New-York tribune., 1895-07-23
looked better than they felt, for sailors 90 NV
like head canvas to be dropped In the water
SLACK WORK At TIE DuOYs.

sails broken out. and as the Dei'iue'
OF two minutes did not mean much in distance inc
two sailed away. close hauled on the staroo"iu
tack nicely placed for the eye to take them oo','
I'm ard make comparisons. They Afforded ih"ee''
a beautiful sight as they now got better "e,e"'
out OF the wind when close -jammed. For ""''e
the lovers OF the V.gilant were hopeful. She Ger
tanIy had a fine gait her. And when thus
pressed almost TO her rail and in calm water, q"
was iust the time for her be doing some OF her
best windward work. In spite OF appearances IAN.
the spectator Is continually the victim OF opooa'
deus,ons in Yacht races) difficult to ascertain
any real gain on her part until the Deie"ue,
struck a calm streak and then the Vigilant cioseu
up some OF the intervening space. Aiter"a'u '"e'
too began to die for want OF breath.
AT l:s2 both boats sid around wearily INTO 'he
port tack The wind was merely touch"s ,'e
ocean here and there. the surface oe.hS d So
OF alternate streaks OF calm and catspa"' ro'
sixteen minutes the boats continued In this way.
and then they turned again. The weather was a.
this time far from stormy. 1t was sort vi wv"
brother 10 a fat calm though the Defender seeineo
TO be on good terms with 1t. perhaps. as aho."e,
member Of the calm family, FOR II certain! "','
her. She stole away again from Nigiian,' VIZ
the accompanying steamers rolled about VII" s..a
shut of. in patient determination to Keep peI."u
the tagging yachts. There was luli mere IN wiz.
hungry lunchers could get bite. The peau''iul
white barkentine auxiliary cruiser sultana Los hann a
FELL and rolled gently near BY Jus az shc ,he aT wave
sssd palaces Of the unspeakabe Turk and under
shadows Of EgyPts mosaSss 5sd made its name
in foreign and adventurous cruising noGaru ah
curisied to the wonderfully beanti'ui sultan" '''
q"rsn Tsn decks of Mr Benedcts yacht Oneida
cqnSsd ,nS to see O pTssafn, Hsasa
in the placid swes her lofty white canvas irer''s n
with patsnce The Snc hnsa'sea ea snhooner Of
John T. Brook' called the Lasca her yarnIsmsa var Lone
nd
Gaining her speed. And while bottles popped anu
ns The n ne hpsa Sss 'af nl % The M
thousands munched smoked or slept ana iSs ,Sr
moss lovely H crafts Of the world drfred slowly by
The steam yach, was there In every shape, hnn arn
swam through the fleet and hung about. disdain-
inr the insufficient sandwich that was onered 10
conciliatc him.
LUCK WITH THE NEW BOAT.
Rut not for long Another sleepy look at the
racers showed that in the alternate CAIN anu
,riring streak OF breeze the Defender had hah the
hest NJ the luck There she sliding M TO wind
unrl I'm a fresh. brisk air. that laid her nearly !"
her rail while the poor unlucky Nigllan' was H'nt
in almost nat calm her crew pli'a !, "n ho,rJ
pantlng for air the captured hsh Strains 'o'
water. - o.. .. hardly ab,.
10 move The nckic fleet moved on TO see INC ,, ~,
fender pass the next s,akeooa, pc.e' ,a ,o ~ 10
honor 10 the favorite and leaving me io,rs nn
carcrakcr Of tho National prestige almost "o"'
VT" " seemed hard lines. And It was no, 90 much much
by good sailing ,n" mG h sImpy rh", she was IA
yorci in he search fog good fortune %a' sninc sr
ihnt combination ana sequence on n,PPN, ,,pha.
