Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-18
AlLSA IS FAIRLY DEFEATED
Lost the Race for the Prince of Monaco's s
Cup Through 0vercon6dence.
BRITANNIA PARTLY ReDstMS HERSELF
Opening Day OF the Monaco Regatta
Marked by n Tame Contest with
Surprising Result-Dakotah
Wins In Her Glass.

MONTE CARLO, March 17.--The Monaco
regatta opened today and the principal event,
the rece for the prize offered by the prince
of Manaco, was won by the prince of Wales
Britannia, which gave Ailsa her first defeat.
Britannia's victory, however, did not create
the greatest enthusiasm among impartial
| yachtsmen, for the reason that II was gained
in poor trial of the qualities of the re-
spectiye boats, and was partly due to Ailsa
holding her opponent too cheaply. The race
was for the Prix de Prince Albert l, open to
| all yachts above twenty tons. The weather
was beautiful, but the wind was light and
fuky, and this. OF course, made an exciting
| race an impossibillty. Considerable doubt
VISA expressed as to whether Britannia would
start in a race on Sunday, owing mainly to
the presence of Queen Victoria at Cimez but
| this difficulty was overcome by the prince
| not going on board his yacht He watched
the race from the terrace at Monte Carlo.
The course which covered fifteen miles
| was in the shape of triangle. The wind
was blowing light breeze from the south
| east when the yachts reached the starting
| line. where they for some time lazily kept
| luffing and tacking waiting for the signal
to start. The competitors were, in addition
to Ailsa and Britannia, Corsair and Valkyrie.
The first leg was about to windward, and
all the racers stood off to the eastward with
Ailsa could probably have gotten off sooner
had she desired, but she waited
until she could come around in
Britannia's weather. 1t took Aisa but a
short time to overcome the thirty-one
| seconds Britannia had gained the start,
and then she had the prince Of Wales cutter
broad on her lea BEAM banketing her for a
time, and then forged ahead, and continued
to gain until she had but two short boards
| to reach Cape Marin.
int In, md
Cape Marin was reached it was the general
opinion that Ailsa, barring accidents, was a
sure winner, she having not only overcome
the Britannia's thirty-one seconds lead at the
start, but gained lead Of two minutes and
seven seconds. The Cape Marin turning mark
was rounded at these times by the leaders:
A,'fs Al; sn,;; +. i y; :; +
IrlLannla L. ~ 81
What little breeze there was began to grow
less in weight after the yachts stood up fol
Rogue Bruno. On this leg the wind was well
aft, and once straight on their course, spin
makers were brought out on both racers. In 8
short time the breeze freshened little, and
Britannia was the first to get the benefit Of
1t. AS her spinnaker and mainsail filled she
| shot ahead and those on the Ailsa began tc
| think that the stern chase going to be 8
shorter one than they had expected. Foo
| by foot the Britannia overhaued the leader
and soon despite a luff made by Ailsa She
|
Bruno mark thirty-eight seconds ahead o.
: the Ailsa, their respective times being:
tr-...- H. NJ. s
Britannia bTta '.v......'..'''..'. y y a4ss !
4 1t was a short and easy reach home Brit
ANNA continued to gain slowly and at the
finish of the first round she was forty-thret
| seconds to the good. The first round wa!
finished at these times:
. Britannia .......a...-............. Y 5e 1
Ailsa IL 81 b
On the run up to the Rogue Bruno mari
the racers had the wind, which getting
: more westerly. well abaft the port beam
Britannia had luffed out good bit. Aist
drew to the windward as we'll and Britannia
had lufed up farther and farther. Both kept a
it until they were far out in the bay tina
= when they headed for the mark they pu
? the wind well enough astern to make a ruI
for 1t. Spinnakers were again set, and thel
!, Britannia began to get through the wate
4 = quicker than her opponent Slowly but surel!
she came along, and in a short time stole int
the lead. Rounding the mark the pair wer
y u overlapped, Britannia banketing Asia. Thi
resulted in the latter having to make a shor
| tack to get around and in the meantim
, Britannia fetched around and reached fo
!, home with a good lead. The times of tn
:, finish of the second round were:
y britannia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IS 4
: Thus Britannia won easily, without reckon
: ing the time allowed her by Ailsa The actua
o times occupied in covering the course were:
u Yachts. II. NJ. S
Ai'sa Aliisyr;s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 29
II COfSalr ........--........,........ AZ
d Mr. Aliens ten-rate Dakotah won the rae
i for her class easily beating the ST. Marcal.
II COLLEGIATE RECORDS ALLOWED