The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-08-01

New London.
STRONG southwest by south breeze,
varying in strength from Is 70 20 knots,
blew throughout the greater part of the
| race, which was y broad reach on the star
board tack from start to finish. with
hardly the shift of Il sail. When the De-
fender dropped out it was estimated that
she was fully five minutes uhcad Of Vigil
yant, and the new yacht was lollled Upon
as u sure winner, barring accidents. but
| the unexpected accident occurred ard In
fender mot her first defeat.
a better day for racing could hardly be-
ina mcd The wmdwas strUng and true
and increased in strength until this port
was reached, when u stiff 22-linot breeze
was blowing, and just as uhe last yachts
made New London a severe rain and
wind squabl, !asting about an hour,
| SprUng mp and set THE people at Bridge.
| port and New Haven wondering whether
| the smaller yachts were cang'Nt out i'm IL.
Happily such was not the case, aud, bar
ring the damage to Defenders steering
gear, the splitting of one of her club top
| sails and a jib, and the loss of a bout from
aboard 1.-THE sdh0oner-yadht Mon aux, there.
were no casualties to report.
The Vigilant was first of the yachts
ACROSS the lime, winning i'm 4 hours 40
| minutes and 81 seconds elapsed time.
over THE siNty-four mile course.
The Constellation of Boston. in the
schooner class. made remarkable run,
covering the course i'm 4 hours. 36 min
utes and 81 seconds a neatly remarkable
performance. She was first of the fleet
| to reach this harbor. and her time COM
pares finely with the Vigilant's.
The race across the sound was one of
| THE finest sights ever witnessed by the
| nl1nct -n,thtct,n hnt.O Fnbf
STRONG enough to test the sail carrying
| power of amy sailing yacht atloat, but they
| all chung ON to the full sail from first to-
| last, and made n strong record with rails
churning the water into foam and bows
throwing the spray high up the masts
| Of THE many competing yachts. The re-
suit of today's race demonstrates very
| Qittle, unless lit is that on a broad reach
| Of over GO miles, in u stiff breeze, THE
Defender can heat the Vigilant, but not
| by quite as wide a margin as her admir-
ers wbmld like.
After the race the Associated Press
| tug Alert went alongside the boats and
asked Captain Barr and Captain Han
| for their opinions. The former said the
| race spoke for ITSELF and the latter AID
| mitted the Defender had 'split few
Sails" but tihe Defender people did not
| hook happy. A veteran yachtsman who
saw the race from the schooner lroquols
which also made a remarkably fine run,
said that the stiffest of the breeze was
| about II q. m, when The estimated ut was
blowing fully % knots, and the Defender,
during the worst of it, slowly crept away
from THE Vigilant. both yachts standing
QUIT grandly, considering He added, how
ever, that he hoped the Vigiant had been
| improved otherwise he was of the opn-
ION THAT fine cup was in danger, ~
Another expert yachtsinan said the De-
fender was undoubtedly the best boat
and THAT she can beat the Vigllant in
any weather by good margin. but, he
added, she will have to be much faster
when she meets Valkyrie I'LL.
This evening the Defenders damaged
steering gear was taken TO the Morgan
Iron works, where several men were put
to work ON 1t. 1t is expected THAT the
Defender will he able to start with the
rest of the fleet tomorrow.