The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-31
fAE DEFENDER LOSES.
a.r Steering Gear Is Disabled.
and She Calls a Tug.
use she WOULD HAVE WON.
-. O-Mfle Race She Is Faster Than
d. yigilant, Yet Not SO Much
rs Friends Would Like.

rSw Ion1ons Jh4y F.--Ihe sfglIanf beat
- nesender today In a run of sixty-four
! - from Eaton Point. on the Long
s-.s-s shore FIVE miles from Huntinp-
= aarbor, to this port. The cup de-
AZ gave UP the race not far from this
- because her steering gear became
s--.nged. A strong southwest by south
s-.@.e. varying il strength from eighteen
txenty-two knots. blew throughout
:. greater part Of the race, which was
S~csS reach on the starboard tack from
-. Ia finish. and with hardly the shift
sail When the Defender dropped
:. n was estimated that she was fully
- minutes ahead of the XigiIanr. ana
- new yacht was looked on as a sure
sinner. barring accidents. but the unex-
,s~.sd accident occurred and the Defexd-
!. rseeived her first defeat
4 better day for racing than today could
=. he imagined The wind was strong
- sr,se. and Increased In strength un
= mis- port was reached, when a stiff
,~enty-two-knot breeze was blowing.
,s.f - the last yacht made New London
seyere wind. rain and squall. lasting
.haat an hour. sprang UP and set the
~a,le at Bridgeport and New Haven
s.andersng whether the smaller yachts
~srs caught out in IL. Happily, such
rss not the case. and. barring the dam
- 10 the Defenders steering gear the
LISTING OF one Of her club topsails and
A. and the loss of boat overheard
49, sehooner yacht Montauk. there were
"a accidents TO record.
ne vigliant had little the best Of the
~.rt and kept well ahead for some time.
really however. she got into a lufFing
~.teh with the Defender, the latter press
- her closely. and the Defender walked
. ahead and 10 the windward. moving
s,zAually away. II is estimated that the
refender was about five minutes ahead
WAsn ntaring New London she suddenly
s,red No. lowered her topsails. sigualed
a. tug. and was towed TO shore I'm the
szrber The general opinion. expressed
,tfsr II was ended was that the Defender
vuuld have undoubtedly won the race had
re been able to finnish. The vigilant
sa,lsd graBdly across the line and up the
harbor winning In hours. 40 minutes. 81
Rconds.
The race across the Sound was one of
ne finest ever witnessed by the Oldest
yschtsmen here. The breeze was strong
snsugh 70 test the sail-carrying power Of
apy sailing yacht afloat. but they all chung
a. 10 the full sail from scratch TO finish
ard made strong -ecord-breakinr pace.
TIE result OF toiay's race demonstrated
ssry little unless 81 was that on a broad
reach over sixty miles In 4 stiff breeze the
Defender can heat the Nigilanf. bat not
" quite az wide margin as her admirers
rs1ld like 10 see.
Tas Constellation. of Boston, In the
shoouer class made q remarkable run.
ssytrfng the course On l3o.s4 a really re-
msrkabie performance. She was the FIRST
ucht 10 reach this harhor. and her time
sempares favorabiy with the Nisilani's.
tEr The race today was started with
~ frst % the ebh tide. which helped the
yachfs greatly.
After the race Tie Associated Press ting
Art went alongside the Nigilant and
~ Defender and asked capt. Barr and
Capt Han for their views OF the race.
ne former would only say that the race
spoke for itself and the latter simply adj
rified that the Defender had split n few
ssils. but the Defender people did not
BOX happy.
A veteran yachtsman. who saw the race
RON the schooner lroauois. which also
ra1e a remarkably fine run. said the
s1resf Of the breeze was about n a m.
when ne estimated that II was blowing
fliy twenty-five knots. The Defender
curing the worst Of ~ slowly crep; away
ron the Nigilant. both yachts standing
% grandly. considering. He added. how
evsr. that he hoped the Nigiiant had been
EtAtiy improved, otherwise ne was or
ne opinion that the cup was In danger.
Another expert yachtsman said the De-
fender was undoubtedly the hest boat,
and that she would beat the Nigilant in
any weather by good margin. but. he
ADDED. she will be much faster when she
neets the Nalkyrie III.
New London harbor never looked 80
gay as II did this evening. To be sure.
The New York yacht feet puts in here
every year. but this year the contest he
tween the old and new cup defenders
has proved a drawing card that brought
eu' such feet as even the capacious
deep water harhor OF New London never
saw before. The Nigilant. like the De-
fender was the center Of a fleet of row
toats. sail boats and launches. whose &C.
eapants looked with all their eyes at these
tiamphs OF American shiphuiiding skill.
The United States dispatch boat Dolphin.
secretary Herhert's flagship. was one OF
IRE conspicuous objects I'm the harhor.
and did not suffer in comparison with ev-
9 the smartest of the steam yachts
MS evening the Defenders damaged
stesring gear WAS taken ashore TO the
Norgan iron works. where several men
were put at work on IL. II is expected
ne Defender viii he able 20 start with
NE rest of the fleet tomorrow.