The evening world., 1894-08-31
v|CILANT
FAR AHEAD.
In a Light Wind She Runs
Away from the Powerful
Satanita.
TOOK THE LEAD It THE start,
The British Foat Crossed First,
but the Gould Yacht Passed
Her at Once
LED DOWN WIND BY 22 MINUTES.
The Csntreboardsr Makes the First
Round Ahead and Increases '
the Lead Steadily. :
LED DOWN WIND BY ~ MINUTES
(By Associated Press.

tBy Associated fresB.1.
DARTMOUTH, England, Aug. H.
Vigilant began early this morning -
make preparations for a race. The
American yacht arrived here yesterday
afternoon and anchored up the River
Dart. She was saluted by the fiag-dip-
ping of a large fleet Of pleasure craft
gathered in this pretty landlocked haE-
Dor.
Before daybreak this morning the seq
was smooth, and q paltry north wind
was blowing. with little promise OF In
creasing in strength or of furnishing
material for a good days racing. Ac-
cording to the British yachtsmen, this
was just the kind of weather to suit
Vlgilant. and they commenced predict
Ing that she would easily defeat e.
tanita. 3a
As a curious coincidence, the last dma
Britannia was entered In the regatta ~
the Royal Dart Yacht Club, on Aug. -
last year. she was also unable to start
on account of the death OF the Duke e
Saxe-Coburg-G otha.
The race to-day is for yachtn exceed
ing 40-rating; the first prize is $3.50. ara
the second prize Is 500. The course isSa
triangular one. from Dartmouth Range
to the bell buoy Off the skerries, thence
to a mark-boat of the East Blackstone.
and back to the starting line; four times
around to complete the total distance OF
forty miles.
Last year Satanita, Navahoe and Cali
luna competed in the race, and Satanita
won by I'm. as; Navahoe took the sec
ond prize and Calluna withdrew.
Dartmouth harbor this morning pre-
scented q beautiful spectacle. The visit
ing yachts OF the squadron were drawn
up In lines, and the water was alive with
small craft. At various spots about the
hills, which rise 800 to 400 feet about the
harbor, were gathered parties of pic
nickers 1t is probable, however. that
the most interested spectators Of the
race to-day. were the Royal Naval
Cadets of the training ships Britannia
and Hindostan, who were given q holi-
day.
When the hour for starting the main
event arrived the wind had not strengths
ened. When the yachts finally started
Satanita luffed up and triedN to drive
Vigilant to leeward, but Vigilant quickly
passed her to windward. ai
The following were the times of the
two yachts as they crossed the starting
line:
Satanita .......................... ~ W
Vigilant ..........................N 80 -
Satanita, consequently, had 81 seconds
the best of the start but Vigilant soon
began to overhaul her. and four min
utes after crossing the line the Ameri-
can sloop passed Satanita to windward
and ser her spinnaker for broad
reach to the Skerries. Vigilant then
began steadily increasing her lead upon
Satanita, and the latter's stock began
to go down.
At the Skerries buoy Vigilant was q
long way ahead of Satanita and gain
ing stea Oily. The times of the two
yachts at this point, on the first round
were:
H. NJ. 8.
Nigilant ............... .........,..n VI "
Satanlta ............. ..-..'......'ll . ~
The first round was sailed in an en-
tirely uneventful manner. yigilant
maintained a steady lead on Satanlta,
and II was evident that unless the wind
increased very materially the cutter
had not the slightest chance of winning.
Towards the end of the first round
the breeze did freshen slightly. ana
Satanita did much better, pulling up on
her leader considerably. But the Amer
lean yacht had a winning lead wheu
, passing Dartmouth Range OF the end q
the first round,
) The time of the yachts ut this stays
of the race were as follows: ~