New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16
YACHTING.
,usr DOMINION WINS THE SECOND RACE
At DORVAL CUEBEC.
SIZE AND THE CHALLENGER NOW EVEN IL THE
sER1ES-rHE CANADIAN SUPERIOR IN
BEATS Axn CLOSE REACHES


BEATS AND CLOSE REACHES
norval Que aug l5.-The second race in The
..,,es between the Challenger Of the Seawanhaka-
Cor,nthan Yacht Club. Of New-Yoik. and the
Don,inIou Of the Royal ST. Lawrence Yacht Club.
~ Montreal. took place at Lake 81 Louis to-day.
Nv Saturday the Challenger won on a foul. and to-
49,, rho Canadian boat evenod up matters. winning
= cood race ly margin OF ;wo inmates and forty
seven seconds.
Tho wind in the morning gave TO promise Of
race as there vas not ripple on tho water. The
Mats arrived at the starting point at Il o'clock
h,. the Sailing Committee OF The 81 Lawrence club
o.r,cd i, wise 20 post pone the start. the clouds
eoya some Indication cf n rising wind At l2.D
fairly brisk southeast vino having set IN, the pre-
naraiorv Gun was fred. By that tive both yachts
were going backward and forward under tb and
roa.nsan AZ l O'Clock The signal gun was fred,
and I'VE minutes later the starr was made.
The Dominion under the skilful guidance Of G. II
D,s.an. her designer and builder first away.
crossing the line with ak seconds lead. The hrst
leg Of the triangular course was run WIN me
wind on saturday the Challenger displayed hei
superiority IN this work. ana again to-day she
showed that il was her forte. 1t did not take Mr..
Crane long 20 bring the American boat ahead oi the
Dominion and only cxce.ent seamanship on me
mar, Of the Canadian kept him from being LETT he
hind by Z, large margin. Once the Challenger
which was 20 windwdrd of the Dominion. b!anNeteH
her and gained considerably.
81 the first buoy. one and third miles from the
start the Challenger turned seven seconds ahead
OF The Dominion. As soon as the buoy was turned
however the Dominion took the lead in remark
ably short time. She KEEP; up TO windward much
better than the Challenger. Outpointng the lat''r
al every instance. She not only made up the seven
seconds but led AZ The mex buoy by one minute
twcntv-s!X and onc-haN seconds. For the remain
ing rino and oncthId miles OF the journey she WIS
never headed. , ~ ,,.
!; was the same story on every round. on tne
free reach with the wind the Challenger gained nut
he Dominion more than MADE up the dlnerehce o',
the beat 70 wndward and the close reach nome ann ann
% seen by the official figures below on the ii IT,
lex Of the last round the Chailenger >educed .He
lead Of the Canadian 20 thirty seconds nut on 'e
last TWO legs the Dominion picked up anu ""h -
two minutes and fOr;y-seVen seconds ,, ! -,
on the beats and close reaches the dominion haI
ono Of her koels out Of the water. She IL nut or,
out Of the water presents very small w.,IeI c su
,are When both keels were IN the wafer 'He 'It''
lengcr gained considerably. as the figures show
Mr. puCcan sailed the Dominion ana MI ''"'c ''o
Challenger. The official time;
FIRST RoUND-sTART 10000.
First buoy-Chaenger 1900 Dominion i'|'-'
eS bVoVv.ponrin,on 1865 Challenger. ls7:ih
Thir et1o-oDominion i.7:l9. Challenger. 1880
'"'e's"'e' ''''' SECOND ROUND
FRS, blov-Dom,nion 2:ol:45 Challenger. 2:c28o
difference O.i5. $500. c..v.,..- o.,oi5.
Second tuoy--Domin'on' II''"' N"A'e"s'''
d'rsr, ra h,,pomnion 2o7:4o Challenger. $4,000:
diHereh'e' THIRD ROUND.
Irrs. buoy--Domnion. 24O:4o; Chaienser ~'A''''
d:sTenGe' pS1So r 265: Challenger. 257l6;
dMrerencc. 2i6 or. c,.u.,,., ao7.47
Tinsh-Domnion. 3Oo; Cna!enser' oo'''''
Dominion won By 2t1