The evening world. Newspaper, August 20, 1895, Page 1

t f YACHT RACE, ' Extra No. 5. Circulation Books Open to All | NEW YORK, tUESDA 12 Miles. DLFANCER'S NIGHT EDITION BALLOON A aUCCEdo, —_— A Splendid View of the Yacht Race From Midair. | »..PROGRESS OF THE RACE. . A Picturesque Panorama Spread Out Below the Reporter’s Lofty Perch. (Special to The Evening World.) | the eyes provided by nature the race HIGHLAND BEACH, Aug. 20-3 P, M./| could not have been described by him. "The Evening World” balloon arrived | But he was otherwise prov.ded. Through on \he earth's surface at 2.37 P. M.,| kindness of Theo. Mundorff, the opti- after having been in midair since 12.93) clan under the Coleman House, on o'clock. That aerial reporting is a suc- | Broadway, he was equipped with one of ail. Defender has onty a staysatt and | matatained and the balloon keeps quiet, | Jib for her headsails, The boats appear | but it is very rough at times, Any one to mantain an even distance apart, | not fitted out with good sea legs had which Is not over 80 feet. Both boats better remain on hard earth, are on the starboard tack. In iMdatr, 12.97 P. M. In Midair. 12.10 P.M. | the position of the yachts is atill The balloon 1s about 1,200 feet in the! pout the same. They are atl on the air and remains very steady, consider-| port tack, heading Inshore. ing the brisk southwest wind. The In Midair, 12.29 P.M. three guy ropes are a great improve ‘ i ment over the previous methods ie | oe Cama win but Bene The land and sea are all spread out Sia bihae i. (AVSHNAS In | pufty oe me like a giant topographical! POTY shane, The auy-ropes are made fast about three feet above my head, and the car naturally sways like @ pend- ulum. In Midatr, 12.12 P. in. ‘The Defender ts slowly crawling up on In Midatr, 12.30 P. M. The distance between Defender and Vigilant has increased. Defender has gotten very far to windward and I should say about an eighth of a mile ahead, In Midatr, 12.91 P.M. The fleet of excursion boats aro bunched together far to the southward of the racers, In iMdalr, 12.40 P.M. Defender continually increases her lead. 1 should aay she was half a mile ahead of Vigilant now, They are on | the port tack yet, making towards the | New Jersey store. In Midatr, 124 P.M. Half a dozen of the fleet of excursion boats are between Defender and Vigil ant, The former is steadily getting away from Vigilant. ‘ | In Midair, 12.45 P. M. Hanging on. The boats are now about off Seabright. The balloon is banging around and the car {s being shaken like @ rat in tHe mouth of a terrier. In Midair, 1248 P.M. | Defender is alewly but surely increas- ing her lead, The sun {# obscured by clouds and ne: cast. In Midatr, 1249 P.M. | There is a big excursion boat, crowded with passengers, directly ahead of De- fender. She ts far enough to wind- ward, however, to be out of the way. cess was fully and satisfactorily proved |'the finest pairs of field glasses it was by the result of to-day’s experiment. | ever the fortune of man to look through. ——— sae = nada WAM ee Ree ‘“*THE EVENING WORLD’S” py i In other words, aerial reporting 1 no! Presto! everything was made plain. | Vigilant, and ts also eating to windward Jonger It is an assured succe: ® An account of how aerial reporting was made possible by “The Evening World" will be of great interest to all | lovers of enterprise. In the first piace it was necessary to get the proper lo- cation and it wae also necessary to get a bigtenough generating plant to get the amotint of gas necessary to send a bal. loon up in the forenoon. These two points have been mastered after very expensive experiments, As is generally known, balloons, as a rule, are sent up about 4 or & o'clock in the afternoon, and consequently all day im at hand for the generating of the mas. In this cane. where a balloon must be ready by 11 A. M, {t is another story. experiment, Defender was easily distinguished from Vigilant and the race was described, as told in the buljetins. When you understood that the start- ing and finishing line are eight miles off shore it can be seen that a strong alas: by no means put to thier fullest test. Had the boats run off shore