The evening world., 1894-07-07

on nearing the Cloch Lighthouse, but
after passing the lighthouse Britannia
again widened the gap between them.
At this stage of the contest there was
grand sight across the Firth. the glor-
ious sun showed up brilliantly the white
sails and dark hulls OF over a hundred
yachts, which were cruising here and
there and watching the struggle be-
tween Nigilant and Britannia, while
taking part In the contests arranged for
the smaller boats
shortly afterwards the wind began fall
ing and Britannia and visilant sailed to
the kil9rcsgan markboat with spinna-
kers lowered and gybing ready for the
turn. The time at Kiicresgan was:
II. NJ. s.
britahnia..... ...,................l Is 10
'''''''''''''.........,. ..... 10 Sc
|; was n fetch to the Commoiorcs
boat with sheets hard In.
The Britannia hal gained IN actual
corrected times.
The corrected time OF the first round
was as follows:
II. NJ. $.
brilahaia'''......... .....,......... IS IS
NSi"ht' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80. &c IS
The steam yacht Atalanta did not fol-
low the race, as at first arranged
The Britannia passed Ascog mark,
on the second round. ahead of Vigilant.
The time was as follows:
II. NJ S.
b'"a"A'a'''.''.. ........ ......... OF 10
isiiaht'''.'.... ....,..,.... ...... % 70
Nigilant gained few seconds In the
reach from SSelmorlie to Ascog: but, II
Is believed that she cannot win unless
some mlshap occurs to britannia.
NIxilnnt Gains.
At the Cloch lighthouse. Vigilant had
gained on Britannia, and was only
little more than half a minute astern.
This was, however. only about three
miles from the finish.
Nigiant took the lead of KilcrcgEan.
but 1t was believed that she would be
unable to get In far enough ahead of
britannia to save her time allowance.
This eventually turned out to be cor
rect, and Britannia won.
The time of the two yachts was ns
follows at the finishing line:
II. NJ. s.
NlEiiaht ...........4 lG 81
Britannia ......:.. .... ...........4 II AZ
britannia, with her time allowance of
minutes. won by min. SIS sec.
The Crowd Goes wild.
There was scene OF intense excite
ment at the finish. Though vigilant was
leading. Britannia seemed to be gaining.
and IL was thought that she would pass
The mark first. But when she passed.
and 1t could be seen that she had won
on her time allowance. The greatest en-
thuslasm prevailed ashore.
There was a tremendous outburst Of
cheering and steam whlstling, and hats
and handkerchief were wavcl wildly in
the air as the band played and the peo-
PIE sang Rule Britannia"
Capt Hank Han handled Vigiiant
grandiy in the run to Skelmer,le. but
he could not succeed In the severe task
Of enabling him to get sufficient ad-
vantage to allow the American yacht
to pass Britannia as the latter kept
Vigilant safely weather-bowed.
b.. Visilants Grand Finish.
Every turn OF the duel between the
two captains was followed with intense
Interest by the many thousands ashore.
On the reach from Skelmorfe to the
Ascog mark boat. the two racers gybed
as they had done on the first round, car
rying their spinnaker-boms out to star
board.
Nigiiaht handled her big silk sail more
rapidly. and made a sudden forward
dash which lessened the lead which
Britannia had on her by about half a
minute
AS Toward Point was passed Visilant
also ran up vast spinnaker jb and
soon began to close on Britannia. There
was great excitement when the vessels
were abreast. The great question then
was whether Viglant could get home for
enough In advance of Britannia to over
come the time allowance. Vigllant drew
away grandly, but the distance was too
short and Britannia gets the verdict.