Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-30

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 Thus it will be seen on the first leg, which was a reach most of the way in light air. Defender gained minutes 5 seconds.
 On the second leg the Vigilant was beaten for the fifth time on run before the wind, Defender gaining 2 minutes seconds.
 On the home leg, when the squall struck, Defender simply ran away and in- creased her lead by 10 minutes 45 seconds.
 Valkyrfe came out from her anchorage as the racers were starting and followed them at distance over the course. The challenger caught the seven or eight mile breeze, under which Defender and Vigi lant started and was carried by it close down to the point where the racers drop ped it. When Valkyrie found herself be- calmed within half mile of Vigilant, which was three quarters of a mile astern of Defender, she went back. No fair com parison between Valkyrie and Defender could be made, as one had a breeze when the other had not.
 Ealkyrie came down fast, with her big club topsail and balloon jib topsail set, but Defender had done at least equally we'll before she ran into the calm. Val kyrie saw the squall coming and prompt ly took down her club topsails. She al ready had her staysail and jib down. It looked as though her skipper was not anx- ious to have her out in that kind of breeze.
 Big Fleet of Boats Out.
 The growing interest in tho yachting men was proved by the large number of boats that went outside tho Hook to see the racers sail. Thero were many steam CTS which had excursion parties aboard, and there were several sloops and big cat bot al fo see the race. Moreover, there was larger selection of steam yachts and schooners and sloOps of the larger sizes than had been seen around these waters all the year.
 Prominent among the sailing yachts was the old schooner Columbia, which was a cup defender against Lavonia, the second yacht that MT. James Ashford brought over here to win the America $ cup. There were a score of fast and lux urious steam yachts cruising around the point of start, and among them were three who can class as the fastest or at least three of the fastest, steam yachts in the world-namcly, the Atalanta, Corsair and Columbia.
 Experts who watched the English boat said that even in that very light air and the smoothest kind of sea she made a good deal of a commotion from her bows, even more than Nigilant. She tossed the water away, it may be said in her favor, rather than pitching it up and down, as Nigilant has been known to do, but no body could say that she glided or slid as evenly and smoothly and with as little disturbance as Defender under those samo circumstances.
 Dunraven Watched Defender Closely. It was noticed that every possible off cial on Nalkyrie from Lord Dunraven
 down to Ed Young, the pilot, was much | more interested in the action of Defender than in that of their own ship. They kept
 their glasses on the leading American | boat with assiduity and persistence that
 satisfied all observers they didn't like tho | movements of tho yacht which probably will race against them for the America s cup.
 Even in the almost imperceptible breeze Defender made hcadway. Nigilant, though
 she eased off sheets and tried to gather in 1 the breeze on her mainsail in that way
 could not pick up on her rival Just before they came to the first mark
 little bit of a breeze did come out from
 the southward, as the shippers had antici- pated and so as it did strike them De- | fender only increased her lead. At no time have Defender and Vigilant met in run before the wind before when Vigilant has not beaten Defender. But l this time tho keelbOat covered the eight
 miles in net only better time, but by | gaining tho astounding advantage of | minutes 13 seconds Tho very few cen | terboard cranks who were left gave a gasp | at each other as they saw the keelboat
 simply run away from their favorite l model on the latter's best point of sailing.