The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-23
Leaves No Doubt.

Leaves No Doubt.
The result left no doubt as 10 the re-
spective qualities of the boats in the
kind of weather that prevailed, but that
weather was of the liShteSt character.
At no time did the breeze blow harder
than twelve knots an hour, and it fell at
times 10 four. On the run before the
wind at the start, the Eigilant not ONLY
OF four miles was well abeam of De-
Tender. This run was made with spin
maker set and drawing, under which con
ditionS it is almost universally conceded
the Nigilant il the fastest boat in the
world. She showed those same qualities
here as well rs on the other side of the
however, where, because Of q. little shift
in the wind, sFinnalIers had to be hauled
in and boomS hauled on board, Defender
instantly shot ahead. She kept ahead
and was never afterwards overhauled
during the entire thirty miles, unless 1t
might have been on certain little portions
almost nothing. Inthose places 1t seems d
as though the Nie1lant picked up, but
the gain was inconsiderable.
Gained in Each Angle.
The run between the marks show that
Defender gained in each Of the three
angles. 1t wss expected Nigllant would
show up with new sails this morning, but
it turned out she only had time to make
q few alterations in the canvas that she
used on SATURDAY,. One improvement
cleaning of the cenIerboard. a diver was
sent down TO examine the centerboard
yesterday while the boat lay inside of the
Sandy Hook horseshoe. He found it
covered with barnacles and grass. The
board had not been touched for polishing
purposes when the Nigilant was locked
at the Erie rasin for the cleaning OF her
hull, because there was no room 10 lower
it for examination. This Improvement.
when the diver had finished, was no small
one. 1t, together with the change in the
out ,f no.. -.,flc = hnG Il hat
ter, without DOUBT. than she did on sat
urday. Yet the only time she gained on
Defender was when she had that same
old champion centerbCard hauled up, and
it was OF no use whatever.
Performance Remarkable.
The Defender appeared in just about
the same form as she showed IN the flrst
race TTifiing improvements had been
made in her block work and small cut
OF her club topsaii.
If there was any Improvement in form
It was in the Vigilant and that makes
Defenders performance remarkable. Di-
rectIy after the start, the racers found
themselves running dead before the the
boom at the first sign of dead astern
wind and it was not a minute later that
Defender followed suit. Nigilant met
with mishap at the start. a small
sloop getting in her way. She was on
the starboard tack when Defender was
still on the port. Defender came around
1uSC D6IOI6 lDe line WIS iSdcieti, buI {
fused to give way to the other boat,
which, because she was on the Starooard
tack. had the right of way. 1t looked as
though there would be d collision, but
the other boat, by courtesy, waived her
right and went about on the. port tack,
passing in under Defenders lee quarter
until she was clear.
VigiInnt Protests.
vigilant at once raised flag of pro-
test, but no notice was taken of it at
went over the line with jib topsails ny
ing and continued up to the time that
the Spinnakers were set. After the SPIN
makers were hauled in Defender began to
go ahead.
Within the space of a mile from the
time the spinnakerS were hauled down,
Defender was good sixteenth of mile
ahead. Rounding the first mark. despite
the fact that Defender had some little
further distance to go, she perceptibly
gained on Nigilant, making very pretty
turn within twenty feet of the buoy, and
went away on the starboard tack with
sails quite full, in true racing style. She
was very quick coming up into the wind,
and as the main sheet was hauled aft
she held her head up and went very
quickly through the water, close hauled,
making the course southeast in a wind
that had died down to about six miles
an hour. Vigilant did not go so close
to the buoy, but she went around it just
as fast. Jib topSailS were run up at the
beginning of the second leg, and as the
wind freshened little bit, the contest
ants presented a pretty picture. At 2:20,
Defender found She could not weather
the second mark. SO she went about to
port and as there was a bit of breeze
aft. she showed how she could spin
around from one tack TO the other.
Defender stood for three minutes. when
she came arund to starboard. while the
Vigilant sailed on TO her old starboard
tack.
At 2:44. Defender tackled to port. Vigil
liant still holding on. At 2:45. Vigilant
went around to port, showing herself 10
be from to 10 seconds slower in lacking.
Tho Defender came along in fine style
and passed the last buoy at 2:50:11. The
Vigilant did not get around the buoy I'M
til 2:57:25. They came home without a
tack, a point or point and a half from
the wind On this stretch the Defender
only gained that and the finish took
place among the great believing of
whistles and the firing of cannon and the
tee ting of horns, from the very small
collection of steam yachts and excursion
boats that were gathered about the line.
The official time was:
Defender. 1880; Vigilant 4:2S:47. Thus
the Defender wins by 9 minutes, II Sec
0nds.