fifteen {miles they would probably have been just as well in hand, will probably be repeated on Thursday. If the weather is clear the wind not too strong another success will be scored, BIG WIRF FROM THE CLOUDS How the Race Was Pict: Prof. Carl E. Myers worked like a Observer in the Balloon, hero to-day. He was suffering from sick-| “The Evening World" Balloon, ness all night, and as @ result had no) P, M. en the scene “The Evening World" balloon has this morning he looked more like a hos- just shot up Into the alr, after a long pital patient than @ balloon maker, But |and tedious delay. Both the yachts are he is full of pluck and stuck to his task dead to the eastward, but the balloon until the work was completed. has not yet reached {ts altitude, and in So the balloon was in readiness and) consequence 1 have not yet taken an as sent flying into midair, When the | observation. \ yorter had reached an sltiude of | A feet he signalled to iake her fast tarted In to report the race, 12.03 In Midair, 12.07 P.M be keeping it very prettily She Is car- a he been compelled to depend upon! rying the clubtopsall and baby jibtop-! ply delightful when an even altitude is BALLOON. “The Evening World's” Balloon in Midair, Carrying a Special Telegraph Wire and a Reporter, Who Sends Every Movementof Defender and Vigilant to the Composing-Room. is needed, But these glasses were | ‘The result ts very satisfactory and | * lent pitching of the balloon 1,lost the by the Doslton Vigilant in in the lead, and seems to | In Midatr, 12.80 P. M. The greater portion of the fleet is tern of Vigilant, evidently expecting | ne boats to go about and make a| final reach for the stakeboat, In Midair, 12.06 P, M. Defender’s lead has increased con- | siderably. Both boats still have their) port tacks aboard and are standing in-| shore, In Midalr, 12.56 P. M. | ‘The wind has died away perceptibly | and does not come in such strong gusts | as it did fifteen or twenty minutes ago. It still holds out of the southwest, with | @ leaning to the westward, | In Midair, 12.58 P. M. One of the Iron Steamboat Company's boats is just sing Highland Beach, | and its dec! re crowded with passan- gers waving their hands to "The Even- ing World" balloon. She ts evidently from Long Branch, bound for New York, In Midalr, 1.05 P. M. I'm doing nothing but hanging on. The balloon is 'bounding and whirling 8» that I can hardly get time to think | y the whole sky Is over- | Starting Gun..., or telegraph, In Midatr, 1.07 P. M. ‘This is simply awful. 1 am dizzy with the constant whirling. In Midair, 1,09 P. M. Defender has gone about on the star- board tack, Vigilant remains on the port tack. In Midalr, 1.11 P.M. Defender seems to have turned stake boat and to be running home before | the wind. In Midair, 1.12 P. Defender haw broken out her spinna- ker to port and is running home. In Midair, 1.14 P, M. Vigilant has turned stakeboat. Defender rounded the markboat off North Long Branch at 1.09.20, far in ad- vance of Vigilant. 1.17—Vigilant has her spinnaker out to starboard, and it ts pulling like « (Continued on Seventh Page.) much aster, In Midalr, 12.13 P.M Defender is overhauling Vigilant every minute. The distance between them 1s less by nearly one-half, In Midair, 12.14 P. M. Defender ts nearly up with her rival. The balloon has very unkindly turned completely around, so that I am com- pelled to look over my shoulder, In Midalr, 12.15 P.M. As the boats get further to the south- west, I am turned around so that 4 have lost them, In Midair, 12.17 P.M. Both boats went about and took port tacks aboard, On account of the vio- ws of the boats, but Defender ems to be both to windward and whead of Gould's boat. In Mid-Alr, 12.22 P.M, The atmosphere ‘* remarkably clear to-day, The Long Island coast far be- low Hockaway is plainly visible, Be- tween me and Staten Island there is a fleet of about 150 fishing boi The bal- loon i# continually doing a danse du ventre, but does not interfere with ac- curate reporting. In Mid-Air, 12.25 P, M. fresh and the balloon ‘The sensation is #im- The wind 4 objects strongly, THE START OF TO-DAY'S RACE. orld, | “ Circulation Books Open to Al.” | _ Extra No. 5. — YACHT RACE; PRICE ONE C | ' Lightah: | The # tug Luckenbach notified the yachts that) they would be requ.red to sail over the | 6 t j course @ second time, as the option of Her Standing Rigging Slack- ened and She Left the Course. SHE IS NOW AT BAY RIDGE. Be Decided by the Judges. Preparatory Gun. 11.87) Bhe was promptly boarded by ah ALAS | vening World" reporter, who had START. followed her up from Bandy Hook. (Oficial,) | Mr Iselin wan asked why Defender valent: . 