The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-31
THE DEFENDER IS CHOSEN.
Formally Named to Compete With
Valkyrie III.
YIGILANT AGAIN BADLY BEATEN
The New Yacht Led by over Five Minutes
at the Finish and Might Easily Have
Made the Distance Between the
Contestants Much Greater

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-The third so
called trial race between Defender and
Vigilant which took place yesterday was
a good deal of a farce Defender won over
a course of ten miles to wiudward and re-
turn by five minutes and twelve seconds
when she could have crossed the finish
line anywhere from eight to ten minutes
ahead of Vigilant if she had been sailed
for all she was worth. The magnificent
showing that Defender made on Thurs
day in all kinds of weather and on all
points of sailing created so much enthu-
siasm that Mr.. G. o. Isolin, the chief man
ager Of the syndicate which built the
yacht may have come to the conclusion
that the boat uncovered her qualities too
much, and possibly he decided to pull
back little. Defender made tack just
before rounding the outer mark, which
she would have had no occasion to do if
she. had been well handled, and which
cost her minute or more. In all the
beating down to the outer mark Defender
was sailed with rap full or more. No
effort at any time was made to keep her
pointed up to the wind. Vigilant, on the
other hand, was sailed as she always is,
in the most sportsmanlike manner.
On Thursday in beat of eight miles,
Defender beat Vigilant five minutes and
five seconds; on run before the wind the
keel boat beat the centerboarder over the
same distance two minutes and thirteen
seconds, when the wind was light. Yes
terday, when there was good breeze at
the start, ten miles an hour which in
creased a couple of miles before the racers
turned the outer mark, Defender in
ten mile leg beat Viglant only five min
utes and twenty-five seconds; and on the
run home before the wind, during which
there was never less than an eighteen knot
breeze, Vigilant picked up ten seconds.
On Thursday the water was as smooth as
a mill pond, while yesterday there was no
sea that could be called heavy or even
choppy.
The preparatory whistle was blown
promptly at IL o'clock. The signal to
start was blown ten minutes later After
crossing the line on the starboard tack
Nigilant was the first to come about. De-
fender went in stays, too, and although
she came up into the wind five or six sec
onds later than Viglant, she was fully on
the other tack before the centerboarder.
When both boats had come around to the
port tack Defender was nearly a sixteenth
of a mile ahead in that first five minutes
of the race. At 1929 Vigilant went about
again, and Defender followed suit in
stantly.
The breeze freshened to about twelve
knots an hour at this time, and both racers
felt it simultaneously They stood on a
long board, and it was not until 1901 that
Defender came about Vigilant remained
on the same tack until 12:O8 Ten min
utes later Defender came around to the
starboard and crossed Vigilant's bow She
stood on that tack for three minutes and
then came about TO port we'll on Vigi-
lauts weather bow, and stood down for
the outer mark. 1t looked as though she
could have made the mark, but she did
not. She made couple of taclzs before
rounding. Vtgllant made good long
tack to port and then came about to stand
well over to the eastward. Her next tack
fetched her around the mark with ease.
Defender was then five minutes and
twenty-five seconds ahead She gibed
over and prepared for her run before
the wind home. But that preparation,
which included the settling of the spin
maker aad the balloon iib topsail, was per
fected in a very slow manner Then came
the run home before the wind
In view of Defenders great work on
| Thursday, on II run before the wind many
people thought she would beat Vigilant
yesterday. On the contrary, Vigilant
gained ten seconds on her and Defender
/ was the winner by five minutes and
. twelve seconds as the following official
time table Will show