St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-18
AILSk is DEFEATED.
The Prince Of Wales Britain
MIA Wins at Monte
Carlo.
WINDS LIGHT AND FLUKY.
Queen Victoria at CimeZ and
Wales Was Not on His
Yacht.
WINDS LIGHT AND FLUKY
RACE NOT SATISFACTORY.
DR.. Rice and Simmons to Have
q Great Match Race at st.
Louis.

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Monaco regatta opened today, and
the principal event, the race for the
prize offered by the Prince of Mon
AGO, was won by the Prince of Wales
Britannia, which gave the Ailsa her
first defeat. The Britannia's victory,
however, did not create the great
est enthusiasm among impartial
yachtsmen for the reason that it
was gained in a poor trial of the
qualities of the respective boats, and
was partly due to the Ailsa holding
her opponent too cheaply. The race
was for the st. PriX de Prince AL
bert l., open to all yachts above
twenty tons. The weather was
beautiful, but the wind was light
and fiukey, and this, of course, made
an exciting race an impossibility.
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 CimeZ. but this difficulty was
overcome by the Prince of Wales not
going on board his yacht. He
watched the race from, the terrace
at Monte Carlo. The course, which
covered distance of fifteen miles,
was in the shape of a triangle.
THE FIRST LEG
was about southeast by east to a mark
off Cape Martin, the second leg thence
about west by north to around a mark
on Rogue Zrune, and then nearly due
west back to the starting point The
wind was blowing a light breeze from
the southeast when the yachts got
near the starting line. where they for
some time lazily kept luffing and fill
ing, waiting for the signal to start.
The competitors were, in addition to
the Ailsa and Britannia, the Corsair
and Valkyrie 1. The first leg was
about to windward, and all the racers
stood off to the eastward, with their
starboard tacks pretty close aboard.
The Ailsa could probably have got off
sooner had she so desired. but she
waited until she could come around in
the Britannia's weather 1t took the
Ailsa but a short time to overcome the
thirty-one seconds the Britannia had
gained ON the start, and then she had
the Prince of Wales cutter broad on
her lee beam, but then
FORGED AHEAD
and continued to gain until she had
but two short boards to reach Cape
Martin. All the interest was conferred
in the leaders, and as Cape Martin was
reached it was the general opinion
that Ailsa, barring accidents, was a
sure winner. she having not only over
prito faJr III
onds lead at the start, but gained a
lead of two minutes and seven seconds.
The Cape Martin turning mark was
rounded at these times by the leaders
Ailsa, 12:28:50; Britannia, 12:3O:57. What
little breeze there was began to grow
less in weight after the yachts stood
up for Roquebrune. On this leg, the
wind was well aft, and once straight
on their courses, spinnakers We're
broken out on both racers. In a short
time the breeze freshened q little and
Britannia was the first to get the
benefit of it. AS her spinnaker and
main sail filled. she shot ahead, and
those on the Ailsa began to think that
the stern chase was going to be a
shorter one than they had at first ex-
pected. Foot by foot the Britannia
overhauled the leader, and soon. de-
spite a huff made by the Ailsa, she
went to the front and rounded the
Roquebrune mark thirty-eight seconds
ahead of the Ailsa.
BRITANNIA KEPT GAINING.
The time of the two boats was:
Britannia, IL h, 40 m, 10 sec; Ailsa, II
n, 49 n. 48 sec. 1t was a short and easy
reach home. Britannia continued to
gain slowly, and at the finish of the
first round she was 43 seconds to the
good. The first round was finished in
these times: Britannia, II h, Sc m, 10
sec; Ailsa, IL h, Sc m, SO sec. On the
run up to the Roquebrune mark. the
racers had the wind, which was get
ting more westerly, well abaft the port
beam. Britannia has luffed out a good
bit. Aflsa drew to the Windward as
well, and the Britannia has luffed I'D
further and further. Both kept at 1t
until they were so far out In the bay
that when they headed for the mark
they put the wind we'll enough astern
to make a run for it. Spinnakers were
again set, and then the Britannia be-
gan to. get through the water quicker
than her opponent. Slowly but surely
she came along, and in a short time
stole into the lead. Rounding the mark
the pair We're overlapped, the Britain
mia blanketing the Ailsa. This result
ed in the latter having to make a
short tack to get around, and, in the
meantime, the Britannia, fetched
around, reached for home with a good
lead. The times of the finish of the
second round were: Britannia, III, 45m,
40 sec; Ailsa, h, 45 m, 48 sec. Thus
the Britannia won easily, without reck-
oning the time allowed her by the
Ailsa. The actual times occupied in
covering the course are: Britannia, 2
h, 10 m; Ailsa, 2 h, 20 m, "a sec; Valky-
RE, 2 h, AZ m; Corsair, h, Al m, 10 Sec
Mr.. Aliens ten-rater, Dakotah. won
the race for her class, easily beating
the st. Mariel.