Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-23
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The second trial that the Defender had in New York waters against the Vigilant only furnished more evidence that the new boat is better than the old in light weather They sailed over triangular course outside of Sandy Hook and were tested in pretty nearly every kind of sail ing.
 They started out before the wind Be fore they had got half way on the journey of the first leg of ten miles they were sailing with the wind over the quarter. Before they got to the end of that first leg they were even more closely hauled. On the second leg of the three they were reaching free and tacking, and on the final angle were able to head to the home mark with fairly we'll lifted sheet.
 The result left no doubt as to the re- spective qualities of the boats in the kind of weather that prevailed, but that wealth CT was of the lightest character. At no time did the breeze blow harder than 12 knots an hour, and it fell at times to as little as four. On the run out before the wind at the start the Vigilant not only held her own for a period, but at the end of four miles was well abeam of the De- fender. This run was made with spinna- kers set and drawing, under which con- ditions it is almost universally conceded that the Vigilant-is the fastest boat in the world.
 She showed those same qualities here as well as on the other side of the Atlantic. When it came to the point, however, where, because of a little shift in the wind, spin makers had to be hauled in and booms hauled inboard in a way, the Defender in- stantly shot ahead. She kept ahead and was never afterward overhauled during the entire 80 miles, unless it might have been during certain little portions of the course when the wind dropped to almost nothing. In those spaces it did seem as though the Vigilant picked up little bit, but the gain, if any, was inconsiderable.
 Defender Made Steady Gains.
 The run between the marks shows that the Defender gained in each of the three angles, and that is what goes to make up the opinion of the sharps who witnessed the race. It was expected that the Vigi- lant would show up with new sails, but it turned out that she only had time to make a few alterations in the canvas that she used on Saturday. One improvement there certainly was in her outfit. That was the cleaning of her centerboard. A diver was sent down So examine that now ex-won- derful piece of yachting architecture Sun day, while the boat lay inside of the Sandy Hook ho. scshoe.
 He found that bit of machinery in very bad state. It was covered with bar nacleS and grass to remarkable degree. The board was not touched for polishing purposes when the Vigilant was dockcd at the Erie basin for the cleaning of her hull because there was not room enough tO lower it for examination. It was for this reason that MT. Willard sent the diver down. When the man from below camt up he reported that the unnecessary weight on that utcnsil was something extraordi- nary, and he had hard job in cleaning | things up. This improvement was no | small one It, together with the change | in the cut of her sails, made the boat do better, without doubt, than she did on | Saturday Yet the only time she gained on the Defender was when she had that l same old champion centerboard hauled up and of no use whatever.
 The Defender appeared just about the | same as she showed up in the first race. A | few tritling Improvements were made in ! certain of her blockwork and a small cut | of her clubtopsail, which really made no difference in effectiveness except to the closest observer, and he had to wear fl ton lenses to see it. If any benefit theorct- l ically is to be given to either boat in the matter of improvement in form, it must
 go to the Vigilant. Therefore the better showing made by the Defender is all the
 more to help her credit.
 VigilAnt Makes a Protest. The Vigilant met with something of a
 mishap at the start for the reason that a
 small sloop got in her way. She was com ing down for the line from the upper pO- l sition when she discovered that this selfish l obstruction was in her path. She was on
 the starboard tack when the Defender was
 still on the port Tho Defender came | around just before the line was reached,
 but refused to give way to the older boat, l who, because she was on the Starboard
 tack, had the right of way. It looked for
 time very much as though there would
 be a collision, but the older boat by grace
 of courtesy waived her right and went
 about to the port tack, passing under the ] Defenders lee quarter until she was clear.
 The Vigilant at once raised flag of pro- | test, but no notice was taken of it at the | time by the committee.
 The yachts went over the line with jib-
 tOpsails flying and continued up to the | time the spinnakers were set. After the l spinnakers were hauled in the Defender
 began to go ahead, and from that time she | made nothing but time. She was helped
 on the start of this new movement by the
 fact that the wind hauled somewhat aft.
 No OnloOker could discover anything else | than that fact.
 | Inc moment NlSllanG DeCaIne u pOlut
 nearer the wind she began to fall of.
 Within the space of a mile from the time
 that the spinnakers were hauled down the
 Defender was a good sixteenth of 8 mile l ahead.
 DenSIst Commits Suicide.
 LOUISVILLE, July 23.-Dr. Samuel L.
 Butler, a prominent dentist of this city,
 committed suicide at the Louisville hotel
 by taking morphine. Butler had been on
 a spree for several days.