New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-30
BRITANNIA HAD BAD LUCK.
AGAIN DEFEATED BY THE AlLSA' IN A
RACE OFF NICE.
TIL. ep,yx,yrr or THE PRINCES YACHT CAR
FED AyyAy-A MlsHAP TO HER JlB
HAI.YAEDs - ~iIn AI''SA "NN'''-D
rur MORE sKILFrI-Lf'

UALyArDs ~iIr ArsA HANDLED
THE MORE sKILF1'ILY.
-. ,,.,, o-rba britannia was beaten to-
DAY over triangular course u '''''' ''' = Win
o;-h. ,rrrs by the Ai!sa. in piping breeze
,,.. oor,ad seas The Britannia had
,,d 1.c,, Otherwise the result might have been
csor.rt TIL. race was for the prizes offered by
James Gordon Bennett" " cup '''"'N a. '''' ''''
a purse Of 500.
Tho Yachts approached the line with topmasts
b,used The britannia had a reef in her mainsa
and carried staysail and a small jib The AilSa
baine somewhat tenderer. had her mainsai
donh,c-reefed but carried the same headsaiks as
hor rival TIE wind strong from the south
west I, was a flying start. The Mlsa was nam
died more cleverly than the Britannia. and GOT
the weather gauge on her as they crossed the
l.nc on a close reach TO the first mark, They
timed as follows
Alea 100 81.
The Britannia stood well mp under the great
pressure of canvas but the Allsa heeled consider'
ably. The Britannia drew away from the Fife
model on the reach. The first round was finished
thus:
i, .12:o :ia
BY wrong manoeuvring in rounding the frst
mark the Britannia lost the advantage she hao
gained in the close reaching. The time OF '"e
yachts al the end of the second round was
AiIsa Observation-Disclosures. "a 81
The britannia lost minute in snort tacKns
while approaching the home marx al 'he h'''Su
=, tho second round. The Ailsa was rather quck-
~ IN stays and thus got an advantage. she was
also swifter in setting her spiNnaker getting II
our almost two minutes ahead OF the brl'dIli-
on this round. while running before the WIZ
the Rritannias spinnaker halyards parted ana
the big sail was carried away. Ky an accldeiu
In the first round the Britannia also lost httie
time IN her rival by the parting OF her 1o nal
wards This occurred while she was working 20
windward Toward the last part of the race the
wind moderated somewhat ana shltied TO the
south -, a..
In tho final leg TO the home mark the A.lsa
maintained her lead. which was partly due 10 me
nishaps Of the Britannia. but she ana h3t gun
any The Ailsa finished at 5000 and me III
tannia al 3:9747. Thus the Nlsa Narquished me
britannia. without taking into consideration time
allowance by two minutes and seven seconds.
There was 10 have been race for steam yachCs
80. - ,r;anqu1ar course of fifty miles. but il
nnstnoned because of the rough weather. The
first prize offered for this race was cup valued
., 900 and a purse of $500 given by James Cor
M 600 given by Baron Alfred de RothschHt
The competitors entered for this race We're IT, -
b. McCalmonts Gralda AIeHanner houS Irl,
z1ff's Foros, Baron Alfred de Ro'hsch'uS El0
and \. Mortimer Singers RoXana.
London. March o9-"The Field will say to-
morrow:
AiIsa's performance seems 70 be very much
due to her magnificent suit of sails. Probably
she il the most splendid example OF oNer-cah-
Vasing ever ahoat. TINS Will confirm me Wv
Of those who contend that for regular and per-
sistent match sailing the boat canvased for al.
round sailing and average weather comes OH
best.
The Fields" Nice reporter says,
Ailsa has the most beautifully setting mainsau
ever seen on big vessel. The rest OF the canvas
IS about as perfect as IL well could be Inc
wind came with rush in the squa on the 2ith,
and il was undenable that Ailsa was then over
pressed with canvas, and consequently could not
be properly sailed She was handled pIuckiIF,
however and well 1t was only 10y able man
agement that she was kept racing in the second
round 1t is useless to speculate what might
have happened II she had been snugly canvased
for the weather: but she will require more
weight to keep her on her legs, as she has
nothing like Britanna's stability.