The evening world., 1894-07-09
last EDITION,
BRITANNIA
Yisilant Again Beaten by
the Prilc, OF Wa.es'S
Crack Yacht
SIMPLY 4 DRIFTING MATCH.
Not Enough Wind to Fill the
Sails at Anv Sage Of
tho Contest
eYBlNG NEARLY ALL THE TIME.
First On, Tn n ;he Other Ahead.
According to Luck and the
Freaks OF tho Lreezss.
eYBlNa NEARLY ALL THE TIME.

HUNTERS QUAY birth Of clyde.
July s.-v!si:an,. In this the second days
raising Of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club
Fssetta, sRraad new Ynainsail. was
slightly altered In trim ana. at the start.
erss6sd the line two Seconds ahead OF
Britannia, sssuriRa the Weather gauge.
A. the Clash Lighthouse Via,iant was
,~a lengths ahead and going right away
tFnsa Britannia,
Fer to-day the asurss was the same as
tka enc already sat'sd over by viEilant
pad Britannia In the Royal Clyde Yacht
eius regatta Of saturday last.
The nr,I- In te-day's race IL f7S.
tassTdiRH to the Clyde experts. the
yiatsFIss Of britannia on Thursday
ssd Saturday az iaat week. were far
fagta showing that britannia was sups.
piss Ia sailing qualities 70 hor American
fvsi, and ss1s predicted that this was
% he Visiisnts dav and that she would
Snow hsr heels TO the Prince Of wales's
eA'.ar
,r',a-s 10 no doubt that the uncertainty
rrav-ii'rg IN regard to the superiority Of
III two boats greatly enhanced the in
tarast In the racing to-day and drew
sro,. Glasgow and other cities and towns
!n.--ansa crowds Of neople to pack the
syru-sion steamers. The urual points Of
vantage were occupied long before the
start and y good days racing was an
tin!putsd.
TIE wind was south. but It was lighter
than the majority Of the Clvde experts
desired and was looked upon by them as
a IN
vte',ant In sddition to the Clyde ship
building experts opinion. British yachts
men who witnessed both races still
claimed vigilant was the faster boat OF
tire '--o
Lord Durraven and Admira, MontaEu
witnessed to-day's contest. which was
confined to Britannia and Vigtlant In
the chief event. although seventy other
yachts were entered In the minor events.
The bay was thronged with yachts TAX
ing part in the smaller contests. and
large Meet Of steam yachts. excursion
boats. &C.. was assembled In the vicinity
Of Hunters Quay
The wind was soft at the start. and
both the rival racers reached along the
line on the mort tack In order to cross.
Both carried club-topsails.
Vigiiant. lust Lrevious to gun-fre. PIT
about to starboard and Britannia stayed
on her lee how. but had to luff for the
gun and vieilant swung around on the
line and sent up her jib-topsail as she
went over. As they cleared the line on
the start. for a tack across to Cloch
Point. Vigilant was broad on the
weather beam and reaching out from
Britannia which carried no jib-topsail,
v'x'Innt First Over.
The starting gun was fred at 1910
a M. and Vigilsnt crossed the line two
seconds ahead OF Britannia.
Nigtiant's Jib-topsail. however, did her
but little good. and It was lowered
oef-ra abe had gone far.
snortly after the yachts started the
clouds cleared away and the breeze
reshened. with prospects OF a good
steady blow Down channel. on the
reach to starboard. the two yachts were
ABOUT equal, and the sailing. though
hfw "om,ared '"h that of Saturday,
was quite as exciting.
w." l"e's OF carriages on both sides OF
'ne Firth followed the boats.
both Vigildnt and Britannia stayed al
,nos' together 10 port when close to the
''och shore. where Britannia's bow
!apped Visilant's weather quarter But
ne american yacht soon drew away,
anu minute later Britannia took a
snaiI board on starboard tuck towards
Tue Lighthouse. She was Immediately
Lo''o"ed by Vlgilant. and these tactics
we're repeated on port tack However
." subsequent short board to star.
po1ro' Vigilsnt refused to follow Britain.
ma and stood of. on port tack a BIZ
tufther before putting about and was 8
.oup!e OF lengths ahead when opposite
The lighthouse.
Neck and Week.
soth continued q series Of short tacks
~ cross lacking, viYilant. contrary 4
e.Asral expectation, was quite as sniar
britannia. but she was not srsatl,
m'hs. az. although she looked TO b,
en shead on the opening Of wamysl
britannia was really to wind ward
from under wemyss Castle the yachts
.eooo long distance OFT on the Dor
aaa.. q a.