New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-06
OVER NINE MINUTES AHEAD
TUE DEFENDERS SIGNAL VICTORY o,,rr,
THE vIGILANr.
N DEAD BEAT TO wINDwARD OF TWENTY
NILES AND REACH OF SEVENTEEN MILES
YESTERDAY THE NEW BOAT PROVED
HER SUPERIORITY

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fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrpuSr,
Newport, Aug. "a heavy fog settled over tho
eater of Vineyard Haven early this morning
and threatened TO cause .,ostponement Of the
las, days run OF the Ney-York Yacht Clubs
cruise. The Defender, which had gone outside
for preliminary spin, returned TO her anchor
40 and waited for the r1ists to rise
look over the feet showed that the yo,ur-
ter had kept her word and withdrawn from the
race having started across the Sound for her
owners island home. Late on Sunday night II
was said that number OF other yachts were
also missing from the squadron. The fleet does
-, disband until after the Drexel Gun races TO-
morrow. In the squadron this morning was the
.,sam yacht Pilgrim. once famous as a fin-keel
candidate for the honor Of defending the cup.
7, was not until close on to Ills O'clock that
The sylvia put out OF the harbor and took up her
,ostion to form a starting line Off the West Chop
buOy The fleet of yachts that followed her
...med destined TO further disappointment for
the first thing the Sylvia did when she came to
.,chor was TO run up signal flags which read.
pace postponed until. In few minutes.
however. the mists promised to disappear, and
The postponement signals were taken down and
,,s sylvia Blue Peter was hoisted
ps.ore the preparatory gun was fired, a stiff
xes,erly wind. which settled down into a strong
hreeze little south of west. came up and prom
,sei N opportunity for mastery beat to wind
wsrd In the race to Brenton's Reef Lightsh!p.
The Defender spun before this wind, reaching
aver toward the Massachusetts, shore and COM
Ing down under the stern of the steam yacht
Hermione. the rail all but under water and her
msinsail well filled out
A CLEAR COURSE ORDERED.
Social instructions had been given to steam
,scAts 10 keep well away from the course. the
srs, beats Of which would take the racers close
aver TO the Massachusetts shore. because. 1t
saM Mr.. Willard felt certain in a stiff beat TO
wndward Of giving the Defender a better race
than any she had had and 1t was desirable that
there should be no talk Of interference.
The signal gun doomed for the small sloops.
and the sprightly Wasp. belonging 10 the Lipp!tt
brothers Of Providence. was the first boat across
the line Almost Immediately after her came the
Katrina followed by the Uvira and the Hide
gsrde The Norota came next, and then the
Gossoon and the Queen Nab.
When the schooner gun doomed the Ariel
.llpped across the lire first She had been cruis-
ing up toward the West Cove buoy and had only
turn Of the rudder 10 give in order to be off on
the race After the Ariel came the Marguerite,
and then the Const llation the Loyal. the Mer
Nm the Ramona the Emerald the Neaera, the
rsemarie and the Amorta in the order named.
mere was not long TO wait for the crossing OF
.e big soops as the schooners had used up
sslr time allowance in getting over.
4 REMARKABLY EVEN START
The Vlgilant, the Jubilee and the Defender all
ane 10 the starting line so close together that
IA Judge of trotting had been in the stand on
,oard the sylvia he would have cried Go" The
jsblee in the middle. had a slight lead, but II
rss almost imperceptible. The Vigilant was in
shore. a trihe nearer the West Chop buoy. while
he Defender was TO leeward. nearest the flag
ship The Defender came by with rush as all
three boats shot over the line. and she was the
FIST TO tack This was at 12 OF. Up to this mo-
nent no more beautiful sight could be imagined
than the three crack racing yachts beating
against the wind on the same tack and on al
most parallel courses.
The Defender. it could be seen. was at her old
Ia clics for she was about again and stahdihg Oh
TIE port tack once more when the Nig1ant came
about and went on the starboard tack the
Jubilee came about shortly afterward, and then
l.. three started fairly on their zigzag contest 10
he Sow and Pigs Lightship. the Defender ehclt-
ne frequent EXPLANATIONS OF delight by the su-
oerb way in which she pointed. The Nigiiant
vas quicker in stays to-day than she had SHOWN
herself so far this season.
THE DEFENDERS QUICKNESs IN STAYS
ON the next tack of the big sloops the Vigilant
and the defender came about simultaneously. IL
was clear that the Defender would gain little
r-e-,. time this manoeuvre was executed. when
the Juhilee tackled again she was slow in coming
ahou, All three of the big sngle-stickers were
a, this time working for the windward position
The Defender and the Vigilant began gradually TO
work svav from the Jubilee and toward the fleet
n. scbooners and small sloops in advance. At
1870; ,he Vieilaut set her baby 5ibtopsai and
manner, afterward in coming about to go on the
rarboard tack. the Defender was for once Ia
mentally slow. The Defender set her BABY Jip-
npsail al 1890.
Refore ! 40 o'clock the Defender had pulled well
ahead OF Tarpaulin Cove sheets had peeh
.ssea and the big sloops had left all the rest OF
The SQUADRON in the rear When the boats got
10 Cav Head. which was at LAB. the Deiehuei was
tar in the lead the vigilant being about hlie 10
leeward. and the Jubilee, with ueheia' "'''
aboard was still further behind.
At the Sow and Pigs Lghtship' whicn tne
Yachts nassed on the starboard tack the De-
lenders time was 2:25:3O and that OF the visian
?3O:3O while the Jubilee was so94 w" Thms w. IN
behind the conqueror OF Vaikyrie ~, IN ne -.
beat 10 windward OF twenty 's
fender had five minutes TO the soo"'
THE HoMEsTRETcH.
Then began a close reach OF seventeen anu o'e-
hair miles across TO the Brentons heei is"''"'p
Al ?55 the Vigllant took OF her paDy ''o-''i'".
The Defender took of hers rev n'"u.'' az,
each boat Immediately putting out w.
topsail ,.,.
In the law 70 the Brenton's Reef Lghtship DOM
the ne,.rdsr and the yleilant outsalied the ma
!orl,y OF the steam yachts that accompanied 'he
aeet alroos, nc oos,ly as on the run before 'he
wind across the Sound from Huntington Say ~
SesLondon last week The Defender tu,ne1 v, 1r.
ghuhp AT goa 80. unofficial time. ana w,
an, was nine minutes behind her IN sn ,na ,nish
sven mile race. The Jubilee CAM cp.,.s into ac-
Tie Aho,, con tolpufp@s later 1akinS