New-York tribune., 1897-08-17
REATEN BY THE GLENCAIRN
r,,r MONO LOSES THE SECOND RACE
IN THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
r,,rrr WAS HEAVY SEA AND THE CANA
DIAN CLEARLY SHOWED HER sVfh"'oHiii
~ STIFF BREEzE-"EATHEh THE
DECIDING FACTOR Now.

~ STIFF BREEZE WEATHER THE
DECIDING FACTOR Now.
, Aug 1s-Glencairn ii, the Canadian
sfonder defeated the Mono, the American cha'-
,rcnr today In the second o. the series OF races
@,.o seawanhaka ka- Cornthian challenge cup. The
,,.osther conditions to-day were the reverse VI
WEI saturday. a stiff breeze blowing from ff-
~ 60 twenty miles an hour. and the Canadiah
80, fulnlled the expectations that had "een re-
W q, hcr as being the better heavy weather
craf; - =, ,,,. ,h. same
IT., ., that OF the Mono on Saturday. and the
',ns,,on Of fnal victory in the series Is no" ao-
,,,o5 TO depend largely on the sfreng'h oi 'he
,, !, ,he race 10 come In light blow the
W. o,o,ces are decidedly the better. while In
a sin breeze the Glcncairn is looked "po" "S !"
sure winner. .,
ro-dav's race was oycv a triangular course. each
, ono and a third miles long. three times over the
course Until a few minutes before '"e preP"'"
tory s,gial the wind had been iight ana 'he hopes
NJ the Canadian yachtsmen were III Reep'"s Noo".
,o.S, however the breeze began to freshen ana az
~, ,,ro. ~ tho start. ll:s5 i; was blowing about
Twelve miles an hour
The Glencairn which to-day carrie" ne" 'ha'"-
ou having substituted for her own 'hat vi '"e
,voca another DGgsan boat. got over Tue "ne
.or,v seconds ahead Of the Mono ana with so0a
nn.S ON The n mo on the other hand. got bad
tart
roove on at all The Canadian boat went over on
or, ,,ek while the American had to sail from
49, Loo IN the weather end OF the line before she
vas dung about on the port tack ana headed ai'er
,h clencaira The first leg was hard thresh 10
,,duard with ice decks a~ash and the yach's
weather sides exposed almost TO their centrepoards
~ ciencairn kept steadily creeping ahead and
,,,oa the buoy at the end Of the mile and a
third at l2:35iS The Mono turned at l2;Ss;~'
~, the reach 70 the next buoy the Mono gained
. u,tla the time OF rounding being: Glencairn.
Tq.s.n. Mono l2:5l. AS the yachts squared OH
Cor the stretch 10 the starting point the sea was
,eetting higher and they had wet and 9ncom,Or % O
~ ccncairn az i236: :35 and the Mono at l242:so
The ne NS3 @ TS"%ed TO Hdward nnier nai resed
once After her second tack. the 9lencarn. which
was also having an exciting time OF II. TOOK IN @ ne,
iib and made better weather. The sea was very
strong now the crews OF the yscn,S 'eing M .1 i
iSkc and The Yachts OF the observation fleet reefed
down 10 the last OF points. while smaller craft
The Glencairn meantime was opening out fnrther
from the Momo and. barring accidents. was ALREADY
certain ami comparatively easy winner: Iurhihs
The buoy a, the end OF the beat 10 windward on the
second round she was fully mile ana Ia ns & ahsaa
steadily increasing and The freshening. The
Momo's crew were hanging well out 10 windwathd "a
and she was having a wet experience. SO was the
Gencairn. but she certainly making better
weather than her rival taking less water across nel
decks and standing up better 70 her canvas. n,
Gencairn rounded at II i:5e:S". The Mono followed
her at II;5S - ,r,
on the reach toward the next buoy. on Thomp-
SONS poini the Glencarn did increase her lead
The yachts started on their final four-mile journey
over the course with reefed mainsails. as well as
smaller jibs. The wind was now blowing, good
eighteen miles an hour The Glencairn made easier
work # IL against head the buffer bow Of the
Mono hitting the harder. At ten and tWo-tnirds
mics the Glencairn had mile OF lead and a.
The finish the Mono had succeeded In picking
up any Of it, The times OF the boats at the finish
were: Glencairn ! "a 10: Mono. 1881.
Nj Crane. the Momo's owner admits that his boa
was fairly beaten her merits in the weather con
ditions as they prevailed to-day. He still hopes
however. TO carry back the trophy.