The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20
:V|G|lANT NEVER PROMINENT.
Great Crowd of Irishmen Out to
See the Crack Yachts at
Kingstown.
HERRESH0FF At THE HELM.
To.Day's Contest for a Prize OF
$500, Not the Royal St.
Georges Cup.
Oh Associated Prest.l

Oh Associated Press)
ROYAL. ST. GEORGES YACHT CLUB,
Kingstown. Dublin Bay, July 2o-The
American sloop Vigilant and the British
cutter Britannia locked horns again to-
day in their ninth aquatic battle. the
record this morning standing at to l,
In favor of the Prince of Wales's yacht
The day dawned with little prospects
Of Vigilant weather and many signs of
Britannia weather. The wind was light
and as the morning wore on the breeze
did not freshen to any great extent,
causing a corresponding fall In the hopes
Of the admirers and supporters OF the
graceful American racer.
1t would not be quite right to say
that Kingstown was "astir at an early
hour" for, as a matter OF fact, the ma
jority Of the yachting enthusiasts who
| arrived here last night in such large
numbers did not appear to have gone
| to bed at all. Many of them spent the
night on Bray Head, where one OF the
best Views Of the race was to be OBJ
I tained, and others slept on kidney Hill,
SO anxious were they to get good
position from which to view the battle.
| Dubinites and others poured into
Kingstown all yesterday evening. pack
ing the hotels. inns and boarding houses.
filling the streets. securing accommoda-
ton OF some kind for the night while
hunting for points Of vantage for the
| morrow.
Great Crowd to See the Race.
Shortly after daybreak, this morning,
| steady streams of people began to pour
into kingstown from Dublin and other
places, until Bray Head. kidney Hill
and other such spots were black with
humanity. They came by rail, BY road
and by water, on foot and In carriage
in yachts and in excursion steamers, in
oldfashioned paddle-wheel tugs and in
Anticipated sailing craft: in fishing
smacks and In luggers, from all points
Of the compass they came. Crowds
came from Liverpool last night. and a
special steamer brought many more from
the same city this morning.
Here and there. almost everywhere
could be seen groups Of Americans anx-
ious for the success Of the sloop. and
many American flags and other emblems
were displayed, for thousands OF honest
Irish hearts were In sympathy with the
Yankee racer. as hardly a man OF wo-
yond the ocean. prospecting beneath the
Stars and Stripes of America.
Kingstown harbor was, early this
morning, packed with steam and sail
ing yachts, in the centre OF which
beautiful fleet rode Vigilant. looking az
handsome a racing craft as ever cleft
water.
The race to-day was for a prize OF
$500, offered by the Royal st. Georges
Yacht Club, and not for the st. Georges
Cup. as previously announced.
A Preliminary Spin.
The course was. auadrangular, and
about nifty miles long. The start was
from the second. or east pier of Kings
GeSnty bo to and "T round
beg Banks, of the Point OF Howth,
County Dublin; thence out to sea and
around the Kish Lightship; from there
Muglins Rocks, off Bray Head. and from
there back to the starting point; this
course to be sailed over three times, In
race between Vigiiant and britannia,
there were nine minor events with thir-
Vigilant left her moorings at 3 O'Clock
and went for cruise outside the har-
Dor in order TO test the wind and get
her sails In good drawing condition.
The piers ana sea front by that time
were packed with people, who gave the
| American yacht a hearty cheer as she
slipped through the water on her way
to sea Nat Herreshoff was sailing Nigi-
liant, and he was at her wheel through
out the days racing.
| The breeze at that time was southwest
and soft Britannia also ran out to
sea shortly after Nigilant. Both yachts
had their jack-yarders up and also
hoisted tib-topsails for a run towards
Rosebeg buoy, in the preliminary ma
noeslyres in order to eaten the line
The frst movements Of the two yachts
owing to the light wind. were slow.
Britannia FIRST Away.
Eventually the spinnsker- booms were
got ready 10 port and the two racers
headed for the line. Britannia crossed
the line two minutes after the gun was
nred from the flagship and Nigilant fol
lowed Immediately afterwards In her
| wake. Britannia handled her spinnaker
admirably and was the FIRST to have II
drawing. Vigilant's spinnaker was not
pulling until some minutes later. Then
tigilant soon began drawing up OH
Britannia's lee quarter.
The times OF the two yachts at start
ing were:
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The spinnakers were barely filling as
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