The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The second trial
race between Defender and Vigilant, over
a triangular course eight miles to the
leg, starting from the Scotland lightship.
was one of the most interesting events
that ever took place in New York har-
bor
There was all kinds of weather, from
almost dead calm to a blow of forty
miles an hour. In every point of sailing
and in every kind of weather, the De-
fender showed herself to be far superior
to the Vigilant.
The Valkyrie made a little bit of
show of herself while the racers were at
work, but it was so light that no esti-
mate could be placed on her qualities as
compared with either that of Defender
or Vigilant.
The regatta committee of the New
York Yacht club, which had the race in
charge, let the boats off in regular time.
was u seconds ahead, and with that diff
ference, they made their start.
Both boats stood off well to the south
ward, which gave them a beam wind
tinued blowing at the rate of seven or
eight knots an hour, and they went
ahead fast. The Defender continuously
gained on the Vigilant until at the end
of the two miles she had a lead of over
half a mile.
Valkyrie Opens Up.
AT this time Valkyrie, who had come
out from her berth inside the Hook,
showed up in the open and undertook to
chase the racers. She fell into the same
breeze that Defender and Vigilant had
had when they started on their journey,
and carried her down the course for two
miles, when it collapsed. Defender and
Vigilant had the breeze desert them some
time before AID they were only standing
still when the English boat nearly came
stoned by the breeze, which all had
been Favored with up to this time, but
which dropped at point about two miles
to the southwark of the line.
three-quarters of mile of Vigilant. and
found herself in a practical calm, she
went about in laboring way and headed
for home. Experts who watched the
light air and smoothest kind of sea Ghe
made a good deal of commotion from her
bows, even more than Vigilant.
In n Light Breeze.
In the almost imperceptible breeze, De
fender made Roadway. The boats Jagged
along for almost two hours in that way,
Defender continually gaining. When De-
fender finally rounded the first mark, she
occupied three minutes and a half in set
ting her spinnaker. Then began q rush
before the wind for eight miles. Hereto
fore, in a run before the wind, ViSilant
has gained on Defender, but today the
keel boat covered the eight miles in not
only better time, but by gaining the as
founding advantage of two minutes and
twelve seconds over Vigilant. After
rounding the second mark, a big black
squau came out of the southwest. The
Defender had no sooner turned the mark
when the gale was upon her. She stood
it bravely and there was no inclination to
toll in toJ oil
of her jib parted under the strength of
the forty mile wind and within minute
the head sail was in ribbons. Within
three minutes the fragments had been
hauled down and another new and whole
sail set in it's place. This last leg was
close reach to home. The Vigtlant not
being able to Withstand the wind, took
down her club topsail soon after round
ing the second mark and shortly. after
ward withdrew her baby jib topsail.
a Little Tender.
The valkyrie got a little piece OF this
squat as she was returning to her berth,
but Captain Cranfield hauled down all
heal sails and The prodigious club top
sails. But it was said by the sharps who
looked at her from Sandy Hook that with
only her massive mainsail she keeled over
enough to show that she is very tender
for one so big. Defender Went on fairly
level, and her performance was simply
Then the wind dropped to about ten
miles an hour and lasted at that stretch
up to the finish. Defender went on in
creasing the gap between herself and
Vigilant So it can be seen that in every
point of sailing, even in the run before
the wind with spinnakers set and in all
strengths of braaze. the Defender not only
outsailed Vigilant but beat her almost RI
diculously. And yet the Americas cup
committee does not seem to be satisfied
that Defender is the better boat, for they
y-o1 tta1- trio f0r
Defender, start, 1120:2S; first mark,
9 :O1 100; second mark. S:1e:S0; finish, 4:10:08;
Viligant, start 11:2O4O: first mark,
2:O6:17; second mark. 3:24:0O; finish, 4:2S:2S;
elapsed time, 5:07:43.