1 1NU. EXTRA NO. 5. " Circulation Books Open to All." JUO&CD Circulation Books Opeu toAU.j E.X HA O. S M PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 20, I WW. PRICE ONE CENT. S but neither tug nor yacht could be dts-- 1 covered. At last she was seen through the NIGHT EDITION 1 I NIGHT EDITION haze about one point east of Scotland Lightship, playing about under mainsail, staysail, jib and club topsail. At 11 o'clock the pride of '93 and the hope of '95 swooped towards each other A WIRE FROM DEFENDER FIRST HOME. and then stood away waiting for the MIDI, 1 signal gun. i Half a mile from the Lightship th. New York Yacht Club's chartered Iron steamboat, Cepheus, was loafing about 'I with human beings hanging to her lee tide like flies to a sugar loaf. Messages from The New Yacht Leads Vigi-- The wind had freshened a bit and thers Telegraphic 1 I weie little white frills to the waves like I white trimmings to a woman's blue gown. Evening World's" lant by Two Minutes and The Start at 11.30. "The I At 11 20 the preparation gun was fired and the accompanying red ball went up on the flagship. Captive Balloon. 1 Forty Seconds. Then began the beautiful manoeuvring I position, the Defender standing off, for closely followed by Vigilant. In this manner they swept across and back a half mile of water. ASCENT UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 1 TO At 1130 the starting gun boomed and I WINDWARD THROUGHOUT. Instantly Defender flashed across the line on the starboard tack. Two hundred yards behind came Vigi- lant on the same tack and they were off on a fifteen-mil- e beat to windward The Experiment Demonstrates that m Wind Light on Way Down and return. I the At the same Instant the tugs, steam M yachts and other sailing craft filled It Is Feasible to Report the Yacht the Coast, but Freshened away. I At 11.33 Defender went about. M Each boat carried baby Races from the Sky. on they I the Return. ready to take In, and just before crossed the line water supply at jib and mainsail. HIOHLANDS OP NAVHSINK, July the falluro of the tht H 20. 1.15 P. M "The Evening World" lighthouse, which was depended upon M Hit (Special to The Eitnlnj WorlJ ) both aclits were clearly In sight Thirty-si- x minutes were lost In and ,-- la ascending. telegraph to thirty or more barrels of ',vH MA HIOHLANDS OF NAVESINK. July no glasses by the yachts, both trying r-- balloon just The furnish the were needed to watch the Is working well. water necessary for generating tht by-- Bfl W. Defender won her first trial under exciting finish. for the advantage. gsag'ssBaigSns wire H to- - drogen gas for Inflating the balloon. rH HH real racing conditions In her race As the Defender passed up towards ths Defender tried hard to get the wind- I am just clear of the ground In the brought HHj with Vigilant crossing the finish gun was fired. The water finally had to be lay fleet, a winner In the first of ths great ward as the balloon. There has been a long delay in of the hill on S BM Una lets than three minutes ahead of Defender was the first to cross the gas. from a spring at the foot ;JH trial races, she was received with a filling with thu farther side, pall by pall, and this IB rival. tremendous blast of steam whistles from line, breaking out her baby topsail at fM kr y di- caused some delay. 'vjH sa- 11.30 Vigilant crossed at 11.30 sllght-- I am now about seventy feet and Til was made In the lightest sort the assembled vessels and several gas-ge- '' H start of light- At 9 o'clock this morning the south-southea- st - to windward IN RACING TRIM. rectly over the two towers the iBM f wind, which after- lutes were fired from the yachts which DEFENDER erntlng apparatus was all In order, jH ijlnir-t- o i Defender Immediately began to gain house. SM wards shifted to more southerly and were in the neighborhood of rnd the big sulphuric acid tanks were at on held their In- Anally to nearly southwest. the Scotland Lightship. the first tack. Both things at Nave-sin- k morning from the anchorage off the awattea with more than ordinary wa ;9 JHj Vigilant on know all about such The wind is blowing about fifteen work filling the baloon. As the day M jBV The din of fog- positions a few minutes. Club-Hous- During the race the breeze freshened, the whistles and the shook their heads dubiously as Atlantic Yacht where she terest by the yachting experts. mllei at this altitude, and the balloon calm and there was so little wind. Prof. horns could be distinctly on starboard tack. Im- iiH (and' the big