The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
TRIAL YACHT RACES.
rhey Will Be Begun on Tues
day Of This Week.
cxrENoER TO WIN, OF COURSE.
,, ,,,,
american sporfsnlen Highly Pleased
with the Achievements OF Their
FInkeeI Flyer.

~.-.~s,ss fsss. by the Associated Press.
~. 80, yo-t Aug. f7.-As the first formal
. -. s.stvvserl the Defender and Ni2ilaat
III ,.se Mace Tuesday next. glance AZ
-. ~rark that the champions have done
- :. date sill not be amisE. In fact. il
- = :. especiaIlv interesting TO all Amer
for II will show how the new boat.
= -ssse worth We probably shah depend
= retair the greatest Of all yachting ON
sturr<-the Americas ciip-nas been i'm
,sesing IN form right along. The meet
- E-afweeu the VatlSyrie III. and the
-, 1sssenssr viii be the closest contest ever
- for the trophy OF trophies.
rars fhe FIRST TWO races that the De-
800 and yigiIant had. They were held
..asy.aetsyelv on July % and y, starting
49,, aco;laud ightship outside Of Sandy
xsees In the game waters and over the
s..ae ksrd OF course as the cup races win
s.rs Mace in The following gives
49, Zines. the Defender always coming in
e., To windward and return, - miles.
~or hy minutes q seconds. triangular
sas,rse. 20 miles won by minutes II sec
a.ds Her increased lead at the close Of
sbe second race is accounted for by he
saet that the wind suited her better than
i eid the yigiiant, as there was more
beating on reaching on that day.
az meetings. which occurred during the
annual cruise OF the Kew York Yacht
club 10 the eastward. is shown in the
sal,owing: Glen Cove 10 Huntington,
= naes. won By ] minute 40 seconds:
Huntington TO New London, ca miles, did
not finish. New London, 80 miles. ? min
sreg. q seconds. Block Island course. q
miles. dla not finish. Newport 10 Vineyard
Haven. s7i4 miles. C minutes = seconds.
ylnsgard Haven 70 Newport, 81. miles. 9
minutes seconds.
Tae third time the champions met. the
r,sfefie~ had another close call, winning
~ only | minute ~ seconds.
Next came tbe long run OF G. miles from
Hantngton to New London in a stiff wind.
though not strong enough 10 compel the
lacking OF the club topsails. The De-
fender was more than two minutes ahead
when her steering gear went wrong, and
she bad to give up not far from New
London.
Tie following day. when the feet had
4 free run from New London TO New
port. the Defender came in way ahead.
Over the Block Island course, off New
port the Defender had a comfortable
lead, but seven miles from home her gam
broke. and the Vigilant won the coveted
Gesles cup for single stickers
The two races which followed were
really the decisive contests for the cruise,
and II was not until after the first OF
these-the run from Newport to Vineyard
Hayen-that Afr. Willard. of the yigiIant.
would admit that the Defender was a
better boat than his. On the last day of
ell, when the yachts met over a short
triangular course of seven miles to the
leg, the fnkeel boat did better than ever.
She beat the centerboarder by minutes Is
seconds on the dead beat to windward i'm
the first seven miles, and put minute 2e
seconds between them on the reach to
second mark. On the run home the Vigil
iant set her spinaker. with which she had
covered half the seven miles. and 1t drew
very well.
The two or possibly three races which
VIII be held this week viii prove. more
seaclnsiyeiy than any meeting the yachts
have yet had. the true difference between
TIE boats. When they come together
Tuesday next they viii be more highly
Keyed and faster of foot than at any time
during their careers