dcnc,s which IL eiphoniously termed 'bullhch'
luck" ,,- ..... .,u., ,,,ae,
sky Of molten brass and under sun ,nas ~"ii Te,i,
shrivc the complexion of rhinoc't"H @ @Wns l'''e ~
,tSken,SSsr mere wouI hc wind enough TO nnish
within tho appointed Tine Ana ~ n,ay h.oD ~ ~ lose
y sa' EVEN ,na' ,he shark showed his i-sus, AMI
his good sense when h. niried his clovrn TAN III inc
This mr., of the day In IL general results spoiled
every hing for Il introduced ne elr'nsn, o, y,
Know how much better the Defender u than me
viglant . ..,.. .oo, tho .,ove,, boa, take
,be lead In races where catspaw Nuk.s fnl"n ,he
day when the hrceze which landed ~" ~ rearh
hc VlgIani II came ,o her In such varied directions
iha, she was travelling fnii ,wo ms nom, lack I,
is therefore useless 70 ,lppos, ,hs, ,hs 5erery 5sSs
dcnn. idea OF hsra}ore ,he GeIsys3 and be-
camcd ana bai,ed until a. general result OF 9ah h
luck she was a good seven minutes ana hai De-
hind the second buoy. the windwari one
BIG WAVES 30 not WIN RACES
Tven,v miles of the thirty now iravcrs"i
Tho y,gu,nt rounded the nag and slightly started
ber sheets NJ she took hcr course FOR the nome
h,,ov Of the triangle She looked Just as me ana
rlv as gallant as the greater boat In fao'' io'
,ic,ureso,ie purposes she looked even hner Tor
sn. showed a small Niagara on her lee boy thai
snr % n,siy and mos, refreshing look Al. II gave
he idea Of tremendous speed. and everyb hkei ,
~, mnespping",hai the old favorite was now back
number Indeed. II Is dinicut 70 unn.rs,ann .o~ -,
nc snec,aiors the fact that modern boat Is going
fast The Defender slips through the water Ike a a
n'nos, entirely absent Formerly the painters
could take some old box ana snovs w1ye ,,o bnfar.
she'd hit H. and the spectators got the Idea tnat
her speed something frightfni inie. 'ahS ~ b
poetry OF motion when the boat OF tho day makes Is
no mark D in tn sn S D ana no or Judge
either men boats II deceived by II. me ~ ae
sp@d along toward the winning mark she was doing
tne last miles. AS timed In tysiS ,nh","s; ;
which after mathematical wrcstiins mar " m no,
guara nteed. seems TO be good. SOLD thirteen
miles hour. -. -, 49,, Oh,
had the wind forward OF abeam. and she had me
OF boat slipping along rs'y ore "a. sasv
than any craft. under steam or under sail. IN that
part OF the sea. or perhaps. in any other part.
THE vIGIJ.ANT NOT HOPELEssI.Y BEATEN.
In considering the respective times which the
boats made on that last ten-mlc stretch. the De
fender seems 10 have beaten the Vigilant about
two minutes. on the first leg TO the nrs, buoy she
also beat her two minutes In superior drifting. bnt
the passage from second to third buoy cannot be
safely reckoned on as showing anything excep. me
must be said that she uncommonly smart In
taking advantage OF every bit OF IT, Those VINO
land surely Of the sympathy goes to the under
dog In the fighD say that the Defender on tnis
course gained nothing that which hcke fortune
supplied pure gift. And II this be the fact. the
general public must not be led astray by the ran
fare OF trumpcts which announces Defenders
win by a considerable margin. The win. irrespective
the nukcy part IL just four minutes less about
half a minute the start. And the whole race
may be said TO be test In only ope-third OK ts
course the last stretch which clearly proved that
Defender could In these conditions give the Vigilant
two minutes In ten miles This does not indicate .
great disparity and II the Nigant receives heavy
time allowance by the laws OF the game II cannot be
yet said that she Is a defeated boat
AROUND THE BULLETIN BOARDS.
swELrERING CROWDS FAVORED THE vIGILANT.
BIT THEIR FAVOR COULD NOT HELP
LOSER
Scenes in the sweltering metropolis. and es-
pecially around the newspaper bulletin boards.