The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-08-10
AGAIN THE DEFENDER
The New Boat Much the Best
We Have Yet Had.

We Have Yet Had.
CONVINCED D0UBTIHG THOHAsRs
Aloess . Rsssvsy With Sps.saksrs ssA
Vet tAs Peerless DsGsnAsv Ossssa
- Every Psi.s.
Newport. r. L, August s.-The De-
fender beat the vigilant today in the
rum Of fogty.two miles from New Lon.
don to this port, and bsat her % badly
that The latter's admirers must admit
that tho Defender u better than the
Vigilant How much better cannot
be stated, for no reasonable comparison
Of the champion Of 1898 and the viz.
liant Of 1895, can b made only By the
handful Of people who know about
what the Defender viii give the Wig.
liant in the matter Of time allowances.
Concerning this matter. . reporter
was told today By yachtsman who il
In 4 position to know that the Defender
should allow the Yigilant four minutes
or thereabouts in q forty mile race,
such - that Of today.
II this 10 true. the Defender did all
that could have been asked Of her, beat
ing the Visilant BY at least eight min
utes.
Just - the start was made, the Wig.
ilant's mainsail was split, but the &C
cident had no appreciable effect ON the
result Of the race. The tear was near
the foot Of the sail. and the yacht was
going with freedom. The wind was
abeam and gave the two men who were
sent to the boom 70 make the necessary
patch NO difficulty. They had no trou.
BILE in stopping the hole and sewing on
new canvass. and the accident, il 10
said BY experts, did mot work against
the Vigilant BY more than fifty seconds
1t the outside. and probably NOT over
twenty seconds.
The weather was in favor Of the
Vigilant all the way through. On
leaving New London il was Q more
than good wind. A broad reach with
the wind abeam, would better describe
the direction Of the wind. which was
almost due southwest, rs it had been
for two days 1t was brisk, but the
big fellows were able to carry all sail,
including the club topsails, and the
water was smooth enough TO suit the
Vigilant in her very best days
From start to finish the Defender
gained on the Vigilant. and came 90
far ahead that the doubling Thomases,
who were asking each other Is to the
America cup races, "Win she dor are
now saying. AT least. she's the best
boat we ever had" and q full confess
sion from these people is to be thought
over more than once. It means the
splendid win of the keel boat today
shows she is improving right along in
form II the advancement continues
at the rate displayed between the sail
of yesterday and that of today, the
Vigilant will be nowhere tomorrow.
1t was almost . runaway with spin
makers today, and yet the Defender
gained at every point The finish
showed the new boat TO be IL minutes
. seconds 70 the good on actual time
On leaving new London the yachts
sailed down with abeam wind to the
race. The Defender had her steering
gear pitched up during the night, and
her sailors were smart enough to get
her over the starting line l minute
and 20 seconds ahead Of the Vigilant.
The Volunteer was pretty quick, and
went away seconds after the vigilant.
The Jubilee WAS third, but for some
reason or other she did not start with
the others, and this fact lessened the
interest in the whole programme, for
the breeze was blowing pretty fresh,
and every body wanted to know what
General Payne's vessel could do with
the champion Of 1898 and the new fin.
keeled yacht
The boats which did start had a good
race. There was 4 fine breeae which
was always fair. After rounding the
race rock the feet found itself going
before the wind. and spinnakers were
set, and in this way they rushed home
to the finish line.
The result Of today's race shows that
the fight for the cup On the American
side will be made either by the De-
fender or the vigilant The Jubilee,
by her refusal to start today. indicates
to sane persons that she does not want
to 60 into . race where there is q blow,
as victory in such weather cannot be
Of great value, for the chances are 1--WE
to one that the cup races will be in
light weather. and that is the game the
Valkyrie III was built for.