flyers came home under heard short they scanned the horizon and sniffed had lain all night, and was towed down The result would surely settle an Is coming down In n tree. I am now ten Myers decided to make the ascent with Bl spln- - ut Highlands, Vigilant remained on starboard tack K NUL mainsails, clubtopsalls, Jibs and the nearly four miles the air. through the Narrows. portant point In the discussion of the medium-size- d then went about. feet from the ground but did not bump. the balloon, which has a gH IjWf" Bakers, with a breeze that made some away. four minutes and "If she shirts to the nori. , one of She passed Quarantine at 8.10 and pro- relative merits of keel and centroboard gas. same moment De- Please have some one write this as I capacity of 6,W0 cubic feet of Bs of thslr smaller companions double-ree- f Vigilant was greeted with the same Almost at the them said, "we may get a fair sailing ceeded directly out to sea, passing yachts which hss been going on ever gatn- - lS on will have to cling In a second. A big crowd of curious villagers ?B Hjfc mainsails. uproarious burst of screaming whistles fender went the starboard tack. breeze about noon, but we can't calcu- Sandy Hook 9 o'clock. since the model was adopted In the con- De- at ered In tho corner of the lighthouse The question was whether or not ." ! HK crossed the finish line at on the excursion steamers and yachts late on much of a wind Her crew had been busy while she was struction of the Defender. The balloon has shot up again. I am grounds and watched the proceedings H Dteir fender would turn the bow of Vigilant. 1 160.20 . igllant 2 53. times, and the cheering of the spectators, The sun rote In a thick bank of haze being towed down the bay, and when now up about 100 feet. I am afraid eager announcement HF at These A moment later they came together on with Interest The '''B W, while it.not official, are taken from the which nsi In sufficient volume to reach which had settled down during the night she reached the Hook ho had mainsail ON THE CLUB STEAMER. nave not enough gas to get up. The yesterday by "Tho Evening World" of the shore. opposite tacks. on horizon.1 It was fully people H & Scotland Lightship. Defender thus wins the eastern and and clubtopsall aloft and sheeted home. top of the hill Is black with and Us Intended experiment In aerial report- - ."jfl Mt by two minutes and forty seconds. As 9 Defender Crosses Visitant's Dow. two hours before Its 4rk was, cjsarly All down the New Jersey coast as far What .N. Y. Y. C. Onests Saw of the they are cheering me In great shape. Ing had spread the news everywhere in fjH visible. The hazs shut out the'vlew of as Asbury Park people are getting ready Race from the Cepheos. When I went up the crowd cheered vicinity brought as many visit- - Hit, neither of the yachts has furnished THE NEWS BY PIGEONS. Defendsr easily crossed the bow of the and -- iH two or , to H TWw racing measurements, the extent of De- - Vigilant to windward on the weather everything at sea, further than watch the races. Cottages along the (Dr Ctrtlir Pls.oii to Th. Ermine WorlO. ) wildly for "Ths Evening World." ors to the Highlands as the yacht race. j-- three miles from the beach, and not beach will keep open house for their ON BOARD IRON STEAMBOAT A trial race two fender's victory, or even whether she s - side. between such crack B jKi Pros-re- of thi- Race Watched from Lightship, Is IF lv W0U'1 have won or not, under time al- - even the Scotland which friends and droves of patriotic peoplt CEPHEUS, off Sandy Hook, July I am afraid I'll bang Into tho light- as Defender and Vigilant and the proa-- I "The World's" Tag. three snd half miles from shore, was ad- do go up 9 ffl$ lowancs rules, cannot b made known. IN THE HORSESHOE. a from the Inland towns and settlements It had been extensively house and damage Now I to a pect of a novel and Interesting balloon JLM It Is estimated though, that Defender (Br Csrrltr Plrtoa te Tie Krenlni Worll ) visible. wll come to the sea shore with thtlr vertised that the Iron tSearaboat Ce- height of 200 feet and down again to ascension at the same time, was enough,. "''sB WR. should give Vigilant an allowance of ON BOARD "THE WORLD" TUO. All that could be teen from the hill- families. In tht hope of getting a view pheus, with the New York Yacht Club within 40 feet of the ground. From this to make Naveslnk tht most attractive H Early Moraine Conditions Not at Mltllnss) of half a Srnjf or quite three minutes, over a SCOTLAND LIGHTSHIP, Julye).