St. Paul daily globe., 1895-08-30
IN ALL VARIETIES OF WEATHER
SHE 0UrSAILS THE ViGI-
LIANT.
LIGHT BREEZES AND GALES.
1T WAS A MARVELLOUS PER-
FoRMANCE BY THE NEW
BOAT.
WON BY EIGHTEEN MINUTE
VelIkyrie Goes for Short Spin,
but Did Not Display Herself
Very Well.

| NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The second
| trial race between the Defender and
| the Vigilant, over triangular
| course eight miles to the leg, starting
| from Scotland Hghtship, was one of
| the most interesting events that ever
| took place in New York harbof
| There were all kinds of weather,
from almost a dead calm to a blow
| Of forty miles an hour. In every
| point Of sailing and every kind Of
| weather the Defender showed her
| self to be far superior to the Vigi-
| liant. The Valkyrie made little bit
| OF a show of herself while the racers
I Were at work, but it was so little that
no estimate could be placed on her
/ qualities. The regatta committee of
| the New York Yacht club which had
the race in charge let the boats off
on regular time. When they reached
| the line the Defender was twelve
| seconds ahead, and with that differ
| ence they made their start. Both
| boats stood well off to the south
| ward, which gave them beam wind.
For couple Of miles the breeze
continued blowing at the rate of
eight or nine knots an hour, and
| they went ahead fast. The Defend
I er continually gained on the Vigi-
liant, until at the end of the two
miles she had a lead of over half
a mile. AT this time the Valkyrie,
which had come out from her berth
inside the Hook, showed lid in the
open and undertook to chase the
racers. She fell into the same
breeze that the Defender and the
Vtg1iant had had when they started
Oh their Journey and carried it with
hef down the course for two miles.
when it collapsed The Defender and
Vlgilant had the breeze desert then,
some Tune before, and they We're
only standing still when the English
BOAT nearly came upon them with a.
rush that was occasioued by the
breeze which all had been favored
with up to the nerthward, but which
they dropped at a point about two
miles southwark Of the line.
HOW SHE TURNED.
When the Valkyrie got down to
within three-quarters Of a mile of
che V1gilant and found herself in y
pfactIeal calm she went about in q.
laDor1ng manner and headed for
nome. Experts who watched the En-
ghsh boat said that, even in a, very
AsiC ar and the smoothest kind of
sea, she made a good deal Of COM
IsriotIon from her bows, even moro
than the VigiIant. In the almost i'm
perceptbble breeze the Defender
made he3dway. The boats Iseead
along for almost two hours in that
| way, with the Defender continually
gaming ground. The Defender final
~ rounded the first mark, occupying
thfee and a. half minutes in setting
iier splnnaker. Then began a ,7,n
before the wind for eight miles At
no Tune have the Defender and tba
SiSuant met in a run before tha
Wlffo before today when the Vie-i1an+
mas not beaten the Defender Ru+
today the keel boat covered 4ba
efsHt miles IN not only better time.
pol oy gaining the astounding ad-
vantage of two minutes and thir-
teen seconds. After rounding the SEQ
oad mark a big, black sauau esma
out from the southwest and went
Iof the racers. The Defender bod
no sooner turned the mark +ban a.
gale was upon her. She stood T.
bravery, and there was no innIina-
lioh TO take in her club topsaj1 Mr.
lseiln, Capt. Eaff and Nat Herres-
non, all of whom We're aboard vvora
content to let the people see that
lhey had a boat which coud stand
up In a breeze of wind. The sheet
OF her lbb parted under the strain
Oh the forty-fnile wind, and within
d minute the head sail was in rib
oons. Within three minutes tba
fragments had been hauled down
ana another new and whole sail se+
in its place.
MARVELLOUS DEFENDER
Th1s last leg was a close reach for
nome. The Vigilant not being sJ,1a
TO Withstand the blow, took down her
ciup topSaH soon after rounding the
second mark, and shortly after with
Grew her baby jib topsaiI. The Val
kyr1e got little piece of this souau
as she was sailing to her berth hut
capt. Cranfield hauled down hood
saiis and the prodigious club ton sai1
but 1t was said by the sharps who
iooked at her from Sandy Hook that
with only her mainsails She bealed
over enough to show that she is very
tehaer Tor one SO big. Defender went
on fairly boiling through the water
Ihere was good chance for Defender
10 make q lively kickoff from bar
poWs, but her deck was on the Ieval
ana her performance was simply mar
Veious. In the blow after it. when +ba
Wlhd dropped to about ten miles On
hour and lasted at that strength rn
10 the finish, Defender went on in
ereaslng the gap that was betwaan
her stern and the Vigilant. IT could
De easily seen that the Defender out
sailed the Vigilant at every point. md
won with ridiculous ease. And yet
the Americas cup committee does NOT
seem to be satisfied that Defender is
tse better boat, for it has ordered an
/ other trial race for tomorrow.
The following table will show how
Defender beat Vigilant:
Start Finish. Elapsed
Defender ....... IL POPS 4e1e:0s 4:4s4o
V1giiant -.........n IL :20:40 4:2S:23 5:O7:43
GRAY LAW Is VOID.
Decision Which yyeans Da,tp, +o