The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
LAST EDITION.
v|CILANT
AGAIN beaten.
Finished First, but Was De.
itated BY the Time
Allowance
HOT FIGHT IN HoMEsTRE1cH.
Dur Boat Unable to Got Abreast
of tho British Ono Until
Near tho End.
DUTGENERALLED At the START.
viailant Lest More than q Minute
There and Had This Handicap
Also to Overcome.
OuTeENERALLED At the START
Dy AAoeiaAed Pfaaal

HUNTERS QUAY Q1rth Of Clyde.
July TN the race for the Queens Cup.
1t the regatta Of the Royal Clyde Yacht
Club, to-day, Britannia went over the
line almost Immediately after the gun
was fired at 1880 A. NJ, and At Cloch
Point she had q slight lead, which she
was increasing. over Vigilant
All the points where times are taken.
such as Hunters Quay. Skelmorlis. As
.og, Toward Point, Innellan, C1och Point
and Kilcreggan. were black with people
anxious to see the second contest be-
tween vigilant and britannia.
The British yacht on THURSDAY I'M
doubleday made q good showing, better
than most persons here expected. but the
splendid sailing Of the American boat,
her bad luck in losing the wind on Ash
ton and the brilliant struggle she after
wards made to reach the finishing line
ahead of her rival. won her hosts Of
friends.
Clyde men proper admire . beautiful
craft. foreign or homo made. and 1t Is
safe to say that Vigilant win be almost
as heartily cheered II she wins to-day as
was Britannia when she defeated her
American competitor at the Mudhook
Yacht Clubs regatta Thursday.
outside Of the sympathy which all good
yachtsmen feel for q fine craft, the
Americans have won very many friends
BY their quiet. seamanlike behavior. and.
finally, Valkyries crew have spoken SO
highly Of the manner in which they were
treated In New York that everybody
iereabouts feels most kindly towards the
oronzed sailors Of Vigilant
Same Gamma nj ThaR1AAy.
The course to-day II that Of the Royal
Clyde Yacht Club. the one sailed over
At the Mudhook Yacht Club contest on
Thursday, namely, from mark-boat No.
off the clubhouse here, to and around
mark-boat OF Skelmorlie, on the op-
posite shore: from there to and around q
mark-boat OF Ascog. Isle Of Butte. on this
shore; thence across the Clyde to and
around the mark-boat OF Kilcreggan
And thence home. twice around; tota
distance fifty miles.
In to-day's race, according to the Of
hcisl rating, Vigilant having been meas
ured yesterday. the American yacht al
LIS tons to Britannia's 1b2 tons allows
the Prince of Wales's cutter three min
utes.
vigilant allows Marjorie IS minutes.
The starters were as follows:
Yacht Rig. Rating Owner. Handicap
ViEilant .... sloop. 176 Msssrs Gould. Scratch
Britannia Gutter. Is, Prince Of Wales SIN
Marjorie -. Gutter. - IL min
The interest, of course, centred II
Visilant and Britannia, nobody imagin
Ing for a moment that Marjorie had I
ghost of q chance.
Great Crowds of spectators.
There was q most unusual numbe
Of excursion steamers present here, JUS
previous to the start. They came from
Glasgow. crowded with living freight
and from many other parts Of the Clyde
They arrived continually during tn
morning. disgorsins multitudes Of peo
pie, all eagerly discussing the chance
Of Vigilant and Britannia.
During early morning light south
eriy breeze was blowing. and this wa
expected to beneht Britannia Conse
quently. the hopes of the supporters o
the Prince Of Wales's cutter went u
somewhat.
The smart and powerful-iookins Visi
iant lay in Gourock Bay until Die A. M
when she gracefully left her moorins
ana began cruising about the Firth ur
I'll the time for the start drew near.
The steam yacht Atalanta, with Mr.
george ]. Gould and q party of friend
on board. followed the race.
The atmosphere Of the clyde to-da
vas much clearer than on Thursda
sst. and q fine view OF the contest coul
obtained along the various shores
eeventy-two yachts entered for II
o.her events Of the Royal Clyde Yaci
Club regatta.
The breeze was hardening before Il
start and blowing pretty freshly furth'
oown channel
VtGflant's Had start.
pretty sight. fIa'7f'
saucy visiiant vas ssenns sze1e
fs9nt Of the ltns. sunlls s =