Watercolour
18 x 25 inches

July 08, 1894- Yesterday's race was, indeed, a grand contest. The Vigilant crossed the starting line 53 seconds behind the Britannia. This time counted against her, because the English time all competing yachts from the fire of the gun, allowing nothing for the difference in the actual time of crossing the line. At the finish the Vigiiant was just one minute ahead of her opponent, having made the small gain of 1 minute 53 seconds in the entire race. At none of the turning marks were the two yachts a minute and a half apart. The Vigilant gave the Britannia 3 minutes' allowance and lost the race by 2 minutes, Had she started at the same instant as her competitor, she would have lost by 1 minute 7 seconds.