The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-26
THE BRITISH YACHT WON.
Ethelwynn Beaten Twenty-three Sec
Onds by Spruce ~.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, Sept. 25 The
second race, which took place to day
between the half-raters, S .Jruce ", the
English boat, and Ethelwynn, repre-
senting the Indian Harbor Yacht Club,
of Connecticut, for the international
challenge cup offered by the Seawanhaka
G rinthian Yacht Club, of New York,
was won by the English boat by twenty
three seconds. The race was over tri
angular course laid on Long Island
Sound, each leg of two miles, and the
course was sailed twice over, making
total of twelve miles.
The Lilliputian yachts were sent away
at 1890 after they had two signals, one
to get ready at 1915, and another at
1926, notifying them to prepare for the
signal gun start that was to be fired at
1890
There were tagged to make their first
heading for a point east by south half
north, which was reach, with the wind
southeast Before the racers got half
over the first leg the wind hauled to the
eastward and they had to beat the rest
of the way to the first turn. Spruce
showed good judgment at this early
stage of the game by remaining in closer
to the shore and avoiding the rough
water. Ethelwynn was compelled to
make tack more than Spruce before
she got around the first mark, but she
got there three minutes and seventeen
seconds ahead of the challenger.
On the next leg it was broad reach,
on which point of sailing the Britisber
was said to be at her best. But she d
not crawl up on her rival. On the con-
trary, she lost 81 seconds. Then the
boats headed for home to complete the
first round This leg was close reach
and on it Spruce gained on the EthelWynn
six seconds and when they started on the
firstleg Of the second round there was
onIy.thsee minutes, ffty-eight seconds
beSNHenf them Now the wind shifted to
the s9uthward again and Spruce came
up and blanketing Ethelwynn passed the
American and left clear length of wa
ter between her taft rail and Ethelwynn's
bow.
Within an eighth of mile of the first
mark on the second round Spruce passed
Ethelwynp, but the Yank Immediately
drew ahead again, only to surrender to
Spruce within three minutes. Again
when the two shippers had bit of luff-
ing match between themselves, Ethel
wynn went ahead nearing the fifth
mark and drew away from the Briton,
turning the mark thirty one seconds be
fore her antagonist.
On the last icg Mr. Field ran up half
a dozen OF the jibs before h got through
with J is experiments and lost time
enough to have won the race.
The last leg was beat to windward.
Mr.. Fields carried out policy of long
tacks, while Mr.. Brand went about SO
often that the on lockers declared he
was tacking twice to Fields once. The
breeze was blowing six knots an hour
when the boats began this heat but be-
fore they reached the finish it had drop
ped to four. Ethelwynn stood on a
long board to the eastward, while Spruce
by making her small sized tacks scooted
over the line close hauled twenty three
seconds ahead of the American boat
which had eased eff sheets far away
from the finish and came ahead very
fast but too late. The official time ia
BILE is as follows:
Start: Spruce, 100000; Ethelwynn,
12:30:08.
First marx: Ethelwynn, 1:1515;
Spruce IV 1:18:38.
Second mark; EthelwynD, 1867;
Spruce, 1:40:41.
Thi.d mark: Ethelwynn, 2;92:55;
Spruce, 2:G6.53
Fourth mark Ethelwynn, 2:39:38s
Spruce, 2:39:49.
Fifth Marx: EtheWynn, 3:25 so;
Spruce, 3:27:39.
Finish Spruce, 4:25:44; Ethefwynn,
4;26:07.