Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1893-09-14 | Page 2 | By Two Seconds Only

t BY TWO SECONDS ONLY 1 Ooo ot the Closest Yacht Races Known to the World HYDE Isle of Wight Sept 13The t prince of Wales yacht Britannia won the 1 race for Brentons reef cup defeating the t American yacht Navahoe owned by r Royal Carroll of NuY York by 2 seconds 1 sec-onds It was an astonishingly close race considering the fact that the course was 120 miles in length The yachts started at 1115 yesterday forenoon and reached the Needles shortly before 11 oclock last i night the Britanniarenching the winning t line 1 minute and 4 seconds ahead of her T American competitor After allowing time from the sUit it was decided that the British yacht won by 2 seconds only r On board the Navahoe it was at first believed tho latter yacht was the winner and the winning flag was hoisted by her f this morning The race to the stake boat I nt Cherbourgwas very close iheNavahoe having the best of the turn at 512 p m going around irty seconds ahead of the Britannia 1 Cflrr ll ownerof the Navahoe has decided f de-cided to enter protest against the decision J deci-sion giving the race to the Britannia Tnerd is a question over the reckoning i time allowance The course was never I sailed ic such fast time before