-Plgeo- ns top were ths misty of the famous old Vigilant and her new officials on board, would not start for altitude It Is possible to see much resort anywhere along the Jersey coast H n'rly AJ1 for a Race. schooners, as ft which would make will carry this story of ths Proalilns dozen fishing smacks and rival for supremacy. the scene of the race until 9.30 o'clock, further at sea, but nothing can yet be $jH race practically a dead heat. yacht race. Fifteen or twenty of ths j (Special to tht Evtnlnt World ) they lay off shore for their early catch. The first news of the racing sloops re- yet pier 1 East River was crowded for seen of tho yachts, which are still The eyes of a score or more of chU- - HIGHLANDS OF NAVESINK. N. J.. - J9 "WjI The preparatory gun was nred from little flyers are resting quietly In their Light Dreese Dispersed the Hase. ceived at the Highlands after they dls- fully two hours before that time. hidden In the thick fog to the south- - dren who capered aDout the InclotUre They July 20. Early morning Indications off Jl the flagship Sylvia at 11.20 A. M. and baskets. have not been fed since Towards o'clock the atmosphere be- opened wide with wonder as the big fM I:.f 3 Bandy Hook were not as gratifying as bag ws both yachts began manoeuvring for o'clock yesterday afternoon, and they gan to clear a little, the wind seemed of yellov silk that Prof. Myers ' tM position. will waste no time In getting home. they might have been to the hosts of had spread out upon tho green lawn U rflK yachtsmen who are In to be shifting towards, he sfctuand at '""'"", vigilant showed great ability in com- - At v.30 o'clock the wind Is southeast Interested the began to swell and puff up with the gaa SB Defender of speed between the two that hour was bowing WrtAVkt the ''jl !K litg about during the preparatory spllt-- a six to eight knot breeze moderate first real trial 'Increased a particle from the retorts. M big single-sticker- s, Defender and Vigi- beach. It had not tlrlg of wnen, 11.30, the wind for Defender and Vigilant to try strong enough The balloon Is held to the ground by a Kfg tacks, and at lant, over the ocean course, for In force and was scarcely 7sfl Btra "rat ,lartln8 "un w fired, she was at each others racing capabilities. to have enabled the yachts to complete cross bar, securely driven In, to which puffing ths. 3200 cup offered by the New York y i Is 1,600 M the line and flashed across on port tack Hundreds of tugs are about thirty-mil- e the time attached a rope cable feet In jil Br3 Club. the course within " gun fire. Vigilant was to leeward the Lightship and scores of sohooner Yacht contest. length. The cable passes through a jlft at What they looked for was a piping limit fixed for the International tH ML thirty seconds In getting yachts speed In and out, and out and govern to- block tackle, so that when the balloon B i and Just later breeze and dashing spray, which would This rule, however, dots not M I over the line. in, waiting for the starting signal. In any Is ready It may be raised or lowered B put both the big yachts on their mettle day, and It was believed that sum-- . Both stood for the New Jersey shore, Among them are the Shamrock, Fleet- - Interesting as at will. Two or three men are UV and show just what they were made of. csss the trial would be '' S iBBif heading for Long Branch. wing, Norseman and Lasca. showing the light weather sailing quali- clent to manage It. As tug puffed Such conditions were necessary to bring HB The wind was very light at the start "The World" down ties of ths two flyers, even though it Direct to "Kicnlnsr World" Ozflce. ".!fl BHT. lay to the through the Narrows the wind was out speed and furnish a reliable test of and a thick bank of haze the two racing types which might not furnish a conolustvt test of The telegraphic Instrument of the '! jf south southeast and one seemed to feel the merits of HB-- southward, ready to envelope both their actual relative merits. ordinary Morse Is to be taken up It. Its dying breath, but as It neared Sandy they represent. tpe '"H ers when they should reach how- About halt a dozen yachts oame down by tht. observer. The battery Is upon began Hook It freshened and gave Indications Judging from the early outlook, ,jH HH Defender's headsalls to shake In from tht city last evening and during the ground and attached to the instru- - down of developing Into a fine racing breeze. ever, the races are fated to be sailed H HHt In the wind as her helm went tht night lay