The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-01

NE OEOhL, II. l., July ol--l ne De-
fender beat the Vigilant today in the
run of forty-two miles from New
London to this port and beat her so
badly that the latter's owners must
now admit that the new boat is bet
ter than the old.
All That Was Expected.
How much better cannot be stated.
as no reasonable comparison of the
champion of 1898 and the Nigilant of
'95 can be made only by the handful
of people who know about what the
Defender will give the Vigilant in the
matter of time allowance. Concern
ing this matter an Associated Press
reporter was. told today by q yacht
man who is in a position to know,
that the Defender should allow the
Nigilant four minutes or thereabOutS
on a forty mile race such as that of
today. If this is true, the Defender
did all that could be expected OF her,
beating the Nigilant about eight
minutes
Just as the start was made, the
Vigilant's main sail was split, but the
accident had no appreciable effect on
the result of the race, the tear was
near the foot of the sail and the yacht
was going with freedom The wind
who were sent out on the boom to
make the necessary patch no diff
Guilty. They had no trouble in stop
ping the hole. sewing on new canvas
and the accident, it is said by ex-
perts, did not initiate against the
Vigilant by more than fifty seconds
at the outside and probably not over
twenty seconds.
In VigiIant's Favor.
Vigilant all the way through. On
leaving New London, it was more
than good wind. A broad reach with
wind abeam would better describe
the direction of the wind which was
almost due southwest. as it had been
for two days. 1t was brisk. but the
big fellows were able to carry all
sail, including club tOpsails, and the
water was smooth enough to suit the
Nigilant in her very best days. From
start to finish the Defender gained on
the Nigilant and came so far ahead
that the doubling ThOmaSeS who were
asking each other as to the Americas
saying: AT least she's the best boat
we ever had and a confession from
these people is to be thought over
more than once. 1t means that the
splendid win of the fin-keeI boat today
shows that she is improving right
along IN form
VIII Be Nowhere.
If the advancement continues at the
ratio displayed between the sail OF
yesterday and that of today, the
Vigilant will be nowhere tomorrow
1t was almost run with d Spinnak-
ers today and yet the Defender gain
ed at every point. The finish showed
the new boat to be twelve minutes
and two seconds to the good on actual
time. On leaving New London, the
yachts sailed down with a. beam wind
to the race. The Defender had her
steering gear patched up during the
night. and her sailors were smart
enough TO get her over the starting
line one minute and twenty-five sec
onds ahead of the Nigilant- The
Volunteer was pretty quick and went
away five seconds after the NlSilant-
The Jubilee was there. but for some
reason or other, she did not start
with the others and this fact lessened
the interest in the whole procession.
as the breeze was blowing pretty
fresh and everybody wanted to know
what General Paine'S vessel could do
with the champion of 30 and the new
fin-keel yacht. The boats which did
start had a good race. There was a
fine breeze. which was always fair.
After rounding the race rock, the
fleet found itself going before the
wind and spinnakers were set and
that is the way they pushed home to
the finish line.
Result OF the Race.
The result OF today's race shows
that the fight for the cup on the
American side will be made either by
the Defender or Vigilant. The Jubi-
lee, by her refusal to start today, in
dicates TO sane persons that she does
not want to go into a race when there
is a blow. as a victory in such weather
cannot be of great value, for the
chances are five to one that the cup
races will be in light weather. and
that is the game the Vallzyrie III was
built for
Need Be Nc Uneasiness-
CHICAGO. July 3f.-Captain r. NJ. Eng
lis. Of Halifax. who reached Chicago to-