The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-01
AGAIN THE DEFENDER
lrfeats Vigilant IL Minutes in
8 Forty-twO-Mile Race
RUSHING
BREEZE.
~ Big Fellows Able to Carry All
neir Canvas-The Jubilee Fails to
etsst, Disappointing the Crowd.

xsvpcrt, r. l., July 31.-The Defensa-
.s.f the vigilant today In the run =,
s.rsy-two miles from New London 10 tbgs
- and beat her so badly that the la
80 admirers must admit that the Ne
,<sder Is better than the yigiIant. How
~sea better cannot be stated, as no reae.
-rsble comparison OF the CHAMPION =,
- and the Vigilant OF 1895 can be rnada
sreept by the handful Of people who kn3v,
rat the Defender will give the yigiIan,
/, The matter of time allowance. Con-
ssruing this matter an Associated Press
,xaorfer was told today by a yaefatSna =
rso IA In a position TO know that the T,e-
ssrdsr should allow the Vigiiant four
slnutes or theTeabouts on a fortv-fnila
r.es such as that Of today IL this ia
srae. the Defender did all that could have
an asked of her, beating the yigiIaat
sr at least eight minutes.
Inst as the start was made the Viat
,.nfs main sail was split, but the acct
art had no appreciabie effect on the re-
suIf OF the race. Tho tear was near th.
lat OF the sail and the yacht was going
vfh freedom. The wind was abearn and
cave the two men who were sent out on
she boom 10 make the necessary patch
"a difficulty. They had no trouble in
stcuo,ng the hole, sewing on new cam
,srts. did not work against the vigilant
& more than fifty seconds at the out
siae and probably not over twenty sec
ends
The weather was in favor of the yigl-
hat all the way through. On leaving
New London IL was a more than good
wsnd A broad reach with the wind
sbeam would better describe the direction
Il the wind, which was almost due south
wssf or as IL had been for two days. II
80 brisk. but the big fellows were able
a carry all sail, including club topsails
and the water was smooth enough to
sit the yiglant In her very best days
rrom start to finish the Defender
mined on the yigilant and came so far
sbead that the doubling Thomsses who
xers asking each other as TO the Amer
sea's cup races: ''Will she do2" are now
saving. AT least she's the best boat we
ever had" and confession from these
n<ople is to be thought over more than
once. II means that the splendid win OF
shs keel boat today shows that she is Inn
moving right along in form.
n the Advancement continues at the
ra,lo displayed between the sail OF yes
ssrday and that Of today. the Vigilant
will be nowhere tomorrow. II was almost
= run with spinnakers today. and yet tho
nefender gained at every point. The fin
IN showed the new boat 10 be twelve min
u,es two seconds to the good on actual
.ime On leaving New London. the yachts
sailed down with beam wind
10 the race. The Defender had
her steering gear patched up dur
Ing the night, and her sailors were
smart enough to get her over the start
inr line one minute and twenty-five see-
ends ahead of the Nigilant. The voiun-
seer was pretty quick, and went away
Eve seconds after the vigilant. The Jub-
flee was there. but for some reason or
ether she did not start with the others
and this fact lessened the interest In the
whole procession. as the breeze was blow
INK pretty fresh and everybody wanted
10 know what Gen. Payne's vessel could
do with the champion Of 1898 and the new
fnkeei yacht The boats which did start
which was always fair. After rounding
Race rock, the fleet found itself going
assnre the wind. and spinnakers were set
ard In this way they rushed home 10 the
finish line.
The result OF today's race shows shat
the fight for the cup on the American
side will be made either by the Defender
or the Vigilant. The Jubilee. by her re-
fasal to start today. indicates to some per-
sons that she does not want 10 go into
race where there Is a blow. as a vic
tory In such weather cannot be of great
value, for the chances are Eve TO one that
the cup races will be In light weather, and
that Is the game the Nalkyrie III. was
built for