Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-07
GOULD WINS AGAIN.
Ills Boat Beats Wales'S by About Six
Minutes.
EMPEROR WILLIAM PRESENT.
The Number of Spectators Grenter IMAM
mt lie Race on saiurday-Ihe
satsniia Distancsd.

ago when queen Victoria was In her
natronly prime. she saw the swifiest o.
Enclaae's peerless pleasure feet defeated
.by ,he. Yankee schooner America. To-
lay 1er son. the Prince or Wales, saw
his own cutter. the Britannia, vanquished
handsomely over the same course from
Cowcs around the Isle Of Wight, that the
America tra,crsed when she taught
british tars TIE value u q bsamy mOdfl.
The Emperor William. o. Germany, and
his suite came into the roads late In the
afternoon. and say the cutter Of his
ROYAL Hishness defeated. The race r.
called the contest between the American
ard British yachts Of long ago The
Britannia had bad luck, and the Saianita
= breoze-ani n lack Of breeze-that did
nat SUR her. She never has been 80 tho
roughly defeated.
Tbe cours. around the little island IS
abo,,f sixty miles - husging the shore
In certain places. the racers hoped TO re-
dino. the distance. The allowance given
10 tn Britannia ~ tn Nlgiiant was
owing TO tn greater length OF the course
somewhat more than in the preceding
races From the beginning 20 That part
Of the race, where n Was eNld'ht that tue
U~itaunia could not win. tho Yankee sl1op
and the Princes cutter hung to each
other There seemed 10 be a mutual feat
tina; one might get away from the other
OF Veu;nor. on The southwest coast OF
tho islau nd when IL was a question Whe theT
the Vigilant or the britannia would get
the better of the light sailing. the cutter
headed in-shore Her skipper had evil
IDENTIFY decided TO go wind-hunllng. Cap
tain Hank Han stcercd course that
brought him pretty close to the Briton
Il Is a maxim Of Yankee Shippers 10
stick 10 the yacht that they think they
can defeat under the same weather con
ditions. Captain Hank held on to the
BritOn
Pilot Draucr. of the Vigilant, became
fearful for the safety OF the white sloop.
He shouted: III we keep on this course
we will 20 ashorew Mr. iselin, who was
I'm charge Of Nigilant, said TO captain
Half. Il don't give ---; SUCK 10 FER,
We will 20 wherever she goes \ mo-
ment later the britannia thump-d on Inc
bottom She struck again. ana thtn Inc
Nicilant grounded. The britannia KNOCKS
were hard ones. and she may be injured.
She will be locked tomorrow and eN-
amned The Nigilants centrc-board was
W. and she merely grazed the bottom.
Tho accident 20 the britannia lost her
some time hut not enough to counterDal-
ance the later gains Of the Nig,lant
The Britannia was beaten by minutes
and l3 seconds. actual time. AMI somewhat
less than & minutes corrected time. The
Vigilant won prize Of $50. subscribed by
the Royal London Yacht Club.
The announcement that the Samantha.
REGARDED by British yachtmen as their
representative roush-weather cutter,
would take part in the contest int nsiiied
interest in the event and made the
Britons pray for half Il gale The number
Of pleasure craft in the roads, composer
OF the finest vessels in the world. was
larger than on Saturday The shores OF
the Isle of Wight around which the three
yachts sailed. were skirted with throngs
OF English folk. and every island harbor
had out a small fleet Of boats OF many
kinds. whose occupants saw the racers
pass on their siXty-mle tussle around
the island. Observation Of the race from
the shore was sometimes shut off by mist.
THE RACE.
The day opened propi,iously with bright
sky and good north-northwts breeze,
list suited for club topsails. There was
a tanele Of craft at the starting point OF
boat in position to have a good view "i
the giants q they bounded to the east
ward.
II was quick start. and the white
Yankee sloop was slow in the ma
noeuvrng. Booms were glib 10 port as
the illustri0Gs TITO came running Tor Inc
line. few seconds before gun-hre.
The colossal Satanita was the hrst To
cross. only five seconds after the gun.
The britannia followed. and the Ni2ilant
was last. The advantage Of the leader
was counted In seconds only. The 5ri-
tannia was twenty-three seconds AFTER
the gun. ard the Niglant fifty seconds.
At the finish the Satanita was hull down.
about forty minutes astern. The time at
the finish was: Nigilant. 5Oi:3J; Britain
MIA, 5I2:4s; Satanita. j:i6.5j. dtstimateH)
Nearly all the Vigilant's lead vas made
IN the run from the Needles. As on Satur-
dav. the whistles Of the yachts ana the
voices Of the multitude were silent When
the white soop sped across the Inc, put
the band on the Royal Yacht Squadron.
picr PLAYED what the enthusiastic Amerl-
cans thought was America and me
Rritons were sure was God save the
Queen"