The evening world., 1895-08-30

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Of ten miles southeast to windward and
return. The whistle was given at ex.
actly IL O'Clock.
The yachts drew near each other from
opposite directions. vig!lant came abou,
| to the westward Of the Luckenbach and
/ Defender, spinning up both yachts
! made for the mark, Vigilant running VI
/ her baby jibtopsail. She had up also a
much larger club top.a!l than Defender
! As the yachts swept by the Lucken.
bach on tn, starboard tack, the start
| ing whistle had not yet sounded. The
yachts were not twenty yards apart
with Vig!lant to windward.
Defender no,nted closer as thew rar
along paraI,e, to the line and from the
I lishtship it looked as though the yachts
would surely come together. But. as nc
starting whistle was blown. Defender
veered away. and both boats raced
along the line, with Vigilant's bowsprit
over Defenders weather quarter.
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Iheh the whistie sounded DOWN went
wheels and the yachts came up into
the wind ana crossed pe1ore the piasts
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NO sooner was she across the line
than the new boat began TO draw away
from the centreboarder', although she
carried less sail. ElVe minutes later
Vigilant tackled to port. AS soon as
this manoeuvre was observed aboard
Defender. the syndicate boat was
brought about also.
Starting to tack later she was full
again before Nigilant. At this point
Defender had established lead OF a
furlong.
Al lz'A the yacht came ABOUT on the
starpoara TACK ana IL was estimated
that Detenoer had ciear lead OF haif
hlie. one LOOK 'he heaVy sea peau-
TRULY tnere peihe marked amer
ehce IN her performances ana that OF
ner riVai. inns TACK ias'eu mar an
hour' ana al noon they were IN stays
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Defenders lib. and that was II did not
Al, at ali vol, All dav II bad hoan
dutterinp and be,lvinp while a similar
sail on VieiIant was drawing nerfect,v
A. ,a27 Defender cams, about and
stood away on the starboard tack. The
hitch was NJ short dura,ton IN ,ha
av.n half hour .he went in, .,av. a,a,r
The turnins noint wa.,now abou,
tu,o and n hair yni,s. aw.v
Cant Han was not going N mako
the mistake he made the fr.t time de-.
fender raced ,y,ri,ant and oyer.au IN.
mark a mile ar more. At12.n he tackled
hi. hoat ses,p
In tho mean ,,me y,,rant b., mad.
no answering move. She stiI, stood an
tho nor, tack Rut che reab.s, ,b,, 10
s,ood M shov n, roundino n. val,
unless she made hitch or two, so at
l23 she came about
Nigilant made another. tack just
as Defender was nearing the mark.
There were very few tugs and steamers
at the flag. Most OF them were making
tracks for the finish point In order to
be there before the yachts.
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peieh"er sot her sp'nnaker out and
ieft them far IN the rear
Al iz'H the new yacht swooped up
ana rounding the mark paid out her
sheet and headed her nose for the light
ship In three and half minutes her
huge spinnaker was to starboard
Ntglant. three minutes after rounding.
had her spinnaker set on the same side
as Defender
The yachts made a beautiful picture
with their big pyramids Of canvas rising