Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-31
DEFENDER REDEEMS HERSELF
AND PROVES A GOOD SEA BOAT
Winning the Third Race, She Is Officially De- clared the Cup Defender-The
 Race in Detail.

ieCleu lO uele1lU lne AilcIlCd Cup thS blue ribbon of the sea-.
 In thrash to wndward of ten miles and home run with spinnackers and balloons set the Hereshoff keel boat beat the Vgilant handsomely. and could have beat her minute more had she been pushed to her utmost.
 A rattIing breeze and a rough sea made the test of the abilities of the new boat one of the best that has been afforded Yachting sharps who saw her said that she would do. She removed all doubts as to her ability to go through a head sea in blow. She established a record as weather boat and her heavier mast and stouter rig did good service. The keel boat outpointed the center-boarder and outfooted her in the windward work. She showed herself stiffer in a breeze and easier in getting through rough water She made less fuss and left a clean wake
 At the outer mark she had five minutes and twenty-seven seconds the best of it. On the run home, before the wind, how ever, the Vigilant picked up fifteen sec onds of the time she had lost. The De- fender won by five minutes and twelve seconds elapsed time over the twenty mile course.
 After the race the following announce ment was made by the cup committee ''The Americas cup committee have se- lected the yacht Defender of the New
  in the contest for the Americas cup.
 "A. CASS CANFIELD, Secretary" Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie was out for a practice spin and to give his lordship an opportunity to see the race. The cup hunter was too late in getting under way and arrived only in time to see the finish Less sail was carried by the Englishman, a working topsail being used instead of the club topsails of the American boats. but she seemed to heel over more and to labor harder In the sea than even the blunt nosed Vigilant. Lord Dunraven gave the racers wide berth and seemed to avoid allowing any one chance to get a line on the speed of his boat. compared with the yankee flyers. The tug Luckenback, with the regatta committee and the America's cup com mittee on board, arrived outside at 1045 a. m., and signaled that the start would be from the Scotland lightship and the course to be beat of ten miles to wind ward and return. The course lines were east by south, right into the eye of the wind
 The outer mark was off Far Rockaway and well out a sea- The yachts had plen- ty of room to jockey for positions at the start. The Defender by clever work got the best of it. When the preparatory signal was set at Il a. m. the Defender was close to the hghtship and the Vigi- lant was cruising to the westward of the fleet of tugs and steamers which circles around the line between the committee boat Luckenbuck and the lig'htship. The Defender started in pursuit of her rival and when the latter went about and headed for the line the Defender swung about as if on pivot and led the way. Both were on the star board tack. The Vigilant was to windward of the new boat as Captain Barr shook out a baby jib topsail to help him crowd the other boat out of the best position at the start He drew upon the Defender and lapped her. Both were crowding in so close on the committee boat that there seemed danger of colliding, but Captain Barr finding it impossible to pass the Defender wore away and the new syndicate boat | rushed over the line eight seconds after the starting signal was made. The of ficial tAe of the two boats was: De- fender. l1:10:O8; Vigilant, 11:101S. The Defender had smaller club topsail than the Vigilant and used no jib top sail, but with less canvas she was too much for the Gould boat
 The Defender never showed to better advantage than today. She was in the pink of perfection and well handled al- though plainly pl ned to her best, as no Jib topSails were carried The wind was a good sixteen knot breeze from a little south of east, and there was considerable sea, caused by the wind blowing against the ebb tide.
 The two yachts held the starboard tack
 
 went together at 11:14, the Defender hay ing four lengths to the good On the tack in towards the Jersey shore the Defender doubled the gap. The wind had dropped couple of knots, but it was all the same to the new boat. When the two went on the starboard tack at 11:29 the Defender was well to windward The breeze fresh- ened as the boats stood off shore, and at F o'clock the Defender was three-auar- ters of mile ahead. The Defender went on the port tack at Il :01 and the Vigilant at 12:03.
 Just after the start Lord Dunrayen's Valkyrie was seen tacking out of the hook. She had up mainsail, working top sail jib and stay sail. She stood up we'll in the fresh breeze and bowied along at a good gait but poked her long nose intd the pillows in a way that neither of the yankee boats did. She carried a much smaller topsail than the others and had no jib topsail, and yet she heeled over more than the Vigilant with both club topsail and jib topsail. She did not reach the Scotland lightship until the races were nearing the outer mark ten miles away.
 At 12:27 the Defender well out toward the turn, went on the starboard tack for three minutes, while the Vigilant hung on to the port tack.
 Captain Barr had taken in his lib ton sail and the Viglant was pointing bet ter and footing nearly as fast The De- fender made series of short tacks and jibed about the mark at 12:47:25.
 The boom went over to port and a spinnaker blossomed out to starboard three minutes after the turn A balloon jib topsail was broken out and with the wind dead astern the handsome white yacht, with her clowd of canvass, bowled along on the run back to the lightship. The Vigilant rounded at 12:53:02 Her spinnaker was broken out to starboard and a balloon jib topsail set Inside of three minutes.
 The wind dropped on the run home, and while the yacht slipped through the water at a good pace there was less life to them than in the earlier part of the race. The Vigilant. with her usual clev- erness, her rival down the wind, and one or two puffs of wind aiding her she managed to make slight gain. When within two miles of the finish the Val kyrie, which had been beating out to meet the racers, eased off and ran home ahead of them, waiting near the line to see the finish
 The official finish was Defender, :021S; Uiorlopt 207.4q E,lanSpd limo. Da-