The herald., 1895-09-26
The English Spruce Beats the
American EtheIwynn
TOO MANY SHORT TACKS
Valkyrie Ill Will Go Into Winter Quar-.
tiers at Brooklyn
Negotiations Pending Looking TO a Rcce for
Americas Cup Between Defen:ef
and New Boat


assuClHNeu f1ess special wire
OYSTER BAY, Sept 2j.-The second
race between the halt-raters. Spruce ".
the English boat, and the Etnelwynn.
representing the Indian Harbor Yacht
club OF Connecticut, for the international
challenge cup offered by the Seawanaka-
Corinthan club of New YORK, was won
by the English boat by % seconds. The
race was over a triangular course, laid
on Long lsla3d sound, each leg Of two
miles and the course sailed over twice,
making total of twelve miles. The
yachts were sent away at 1890.
Ihey were tagged to make their first
headlng Tor point east by south, half
north, which was a reach with the WIND
southeast. Before the racsrs got half
over the first leg the wind hauled to the
eastward and they had to beat the rest
OF the way to the first turn.
spruce showed good Judgment at an
early stage of the game by remaining in
close to shore ana avoiding the rough
water. Ethelwynn was compelled TO
make tack more than Spruce before she
got around the first mark, but she got
there minutes IL seconds ahead of the
challenger. On the next leg it was a
broad reach on which point of sailing the
Brltlsher was said to be at her best, but
she did not crawl up on her rival. On the
contrary she lost "a seconds. Then the
boats headed for some time to complete
the first round. This leg was close
wynn seconds, and when they started on
the final second round there were only 3
minutes 5S seconds between them.
row the wind shifted to the southwark
again and Spruce came up and blanketed
Ethelwynn. She passed the American
and lett clear length of water between
her trail and Ethelwynn's bow.
Within an elpht h of n mile fropo tho
hrst mark on the second round. Spruce
passed EthelwynD and the Yankee imme-
diately drew ahead again, only to surren-
der to Spruce within three minutes.
Again VIXEN the two shippers had bit
of a lutfing match between themselves.
Ethelwvnn went ahead nearing the fifth
mark, and drew away from the Brton,
turning the mark thirty-one seconds
ahead.
On the first leg NJ. Field ian up half
dozen jlbs before he got through with mis-
experiment. and in that sort of monkey
business lost enough time to have won
the race.
The last leg was beat to wiudwa
MI: Field carried ON policy of long
tacks. while Mr.. Brand went about so Of
ten that onlookers declared that he was
lacking twice 10 Fields once. The
breeAe was blowing six knots an hour
when the boats began to beat, but before
they reached the finish it mad dropped
to four.
Ethelwynn stood on long board to the
eastward while Spruce, by making ner
small-sized tacks. scooteu over the line
close hauled, twenty-three seconds ahead
of the American, which had eased off
sheets far away from the finish and came
ahead very fast. hut too late.
Il was beaten by too many jibs," said
Mr.. Field after the race. ~ did too
much experimenting. l had some of
those same headsalis aDuard and | tried
them all before l discovered that four
were too many. If | had held on to
small one on the little beating that we
had to do and one of good size in reach
ing, Eth elwynn would have mad a better
show n.y.