New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-16
Groves of Orange Blossoms
Used Each Year for
Colgate's S Ss1Ss asa
WHEN THE CUP DEFENDER WILL BE
SELECTED.

THE CONTESTS TO TAKE PLACE OFF SANDY HOOK
on AUGUST 10 AND I.-suNDAY's BRUSH BE
TWEEN THE DEFENDER AND THE vIGILANT
The anx!ousy anticipated trial races for the So
lection Of yacht TO contest with Nalkyrie III Tor
the Americas Cup are announced to take pace OH
Sandy Hook on Saturday. Angus; 10. ana MONDAY
August Il. after the completion Of the ew-hork
Yacht Clubs annual cruise. The Cup Committee
is hopeful that the Defender. Nigant. Jubilee ana
Co.ona will all take part in these races.
The competing craft will sail both the triangular
and straishtaway outside courses when VIII cause
them all to be tested every tack for windWaTd
work. running free and sailing dead before the
wind In seaway.
The races to take place between the Defender
and Vigilant on next Saturday ami Monday are
practically only informal having been planned by
the Cup Committee simply approximately To as
certain the relative merits and dement's OF II"
boats While these two races VIII be interesting
and n-casurab,y significant. they will he dw'rftd
by the two afterward to be sailed by all the ospi-
rants to- cup-defendng honors.
While the Defenders trial with IN" Nigilant on
Sunday caused some satisfaction by showing the
Defender to be able boat in a light breeze. II
was in other respects incomplete and unsatis-
factory.
The announcement made by Mr.. Willard. now in
charge OF the Vlglant as Mr. Goulds Representa-
tive that these two yachts would not again
until July 90 has caused further Impotence The
general impression seems 20 be that Mr. Goud
brought over from England the NiGilant so.ely as a
test yacht whereby to try the new Defender, ana
delays like time wasted Moreover such
extensive changes have been made in the NiSlant
tina, she may be now a position to give rise 70
incorrect conclusions. She has received so much
more ballast and such markedly extended area OF
canvas that /; may be fairly questioned whether
she will be OF any use as a boat In her former
l.st. osl Sls
could give us an exact estiTate on Hriiannias
sailing. and through Britanna's PAGES could give
an excellent guess at Vallsyre Ill But since she
has been made a much more able boat through new
is now faster boat than Britannia that the Inc OF
connection for careful judgnen. ana 49,
by being eH s'P obS Sa to sail at certain w4tne
cngth which compelled her to refrain from na!nr,,
could be had AS she has now received what she
previously lacked it altogether key aHt ne
Sundays short trial has shown mite As 10 ~
sixteen minutes cCntesi when 1g a w no vcop the
power OF either boat in way that was 81 any
nse 1t did, however. give most saiislsc'ory re-.
and clcan-llncd Defender could slip tnFousn tne
water without any fuss and at SpeTrd ~ .nnr
nous mower Of the yigant was; nowever o cay
pnyer know DOW, what the Defender is worth until the
huge beam power OF the \ig"ah' Is P'esSei - ''S
This reaching ana running is not howeysT OF
ri0o val
sdG r1Hari And here the defender made truly
valuable showing In tao short time II t @s,ea
Climbed up and away from the Nigant in way
ina; delighted the yachtsmen II WAS ne ony
valuable showing OF the LAY on nn' 'f ndge
that in windward work ami IN hsh' preez'S IN"
The Vigan, arrived at City Island AZ 9.i' Ias'
night and anchored
RAMIE FOR THE DEFENDERS sPINNAkEK.
providence. July Is (speciaD-It may not be gen
orally understood that the Defender Is not as yet
us,ng her racing sails. Her new sui; Is being made
in Boston and the material is canvas made from
INLAND staple cotton. probabi~ Egyptian raised.
Tho story has been widely circulated that her fpin-
maker was 10 BE- made OF silk. This il erroncouf.
1t IL 10 be made Of ramie cloth. which seems pref
cradle TO silk for the purpose In ever. way To
the majority Of newspaper readers rami- IS ony
a word whose significance is lite understood.
The ramie plant grows chiefly in Northern China
and in Samoa II is a perennial bush. tn" stalk
OF which can be cut three four times year. In
appearance 1t differs little from the tall blackberry
bush The bark and woody portion around
pth centre constitute the ramie fibre. which. a't"'
being subjected to chemical and mechanical treat
mcnt is transformed into textil" material re-
sembllng Cotswold wool in It's length and SILK in
It's softncss and lustre. 1t IS OF cloth woven from
ramie that the Defenders spinnaker VIII be made.
Ramie would seem be admirable for this pur-
pose. since II Is thirteen times as strong az cot
ton and az light as SIR. While having even greater
strength.
for many OF the facts here given Is an expert con
corning all hbres. having spent his life IN linen.
hemp and jute manufacturing enterprises. He has
been experimenting for twenty Ave years with "a
the somewhat harsh-lookns raw nbr= could be
transformed into condition suitable FOR spinning.
Mr.. Spence says that not particle OF rami. is yet
sBen cloth IN for eoh he nna ies' sails
from Germany He is enthusiastic over the posi-
blities Of ramie and considers that It VIII yet prove
to be a notable addition to the textile hbres OF com