The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-16
THE CANADIAN BOAT WINS.
The Dominion Takes Second Race In
 Series With the Challenger.

Doryal, Quebec, Aug. 15.-The second race in the series between the Challeng- CT of the Seawanhala- Corinthian Yacht club of Oyster Bay, New York, and the
 Dominion of the Royal St. Lawrence
 Yacht club of Montreal took place on Lake St. Louis to-day. On Saturday
 the Challenger won on a foul and to- day the Canadian boat evened up mat ters by winning a great race by the large margin of minutes AT seconds. The wind in the morning gave no prom ise of race, as there was not ripple
 on the water. The boats arrived at the starting point at,11 o'clock, but the sail ing committee of the St. Lawrence club
 deemed 1t wise to postpone the start, as the clouds gave some indication of
 rising wind. At 12:50 a fairly brisk
 southeast wind having set in, the pre- paratory gun was fired.
 By that time both yachts were going
 backward and forward under jib and
 mainsall. At 1 o'clock the signal gun
 was fired and five minutes later the
 start was made. The Dominion, under
 the skilful guidance of G. H. Duggan,
 her designer and builder, was first
 away crossing the line with good six lengths lead. The first leg of the trian-
 gular course was run with the wind. On Saturday the Challenger showed her superiority in this work, and again to- day she showed that it was her forte. It did not take MT. Crane long to bring the American boat ahead of the Do
 minion and only excellent seamanship
 on the part of the Canadian kept him from being left by large margin.
 Once the Challenger, which was to
 windward of the Dominion, blanketed
 her and gained considerably.
 At the first buoy, one and a third
 miles from the start, the Challenger turned seven seconds ahead of the Do
 minion As soon as the buoy was turn ed, however, the Dominion set out and took the lead in a remarkably short ! time. She kept up to windward much better than the Challenger and out pointed the latter in every instance. She not only made up the seven sec
 onds, but also led at the next buoy by l minute 261k seconds, and for the re- IIldlIlIlSS ulu6 dLlu q IIlil VI liillCo Ol tiAS 1 journey she was never headed.
 l It was the same story on every round. On the free reach with the wind the Challenger gained considerably, but the Dominion more than made up the diff 1 ference on the beat to windward and | the close reach home, and at the end of every round had good lead. On the | first leg of the last round the Challeng- CT reduced the lead of the Canadian te | thirty seconds, but on the last two legs | the Dominion picked up and won by 2 | minutes Al seconds.
 | The reason of the Dominion's gains on the beat and close reach was that | she had one of her keels out of the wa | ter. She is built on the catamaran prin- | cipe, and with the weather keel out of | the water there is a very small wetted | surface When both keels were in the
 water the Challenger gained considera-
 bly,. Mir Duggan sailed the Dominion
 and MT. Crane the Challenger. The of l ficial time was as follows: start, 1:00:30;
 finish, Dominion 3:05, Challenger 3:07:47.
 The Dominion won by minutes and 47 l seconds.