at anchor In the Horseshoe is . The atmosphere was hazy. One light breezes, and ths skilful handling ment a double Insulated wire wound H. and she came about after standing on could off Sandy Hook, In order to get an early upon a reel and equal In length with minutes. Vigilant hardly see a man to windward. Pass- of ths yachts under such circumstances morning. tfl HHL hls tack about four In stsrt tor ths Lightship this the cable which holds the balloon. It Is iH quickly followed and both stood to the ing Sandy Hook many a pair of glasses will be a greater factor the result Vigils nt, HHF capacity speed In good Among them was and her tall connected with the wires of the Postal HHT eastward on starboard tack. swept the horizon In a vain endeavor to than ths for matt towered above the spars of the H cup racing weather. Telegraph Company In tht northern BVLSt When the yachts disappeared In the locate the denfender and the gallant other craft In the neighborhood. Her tower of the twin lighthouses, and from "a yacht was to try qualities. -- HHfAjhaze, Defender seemed to lead by nearly which her Earlr Conditions Not Promising. tender was lying to near by. MANOEUVRING FOR THE aTART. there directly with "The Evening H HjV a mile and was footing faster than Ths morning broke with scarcely a Defender Towed to the Start. World" office. ', Vigilant Appears First. down-n- W Vigilant, but the latter seemed to be breeze to ruffle the surface of old The great gathering of the yachts thlt sppeared In the haze at noon, was short- There were hundreds of persons on west. Now they are pulling me ot At 10 o'clock considerable progress had 'fl HH pointing up with the new Herreshofler. Finally, at 9.45 o'clock, the big main ocean, which stretched out almost aa morning wat at Bay Rldgt, oft the ly after 1 o'clock, when a report came hsnd who had no possible hope of see- enough gas. been made In tne Inflation of "The Even-- HBL Reports .from along the coast gave sail, staysail and jib of the Vigilant calm and smooth as a mlllpond, from Atlantic Yacht Ctub-Hous- e. Prepara- from the g Station at Long ing the race. So they contented them- Ing World's" ulrshtp. The crowd about HjE Defender's le'ad variously at from one-- L were seen beyond the yellow sands ths hills of ths Nsveslnk. What little tions for the start foi Sandy Hook be- Branch, which said that the yachts had selves Instead with taking a glance at At 1.3 o'clock the balloon landed safe- the gas generator when Prof. Myers and 'SjM three-quarte- ly near the point from which It half to of a mile, with a of the Hook. She moved slowly around south-wts- t, gan daybreak among the fleet of just passed station with Defender gaily official started wind there was came from the at that the decked boat and the Evening World" reporter was his two assistants, Tracy Flsdell and ;S HHE better position to windward. the Hook and then began to beat was hardly enough to steam and sailing anchored there about three quarters of a milt In tht so yachtsmen and "The Del Dare, were work, had and It craft thousand or and their assisted from the netting. hard at "S HHp While both were Invisible from the towards ths lightship. straighten out the big flag that flapped and at 7 o'clock the procession wsa al- lead. friends more favored for time. All grown so large that a rope had to be fl Hn shore, the breeze began to freshen and In the meantime there wss no sign from the high pole In front of the twin ready on its way down the harbor for They were standing down the coast around the pier were dozens of other 1.30 P. M. One of Prof, Myers's assist- stretched around the operating ground M AVI u became evident that the return down of Defender. She bad been towtd down lights. Veterans and weather sharps the scene of the great contest, on port tack. The breeze had freshened boats ready to follow In the wake of the ants, known as "Del Dare," stepped Into to keep them out of danger. :JH BY wind would be made In real racing at 7.30 o'clock by the tug E. S. Atwood, i and thers were plenty of them who Defender got up anchor early this perceptibly and was then blowing up the Cephut and all of them loaded down the basket and sailed majestically away Several parties of ladles and gentle- - &fl MM weather. shore at fully fifteen miles an hour. with excursionists. As a result It Is es- The assistant being about fifty pounds men from the hotels and cottages at :B HHJ Sure enough, when the yachts made With tht wlrd holding out at this rate timated that fully 10,000 people