Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-14
YAMPA WAS BEATEN
The British Schooner Amplitude
Won Today's Race.
GREAT REVERSAL IN FORM SHOWN
The Foreign Yacht Won Without
Time Allowance.
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MANLY SPORT IN GENERAL

COWES, Isle of Wight, August 14.-In
nice. WHOLESALE, westerly breeze, this MORN
ing, Mr.. R. s. Palmer's crack American
schooner-cruiser Yampa and Mr.. Fred X.
Wills English cruiser-schooner Amphi-
trite started in a race for a prize of 200
over the old queens course.
The contest grew out of the fact that
when Yampa won Lord Iveagh's 2O0-guinea
cup on Wednesday last, over the same
course, Amphitrite Being second, Mr.. Wills
protested against the cup being awarded
to Yampa on the ground that the latter
carried nine men in excess of the number
allowed by the rules governing the contest.
Mr.. Palmer did no. deny this, but claimed
that he could not have sailed his yacht
with a less number of men. The affair
finally resulted in an arrangement being
made under the auspices Of the Royal
Yacht Squadron sailing committee that
the question of superiority between the
American and English schooners should be
decided in a race today, both yachts being
allowed to carry all the men they pleased.
Consequently, great interest was taken In
the event. especially as a rumor is in cir
culatfon here that should Defender fail to
retain the Americas cup on the other side
of the Atlantic an American schooner will
be sent after it next year.
Amphitrite Wins Easily.
Amphitrite won easily without her time
allowance. She was sailed by Captain
Comes of the Meteor.
The Start.
Both yachts started at 10 o'clock The
course was fifty miles long. and the boats
being sent away to westward, they headed
first for the Huntington Spit buoy, leaving
it on the starboard hand, and from there
they passed West Cowes and mark boat
to the northward Of the Prince Consort
buoy, off East Cowes. Thence the course
was around the Bullock buoy, leaving No
Man Fort to starboard and rounding the
Bullock buoy to port, finishing off flag
boat off West Cowes
Yampa allowed Amphitrite I'M Ais.
At the start the American schooner lad
the weather berth; but in the beat to the
first mark. Huntington Spit Amphitrte
drew ahead and rounded 1t with good
lead.
The times of the two schooners on round
HMs.
Amphitrite .........................n At 10
Consequently, Amphitrite had a lead of
I'm. sos. at the first mark. But after that
Yampa pulled up considerably. for passing
West Cowes, going eastward toward the
Bullock buoy, Amphitrfte was leading only
by about couple of minutes.
Yampa's Improvement, however, was ap-
parently only of a temporary nature, for
Amphitrite from that point on began to
ably widened the gap between herself and
her competitor when nearing Ryde on the
way eastward.
Amphitrite's Big Lead.
This state of affairs continued until in
passing Ryde Amphitrite had a very strong
lead. The times of the two yachts on pass
ing Ryde were:
H. NJ. s.
Ahphitrite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. IL 4s 05
Thus Amphitrite at this point had lead
of 13m. 2ss, without counting her time
allowance of I'm. Ais, which would bring
her lead up to 21m. 9s., rather hopeless
lead for Yampa to cut down. But the Amer
lean schooner bowled along after her leader
in gallant style, scuddipg along before the
wind with all sails set and pulling beauti-
fully.
On the last part of the run toward the
Bullock buoy Yampa, doing some mag
nifcent sailing before the wind, pulled up
a couple OF minutes so on her leader.
But Amphitrite was sailing like witch
and rounded the Bullock buoy with COM
Portable lead over the American schooner.
Rounding the Bullock Buoy.
The times Of the two cruisers on rounding
the Bullock buoy were:
Amphitrite ................... ~ w
The British schooner, consequently, had
lost 3m los. of the lead which she had
over Yampa on passing Ryde pier. But
she still had a comfortable lead of 1Om.
l2s., which, with her time allowance of
7m Ais, gave her I'm. 53s. to the good
over Yartpa.
On the beat back to Cowes. Amphitrite
did some splendid pointing and footing,
evidently travelling much faster than
Passing No Man fort, on the way home,
Passing No Man fort, on her way home.
Tampa dropped further and further be-
hind, and Amphitrite had the race well
in hand and crossed the line an easy win
ner in her own time.
The following were the times of the
yachts at the finish: Amphitrite, 3:47:5O:
Tampa, 3:5902.
Consequently the British schooner won by
Kim lbs. actual time, and by Ism. 53s.
counting her time allowance Of I'm. dis,
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