New-York tribune., 1895-07-21
HOW THE RACE WAS WON.
FINE WORK IN THE CHASE TO WIND
WARD DOWN THE COAST.
THE DEFENDER SHOWS FER EXCELLENT POWERS
IN EATING INTO THE WIND AND TAcKING-

THE DEFENDER SHOWS FER EXCELLENT POWERS
IN EATING INTO THE WIND AND TAcKING-
vIGILANT BETTER THAN EVER
Shortly after II o'clock the steam and sailing
Yachts excursion steamers and tugs. with their
loads Of Interested spectators. were at the start
Ing point Of the race off Sandy HOOK. Both
the big sloops were down ahead or them, ana
sailed gracefully about. stretching their sails.
and finally testing every block ana pulley TOT
the last time before the struggle The scene
was a bright one. The Vgant was first recog-
nized by the throngs that dangerously over
loaded at least one boat. and she was greeted
with cheers and the waving OF handkerchefs.
the steam whistles adding their clamor ana
sending the din far over the Jersey shores
There were the two racers. II did not seem
as II there could be any difference between
them in point of speed. 1t took an expert to
tell one from the other Their white. glistening
bodies glnted back a sunlight that got now
little the better OF n mist or haze spread over
the waters and then seemed to be worsted by
the moisture I'm the air. The huge white sails
OF the fleet racers seemed TO tell or quiet
strength. On the Defender. when she luned
over toward the iron Steamboat Cepheus' could
be seen Mr. Iselin, Of the Defender syndicate
who was overlooking the work or getting the
new champion OFF to the best advantage. Mr.
Isen stood beside Captain Han, who held the
wheel; near at hand were the members or the
party Mr. Iselin had invited 10 sail with him on
the race They were Woodbury. Thorne. Her
bert Leeds and Woodbury. Kane.
The most noteworthy thing about the Defender
as she manoeuvred about now running down be-
fore the wind. now beating up against 1t. was
her remarkable quickness In stays The De-
fender turns on a pivot. much quicker than a
catboat, n trait that served her well In going
about In the beat to windward OF the first half
OF the race Her sails seemed to fit her perfectly
and still there was an ndescroable something or
new about her. an unsettled. incomplete some
thing that one could not exactly define. but
which was still there. as her race working
showed concusivey. 1t was when the Defender
ran up on the starboard tack that the spectators
on the boats near the New-York Yacht Clubs
signal vessel. the Sylvia. got the best view OF
her To one who has a high-cass
yacht race the sight was one not to be soon for
gotten As the sun beamed down. the graceful
lines and swelling sails were revealed In all their
delicacy and strength. The boat could only be
compared to a handsome thoroughbred at the
starting post. On the deck the big crew Of nim-
bic sailors bounded about like many cats. II
their 1.-THE motion Is described. but looking more
like a band OF mille.s in their white costumes
How the men kept m deck was n mystery to the
uninitiated In yachting. There was no rail- for
them to hold on by. and the decks were slippery
with spray.
1t was with the greatest satisfaction that the
freshenng Of the breeze was noticed. The De-
fender. although she careened In an apparently
ticklish fashion. cut through the water as II
she had been oiled. leaving almost no wake
Although she had anchored In the Horseshoe.
while the Defender had lain at anchor the night
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