The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-17
vrGlLANr BEATEN.
BRITANNIA for tho Seventh Time Com
Over tho Line Winner.

Britanniu for tho Seventh Tlmc Comos
Over tho Line Winner.
BELFAST, July lG-The race for tho
County Down Cup. flfty pounds, twenty
five pounds added for second yacht,
over the Royal Ulster Yacht Clubs
course, Belfast Lough, flfty miles, was
run to-day. Mark boat No. l was an.
chored of tho club battery, at Bangor.
County Down, mark boat No. 2 was Of
Carrick-Fcrgus, on tho opposite side.
Atriu shore, about milo east OF tho
bank; from thcrc tho course was around
mark boat No. 8 OF Blackhoad, on the
Antrim coast, thonce around the South
briggs lightship and back to mark boat
No. !. This courso Is llttlo moro than
sixteen milos md TO make tho distancs
had To be sailed three times.
Tho Vigilant, siuco her sixth dcleas
by tho Britannia on Thursday. had un-
dergone alterations OF radical Kind.
Her topmast had been shortened four
feet and cut down an inch In diameter,
and three feet havo boon cut of her
bowsprIt. Sho hos now wiro bonslavs
and her ballast has been HRhtoned.
With the reduction OF canvass tho ttme
allowance to tho Britannia is reduced
from threo minutes to ton seconds. Tho
race to-day was open 10 yachts over
forty rating, but tho American sloop
Vigilant and tho British cutter Britain
mia alone competed. Tho cutter Carina
was entered, but was withdrawn, as sho
had no possible chance against tho two
crack racers.
The start was IN iaIrly good broeze.
The Britannia had ffteon seconds tho
bost OF 1t at the Catrick-Forgus boat,
but half way to the BlHckhead was
passed by tho Vigilant, which passed
that mark boat twenty seconds ahoad.
At the South Briggs boat tho lend bad
boon increased to Gity-two seconds. The
flnsh round saw the Vigllant ! :8l ahead
of the Prince OF Wnles' boat OF which
thirty.nine seconds had been gained In
tho last quarter.
Tho Virilant rounded the Bangor, or
homo mark boat. tho first time at
l:O2:24 and the Britannia followed at
l:03:55 The Britannia made a gain OF
fifty seconds In tho fret half OF tho
second and passed tho Carrick Fergus
mark boat only forty-one seconds be-
hind tho American sloop. The advant-
ago was only Temporary, however, for
10 tho run to tho Blackhead boat tho
Vigilant widened the gay that senarated
her from tho Britannia and rounded
the mark 2:44 in tho lead, having In
that log gained two minutes and three
seconds. Fourteen seconds was added
to tho lead in tho run TO complete tho
second round. Tho timcs OF the two
yachts in rounding tho Bangor mark
were: vigaant, 2 hours. as minutes
and 81 seconds; britannia, 2 hours, .6i
minutes and II seconds.
Tho race, which up 10 this time
seemed to be thevigil0nt's, now favored
the BRITANNIA, which caught a north.
westerly breeze OF which tho American
Yacht was not ahlo TO avail itaolf, and
By tho timc Carrick-ForGus boat wns
rounded the prince Of WalOs' cutter was
10 tho lead by 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
Rounding mark boat No. 8 the Britain
MAS lead was minutes and 80 aeconds.
Tho Britannia finished at 5:04:l2 and
tho vigilant at 5:05:46, which, with
time allowance 10 tho winner, gRvo tho
British cuttcr the racoby 2 minutes and
43 seconds.