Evening star., 1895-08-29
The Vigilant and Defender Again
in a Race.
IT Was LARGELY A DRIFTING MATCH
The New Boat Rounded the First
Mark First.
AHEAD BY FIVE MINUTES

August 29.-The yachts Defender and Vigi-
liant started at 11:21 o'clock in the second
trial race preliminary to thn International
contest for the Americas The wind
was from the W. NV, abSl nine knots
an hour The course was triangular, twen-
| ty-four miles in ALL eight miles to a leg.
The first leg was southeast, the second
north by east half east, and the third west
| by south.
The day opened with a threatening sky,
! the wind at o'clock blowing southwest,
about ten knots an hour. The two Ameri-
| can yachts and the challenger, valkyrie
III, passed the night moored in the Horse
shoe Bend, inside of Sandy Hook, within
| nice distance of each other, not too near
to worry each other, and yet not too far
| from their handlers and crews to be un-
able to watch every movement of i'm
portance on board the rival craft.
The Cup Committees Directions.
| The directions of the Americas cup COM
mittee for the second trial. today between
Defender and Vigilant are as follows:
| The start will be made off Sandy Hook
or Scotland lightship, the preparatory sig
| nal being given at IL am.
Courses-No. l deter C)-From the start
ing line to a mark ten miles to windward
| or to leeward and return, leaving the mark
| on the starboard hand.
| No. 2-Qeeter D)-From the starting line,
| eight miles to and around a mark thence
| eight miles to and around a second mark,
| and thence eight miles to finish line,
| turning the marks on the side of the tri-
| angle to port or starboard, according as
| the yachts are sent around.
| Starting and finish lines will be between
| point off the committee boat, indicated
| by white flag, and the mainmast of the
| lightship. These lines will be at right
| angles, with the outward and home courses
| respectively.
To sail twice over two red balls will he
| displayed vertically, and in turning the
| lightShip 1t must be left on the same hand
as the outer mark or marks.
Compass courses will be signaled before
| the preparatory signal is made.
| vnIkyrie Making Ready.
By o'clock the wind had fallen some
what, but was still from the southwest.
| The early morning haze was still hang
ing over the bay, but Defender. Vigilant
and Valkyrie could be fairly well made out
in spite of it.
The preparations made by valkyr.e
! seemed to dispel any doubt which may
have been entertained Of her intention to
put to sea today.
At 9 o'clock Defender was taken in tow
| by the Hattie Palmer and started for open
| water. Vigilant followed a little later
The club topsail which Defender carried
| when she started away was the same small
on the 10th. and does not begin to COM
| pare with the large one of the latter yacht.
| From this 1t was judged that Capt. Han
was of the opinion that the wind will
| fIeshen as 1t did during the first trial race.
ViEilant Under Way.
Vigilant got under way under mainsail.
| club topsail and jib. and stood out toward
| the end Of the Hook. A little before 9:30
am. Defender cast loose from her tow, the
win hav in, STR OF
| and with Vigilant she headed toward the
| cid of the Hook. Valkyrie at that time was
| still at her moorirgs, with her head sails
UP in stops, and was apparently waiting
| for her owner, Lord Dunraven, who arrived
| fl ON England yesterday.
Lord Dunraven spent the night on board
the steamer Teutonic, which brought him
across the ocean. At $50 am. his lord
] ship. H. Maitland kersey and Designer
Watson were taken on board tug, which
carried them to Sandy Hook. where they
| went on Valkyrie.
Defender passed the end of the Hook q
| few minutes after 9:30 am, followed by
Vigilant some three minutes later. The
enormous increase in the sail spread OF
Deferder, in comparison with Nigllant,
could be plainly seen from here. She car
| ried it with apparent ease.
| The wind was w. NV, and about
| twelve miles hour; cloudy and hazy.
with prospects of clearing.
Many Excursion Boats.
Even at that hour more yachts and ex-
| curs;on boats large and small, were out
| than on any day of the present season.
By this time Valkyrie had .hoisted her
| mainsail, and Defender was half a mile to
| the westward of Scotland lightship. rum
| ming along easily, with all sails set. Vigil
| lant, however was fully two miles behind.
When Defender passed Scotland Hghtship
she headed away in shore on the starboard
| tack. The wind. which had been very light
! off shore. was then blowing stronger than
| in shore. and caused her to throw up some
spray, although she did not heel over to
any great extent.
Defender went about on the port tack at
1907 and stood back toward Scotland
! lightship. Vis1lant was then within n mile
of the same point.
At 1870 am preparations were Dsing
made to start the race from the y. Scotland an
| and blowing about nine miles an hour, ana
the weather still hazy.
Valkyrie, in tow, was coming out to nave
| a look at the racers, and possibly to test
her speed against them. She had her main
sail and club topsail aloft, and her stay
sail and jib were hoisted in stops VAL
kyrie's enormous club topsail caused con-
| siderable astonishment among the experts
| present here, who said that nothing like 1t
| has ever been seen in these waters.
| The wind had become puffy, and was still
| hauling westward, but the haze was rapid
| ly disappearing. The start, according TO q
| signal from the judges boat. was 10 be
| from Scotland lightship. Later the COM
mittee's boat sgnaled that the course
would be triangular, three legs Of eight
miles each.
The stakeboat then anchored in a posi-
ton which would make the first leg of the
course to the southeast. and at 11:10 the
Blue Peter, the preparatory signal. was
set, and the yachts prepared for the start.
The Goulds' steam yacht Atalanta and
Valkyrie were then outside the Hook and
steam yachts and pleasure craft of every
description toward the starting line The
tug Pulver previous to taking Valkyrie In
tow had put Lord Dunraven on board, and
his yacht displayed his colors as she went
around the Hook and toward the lightship.
The Start.
After some pretty maneuvering the two
yachts got away in the following official
times:
N1SildNt IL. .-D.dU
Shortly after the start Defender began
increasing her lead on Vigslant and soon
had quite a streak Of open water between
herself and here competitor. Valkyrie was
then passing out toward the lightship, pull