were In lighter than "The Evening World" re- Seabrlght and Normandle-by-the-Be- a U HHF 'their reappearance from out the bank COURSES SAILED BY THE YACHTS. the facers will be able to make quick the vicinity of the Battery during tht porter, the balloon ascended to a height came up to watch the progress of the 4H HHT of mist, only six miles fnira the finish, time or. the home stretch and there morning. nf WO feet, but did not succeed In main- work. Capt. C. E. Thompson, the chief - V HHL' they were seen flying along like verlt- was ever)-- prasject that the contest On board the Ceoheus all was buttle taining that altitude. The big air- light-keep- at Highlands, and his as-- fl VH able sea birds, with every rag bulging would be finished by 8 30. and excitement. Pretty nearly every ship sways gracefully from side to side slstants were active In aiding tht asro-- H AW before a brisk twenty-mil- e wind, fairly At 1.20 It was reported from Long member of the yacht cli.b who could and every now and then takes a slow nauts and affording them every facility jB dip 100 flying to the finish line. " -if Branch that the yachts were then on get was on hand, they took of feet or so, then again rising, for making the balloon ready. Bj r tsfl -'- down and 'V H Vigilant ,had made up much of her loss P if starboard tack, standing off shore, and possession of the lower deck. The upper A little cleared space of ground. Just Jfl comng wind, a which the fully light-hous- e HH down fact Defender's lead seemed to be then and third decks were crowded with the 12 35 M In the rear of the grounds, jH of, con- - P. The ascension of "The Even- HH. centreboard cranks made much a mile. Both boats went about at the friends of the members and several ing World" balloon has been delayed by was used for the purpose, although i9 HJ tending that In her immense shifting same time and Defender's leading posi- ladles, whose varied costumes lent a process Commander Snow, the General Inspec- - gain. the slowness of the of making 'fl BH keel lay all the virtue of her tion to the windward was fully assured. charm to the scene. Although there the hydrogen gas. This him been the tor of the district, had kindly given jH Everybody In telegraph towers o de- J the According Capt. Warden's were few of them who knew anything result of the poor quality of the ton of "The Evening World" permission to jH VHl made a rush for their field glasses, and spatches the yachts must have been of yachting, yet they talked like vet- wrought Iron tilings purchased for the use the Government lnclosure, but It BK! tthtre Defender was, plainly enough, just within sight off Long Branch for nearly erans. They were "luffing" and "tack- purpose was not found necessary. ''t 'emerging smoking away In New York City. BV from the haze twenty minutes. They then disappeared ing" In a manner to make dizzy the delay is only temporary. big of Highlands, The Tho Generated Gas on the Grounds, flB off to the southeast the In the haze, which still obscured the head of those who thought they knew, balloon Is bellying out In grand style not more six miles from Trof. Mjers had arranged his four vU HI and than the view to seawaid. but didn't and Is more than three-fourt- full. T ' nnun. The racers could not have been more big casks, which served as retorts, under '' The top of the big golden globe Is now a big spreading oak tree. Bhe had a mainsail and spinnaker than a few miles from the turning All Sore of Defender. on a line with the tree tops, and Prof. These were about two-thir- full of water 'J sjet, and as she came booming along point at that time, for they had nearly Myers thinks that the ascension will be and each 9 I caps, she was miles to Rut everybody was In excellent humor. contained about 00 pounds Iron fillings through the white completed the tun of fifteen mode In forty or forty-fiv- e minutes. 