The evening world. Newspaper, August 29, 1895, Page 1

YACHT RAGE EXTRA NO.6 PRICE ONE CENT. LLURS 18 Miles. 19 Mile EDITION. BALLOON IN THE STORM, Hauled Down and Knocked About the Beach by the Wind WIS TO BE REPAIRED, Twenty Men Hang On to Prevent It Being Blown Away. THE ESCAPE VALVE IS OPENED. Gas Allowed to Escape and the Big Bag Is Saved from Destruction. ON THE EARTH AT HIGHLAND BEACH, 8 P. M. It ts black and threatening in the northwest and it is not safe to send “The Evening World” balloon up until it either breaks or blows over. Prof. Carl E. Myers says he would not take the responsibility of sending @ human being into the clouds under such circumstances, and fears that the Squall when it breaks will batter his balloon to pieces on the beach, The balloon was hauled down when Defender disappeared in the mist to the southeast, near the first turning mark, “The Evening World” reporter having Deen banged around frightfully for three full hours, It is raining now. Prof. Myers and his assistants are doing everything in thelr power to make the balloon mi cube, Old weather sharks in the vi- cinity of Highland Beach predict that Defender and Vigilant will get more wind than they will know what to do with before the storm is over. 210 P M.—The rain is coming down in sheets and the crowd 1s fleeing for @ big golden pumpkin and every minute to yo to pleces, Prof, Myers ‘s struggling with the Dalloon sow in an endeavor to get at the valve cord and release the gas, Highland Beach, 3.25 P, M. ‘The squall is over and the balloon is saved. At times it looked as if the Deautiful golden bag would be rent from crown to throat, but the valve rope was finally pulled and as the gas rushed out through the immense exit at the top the balloon men hastily hooked the sand bags on higher and gradually pulled down and rolled the cloth up. It was found that the neck of the bal- Joon was badly torn, and Prof. Myers will take the next train for his balloon farm at Frankfort, N. ¥., to repair it for use at the next ract ee BY WIRE FROM THE SKY. Graphic Pictures of the Race as Viewed from Midair. EVENING WORLD BALLOON, OVER HIGHLAND BEACH, Aug. 2, 1.21 A. M. Defender is off ahead of Vigilant. About twenty seconds between them, Defender crossed the line not more than 200 feet ahead of Vigilant. Both Doats spread their balloon jib topsalls to the breeze just as they crossed. Evening World Balloon, 11.23 A. M. Defender got her jib topsail set a few seconds the quickest und jumped into the lead. Vigilant's nimble tars soon had her big sail on her and maintained her position. Evening World Balloon, 11.90 A. M. Both boats are on the starbonrd tack and heading; to the southeast. The first leg will be « pretty reach | ‘he wind holds from its present quartic: a team wind, Evening World Baloon, 11.33 A.M. Use Gevinan Lacedry Honp, It's the Best Fhe gensine hes colered women oo wrapzer, st being | Defender is making the best work of ‘t and has increased her lead slightly. There 1» nothing ahead of the racers except grand old ocean, The few steam- boats, jam yachts and sailing craft are in a line astern and do not take up very much room, The wind remains pretty steady al- though it is a little gusty at times Evening World Balloon, 11.41 A. M. ‘The wind ts very light and the big| mainsalis are fiapping lazily as the ground swell rolls the yachts from side ve got It now and they will get it in a minute. Evening World Balloon, 11.45 A. M. Hello, Heme i Valkyrie III. just pai tng Scotland Lightship. Her newly Fainted black hull ts just discernible above the water line. She is carrying the same canvas as the two racers and 1s going apparently at the same relative speed. Her club-topsail is much larger than Vigilant and makes her top-hamper look very like Defender at this distance, ‘The racers are clawing their way along. Defender stands up straight, her rival heeling over @ trifle even in this light wind, Evening World Balloon, 11.60 A. M. The opportunities for reporting and telegraphing to-day are much better than before. The balloon 1s much stead- fer, The ingenious device invented by Theo Mundorff, the optician at 1167 Broadway, for securely holding the flelé glasses on the head so that they may be Used similarly to spectacles, is a great thing, It leaves one hand free and 1s much steadier than a pair held in the hand, The glasses themselves are of the finest make. Their range and field 1s