The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-30

ASdU SAe udu at lue start ana IN ten mtl-
utes had opened up four lengths Of open
water between her stern and the Vigi-
lant's bow. Her new rig and violating
balloon sails seemed to be doing good work
for her. Vigilant had up an entire Herre-
shon suit of clothes and her club topsail
was little larger than Defenders. The
finer lines of the Defenders hull were tell
ing the story, as they have before
The boat Of '95 was more than a match
for the boat of '93. The balloon jib top
sail of the Defender did better work than
the similar sail of the Nigilant and the
syndicate boat glided through the water
with an easier motion and in half an hour
had eight lengths to the good. The breeze
gradually lost strength and the yachts
failed to keep up the burst of speed that
they showed at the start.
The Valkyrie, with Lord Dunraven on
board, was coming out of the Hook when
the race was started. She was good mile
and a half behind. Her canvass was
mainsail, club topsail, jib staysail and No.
jib topsail. She bowled along at a good
rate and afforded an excellent oppor-
tunity for comparison with the American
boats. The British boat sat lower in the
water, had less free board, as sailormen
say, and her nose had more of a shark
like hook
Her topmast seemed little more lofty,
her bowsprit a foot or two longer, and
the steel boom reached further aft than
the latest Herreshoff creation. Her gray
steel boom did not look as well as the
yellow spars of the Yankee boats, and
her black hull was not near as hand
some as the glittering white sides Of the
American sloops.
At 11;40 the Valkyrie changed her top
sail for one of voluminous proportions.
While the American boats were almost
in the doldrums, SO light was the wind
for an hour after the start, the British
boat seemed to have a good breeze, and
dashed along at a surprising gait. The
apparition of the cup hunter bowling
along over the course, while the two
American boats were lolling from side
to side with barely steerage way, was not
pleasing to the patriots on board eXcur-
sion steamers and attendant yachts.
She lost the wind at 12:Sl and drifted as
the Americans were doing, but in her
drifting she was creeping up on the Vigi-
liant and probably on Defender also.
Then at 1888. when an elegant oppor-
tunity was offered for comparison with the
white sloops, Lord DunFaven's boat jibed
and headed back toward the lightship.
There was a freshening breeze from the
southwest and the Defender catching it
before the Vigilant, increased her lead to
nearly half mile. The direction of the
wind made it necessary for Capt. Half to
make short tacks to port in order to reach
the first turn. Vigilant laid a better course
and got there without tacking. Defender
turned at 201, Vigilant at 2:06:f.
The run to the second mark was un-
eventful. The Defender gained three min
utes and three seconds on the run with
spinnakers. The time at the second turn,
which was off Rockaway, was: Defender,
3:16:30; Vigilant, 3:24:OO.
The run was a close reach and in the
breeze which was again freshing, the two
yachts showed signs .of--lifes--Then the
bank of clouds in the west sent storm of
rain, wind and thunder and lightning down
over the course and there was merry
time for a quarter of an hour. The Defen-
der caught the squall first at 1925 o'clock.
Capt. Half luffed the boat UP in the wind
and she Strengthened up. Down came her
baby jib topsail. but no move toward
further shortening of sail was made.
The people on the Vigilant were more
cautious They first took in the baby
jib topsail and a minute later the jib top
sail. AS they did so the squall hit them
and the boat almost showed her center
board. At $3.50 o'clock the wind was blow
ing thirty-five miles an hour and the sea
was white with foam. At 1882 there was
q sharp report and the jib of the Defender
split along the middle seam.
The Vigilant was making weather of
it, taking big dashes of spray. over her
bows and laying down low before the
sudden puffs of wind.
At $40 the center of the squall having
passed and left a strong southwest breeze,
the Defender set a new jib and dashed
ahead toward the finish. The Vigilant
sent up a working topsail and heeled well
over, endeavoring to catch the syndicate
boat. The latter was good two miles
ahead and going fast. At $3.50 o'clock the
Defender sent up a baby jib topsail and
two minutes later the Vigilant followed
suit. The new sloop raced away toward
the lightship and crossed at 4:10:08
The wind was dropping rapidly, and
the Vigilant, though beaten by about
nine minutes at the time Defender finish
ed, was unable to reach the finish line
until 4:2S:23
The lapsed time of the two boats was:
Defender, 4:49:40; Vigilant, 5:07:43.
Defender won by Is minutes and sec
onds. After the race was ended the Amer
ica's cup committee met and decided to
hold the third trial race tomorrow at II
a. m
Sandy Hook, N. j., Aug. 29.-The Amer
ica's cup committee met this afternoon
and decided to have the third trial race
tomorrow at II o'clock a. m, from the
Scotland lightship.