5G had suddenly withdrawn from the race Deteniler, : “42 46 5a) With Vigilant, after starting on the SARICROKT: keeond round. noua "yy agg, | He explained that the atanding ringing Herende 1 O06 20 Ad slackened considerably, and that it Vildae So 1 14 87, "Ae deemed wine to withdraw, Ao an not Pikes aU to subject the gear to an extraordinary Wscineany . [strain in its weakened condition. Defender 2 OL BO) rye quertion of the victory and of Vigilant... 4 06 001 1. ponsession of the Astor Cup re- Detsader eto windward Gm) ing in doubt until the Judges will nae _ = render @ decision (Special (o The Evening World, ee BAY RIDGE, Aug. 20.—Defender came| WIGHLANDS OF NAVEBINK, Aug. up the Bay under jib and mainsail, | 20, ~ VIGILANT ‘The first trial race for the selection OFF AHEAD, \ = Kel Defender. (Prom a Phowgraph gent by Carrier Pigeon.) reaching the Atlantle Yacht Club's an- chorage at 4.26 thin of @ defender of the America's Cup seems to have resulted in a tangle. De- fternoon OVER THE LINE, . pent by carrier pigeon.) NIGHT EDITION “: fender Aninhed the first round nearly ahead, after gaining six nd fourteon seconds on Vigt lang In the ten-mile beat to windward, | nt made up | to the Sandy Hook minut | part of which the Gould y her way back nal set on the Cup Committee the Committee stipulated, However, after Defender had stood to windward for the mark-boat on the recond round for a while she gybed about and stood towards Sandy Hook, accompanted by the attending feet. Bhe continued on her way up the bay. Vigilant kept on her course, splitting her Jib and setting @ new one, and ap- varently bent on finishing a second round. The Luckenbach persued and overhauled her, and finally she aban- doned her course and made for Sandy Hook. The stake boat meanwhile had left | her position, off North Long Branch, and was making her way to port. THE RACE BY BULLETIN. Movements of the Yachts as Seem from HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, Aug. 20.—11.87 A. M.—Preparatory gun fired. 11.47—Vigilant crossed the line on atar- board tack, 11.44—Defender crossed on port tack. 11.88—Vigilant appeara to be holding her lead and even to be increasing it. 12.06—-Defender appears to have over- hauled Vigilant and to be windward of her and crawling ul prettily, 12.17—Defender {s outealling and out- potnting Vigilant, and already has a/ hice lead on the latter, Both are attil| nding out to sea on starboard tack. 12.18.—Vigilant went about on port tack and took in her baby Jibtopsail. Defender went about on the same tack, thirty seconds later 42. Defender continues to gain on Vigilant, Both yachts are still on the ort tack and standing towards the AT THE STARTING POINT, (From a Photograph sent by Ca Jersey shore. 12.46—Defender's dad now fully three- | avarters of a mile and far to windward | of Vigilant, | 1.05.—Hoth yachts, sailing practically | lover the eame course and with De- | fender nearing the stakeboat, were) timed tn passing @ given point, 1.10 P. M.-Defender rounded the stake- | boat at 1.09.20 and soon squared away under all sail on the home run, | Vigilant was about @ mile behind and the wind aulll steady from the south | west | Defender, a minute after rounding | broke out her spinnaker and balloon jib | And went tearing along for the Anish line at 4 steamboat pace, 1.16. M.