New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-02
THE PASSING OF THE AILSA
40 LIKELIHOOD THAT SHE WILL TRY TO
CAPTURE THE AMERICAS CUP
HER rNFERIORITy TO THE BRITANNIA IN N"'
wEATHERs CONCLUsIvELY SHOWN ~
YESTERDAYS RACE-vALKYR1E III DID
NOT sTART-THE DAKOTAH WIN


xER Of TIME ALLOWANCE.
po,besav Scotland July I.-To-days duel be
tween the Prince 81 Waess cutter britannia ana
tho ,usa demonstrated conclusvely that the Rr-
tannia is tho better yacht in whole-sail nreez'
Farmer contests have shown that she Is superior
n the Ailsa in moderate winds ana HHh' ""'
Thus the chances that the Ailsa VIII 10 'nos'"
to make an effort 10 capture the cup rep''S'''nN
the Yachting supremacy % the world are h"'"S
worth consideration. She was squarely beaten o"
every point Of SAILING by the Britannia ana she
has ceased 10 excite wonder. Although the Val
kvre III has not been tested In n gooh p''r@e
against the Britannia. the impression OF yacn's
mon here is that the cup-challenger is mnch pct
ter than the Prince OF Wales's cutter. she ala
not enter to-day's race az Lord DunraVen 'hous".
a soaking from a drizzlc which lasted until ,
o'c,ock this morning would be beneficial 70 her
s,ils When the sky cleared. 1t was too late ior
her 10 prepare for the race.
The wind was from the east at FIRST and later
shifted 10 northeast. blowing mcrrly Inc hH-
tanna by minutes and u SECONDS a""'"
time allowance The Ailsa is apparently too heavily
,parred and has more sail than she can use
nron,ablv even In ordinary weather She showed
much tenderness In the best breeze OK the day.
There was a little stretch o. ~indward work
somewhat Icss than mile from the star, In the
bay 20 Bogany Point.
The starting gun sounded AZ i0ao. and The Hri-
~ Wsl.ss cutter got the weather berth and crossed
A, 10000. with the Ailsa close on her lee quarter
Al soiS balloon forcsiaysails ""r" set Just as
the racers got away. After turning Bogany foh'
(, vas broad reach. with the wind forward or
the port beam 20 the Noun, stewart mark. Tn"
britannia led the Ailsa past Ascog by about forty
min. seconds The britannia rounded IN" Mount
Stewart mark AZ losli 20. with the Ailsa my 500
OndS asicrn
I, vas a hca, 10 the Iargs mark across the Firm.
a reach hauled. to Skelinorh" ana run
hon. with the wind on the s'arhoarl quarter. In
the run TO the home mark. on the FIRST round Ia"
Ailsa picked W ten seconds on the britannia on
N. first leg Of the second round the britannia
added 10 her lead rounding Mount stewart. With
practically the same wind ~ a. IN" start. a minute
and a half ahead - the Aiisa There VAS a rafting
wind AZ the finish The yachts after rounding the
home mark the second time had a broad reach.
daconally across the quldrangilar cours" - I@rgs.
and 4 reach 10 the finish. with the wind forward
the starboard beam
THE NIAGARA FIRST HOME.
The Uerreshon twenty -rater Niagara had as com
ne,itors over the p mile today IN" /inita
and Dakotah. with which she had Al unsatisfactory
struggle on Saturday. The course was once around
the quadrangle and diagonaly across To and from
the iargs mark. The Dakoiah received twelve
minutes and nfiy-nve seconds from the Niagara.
The shippers Of the Iiniia and Niagara watched
each other Ike cats. captain Barr cl"Vcrly helI t"
Niagara top OF the Iinita uiltll moment De
fore the preparatory gun sounded IN" Iniih got
clear then. after an effort. The starting gun. at
II 10 found the Zinita In the Niagara weather.
Sh. forced the NerreshOf model le-ward In reach
ing down toward Ascog the Iini'a had trouble IN
shaking of the lively little ten-rater Dakotah. The
times AZ the Mount Stewart mark were; Niagara.
iI.2a 81 Ziniin II % -. Dakoiah II q L.
40 time taken AZ l.afgs. as IN" Yachts were
cnshrouded in mist The I!nia emerged from tn"
grayncss nrst. leading the Niagara by minute.
BDin Carried sp.nakcrs from Sk"lmorNe to IN"
hom~ mark The Niagara jibei around the mark.
and. cutt.Ns across the Iiniias stern. got on h"r
~. Int pnlk
onds ahead. In the diagonal stretch across IN"
quadrangle to Iargs the Iintd carried jibtopsa j
and balloon forcsiaysaiI and the Niagara had ONLY
her working forestaysail and no lbtopsaI me
agara sailed her down. dashng home In splendi J
Style more than two minutes ahead % her. Tn"
DakOtah won by minutes and 10 seconds. on time
allowance.
\ rcpr, sentative OF the United Press last nigh
visited Howard Gould board the Niagara cap
tain Carter was with him Mr. Gould thinks me
Nalkyric III H. an extremely fast boat He san
that II she should win the Americas cup cha-
lengc would b. cabed 10 England forty eight hours
afterward. n Is We'll pleased win IN" Niagara,
which he declares is good all-round boat She
H. especially fast IN running He does not car"
about racing the Dakoidh on time allowance. pre-
ferr.ng pure class racing IN which In" first boat
home wins
Lord Isonsdae's new twenty-rater Eucharist de-
Mud Hook regatta Wednesday. Mr.. Gould f.
pleased with the prospect Of having her for Il com
pctitor. The Niagara's record to date u fourteen
starts, eight first prizes and four second prizes 49,,
viii sail in the clyde and other regattas only
when the weather is suitable. lie does not wish 10
run any risks of stretching sails or spelling any
thing which may be affected by wet weather. The
Clyde races ls therefore. entirely dependent on
meteorological conditions.