Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-21
important Race Won In n contest
IN, which Neither of the Contest-
ants Goes Over the touFse-p'''
fshcrs Jubiinnt.


clination to risk the sloop further III '''
strong and steadily increasing ore'@e
,r,ich had blown up since the rain start
.d Dr Isolln and the others on the De-
fender would not admit that misnap
had occurred, and there were no ln''1''
tions " any.
This made the Br!ushers. who were
watching the contest with eagerhess'
only the more jubilant. as It looked very
much like A backdown, and they believe
the Valkyrie III. can stand almost any
kind of weather. Wit
After the Defenders retreat the Nisi-
liant kept sturdily on her course o,' ',t,'E7
, IT, "a D-ruilc WING and pounllh7
through a rolling and tuWhuns s'd' -"
after She had split her new Herr s'.'l -"
she set another. and IN a lew H'i"D ~
continued sticking 20 her WORN M
had COMPLETED about three Hu'il.
tbe second windWard beat she WAS r.
lied nv the Judges. who assured Mr'
WILLARD mat the race VS. enI-h -"H Wv
N,i.r,ot v,ss IN. winner. Then the OH
.~.p,r.l.u nat about and ran Tor hei
,r,bnrsea she did not return ID tne
srerting-roint. but kept in-snore on the
run home.
r-NPRECEDENTED RESULT.
rb. ururecelentcI result was AFFORD q
If an important race and so cup neihs
won IN "A contest iu which neither oil
,h- contestants went over the course Ut
finished.
yacrtsmon ar. feeling rather gloomy
tonight oyer the result of che race a+
IL would seem 20 show "A weakness IN the
defender iu the one important point lA
which D rotof0re she has not been mo
roughly tested. The experts had ur."
expressing The hoIe all along mat III ''r
tg.I races the Defender Would nave d
clanc. O. show what she could 10 III
sff~ wind II she Is o. turn OUT too YER
f.~ f.r such work IL &C. not nopeiul
,t,erirv for her races I'm sept mnrr stle7
win The staunch and broad, elmea y ale
kyrie III. .,-
The Ni.ilants victory VIII not nec's-
eqrrv affect the Defenders CAIN A'
represent America I'm the coming races
Commodore Smith said before me race
that the winner Of the series nisat not
ie the yacht sal cted % mot .Ne i'"s
,f. ,fr.h ne said. would r-st WIN me
.,.-~r,itr.. Il BE- not urliSaly. however
that NOR. than two trial RACES Will no"
De held. although no announcement mas
vet been Mac. 0u that point
A. originally scheduled there We're 10
DO two trial races. one to-day ana an
.+rar ON THURSDAY To-day's contest. be-
sides being one of this series. was lot
the handsome cup OF red by Johh Jdco"
Asta- The course was ten mics 10
,.fn.ivarl and return. II was not an
noincei beforehand whether the yac"t7
should 20 over the course once or t"lce.
bYt IL was arranged that signals snJuli
lee lisulaNed from the judges boat ia
case the l0uhle-rouul was decided upon
after the race had started II haA
ended nj the first round tho DEFENDER
,youd have put clean and decisive VIC
tory 10 her credit In the Arot l'-i'iis
heat u windwarl she gained b minutes.
% seconds on the Nisii1nt. she Iost
minutes. 90 seconds Of this advantage on
~. nun back. but this was due largely
m slowness in setting her spinnaNer' ana
leff her with gain Of exactly minutes
In the twenty miles.
THE RACE.
The start was made from Sandy HOOK
rrht-shin. and the course was ten miles
o.. ,rir.fvarG and return. twice over. MS
meant n trip down the Jersey coast ana
back ,.,....
Tho start was made at noon without
Tho exciting rush for the lines which
has on TWO occasions almost leu o. coz
usi.n. TIL. Defender gave the Gould
boat plenty of room. and alloWel Aet ID
cross nearly one minute in advance.
The Defender began Oh gain after me
first i've minutes. and gradually th- leai
d.: afty-seyen seconds which tn Fisntnt
had nc the start melted away The
n.,y H,rresh0n boat was clearly getting
ft. best of it, and. lesI les Ting closer
I'D tie wind. was foot.ur q lttla faster.
lea half au hour the wind had increased
to IL 2-mle blow. and both yachts
'.a scurpcrs were under most Of the
time
to the severe strain on the sails and
spars ana rigging and gave both boats
"A severe test iut they stood II wei.
At zinc outer mark. after ten miles
~ winl~lri work. tLe Defender had
,-ir.i ort the ufty-seycu lead
the Nis.ilut had at the start, and was
minutes So seconds ahead, total gain
Of minutes 3} seconds
The Defender had an advantage Of
minutes elapsed time over twenty miles
of the course. The Nisiiant had re-
duccl the lead ~ the outer mark by
minute. 3} sccOn4s.
When the boats started on the second
round. the wind had reached fully a forty
mile salt. Seven minutes and a half
iator the Nis.lant lowered her club-top
sail. and continued her chase of the
Defender. The wind dashed the sea into
foam and the Defender. with her club
, top sail alOft, held on.
WHAT HAPPENED2
At PIP, whom she was port tackled,
leading the Nigilant neacly a mile, she
uned 10 IN the wind for an instant,
and then wore away toward Sandy Hook.
There was no sign OF a mlshap. and every
one wondered what had caused the syn
dictate boat 70 give up the race and the
AstOr cup and start for home. The
United Press tug followed her i'm towards
the Hook. and with considerable diff
Guilty Alr. Iselin was induced 10 step
% her side ana answer a query as TO
why the Defender withdrew. His answer
was: Go to the committee boat and
find out"
/ on the committee boat there was moth
ing but conjecture as 10 the
cause OF the Defenders withdrawal.
The inference drawn by a majority OF
/ the spectators was that the wind was too
strong for tn canvas and rigging Of the
new Herreshon boat.
The Defender ran aside the Hook.
| lowered her top-sall. and scuided up the
/ harDor 10 the Bay Ridge.
After the Defenders sudden withdrawal
/ the Nis.lant kept IN her course The
I WiAl Was now blpNtlE iHllF lNlA1 Ulll'5
/ an hour, and al 2.2l. five minutes after the
/ departure Of the Defender. the Nigilants
Hereshon jib gave way before the strain.
1t split at the middle. and incidentally
verified the prediction OF many yachts
men that the new-fangied sails would
not stand hard blow. a new jib was
necessary 10 steady The boat and az 2.55
IL was set
Four minutes later the Nigilant took
the starhoard tack. Only two boats were
now following the Nigilant. the rest OF
/ the naat having nut back when the De-