New-York tribune., 1895-07-21
AT THE STAKE BOAT.

firm OF yacht constructors But all has turhe' ""'
well Not. perhaps. eX;ravagantly well. bH' h"'p'
enough 10 give giadness and confidence 10 'hr Va
ton and aiso proec; the builders Of the ne" >a'"'
from the charge OF incompetence Indeed II i p'"S
ant TO think apart entirely from IN" National We"
Of the question that the bes, Efforts of the match
l.ss archltects are now beyond the reach 81 chvi
no matter how the final contests with Nakyrl" III
may come out. For they have produced a r~''er
boat-a markedly better boat-than Nisilhnt Ana
when they did this they accomplished that when
their employees and their Nation primarily de-
manded.
1t Is also pleasing 10 consider that the vas' sums
OF money which have been dlsbursed by pa'rouc
Americans from their own private purse nave r.
ce,veI return Of most real and hopegiying value
Indeed II may be said that the HeTeshonH were
placed in rather unenviab'e position by the late
improvements which have been made on the WIKI
liant.
For this reason: The general public In America
and England was almost universally unaware OF
tho improvements which have been made In the
former cup defender II Is true that som" local
remarks were rather obscurely made regarding the
non, but the idea remained unchanged. namely.
that the reputation OF the Hcrreshons was ht
stake 10 produce a boa, to beat the NigIlant
THE BIG TASK SET FOR THE NEW BOAT
Now II the judgments OF experts may tend 70
give personal opinion the value OF fact. II may lie
confidently said that the Nigilants improvements
made her at least Ave minutes better than she
was two years ago Consequently the H"rresho"S
could have In reality won their first point III p'"
Ing the old viglant even though defeated .,
tho inproycd Viglant OF this year Their thSh
was heavy. They not only had TO beat u p""'
which shared the glory OF holding world supremacy
but they had 10 beat her plus five minutes ABOUT
which all but careful students were ignorant IL
therefore, the expert opinions be correct the P"-
lenders win yesterday more like eight minutes
than the reported three. And II defeated yeNer-
day by one minute. they would In reality De dy.'s
while receiving credit FOR IT, .,nu
Happily they escaped the necessity OF MAKING max nS
eyninnations The Vigant was felt to De q beaten
boat within Ave minutes from the start The boats
split acks at then rI9'ssd ssan ,sm sna v
liant has passed into that region where there Is
waIlng and gnashng o. tseih' .,un,v . croc.s,Ion.
when the wind piped UP fresh the Defender M o .9oS
in her jb,opsail not because conn compelled l,n by Wn
pressure but solely because she could lie percepupy
| closer without Il. - .,,
promise Of the day was that the Defender wa was
never once careened 10 her best sailing bearings.
or in sIicng a non-negotiable wave. she never wet
| her lee rail
MORE CANVAS NEEDED.
II sounds like complaining to find fault with the
Defender But 1t is not in this case. On the CON
,rary It Is the best clarion note Of triumph which
has yet been sounded to say that she needs more
She can carry larger mainsail That question
| fe
| vate compartment and change her clothes rlsn'
| now Wider sleeves wider extensions and nun
| drrd. Of feet more Of wind holding cloth are re-
| Qured.
! STOOD UP LIKE A CHURCH.
| The doubt which among the gloomy was most
| prominent is now dissipated. The Defender Is not
| tender This Is good news. when II GER
| tainty When Joined In the glance with
| Vicilant she could be seen at any moment OF the
| day to be preserving II better and more church
| Ike uprghtness
| Vigllant has had three different careers before
| the public The first here. when she carried
| from twenty to twenty-five men more than Valkyrie
| II and beat her. The second career was In Eng
| land where she was strictly limited according "a
! English club rules and did not develop sufficient
| power to cope successfully with the Immensely stin
britannia In this period OF her existence she was
| in her condition Tor success-havinK 10 re-
duce her canvas before she could stand up to the
| dense molsture-laCcn winds which prevail in Brit
| ish waters. thus losing too much Of that huge
| Or wing OF The wide American model. Her third
| epoch Ia just now opening. and II the reports be
| true that she has had twenty-five tons OF lead
| taken from her Interior and placed on IN,
bottom OF her original keel. she is certainly diff
| ferent boat what she was In England
II Is this difference In her present condition tina
has knocked all the calculation out OF time. Cal
ing the Vigant the equal OF the Britannia (Which
for purposes OF comparison was near enough)
| yachtsmen were able 20 get most satsfactor,
last challenger dealt with Britannia in the late
Scottish races But. as The Tribune has already
| shown there is at present way OF comparing
The Defender with the coming valkyric. because