The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-07
Cruise of the New York Yacht Club
Ends in a Blaze of Glory.
THE DREXEL CUP EASILY WON BY
THE NEW YORK YACHT.
But Little Doubt That the Winner
VIII be Selected to Meet Lord
Dunraven'S Valkyrie. She Having
Defeated the Vigilant in Very
Easy Manner.

NEWPORT Or. I.), Aug. 6.-The De-
fender won the Drexel cup to-day. The
cruise OF the New York Yacht Club
the Americas Cup Committee has sci
August 20th and 22d for the trial races oil
Sandy Hook. The yacht which will un-
dou ubtedly be chosen to meet Lord Dun
ravens challenger showed her powers by
defeating the Vigilant six minutes and
thirty seconds over twenty-one-mIle
triangular course in a light wind. There
were seven miles of windWard work on
the first leg, and the Defender gained five
minutes eighteen seconds. The second
| leg was a reach, and the new sloop did
the seven miles in one minute and seven
| seconds less time than the Vigilant. On
| the last leg the Vigilant used sDinnsker
part of the way, while the Defender did
not, and the 1898 boat also got an advant-
age in the wind shifting. AS result,
she gained thirty seconds on the De-
| fender
1t was on the programme for the yachts
to go twice over the course. but sea 70 8
| came up suddenly just as the Defender
| finished the first round, and the regatta
committee stopped the race at the twenty
one mile point. There were six 500
medals offered by Captain j. X. Drexel OF
| Philedelp phia, which were raced Tor to-
dsv by as many classes of schooners and
| sloops.
The winners were: Second-class
schooners-The Emerald defeated tie
Marguerite. Fourth-class schooners-
The Amorita defeated the Elsemarle.
Fifth class schOoners - The Loyal de-
| Il, ,f...1 yln ,tfNAy
| The Queen Nab defeated the Hildegard.
Sixth-class sloops-The Uvira defeated
the Norota and Gosson. The last-named
did not finish owing to broken
spreader.
The cruise to-day was from Brenton's s
Reef lightsh1p. aeven miles 10 and around
the whiStling buoy Oft Point judith,
seven miles southeast by south to and
around white spar out to sea. and seven
miles to Brenton's Reef lightsbip. tWen-
ty-one miles to be sailed twice over un-
| less otherwise Signaled.
At 10:40 the flagship Sylvia with the
| Regatta Committee on board arrived OFT
| the lightship and slgnaled the course.
At ii o'clock the preparatory gun
| doomed. One minute before the gun
was fired the two big sloops were north
of the lightship jockeying Tor the weather
| birth. The Nlgilant was nearest the line,
| heading for it first. Captain Barr aimed
to swing under the stern of the lightship
as close as he could run without hitting
it. Captain Haff shook out the baby jib
| topsail on the Defender, and with her
largest mainsail. largest club topsail and
big jib and staystail pulling for all they
| were worth, the new boat Jumped
| through the water, overtaking the Vigil
| liant and tapping her on the starboard
side. There was not room for the De-
| fender to squeeze in between the Nigilant
| -r.ll li,rI,tc hat
| little room there was was occupied by
the steam yacht Gladys OF Kingston,
| Ontario.
Captain Half held his course, and
every body stopped breathing, in order
not to miss the disaster which seemed in
| evitable. Mr.. lselin, standing on the
deck of the Defender, yelled a. The owner
| of the Gladys, who stood at the wheel:
"Get out of the way. You We no possible
| excuse for being there" The Captain Of
the Gladys gave his shaft turn back
ward, and his mainmast poked hole in
the lifeboat swinging from the davlts OF
the lightship. The stern of the Gladys
| butted against the big hulk. and with a
crash his mainmast snapped short off,
and railing, flagstaff and deck fixtures
ait were smasked. ana the British ensign
/ went down with run.
Meanwhile Captain Barr let the Vigil
! liant run off couple OF points to port,
giving the Defender room to slide in be-
tween him and the lightship and cross the
| line first, although he was clearly on
| titled to hold his course.
The tactics of Captain Hatf were prac-
tically as in Mondays race OFT Sandy
| Hook, when Mr.. Willard filed a protest.
| No action has been taken on the protest.
After the advantage thus gained cross
| ing the line, the Defender had the race all
! her own way. Five minutes after cross
|
! The Nigilant followed suit. The De-
fender made 1t long board, and when
she went about off Narragansett Pier at
! 1850 \. NJ, she WAS a good halt mile to
windward of the Figilant. Both boats
then took short tacks on and Off shore
! down toward Point Judith.
At 1890 the Defender was abreast of
Point Judith. leading the Vigilant by
one mile. At 12:37:ll the Defender turned
the first mark. The Nigilant turned at
! l2:f3:20.
The wind was now freshening trifle,
an the boats had a reach OF the second
III ark, with the wind just forward Of the
beam and booms to port. The Defender
gybed about the second mark at 1:l6:l4
/ and the Nigilant at l:Z3:4o.
For the run home the Defender used a
| balloon jib topsail and got her spinnaker er
| pole ready, but it was not used. The
| Figilant set her Spinnaker for the last
! half OF the run, and gained thirty seconds.
| the spin maker and freshening wind at the
! end doing the work. The Defender
turned Brenton's Ligbtship and started
| the second round at 2l0:l3. Then came
the fog, and gun from the Silva. with
| two balls displayed, calling the Defender
! oil, and she scudded into the harbor once
more victor.
| The Queen Nab led the small sloops
| over the course and the Emerald led the
! schooners.
The regatta committee summoned the
| Captains of all the yachts in the fleet
aboard the flagship after the race, and
announced that The special cup offered by
| Secretary j. 5. Y. Oddie for the sloop
making the best runs had been awarded
to Queen Nab, and that there was a tie
| between Amorita and Constellation for the
cup offered by Fleet Captain Robinson
| for the schooner making the best runs.
The special cup offered by yexCommodore
Bergen for the yacht. irrespective OF class,
| making the best runs, WAS awarded to the
| Constellation.
| At $50 p, VI. the fleet was disbanded.
This evening there was grand Illumina-
! ton of the harbor in the city, parade OF
| illuminated floats and elaborate fireworks
displayed.
Tomorrow will be the first of four
days OF special races which Newport citi-
zens have arranged. There will be races
for schooners in the usual classes off
| Brenton's Reef.
The Vigiiant win not take part IN
races for sioops Thursday and Saturday,
the reasons for which appear in the fol-
lowing:
ITO the Regatta Committee of the Ne,o
York Yacht Cta6-DEAR SIRs: / hereby
withdraw the Vigilant's entries for the
races on Thursday and Saturday. AS
you are aware, Mr.. Gould aud l, as his