St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-01
EIGILANT BADLY wORSTED ON
THE NEW LONDON-NEW-
PORT RUN.
In A BRISK WIND.
tCUP DEFENDER REACHES THE
GOAL FIRST BY TWELVE
MINUTES.
SLIGHT MISHAP TO yIGIIsNT.
but the Weather Was in Her Fa-
vor Throughout the Forty
Miles.

NE WPORI, X. l., July 31.-The
Defender beat the Vigilant today in
the run of forty-two miles from New
London to this port, and beat her
so badly that the latter'S owners
must now admit that the new boat
is better than the old. How much
better cannot be stated, as no rea-
sonable comparison of the champion
OF 1898 and the Vigilant of 1895 can
be made, only by the handful of
people who know about what the
Defender will give to the Vigilant in
the matter of time allowance. Con-
corning this latter an Associated
Press reporter was told today, by a
yachtSman who is in a position to
know, that the Defender should al
low the Vigilant four minutes or
Whereabouts on forty-mile race such
as that of today. If this is true the
Defender did all that could have
been expected of her, beating the
Vigilant by at least eight minutes.
Just at the start the Vigilant's MAIN
sail was split, but the accident had
no appreciable effect on the result
of the race. The tear was low down,
near the foot of the sail, and the
yacht was going with freedom. The
wind was abeam, and gave the two
men who were sent out on the boom
to make the necessary patch no diff
Guilty at all. They had no difficulty
in stopping the hole, sewing on the
nd hn
not initiate against the Vigilant by
more than fifty seconds at the out
side, and probably not over twenty
seconds. The weather was in favor
Of the Vigilant all the way. On leav-
ing New London it was a more than
good wind. A broad reach with wind
abeam would better describe the di-
rection of the wind, which was al
most due southeast, or as it had
been for two days. It was brisk, but
the big racers were able to carry all
sail, including club topsails, and the
water was smooth enough to suit
the Vigilant on her very best days.
GAINED ALL THE WAY.
From start to finish the Defender
gained on the Vigilant, and was so far
ahead that the doubling ThomaSeS
who were asking each other, referring
to the Americas cup races, Twill she
do?" are now saying a. least, 'Well,
she's the best boat we ever had" and
a confession like this is thought over
more than once. 1t means that the
splendid win of the keel boat today
shows that she is improving right
along in form. If the advancement
continues at the ratio displayed be-
tween the race of yesterday and that
Of today, the Vigilant will be nowhere
tomorrow. 1t was almost a run with
spinnakers today, and yet the De-
fender gained at every point. The fin
1sh showed the new boat to be twelve
minutes and two seconds to the good
on actual time. On leaving New Lon
don the yachts sailed down with a
beam wind to the Race Rocks. The
Defender had had her steering gear
patched up during the night and her
sailors were smart enough to get her
over the starting line one minute and
twenty-three seconds ahead of the
V1g1lant. The Volunteer was pretty
quick and went away five seconds after
the Vigilant. The Jubilee was late.
and for some reason did not start with
the others, and this fact lessened the
interest, as the breeze was blowing
pretty freely and every one wanted to
know what Gen. Paine'S vessel could
do with the champion of '93 and the
new keel yacht. The boats which did
start had a good race. There was a
fine breeze, which was always fair;
after rounding the Race Rock the fleet
found itself going before the wind and
spinnakers were sent out, and that is
the way they reached home to the
finish line