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REF : 229
EDITION : 1895
DATE : 29 Aug 1895
COURSE : 0
DESCRIPTION SITE :
Probably trial for America's Cup races. "229," "2nd trial race," and "Johnston" on negative.
NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :DEFENDER WINS EASILY; Beat the Vigilant Eighteen Minutes, Three
Seconds Over 24 Miles. SAILED IN VERY FLUKEY WEATHER Defender Splits Her Jib in
a Squall, but Was Handled with Fine Judgment. VALKYRIE FOLLOWS THE YACHTS
The Defender and the Vigilant met in their second trial race yesterday, and, although the former won by 18 minutes and 8 seconds, over a triangular course of twenty-four miles, the America's Cup Committee decided to start them again to-day, chiefly because fluky breezes yesterday precluded the possibility of a beat to windward...
LICENCE :Public domain
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Library of Congress | 1024 | 822 | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a21621%20 |