—Vigilaet rounded the mark | at 11437, Just five minuses seventeen | | seconds behind Defender, She then | wquared away for the home run, | 1.60-About forty minutes after round- ing the mark » was estimated that De- fender had @ lead of 12 minutes on Vigl- lant. | The Committee boat han just sig § that the course is to be sailed! over twiv | 1.56 Defender has taken in her spin- naker and balloon fib and te running towards the mark, which ts only a short | distance from ner. \ 01.W—Defender haw crossed the line. 206-Defender has turned the mark nd is standing off again on the star-| board tack, in a beat to the outer mark | | nal for the second time, .40-Detenaer has eased off her sheets and is now runoong back towards Sandy thooh, The race has been called off, | A majority of the pleasure boats are | following Defender, which ts bound ine | yard. But some of the yachts are re- | maining with Vigilant The latter, instead of following De- fender continued away towards the | Jersey shore, towards the outer mark, But the stake boat is on her way home (and is passing the Highlands. It would | |seem from this that Defender, for some junknown reason, has given up the race, ppd that Vigilant Is keeping on in spite | of it. aw P, M.—Vigilant has takem in ber | topsail and went off at a quick pace. ‘qua 7. Jib, but she is still holding on towards shore as if continuing on the beat down the Jersey coast. 238 P, M—lIt Is understood here that Defender's jib split before it was taken in, There was considerable wind before the sall came in. Defender is still standing towards Sandy Hook, and js evidently out of the race. 2.4—Defender's club topsail was down when she left the race. She was hailed and asked the cause of ner put- ting back, but her people simply re- plied “Nothing,” and refused to answer Any more questions, 2.44—Vigilant In now up in the wina, apparently, and as there is @ tug near her, It looks ns if she were about to be towed in. ¥ 244+—-Defender wae hailed and asked ‘ause of putting back. Answered: ‘othing."* -Vigilant has set another jib, and it would seem that she is going to push on over the course, Tt would ap- pear from here that there hi been more trouble between the two boats, 3.—Defender ts now off the Hook, but it Is uncertain whether she ts going up the bay or not. Everything looks all right on board of her, as far ag can be made out from here. 4.15 2. M.—Vigilant is now returning. Later it appeared that the Commit- t boat overhauled Vigilant and spoke with her after the Gould boat immediately put about and stood away for Bandy Hook. 3.08—Vigilant 18 now on starboard tack, standing off shore, with a large tug following her. Her movements are still a mystery to every one ashore, It looks as if she might be going to sail over the course alone, 3.27,.—Defender has turned the south- west spit and is now heading up @ bay. tl VIGILANT FIRST OFF. Bat Defender Soon Overhauled and ed Her to Windw: (Special to The Evening World.) HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, Aug. %0.—-Vigilent, for the first time in her races with Defender, got over the start- ing line ahead in the first of the series of cup trial races, Vigilant’s time across the line as tak- en by the officials was 11.45.56 Defender was just 67 seconds later ketting across, Vigilant crossed the line on starboard tack, Defender crossing on the port tack, ‘The start was made from the Sandy Hook Lightship, not from the Scotian, the course having been changed at the last moment, Signals just before the preparatory, gun ordered the yachts to sail ten mil to windward and return, As soon the yachts wei Cross the line Vigilant ran up her baby Jib- Defender, on port tack, was headed di- rectly inshore, and her progress could not be so easily observed, At 11.52 Defender went about on the starboard tack, Vigiinnt Holds Her Lead. Defender made no change in her sails after the start, Owing to the alrection of the course, Vigilant appeared to have @ considerable lead over Defender after the start, She was footing well and stood up splendidly in the freshening breeze, At 12 o'clock, when about two miles from the start, Defender did not seem to have picked up any on her rival The yachts were then opposite the Highland light tower, fi Defender Begins to G At 12.05 Defender seemed to be gain- ing somewhat on Vigilant, and as they passed the lighthouse about seven miles of shore +the distance between the two flyers was gradually lessening, Then the wind was freshening, as was For bascba other sportia,