The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
v|C|LANT
AGAIN BEATEN.
Finished First, but Was De.
ieated by the Time
Allowance.
HOT FIGHT IN HOMESTRETCH,
Our Boat Unable to Get Abreast
Of the British One Until
Near the End.
0UTGENERALLeD At THE START.
Viqllant Lost More than a Minute
There and Had This Handicap
Also TO Overcome.
OUTGENERALLED AT THE START.

3 HUNTERS QUAY T'irth OF clyde,
July I'm the race for the Queens Cup,
at the regatta of the Royal clyde zach;
Club. to-day, Britannia went over the
line almost Immediately after the gun
was fired at 1890 A. NJ. and at Cloch
Point she had a slight lead, which she
was increasing. over Nigilant.
All the points where times are taken,
such as Hunters Quay, Skelmorlie, AS
cog, Toward Point. lnnellan, Cloch Point
and Kilcreggan, were black with people
anxious TO see the second contest be-
tween Vigiiant and britannia.
The British yacht on Thursday un-
doubtedly made a good showing. better
than most persons here expected. but the
splendid sailing OF the American boat,
her bad luck in losing the wind of Ash
ton and the brilliant struggle she after
wards made to reach the finishing line
ahead of her rival. won her hosts of
friends.
SiSue men proper auHiire peduliiu
craft, foreign or home made, and it Is
afe to saw that vjpi,ant will he almost
.,,
10 IVA Wy u sue "'''' Us
was Britannia when she defeated her
American competitor at the Mudhook
Yacht Clubs regatta Thursday.
,u,si,, 80 .h, s,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,h all ,,,,I
o'''''e "a ''' - "'P'' ""'e' az e0''
vachtsineh leei LOT me craft the
Americans have won very many friends
hv ,hai, ,,,iat s..,,r,iL, bobayior and
1naily, Naikyrle's crew nave spoken sc
highly of the manner in which they were
treated In New York that everybody
herea bouts feels most kindly towards the
brouzed sailors OF Vlgilant.
same Course ax Of Thursday.
The course to-day Is that OF the Roya
Clyde Yacht Club, the one sailed oveI
at the Mudhook Yacht Club contest or
Thursday, namely. from mark-boat No
/, off the clubhouse here, to and around
mark-boat off Skelmorlie, on the OPP
posite shore: from there to and around 8
mark boat off Ascog, Isle Of Butte. on thl:
shore; thence across the CLYDE to ant
around the mark-boat of kilcreggan
and thence home. twice around; tota
distance fifty miles
In to-day's race, according to the of
fetal rating Vigilant having been meas
ured yesterday. the American yacht a
l.5 tons to Britannlas 49, tons allow:
the Prince OF Wales's cutter three min
utes.
VIeilant allows Marjorie IS minutes.
The starters were US folloHs:
Yacht. Rig. Rating Owner. Handicap
viriant ... sloop. IT'S Mesrrs. Gould. Scratch
| Britannia Gutter. l52 Prince OF Wales SIN
Marjorie ....Cuter. ID min
The interest. OF course, centred II
vlgilant and Britannia, nobody imagin
ing for a moment that Marjorie mad
ghost of a chance.
Great Crowds OF Spectators
There was a most unusual numbe
of excursion steamers present here, just
previous to the start. They came from
| Glasgow, crowded with living freight
and from many other parts or the Ciyde
They arrived coh'''uany uu'''.s Wv
morning u'ssors,ne "'u't'. 49, p
pie, all eagerly discussing '"e ehah'e'
of Nigilant ana britannia
erlv breeze was blowing. and this wa