Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-07-18
BRITANNIA AGAIN A VICTOR
American Yacht Suffers Her Seventh
Defeat at the Hands of the
RritiSh ROat

Belfast. July 1G.-The Britannia adj
nlinistered another defeat to the Vigilant
today, making the seventh consecutive vic
tory for the British yacht.
The race was for the County Downs
cup, ESQ., E23 added for second yacht
over the Royal Ulster Yacht clubs course,
Belfast Tough, fifty miles. Mark-boat
No. 1 was anchored off the club battery
ut Bangor, County Downs. Mark-boat
No. 2 was off Carrickferges OH the OPP
pOSite Antrim shore about Il mile east
of the bank. From there they sailed
AROUND mark-boat No. 3 off Black Head
on the Antrim coast: thence around the
South Briggs lightShp and back to mark
boat No. l, This course is Il little more
than sixteen miles, and to make the dis
lance it had to be sailed three times The
Nigilant since her sixth defeat by the
Britannia on Thursday had undergone
numerous important alterations. Her
topmast has been shortened by four feet
and half, her spinnakerboom has been
shortened four feet and cut down al
inch III diameter, and three feet have
wire bObstays and her ballast has been
lightencd. With the reduction of can.
vas the time allowance to the Britannia
is reduced from ; minutes to l minute
5 seconds. The race today was open to
yachts over fOrty-rating, but the Ameri-
alone competed. The cutter Carina was
entered, but was withdrawn rs she had
no possible chance against the two crack
racers.
The start was in a fairly good breeze.
The Britannia had fifteen seconds the
best of it at the Carrickfergus boat, but
half way to the Black Head boat was
passed by the Vigilant, which passed
that mark about twenty seconds ahead.
At the South Briggs boat the head had
been increased to fifty-two seconds The
first round saw the Vigilant about thirty
one seconds ahead of the Prince of Wales
boat when thirty seconds had been gained
in the last quarter.
The Vigilant rounded the Bangor or
home mark boat the first time at l :02 "a
and the Britannia followed at 1:O3: 90
The Britannia made a gain of fifty sec
ondS i'll the first leg of the second round
and passed the Carrickfergus mark boat
only forty-one seconds behind the Amer
lean sloOp. The advantage was only
temporary, however, for in the run to
the Black Head boat the Vigilant
widened the gap that separated her from
the Britannia and rounded the mark ,
minutes A seconds in the lead, having
gained in that length 2 minutes II sec
Onds Fourteen seconds was added to
the lead Ill the run to complete the sec
ond round. The times of the two yachts
in rounding the Bangor mark-boat were:
Vigilant BASES; Britannia 2:51.11.
The race which up to this point hal
seemed to be the Vigiant's, now favored
the Britannia, which caught a northwest
erly breeze, of which the American yacht
was not able to avail herself, and by the
time the Carrickfergus boat was rounded
the Prince of Wales cutter was in the
lead by minutes 10 seconds. On round
ing mark-boat No. 3 the Britannia's lead
was minutes 80 seconds. The Britain
MIA finished at 5:O4:12 and the Vigilant at
5:O3:45, which, with time allowance to
the winner. gave the British cutter the
race by 2 minutes - seconds.