very large, and being made of alum- | {num makes them particularly desirable for use in a balloon, The haze off shore is rather thick, but thus far it does not bother much, Evening World Balloon, 12.0 P. M. There is nothing exciting about this race. The two America bo English Valkyvie are going along quietly and so slowly that from this distance they scarcely seem to be mov- ing. Valkyrie appears to be picking up the two American boats, although her gain is hardly perceptibl Evening World Balloon, 12.19 P. M. Valkyrie 1s certulnly doing more than holding on, She Is sailing the leg fur- ther off shore, but can hardly have any advantage of wind. The Englishman runs along very prettily, and stands up| quite steady, but is a balloon Jibtopsall | fully as straight as Defender. Evening World Balloon, 12.41 P. M. The yachts now have the wind more on the quarter as they approach the first stakeboat. Valkyrie is so far to leeward that It is diMcult to tell whether she is gaining on her American cousins, but she is surely not being dropped an inch. Evening World Balloon, 12.4 P. M. Valkyrie has put her helm up and and the | {port tack aboard Evidently the English yachting sports on her after deck are batisfled with their test of their boat against the two Yankee cracks. | Evening World Balloon, 12.50 P. M. Both boate are now getting near the turn, The wind is much stronger about the balloon, and the yachts, too, seem to be Ketting some of It, Evening World Balloon, 12.51 P, M. Defender is nearing the first stake boat, located § miles to the southeast of | Scotland Lightship. | Evening World Balloon, 12.62 P. of. 1 The breeun has freshened and ts blow- |4ng quite strong from the northwest, Evening World Balloon, 1.15 P. M. The wind around the balloon has been fierce all day, while the yachts were becalmed out at sea, I am too sick to stay up long | Evening World Balloon, 1.20 P. M. | As soon as 1 recover somewhat will go up again, BEFORE THE START. le Easily and on Time. “EVENING WORLD" BALLOON, OVER HIGHLAND BEACH, Aug. % 1045 A. M. The fourth ascension of “The Evening World's” balloon was made with the atest eas When the reporter said, vet her go!" she shot up lke a@ ball from a cannon and made @ very rapid and a delightfully easy run of 1,000 feet | up in the alr. | Defender and Vigilant are standing |om and on just in shore from Scotiand | Lightship, ‘The fleet of excursion steam- boats Is conspicuous by {ts absence, Not more than twelve sail of every sort is visible in the group around the Light- \ship and the two big single stickers, vening World Balloon, 10.49 A. M. The judges’ boat announced by signals that the course to be sailed to-day will be triangular eight miles to a leg. The first legt is to the noutheast. ‘The wind jis now out of the southwest, with a leaning to the westward. | Defender and Vigilant are standing inshore cn the starboard tack and are | not more than two miles off, directly in hne with the lightship, The morning |i most delightful for almost anything except a yacht race, The ocean In like | millpond, scarcely any surf breaking on the beach below me, The wind is \breeze, with no danger of carrying away pt. Haff's port shoestring. Evening World Balloon, 11 A. M Defender is standing off shore on the port tack, Vigilant has followed sult. Evening World Balloon, 11.06 A. M. Defender has her starboard tacks on board, still heading oceanward. V! lant is just to the south of her on the port tack. Evening World Balloon, 11.06 A. M. northwest and has freshened consider- ably. Evening World Balloon, 11.12 A, M. Defender is standing inshore on the Starboard tack. Vigilant is heading about north with her port tacks. Evening World Bulletin, 11.13 A. M. Both boats are carrying the same can- vas ag on their last race—mainaail, club- topaail and two head-sails, staysail and Evening World Balloon, 11.14 A. M. Both Mere are manoeuvring around e line. Jevening World Balloon, 11.15 A, M. They are awaiting the starting gun, Evening World Balloon, 11.2) A. M. Roth yachts are bearing down for the line on the starboard tack end close to- gether, car DUNRAVEN OFF TO HIS YACHT. Valkyrie I11.'s Owner to Board the Challenger. After passing the night on board the White Btar steamship Teutonic, the Earl of Dunraven, who, with his ters, arrived last night, turned out of his ‘berth at 7 o'clock this moruing anu called for his yachting togs. ‘These he donned in @ hurry and then made bis way to the breakfast table, where he found his daughters, Lady Rachel and Lady Aileen, and Designer dames E. Watson already discussing a hearty vreakfast “Lhe Bari oxpressed a wish to get down the bay and op board his yacht Val- Kyrie 111. 