The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-18
AILSA DIDN'T HOLD OUT
His Blooming HislneSS, the Prince, Won
Again, DOltChorkloW.
AT MONTE CARLO
Wales Kept the Sabbath Day by
Remainlng on Shore While
His Britannia Got a
Gait on Her.

MONTE CARLO, March 1.-THE Monaco
regatta opened to-day and the principal
event, the race for the prize offered by
the Prince of Monaco, was won by the
Prince of Wales Britannia, which gave
the Ailsa her first defeat. The Brita IL
MAS victory, however, did not create the
greatest enthusiasm among impartial
yachtmen for the reason that 1t was
gained in poor trial of the
qualities OF the respective boats
and was partly due to the
Ailsa holding her opponent too cheaply.
The weather was beautiful, but the wind
was light and fluky and this, of course,
made an exciting race an impossbility.
Considerable doubt was expressed as to
whether the Britannia would start in a
race on Sunday, owing mainly to the
presence of Queen Victoria at Chinese,
but this difficulty was overcome by the
prince not going on board his yacht. He
watched the race from the terrace at
Monte Carlo.
The course, which covered a distance of
10 miles, was in the shape of a triangle.
The wind was blowing light breeze from
the southeast when the yachts got near
the starting line, where they were for
some time lazily kept lufiing and filling,
petitors were, in addition to the Ailsa and
the Britannia, the Corsair and the Vail
kyrie. The first leg was about to wind
ward and all tracers stood off TO the
eastward, starboard tacks, pretty close
aboard. The Ailsa could probably nave
got off sooner had she so desired, but she
waited until she could come around in
the Britannia's weather. II took the Ailsa
but short time to overcome the 81 sec
onds the Britannia had gained in the start
and then she had the Prince of Wales
cutter broad on her lee beam, blanketing
her for time, and then forged ahead
and continued to gain until she had but
two short boards to reach Cape Marin.
All interest was centered in the leaders
and as Cape Marin was reached it was
the general opinion that the Allsa, barring
accidents, would be a sure winner, she
having not only overcome the Brtannia's
81 seconds lead at the strrt, but gained a
lead of two minutes and seven seconds.
The Cape Marin turning mark was
rounded at these times by the leaders (:
Ailsa. 12h. 28m. 5s. Britannia, 12h. Bonn.
57c. What little breeze there washsgau to
grow less. On this leg the wind was
well aft and caught straight on
their course. Spinnakers were broken
out on both racers. In a short time the
breeze freshened a little and the Britannia
was the first to get the benefit of it. As
her spnnaker and main sail filed she
snot ahead and those on the AIlsa begun
to think the stern chase was going to be a
shorter one than they first expected. Soon
the Britannia overhauled the Allsa and
went to the front and rounded the Rogue
bruno mark 3S seconds ahead of the
Ailsa.
1t was n short and easy reach home.
The Britannia continued to gain slowly
and at the finish of the first round she
was 43 seconds to the good. On the run
up to the Roquebrune mark the racers
had the wind, which was getting more
westerly, well about aft the port BEAM
Tho Britannia had luffed out
a good bit. The Ailsa drew to
the windward as we'll and the
Britannia had luffed up farther and far
ther. Both kept at it until they were so
far out in the bay that when they headed
for the mark they put the wind we'll
enough astern as to make n run for il.
Spinnakers were again set and then the
Britannia began to get through the water
quicker than her opponent. Rounding
the mark the pair were over
Tapped, the Britannia blanketing
Ailsa. This resulted in the latter having
TO make a short tack to get around and in
the meantime the Britannia fetched
around and reached for home with a good
lead. The times of the finish of the sec
ond round we're: Britannia, l b. As m.
40 s.; Ailsa, h. 45 IN. AZ S. Thus the
Britannia won easily without reckoning
the time allowed her by Ailsa. MIR. Al
lens 10-rater Dakotah won the race for
her class, easily beating the St. Marcal.