St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-31
AMERICAS CUP COMMITTEE
NATURALLY SELECTS THE
NEW BOAT.
LAST OF THE TRIAL RACES.
1T WAS SOMETHING OF A FARCE,
BUT 1T WAS UNDER Or
DERS, 70 ~
DEFENDERS BY FIVE MINUTES.
Vigilant Gains Ten Seconds on
Her During the Home -
Run. ~

NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-The third
so-called trial race between Defend
er and Vigilant, which took place to-
day, was a good deal Of a farce.
Defender won, over a course Of ten
miles to windward and return, by
five minutes and twelve seconds,
when she could have passed the fin
ish line anywhere from eight to ten
minutes ahead Of Vigilant if she
had been sailed for all she was
worth Vigilant, on the other hand,
was sailed, as she always is, in the
most sportsmanlike manner. White
caps appeared here and there, but
there was no sea that could be called
heavy, or even choppy. The tug
bearing the committee got down to
Scotland Eghtship about 1880, and at
once notified the contestants that the
course would be from the Scotland
east-southeast, which was dead to
windward, ten miles and return.
After crossing the lines on the star
board tack Vigilant was the first to
come about. Defender went in stays,
too, and although she came up into
the wind fifty-siX seconds later than
Vigilant, she was full on the ear
tack before the center-boarder. When
both boats had come around to the
port tack Defender was a sixteenth
Of a mile ahead in the first five min
utes of the race. The breeze fresh
ened to about twelve knots an hour,
and both racers felt it Simultaneous
made several taeks before rounding
the mark Defender was five min
utes and twenty-five seconds ahead
at the turn. She gibed over and pre-
pared for her home before the wind.
But that preparation, which included
the setting of the spinnaker and the
balloon jib topsail. was perfected
very slowly.
LOST TEN SECONDS.
In view of Defenders great work
yesterday, on a run before the wind,
many people thought she should beat
Vigilant today. On the contrary, Wig
liant gained ten seconds on her, and
Defender was the winner by hEa
minutes and twelve seconds, as the
following official score shows: 1o--
Outer Fin Elapsed
Name Start mark. ish. time.
Defender IL :10:0S 12:47:25 2:04:1S 2:1z:f0
Vigilant 1:10:1s B:53:42 2:07:40 2:57;22
The racers had not proceeded mile
on their course when the English
yacht VaIkyrie doomed up to the north
ward, beating down from the point
of Sandy Hook. She was never nearer
to Vigilant than five miles, but even at
that distance 1t could be seen the
challenger kicked up a good deal OF
fuss in the water. Valkyrie did not
come near Defender and Vigilant until
the very close of the race, when she
drew up and witnessed Defenders
success.
The Americas cup committee for
mally decided, at a meeting held this
afternoon, that they had selected De-
fender to meet Valkyrie for the cup.
There was a conference tonight at the
New York Yacht club house between
the members of the cup committee
and Lord Dunraven. No Information
concerning it was made public. Earlier
in the evening Lord Dunraven was the
guest of honor at a dinner given by
Mr. Kersey at the Union club. Those
present included William Z. Wander
bilt, c. Oliver Iselin and E. D. Morgan.