48 soon us possible. Bhortly utter & oclock the tug Pulve with H Maitland Kersey on board, ted up to the nite mar pier Aha & baie hour later Lord Dunraven and Mr, W gon trotted down the ‘Teutonic gang- plank and boarded the ine The Barl looked as if he anticipated @ pleasant day and waived and adieu to his daughters, who remained on the steamship. The Puiver steamed down the bay at full speed, it being the Intention of Lord Dunraven to reach Valkyrie IJ, before 10 o'clock {f possible Lady Rachel and Lady Aileen left tho steamship at § o'clock and were dri to the Hotel Waldorf. It is said th arly they will leave for Newport late this| afternoon, DEFENDER’S STEEL BOOM. A Stim, Light javing 2,600 Powhds of Weight, BRISTOL, R. 1, Aug. 2%.—The eteel boom for Defender was competed yes- terday afternoon and {t was placed on board the tmurge Wasp apd ai o'clock last evening the Wasp, in w York tug, started for New et length of the boom ts not known, but it is not far from 105 feet long, Dullt of three-#ixteenths Inch steel It eighteen inches in diameter at the centre und ten at the ends. The boom |s very stiff and when being hoisted to the deck, although siung at the centre, it did not “buckle percep tibly, surely not more than ix inches The boom weighs less than two tons and ts 260 pounds lghter than « wooden one of the same dimensions would be. —_——. For baseball, racing entries and ether sporting news, see pages 6 headed for the Long Island coast with,” The wind has shifted to the west! sad 7 DAY, AUC 3. [ “ Circulation Books Open to All? Dt Us! ) 1805. 20 Miles. Leg of the OFFICIAL TIMES. daugh- | iH. OM. 8. 11. 20 88 11 20 40 Defender Vigilant. FIRST MARK. HM. 8. .2 O01 00 2 06 17 Defender..... Vigilant..... SECOND MARK, Defender 8 16 30 Vigilant, 3 24 00 FINISH, Defender. Vigilant. 4 26 38 (Special to The Evening World.) HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, Aug. 29.—Defender finished first in the second cup trial race to-day, crossing the lino off Scotland Lightship ne: minutes ahead of Vigilant, and leading by about two miles, The times at the finish (unofficial) were as follows: Defender 4.10.08 Vigilant . A 4.28.88 As Defender crossed the line a win- ner she was received with a salute of steam whistles from the assembled fleet. She hove around to the north- ward after rounding the lghtship and started of in the direction of Sandy Hook. Vigilant was two miles from the fin- ish. The wind seemed to be gradually dying out and t ould yacht making very slow progress towards the Mn Most of the steam |to the Hook with De Jof them remained behind at the ship to see Vigilant cross the Ine. Defender had lead throughout one of the most pecullar races ever sailed off Bandy Hook. She crossed the line only | two seconds in advance, the wind being very light and shifting. The first leg of the course, eight miles, wan to the southeast, a broad reach, Shortly after the start, chts became becalmed and the cup trial becagne an absolute drifting match, Valkyrie, which had gone out under racing canvas, half a mile to leeward of the two American yachts, was hold- ing a breeze which they did not feel and crept up until when within half a mile of them, she too, feil into the doldrums and all three rolled and heaved on the swell, helpless as wrecks Then came a few puffs of air, Defen- der being favored by the flukes, and the racers crawled to the first markboat, which Defender rounded five minutes and twenty seconds ahea Valkyrie had taken advantage of the breege to gybe and headed back to the northeast, taking her Interesting figure out of the marine picture It had been anticipated that the sec- ond leg of the course, bearing north by east half north, would be a beat to windward, but the shifting wind had got into the southward and made it ex- actly the reverse—a run down wind— both yachts breaking out spinnakers nts started u ender, but @ few alght- hauled, thia time to a northerly quarte and a squall loomed up threateningly, In came Dulioon canyas and both #| prepared for weather, They got it, in large chunks, for a thunderstorm, « | kale of thirty miles velocity and tor- ret rain made lvely work of It at