9 by a long string of steamboats All the talk was of Defender, snd while and the contents of two carboys of sul- - followed windward. Vigilant had a host of friends, Preparing for the ascent. Crowds fl B, land tugs, which came looming up As the mist showed no signs of there phuric acid. In the centre of this quar-- was not one on board who thought she gather and watch the generating of the was dlara-- 'S 'through the thick mist, one after an-9- 9 clearing up. It was not thought that tet a tube about four feet In ;H V had a ghost of a chance. A rumor gas for the balloon. eter, filled water great ether, as the procession moved along. another view of the yachts could be necessary preparatory with lime and B started early In the morning that the The work to chunks of Ice, Into which the pipes from Vigilant came had fiom shore before they approached ' ob- II A few seconds after New York Yacht Club tickets for the sending up The Evening World's" led, fl M a shroud of fog and followed the Lightship at the finish. the four casks jH out of "VjANAtti,ic c. ' Cepheus had been counterfeited and a servation balloon, from which an effort The gas, as It was generated In the AT closely In the trail of her rival. ' At the Highlands, three miles out Is to be to give story of along aJftlLitMrj X ' strict watch was keut on ever' person made the the retorts, passed through the pipes Into S Defender, Vigilant was also car-H- i! from shore, the sea was rising and white as a point l.bOO in V. HJ. Like who appeared the gangway. The race seen from feet It was cooled col- - iS big spinnaker to caps began to dot Its surface In every at report- this tub, where and fl fylng her and seemed only thing of the kind found, however, midair by an "Evening World" lected In another receiver, and then it '& along In great shape. direction. The smaller sailing craft, er, HJ HJ' .be moving wss one genuine ticket the signatures to was begun yesterday. was conveyed In oilcloth pipes to the K HJ K In fact by reports from Long Branch which were playing about In tht heavy It was an undettaklng of no small waves, watting the return of the which were forged. It is clalrred. balloon, which was spread upon the HJ earlier in the afternoon, she must have for S. board- difficulty, for the big casks and tubs grass twenty away. gas to sail and several Commodore Nicholson Kane about feet The H BJv ,. tn'ovtrhaullng Defender rapidly from racers, began shorten 9 and several tons of iron and chemicals con- - sloops were seen sailing about in ed the official boat at o'clock. The way had to be cooled and the moisture Isfl H! ths time they turned the stakeboat. little Cepheus was then pretty well crowded, had to be transported all the from from It before It could enter - double rtefed main- traded iwj Hk ' At 136 Defender was abreast of High- the billows with but still they kept on coming up to the the station at Highland Beach, up the the balloon and the progress was very "iWj Aj. land Light. She was followed closely by sails. 42 teep hill 200 feet, to. the little plot of gas comes a Dreese. very second of o'clock, when, with slow at first When the SJ Hi a score of tugs and steam yachts. The Finish la a couple of warning blasts, the boat open ground just behind the lighthouse. from the casks It Is heated to boiling ' jM Bl' Her big sails bulged out and she It was just the sort of weather to test started from her pier. As she moved Prof. Ctrl Ms ers. who Is In charge, point and contains a large proportion fly along the waves like a sailing qualities of Defender In run- was busy nearly all night, assisted by SJ BJ Msmed to ' " the off there was a cheer from those on of moisture. .'iH fclgantlc sesblrd. V. V A Be feJJec a, ning before the wind, a point which yachtsmen on board a force rf seven men, In getting his BJ - .. shore, but the Vigilant was 3 minutes and 15 seconds A ' ""c..... VieilANT has been the subject of vital Interest apparatus in order, and this preliminary A balloon aBceuslon Is not such a rare H BK. anxiously scanned the heavens to see days, Mhlnd her. Defender seemed to be los-I- Sf'UtJ In discussing the merits of the new a weather work was not competed until after 8 occurence In these but "The Hj Bjk what kind of breeze the accomplished , on of '""la-So- model she has never yet o'clock this mornlnjr Evening World" has t ground the latter end the i 7 ' Herreshoft ss sharks had arranged for. They were ' fttomestretch, and the crowd on shore X an opportunity to show her paces something never before even dreamed H BJ had DlEBcnltlca of Ilnlloon Deporting;, ' In- - (Continued on Second Page.) of. For the first time In the history iBj watched the race with breathless under such conditions with a rival like I difficulties presented of the electric telegraph, an Instrument l.B Wrest Vigilant, I'mr Laundry Naaii. the Beat Many unforeseen 4ifl (irrman It's of which was worked In the upper air. B Ths 'has had cleared away so that (Bold Unas Indicate Defender's and dotted lines Vlgllant's.) For this reason the nturn trip was n (tnulaa tu colon es wrtssof. t tbemtelves, not the least has been ( itjfl I ! 1 M (iMsL. J - .'& V, . 1 4.." "f.H .VVLii.