The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-21
THE DEFENDERS FAULTS
GREfT DISfPPOINTEENT ar HER
BEHfDTOR FIRST HL1yi SEi.
The yigiiant sturdiIy Battled With Forty
Mile wind and Was Awarded ihc hace.
The Britishers are Jubiiant.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The first OF the
appointed trial races to decide whether
the Defender or Nigilant shall oe selected
to defend the Americas cup, which was
sailed here to-day resulted ~ disap-
| pointment all around. The Defender, al
ter outsailing her rival decisively over the
first round and continuing to increase
her lead for several miles on the second
suddenly withdrew from the race and
stood 90 for a run back 10 her an
| chorage.
This was due. apparently. to a disin-
! clnatiOn TO risk the sloOp further i'm the
strong and steadily-.ncrcas.ng breeze
| which had blown up since the rain
Dr. lselln and the others on the De
/ fender would not admit tnat m.snap
! had occurred. and there were no lndlca-
! uOua OF any
WAS IT BAoK-DOwN:
This made the BHushers who We're
/ v.tching the contest with tagerncas only
the more iubilaut AS it lo1ed very mucn
/ Ike backIOvn. and they peHeNe ihe
/ Nalkyrie iii. can stand nearly any h-h1
I OF weather. After tine Defenhcf re-
| treat the Nigl-nt Kept siurdly on h'I
course. bcat.ns up into O. forty -inle "lhi
/ and pounding through rohlNs ana
/ mmblirg sea. Lvcn after sne hal hiHe
[ her new HCrrcsChon Jib, enc stt diotli'-i
/ to her work. When She bad coinpie.e
/ oIruf fhT.c-guaitcrs jf the se.Oni Wind
+ ward beat. she WAS recalled py 'Ae JHN-'a'
/ Who assured SIR. Willard that th- I.
was ended ana the Nis.lant was '"'
Thrr the ola champion put about ami
] ran for her anchorage. Sht Hld MOI ''-
/ turn 90 the .tartine point nNt Atl' D."
! shore ON the run nome. t,,,.,rf-
dcutcd result was afforded ~ dh hnpoi T.
/ AM race and 90 S-ut cup uNiis M'N o."
/ "a contest in which neither oi ih' ,'H-
/ lestdnts went over the course ct i-iii'''''
l,DulNfs GL o,N.
Yachtmon are feeling very gloomy To-
/ night over the result OF the race ~ -
/ would seem 10 show a. WcdhilfS7 30 80.
/ Defender lu the one important 4DiHe
/ in which heretofore She has not btrh
/ thoroughly tested.
The experts have been expressing the
/ hope an along that in the tridi races
! the Defender would have "a chance 20
! show what she could Go in "a SUN Nini-
/ II She Is 90 turn out TOO tender for hlch
/ work it is not "a hopeful auEury Tor Acf
/ races in September gales with the atauncn
/ and broad-beamed Naikyrie ILL.,
| The Nigiants victory VIII not ncccs-
/ sarily affect the Defenders claim to rep
| resent America in the coming races.
/ Commodore smith said before the race
| that the winner of The series might not
! Doe fhe yacnt selected 20 meet the az
! Ryrie Much De said. would rest with
]
I ever. that more than two trial "a .cs
/ viii now Doe held. although no announce
ment has yet been made on that point
"sE coursr TOO ny.
As originally scheduled there were 90
| bo ,wO Trial races. o-e today and an-
! other on Thursday. To-day q contest.
/ besides beinl one of fhis -lries was Tor
| .he handsome cup offered by John Jacob
| AFtOr Tho course Was ten miles 10
/ wiuiwarl and return 10 was hot am
f..F j. j. sH...r. D.. q
| should 20 over the course once or twice,
! but j. was arranged that enals should
/ be displayed from the judges boat in
/ case the double round was decided upon
! after tine race had started. lf 81 had
| ended al the first round, the Defender
/ would have put "a clean and alive
| victory 20 her credit ln the first ien-
/ mile beat 20 windward she gained fix
minutes and thirty-three seconds ON ihe
! NieI.ant. She lost one minute and
/ tmrty-three seconds of this advantage
/ on the run back. but this was due large
/ ly 10 slOwness in setting her spinnaker
and left her with "a gain or exactly i've
minutes in the twenty miles.
TIT START.
THE start was made from Sandy Hook
| nght-ship. ard the course was ten miles
/ 10 windWard and return twice over
This meant trip down lhe Jersey
/ coast and back.
The start was made at noon without
| the exciting rushing for the lines which
| has ON two occasions almost Jed to
! collision. The Defender gave the Gould
| boat plenty OF room ana allowed hef 40
/ cross nearly one minute in advance.
The Defender began to- gain after the
first five minutes. and gradually the lead
| of ifty-seven Sc OnlF. which the i1lldAt
had az the start. melted away. Inc new
| HerpecOm boat was clearly getting the
! best of it. and besides pointing closer tO
the wind. was footing b. little faster.
ln half an hour the wind had Increased
TO a thirty-mile blow, and both ydclts
were lee sclppers under most oI tne
Inc pounding Of the heavy seas added
90 the severe strain Ou the sa-ls, slal@.
aad rigging, and gave both DIaia ID se-
we're test. but they stood it we'll ~ me
outer mark. after ten miles Of WinlWafd
work. the Defender had wiped ONT l-e
fftv-eeyon seconds lead the Nl-ii&ni Adl
at the start and was iFe miiI-es Allt
thirtv-siX seconds aheed. total gam OF
Six minutes and thlrty-threc seconds.
The DErrNDFn's ADVANTAGE
The Defender had an advantage Of five
mirutes elapsed time over twenty miles
of the course. The Nlglant hal zee
duCcl The lead az the Outcr mark by one
minute aud thirty-three seconds, when
the boats started on The second round
The Wild had reached fully forty -in'e
gait Seven minutes and halI the
Nieilant lowered her club topsail ana
continued her chase OF the Defender:
The wind dashed the sea into foam ana
the Defender. with her cnb-topsaii aioiJ
held Oh. At 212 " hen she was port
lacked leading the Nigilant nearly
mile. she lufed UP in the wind FOR an
instant and then bore away toward
Sandy Hook There was 40 sien OF u
mieh4p. and every one wondered Wnat
had caused the syndicate boat 10 give
up ,he race and the Ast0r cup and start
for home The United Press tux Follow
a. her i'm towards the Hook, and with
considerable diinculty Mr.. lseln was
induced 10 step TO her side ana answer
"A auefA as 20 why the Defender VIII
drew His answer was.
eco 10 the committee boat ana ma
out"
on tho committee boat there was noth-
ing but conjecture as to the cause ot
the Defenders withdrawal
The Inference drawn ny q majority OF
tho sroctatOrs was that the winn was 100
strong FOR the canvas and rigging OF the
Low Hereschof boat
The Defender ran inside the Hook, low
efcd her top sail and scudded up the har-
Dor to Bay Ridge.
Aftfr the Defenders sudden Withdrawal
the Vfgilant kept on her course 1ne
wind was now blowing fully forty miles
an hour. and az 22l, five minutes after
Inc departure Of the Defender. the Nigi-
lant's Hereschon iib gave way before
the strain. IL split al the middle. ana
incidentally verified the prediction OF
many yachtsmen that the ncW-laugled
sails would not stand hard blow.
NEW JiB NFCFssARY.
4 new jib was necessary to steady the
nd at Jsrg wa -Four min