the eastern stake-boat Dofender had again increased her lead and was seven minutes ahead at this mark, In less than an hour the storm al peared and the wind began cutting up stv bn NIGHT EDITION DEFENDER HOME FIRST _— Leads Vigilant Over Each -4 10 08) ly nineteen | # appe: both | ar the second mark the wind again 21 Miles, —— Triangular Course. NEARLY 19 MINUTES AHEAD. First Leg a Drift, Second a Fair Run and the Last Mark Rounded in a Heavy Squall. capers again, Defender being again fav- ored as it died away. Vigilant finished almost 'n a drift. ‘ Valkyrie was caught in the squall while in the ahip channel off the Hook on her way to her moorings in the Horseshoe. She downed canvan and weathered {t, getting to her anchorage fely after it had passed off, celal ass SQUALL AT SECOND MARK. Thunderstorm and Heavy Winds ed Shortened Sail, (Hpecial to The Evening World, FAR ROCKAWAY, Aug. %—De- fender rounded the second mark of the triangular cours off here at 3.15.30, Just after squall and thunderstorm. Vigilant hauled in her sheets ani | Wore around at 3.22.30, Instead of a beat to windward the | shifting wind had made the second leg & run with the wind dead astern. Both yachts set spinnakers when they rounded the firat merk, but the wind shifted many pointe and the balloon | canvas was taken in before the second | markboat was reached. | Nothing coulu be seen of the yachts for several minutes befgre they neared the stakeboat, The wind was blowing a | wal | HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, Aux. | .—At 2.88 the fog bank which followed | the storm had rolled away suffictently to show Defender coming in on the port tack. Bhe had her club-topsall, mainsall, jib and stayrail set | Bhe waw just off the Bundy Hook | Lightahip, a Ittle to the north. At 343 Vigilant had just hove in sight, She to be about two and a half |miles astern of Defenver and her sall- ing outfit in the same. Defender has Jevidently increased her lead over # mile and a half since the yachts rounded the |first turning stake. ‘They were both headed directly westward and making for the Lightship. jefender Heads for Home, At 3. the alr had become hasy again | and for a time the yachts were lost sight | of. Then Defender reappeared and was within two miles of the Lightship. She had @ baby Jib topsail up and heeled over at a considerable angle as she came up close hauled on the port tack, At 3.66 Vigilant had just come up out of the fom again. She was fully two miles antern Defender. The wind seemed to be holding fairly strong, though it had gone down ashore almost to a calm The old cup defender was standing up well, and appeared to be stiff in the breeze ax Defender. Only a Mile to Go, At 6.06 Defender is now within a mile of the finish, # big flotilla of steam yachts headed by Valiant sailing ahead of her to the Lightship. It would ap- pear that she had beaten Vigilant fully n minutes over the course. At 4.05, as Defender approached the finish, her new big stick showed up splendidly, The breeze sent her over #o far that two feet of her bronze kee: was seen glistening in the sunlight, Vigilan’t hull w her tall suils were looming up plainly. SECOND LEG A RUN, Shifting Wind Changed the Condl- tions of That Part of the Coursc, (Special to The Kvenin HIGHLANDS OF NAVE Aug. 2%—Defender gybed first stake boat off Long | 2.01.20, Vigilant turned the mark at 2.06.40, A alight breeze had sprung up from the southeast and the yachts crept arour Branch at still in the fox, but| © | squall \either tn > 22 Mi'es. slowly from the point where they hat lain imed, Defender making best | headway towards the mark in the light alr. She had caught the first puff of the shifting wind before Vigilant and in- creased her lead by the fluke. They were compelled to haul close to he wind In order to make the mark, Its direction having shifted to the southward, ‘The breeze was far from steady, com- ing in stray puffs, which favored firat one, then the other, as they neared the turning point, Defender Led by a Mile. As Defender stood away it was seen that she had a@ lead of at least a mile over Vigilant. Defender had beaten Vigilant over five minutes on the first leg of the course. Nelther of the yachts changed their sailing rig after making the turn, but vent away 07 @ broad reach to the second turning stake, with their big mainaalls and balloon jibtopsails over to starboaru, At 2.15, with a twelve-knot