New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-09
THE AILSA WINS OFF COWES
FOR THE PRIZE THAT THE BRITANNIA
WON FROM THE vIGILANT.
THE HESTER HoPELEssLY LEFT-rHE sTEPHANiE
BEATS THE TWENTY RArERs-THE NJ
AGARA DOES NOT COMPETE

BEATS THE TWENTY RArERs-rHE NJ
AGARA DOES NOT COMPETE
Cowes Aue. s-H. Barclay Walkers cutter Ailsa
to-day varied the monotony that has generais
characterized her racing since her return In the
sprng from the Mediterranean. by winning the
cowes Town Prize OF flO0 from the Prince OF
wa,es's britannia John Gretton, jr's. cutter Hes
ter was also in the race. and although she got
away In the start ahead Of the Britannia, II was
not long before she was hope.essly beaten She
did not give up. however but puckiy finished the
race In the for this prize last year the bri-
tannia beat the American sloop Vigilant by FOUR
minutes and eighteen seconds, Including time allow
The course was from Cowes. TO the westward 10
and around the Lepe buoy. thence eastward 10 ana
around the Warner Ligntship ana pacK 10 me
starting line, twice around distance OF lo'9
eight miles The twenty-raters did not take part
in this race but they had race OF their OWL
starting from and returning to Southampton
AT the time the start was Tade from here IN the
Town Prize race the tide on the flood. and the
wind was light. At 10 o'clock the starting gun was
ersd and the contestants tho Britannia. the Ailsa
and the Hester went over the line in this order:
TIL. Ailsa .Io:oo:lo The Britannia .1o;oi 80
The Hester. .10:OO;3l
The boats all carried. in addition to their lower
canvas their largest cubtopsails. Shortly after the
start what little wind there was began to die away
and I'm the falling breeze the Hester soon over
hauled the Ailsa and passed under her lee going
through Cowes Roads. When they disappeared
around Osborne Point they were timed thus:
The Hester ..lSsSsl The Britannia. 1927 80
Tho Aisa .lo'z-'3'
II was a run to the Warner LightshIp which was
rounded follows:
The Asa 12:3s30 The Britannia.
The Hester. lZ;4i:Z3
The Hester continued to lose. The Lepe buoy, the
western turning mark. rounded as follows:
The Aisa ......1:41 80 The Hester 1;ol 36
The Britannia ......1:44:o3
The boats then made for Cowes and finished
the first round below:
The Asa 80 The Hester -.'--'.2lo -
The Britannia .2:Oi3l
On the return to the Lepe buoy the Britannia cut
down the Ailsa's lead by thirty eight seconds but
could not catch her. They rounded the Lepe In this
order:
The Ailsa ....-..-..4ooIo The Hester --..--%A2;2s
The britannia .-....412I2
1t was now only a short run to the fnish which
the Ailsa reached at 1881. Britannia finished at
1:3O:37. but the Hester did not finish until sos 90.
The former won on elapsed time by three minutes
and fifty seconds. ca
pHanie and the Inyoni raced from southampton
down through Cowes Roads and back to Southamp-
ton e he 5er Tas Of
the big cutters in their race along the coas, OF me
Isle Of Wight. Howard Gould's twenty-Iater
race and to-day she laid up repairing the
damage Consequently she did not start In the
race for boats Of her class. The yachts passed
through Cowes Roads led by the Stephanie. with
The Inyoni second, the Isolde third and the Luna
last The Stephanie showed the way around the
course and won the race. The Isolde was second.