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,.