wind due east, both yach + were making good progr Deferder neemed to be foot- Ing faster than Vigilant and steadily Increasing her .cad. Captal of Wind Pi A bank of dark, heavy looking clouds was forming in the northeast, which looked an if they might bring a capful of wind for the finish of the race, After the sloops had fairly started on the second leg both broke out spin- nakers to starboard. The contrast of the immense clouds of canvas against the dark skv back- round made it ook as if the racere were running right into a thunder show- er. As Defender sped on she seemed to be getting more and more breeze, which Vigilant was not able to take advant of until several minute fterwardi At 220 Defender was almost out of right in the growing mist which over- hung the horizon, At 2.25 Defender had already disap- peared in the hase and Vigilant’s big palls were growing dim. Defender had ther increased her lead to nearly mile and a half. It was Imponsible to see elther of the yachts after 2.30. It seemed to be rain- ing six miles out at sea, although the sky was clear and blue overhead. The cloud bank overhung the whole of the ern horizon and In the centre was tense ond bl Another cloud bank was looming up In the west at the same time, and the wind, shifting around to the north, came in fresher. Salling with Free Sheet. At 2.45 the haze suddenly cleared up as the cloud passed away to the south- ward, showing Defender still forging ahead and outfooting Vigilant rapidly, The sloops were both sailing with @ free sheet und seemed to get the wind di- rectly astern, Defender's lead was then fully a mile and a half. At 2 Defender cros big four-masted schooner. ren that she was taking in her spin ker, Vigilant was doing the same. The wind had pulled around more into and {it had shifted to north. ed, At 3 o'clock Defender was still creep- ing ahead, and as the atmosphere cleared somewhat it was seen that she had a lead of fully two miles over Vigi- lant She seemed to be nearing the turning stake, It was evident that the wind where the yachts were was com- ing from a different direction than on shore, Wher it was northwest they still med to be getting it from the south- went At 3.05 the cloud from the west had come up and it was raining in Sandy Hook Bay. It became so hasy to tie eastward that the racers were lost tu view again, Valkyrie in a Squall, Valkyrie was caught in the squall in the Ship Channel off the point and her sailors hastily hauled in her club top- sail, They were shortening other sails when the rain came down In torrents, hiding the sloop from view, ‘The squall came up so suddenly that the little sailing craft off shore in the harbor had not prepared for it. At 3.07 Sandy Hook reported the wind at thirty-six miles an hour, Several sharp reports of thunder were heard, the lightning flashed and the rain came down in torrents. The wind whistled a gale around te telegraph tower at tne Highlands, and observers were driven Inside. A and 3.10 the storm was at its helght, ng could be seen of vessels the bay or out at sea, The storm seemed to be passing in an east- erly direction, The rainfall was very heavy. At 315 It was reported from Sandy Hook that the wind was falling and the | storm centre had gone off down the Long Island coast, but it was still pour- ing at the Highlands. At 3.20 Sandy Hook observers reported Valkyrie passing the point under jib and main sail, ‘The wind sixteen miles an our and the weather clearing. Five| minutes afterwards It began to clear at Highlands, and as the storm pessed off at sea the sun broke forth and a gor-| geous rainbow fared in the east. Valkyr ding in at the horse- shoe \ nd mainsail, and ep- peared to be none the worse for the Vhat had become of the two racers was the question that Interested the observers at the Highlands, ‘The storm ed off slowly to the der jib eastward and disclosed several schooners and sloofs, with their salle lowered and EX''RA NO. 6 PRICK ONE CENT. lying up in the wind, which had then | gone down to about twelve miles en hour. DEFENDER STARTED FIRST. Dut Vigilant Was Only Two See onds Behind Her. (Special to The Evening World.) HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK, Aug. 29.