Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-31
THE DEFENDER.

mitting to him the programme of the rules and regulations which will govern the races.
 Lord Dunravcn went to the clubhouse shortly before 10 o'clock and immediately went to a private room in the upper part of the house, where tho cup committee was awaiting his arrival
 Mir. Nicholson Kane, the chairman of the regatta committee of the New York Yacht club, said that the programme for the cup races would hardly be ready for publica- tion before tomorrow, if then.
 The Third Trial Race.
 The third so called trial race betwccn Defender and Nigilant, which took place Friday, was a good deal of a farce. De fender won over a course of ten miles to windward and return by 5 minutes l3 sec uuds, when shc could have crossed tho finish line anywhere from s to 10 minutes ahead of Nigilant If shc had been sailed for all she was worth.
 The magnificent showing that Defender made Friday in all kinds of weather and on all points of sailing created so much enthusiasm that Mir. c. Q. Isclin, the chief manager of the syndicate which built the yacht, may have come to the con- cluSion that tho boat uncovered her quail ties too much, and possibly ho decided to
 
 only surmiscd, but facts tend very largely to bear out the theory, if it is only a theory.
 There is no doubt that Defender made tack just before rounding tho outer mark which she would havo had no ocCa- sion to do if she had been truly well han dlcd. That tack alone cost her minute or more. In all tho beating down to the outer mark Defender was sailed with a rap full or more. No effort at any time was made to keep her pointed up to tho wind. Eigilant, on tho other hand, was sailed as she always iS-in the truCst and most sportsnanlike manner. In view of Defender 'S great work Thurs day on a run before the wind, a good many people thought she would or should beat Nigilant on Friday. but she didn't. On the contrary, Nigilant gained ten sec OndS on her, and when it was all over De fender was the winner hy minutes 12 seconds, as the following official time table will show:
 Outer Elapsed start. mark. Finish. time. | Defender ..... II :lO1S l2:41: 2n:lS 2;52 :lC Viglant ...... ll:lU:IS l::53:42 2U1 10 2:57 .. The Valkyrie Was Out Too. The racers had not proceeded a mile on their course when the English yacht Val kyric loomCd mp to the mort Inward, beat | ing down from tho point of sandy Hook. | Shc was only carrying working topsail, | while the racers both had club topsails set Nalkyric came down the Sandy Hook l beach, making short tacks Shc was | timed on four of them, and tho watch said that her shortest time for going about was l1 seconds, but of course she was not urged.
 Then tho English boat made long | board down the Long Island shore, and | shr was watched as carefully as the off | ccrS on her deck watched Defender. She | was never nearer to Nigilant, the always
 stern chaser, than five miles, but even at l that distance it could bo seen that the | challenger kicked up good deal of fuss
 In the water She stood up under the 1C
 or 13 knot breeze very well, however, with l forcStaySail and jib set. How far shC I would have been knocked over with hel immonso club topSail is only matter oi
 cunjccture, but tho old scadogs who had | their lamps on her said that sho show cd | good judgment in running up only the | smaller sail aloft.
 l Nalkyric did not come anywhere neal | Defender and Nigilant until the worry clost | of the race, when she drCw up to tho fin | ish line and witnessed Defenders success l from B close position.
 Directly after Vigilant had come home ! Nalkyrie returned to the Horseshoe and
 anchored for the night. Nigilant followed 1 her. Defender was lowed up to Bay Ridge | where she was met by the barge Wasp from New London, bearing her new stee boom. This spar will be rigged today ] and Defender will have trial with il ! during tho day probably.