Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-24
PRISCILLA WINS The SECOND
Another Heat Of Manawa Regatta Goes to
Gallant Defender
WIND ENOUGH FOR THE TOGO THIS TIME
Rigging of the Challenger succumha
to strain, but Crippled Yacht
Keeps GameIy in Race
TO the End.

Tho Priscilla again defeated the Togo
yesterday afternoon in the second race for
the Manawa challenge cup
There was no race in the morning, owing
to the lack of wind, as the judges called
1t OF after the Priscilla had rounded the
sixth buoy, when more than three minutes
ahead. This lead means nothing, inasmuch
as the AFFAIR was an absolute fluke, the
Togo all the while playing in rough luck
and the Priscilla getting all the stray puffs
that never touched its rivals sails. When
the boats were docked the lake was almost
a dead calm and the crews went to dinner
with hopeless prospects for another race
that day.
In the middle of a game of ball started
after mess, which was far more strenuous
than the race. Mr.. Van Brunt threw down
his bat and, with moistened finger poised
aloft, called attention to the wind which
had arisen unnoticed by the other players.
Immediately they all started for the club
house and the Judges announced the race
for o'clock.
One Point for Challenger.
The wind was fresh and blowing rather
steadily from the southeast. A new course
had been marked out which gave more
windward work and also increased the dis
tance twice around to nine and one-fifth
miles. On the starting gun at 4O5 Clarke
came down before the wind with a rush
and Jibbed around the buoy across the line
just with the Togo, coming from the other
direction. Captain Robbins got the wind
ward place. but the Priscilla was slightly
leading To the first buoy was beat, and
this being the Togo's fastest point of sail
ing, 1t was bitterly contested by the Pris-
ella. In the maneuvering which followed
the interest grew intense, Captain Rob
bins, whose boat was faster in stays than
the Priscilla went about numerous times
in quick succession in his endeavor to get
from under the Priscillas lee. His well
calculated and clever plans bore fruit, as
he got away for the buoy and rounded at
4:1O:5O, with the Priscilla following twenty
seconds after.
The boats had no sooner passed the flag
than the Togos spinnaker shot aloft as a
ballooner. Unfortunately a particularly
hard catspaw struck 1t and as VanBrunt
endeavored to hold it down the boom
snapped and broke into three pieces. AL
though thus handicapped, by replacing 1t
Captain Robbins fought hard, and only
after starting on the reach to the third
buoy did the Priscilla succeed in passing
the Togo. When they turned this mark the
LOGO WdS lWenly-IOuT SECONDS dSIeTn DuL
lost only three seconds to the next buoy.
Priscilla Leads and Wins.
On the run from the fifth mark to the
flags both boats carried their spinnakers
and rounded, with the Priscilla leading by
flfty-two seconds. The second time around,
with the wind a little stronger, the Prs-
ella gained only>fourteen seconds, and part
of this was probably due to the fact that
the Togo broke it's port sidestay near the
fifth buoy and could not bear the full
weight of the stronger puffs. The boats
finished with rising breeze, Togo follow
ing the Priscilla one minute and eight Sec
onds.
The elapsed time for the race was one
hour, one minute and ten seconds.
In this race, affording more beating, the
Togo appeared to better advantage and
1t was either boats race until the last
The following is the race with the official
time the buOVS.