—Defender crossed the line first in the second trial race with ‘Vigilant, sta.ting from Scotland lightship. ‘The times of the yacats were: Defender ... Vigilant... ‘The course ts miles to the leg. Just as sho crossed the line Vigilant broke out her balloon jib topsall, As the two stoops got clear of the fleet of tugs and yachts that hung around the Stakeboat, It was seen that Defender léd Vigilant by about two lengths, Vigilant was the first to ha her Jib, and Defender quickly followed. For the first half mile the two racers seemed to be on very even terms, and as they came down the beach the dis- tance between them did not change in Jetcader Increases Her Lead. At 11.30 Defender seemed to gain slight~ ly over Vigilant as the Highland Light was approached. The wind was blow- ing at about twelve knota and Defender moved easily through the smooth sea, There were no whitecaps visible and only @ slight ewell caused the big single stickers to rock quietly, Defender was then about four iengths ahead. At 11,35 Defender had since the yachts came fro hull view, and was evidently outfooting Vigilant in the full sall breeze which had sprung up, f “Smctal time of startiaw telegraphed | from Marine Btation sj) Defender, 11.20. Vigilant, 11.20.40. At 11.40 the wiid seemed to éle down suddenly and then became puffy. The sails of both yachts began to fiep and Vigilant's matnvat! hung loosely, Then the breese came steady, and they im- creased their headway again. Valkyrie Keeps Them Company. Valkyrie, wnich had come down with- in half a mile of the lightship, was skimming along easily in the light, puffy wind. She had her mainsail, jib, aysail and club topsafl set and seemed to be getting a little more breese than the racers, At 11.45 she had left the lightship astern and seemed to be fast bearing down upon Defender and Vig- flant, Observers on shore began to pay more attention to the Britisher than to the racing sloops. Valkyrie Had All the W: Valkyrie seemed to be getting wind there was, and was & creeping up on the racers. At 11.56 Val- kyrle had come up to within two miles of Vigilant, which had cut down the lead Defender had gained shortly after the start about one-half. ‘At 42 o'clock the breeze seemed to freshen slightiy and it carried Defender ahead. Gradually she began to crawl away from Vigilant. but Valkyrie, which had broken out an enormous balloon {ibtopsall, was walking up fast. About the same time Vigilant lowered her staysail and her only forward canvas was her big balloon jib. Both yachts had their main booms swung to port and as the wind was in uncertain puffs, the canvas would flap and shake on the big spars. ‘alkyrie Pulling At noon Valkyrie had further de- creased her distance from the racers and was scarcely a mile behind them, Her speed, considering the conditions of the wind, was marvellous. The big sails of the British sloop were drawing splendidly in what appeared to be almost a calm, and she walked away from the other sailing craft that were following the racers down the course as if they were standing still. It was sald that she bringing the breeze with her, but she seemed to move almst as fast after she struck the calm stretch of water to the south- west of the Highlands. It was evident that If she kept on her course she would soon be on even terms with her American rival, and the in- terest of an international contest would be added to what was expected to be only a trial race, At that hour the wind inshore was blowing at less than seven knots and the outlook seemed to suggest @ drifting match, The old salts looked chagrined over the failure of their predictions. There was no sign then of any improvement. A’ 1210 Valkyrie got into a glassy stretch of sea, about three-quarters of a mile astern of the racers, and her speed began to slacken. AM in the Doldrams, Tt was a case of the doldrums for all three of the big sloops. The sailing craft had been left far behind and only the steam tug and yachts remained im the flotilla that stretched out in a long Une to leeward of the racers. Most of them devoted their attention + 11.90.38 + 11.90.40 triangular one of eight |to Lord Dunraven’s boat, which was the sreat centre of attraction, At 12.15 Defender was about two miles from the stakeboat, which could be dimly seen in the hase which overhung the horizon, Both the racers had taken & slight turn to eastward of the course as originally signalled, evidently for the purpose of getting more wind. Defender maintained her lead ever Vigilant, but was evidently unable to increase it. She was at that hour net more than three hundred yards ahead of the Gould sloop.