel Sterling.
representing the Prince Of Wales, visited
tho Nigilant and were shown just what
had happened. They saw how the cogs
of the centerboard wheel were Clipped off
and how the handle was bent, etc. They
so reported to tho sailing committee Of
! the Royal Yacht squadron and the lattei
then wrote TO the Messrs. Gould the letter
which has already been referred to in this
dispatch. AS soon as the letter was re-
ceivod Mr. GeorgeJ j. Gould wrote formal
letter withdrawing his challenge.
At the Royal Yacht Squadron castle
nothing but hearty sympathy. and good
will for the Goulds and for the Nigilant
arc expressed and on all sides were heard
regrets at tho accident and hopes that
tho year 1898 viii see another American
yacht over here for the cup and an Eng
| lish yacht on tho other side of the Allan
tic as a competitor for the Americas cup.
Somo fishermen who were out in their