The evening world. Newspaper, September 10, 1895, Page 1

INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE _ EXTRA NO. 9. PRICK ONE CEN NIGHT EDITION 22:55 ‘STEAMER, AT SANDY HOOK LIGHT- SHIP, Sept. 10.—Valkyrie INI. crossed the starting sine ad in her second race with Defender for the America — omnes Cup. The yachts were timed officially as follow: nM. 8. Valkyrie seceesees TE 0018 Defender . si ool O |, The prepa-atory gun was fired promp! ly at 19.09, and the yachts began Jockey- " ing hear the jine, The course signalied was as follows: First leg tue south, second N.B. by third NuW. by We i W. In jockeying for the start fouled Defender and carried awa: Jatter’s starboard topmaat back aw: Valkyrie Beat Defender, but ea te Protested. ‘The race ix being satled, nevertheless, CUP COMMITTEE 10 DECIDE. foul, The foul did not seem to be Valkyrie’s fault. Both boats were coming dead on to the Luckenbach with sheets to port. 7 Dunraven's Yacht Led to Wind- ward, but Was Outsailed on Two Other Legs. Valkyrie the There was not a length’s difference between them, Defender was appar- enily crowding Valkyrie, and in self- defonse Valkyrie began to crowd De- fender, ot wise the Ei h yacht would have run inte the Lue! bach or been forced across the line before the gun. Very € Jockey ing. When the preparatory gun was fired at 10.0, Valkyrie was on the starbogrd tack and Defender was standing south on the port tack, The yachts came clese together, and it was soon seen that the Englishmen had again outwitted the Americans. Defender was compelled to give way to Valkyrie, and passed to leeward. Like WORLD" | ious contest as possible, a flash, Valkyrie wheeled. It seemed , TUG, Sept. 10.—Valkyrie finiutied first in i ee ue Bngliahsien, grim and arene Hat 8 yacht of her size could kar os ermined, and speeding after her was| wheel so quickly. the second ruce for the America Cup, | Defender, as sauey as a boy with achip| In less time than one conld realize it Galled over a triangular course of thirty | on his shoulder, | Valkyrie was on Defenders weather miles, with start and finish at Bandy) Now Defender appeared to gain| quarter. The pair then raced to the | Hook Lightship. and then the Briton appeared to pull southward, Defender pinching hard to The oMicial times at the finish were: | away again. (: was very close and ex-| get out of her dangerous position. Valkyrie 22 citing They did not seem ‘to be two| It wes of no use, however, the Eng: \ Defer? ur .... 7: + 257.40) minutes apart and whichever boat won | llshmen had outwittted the America ( Thus Valkyrie wine the second race| Would do so by seconds. once more. The racers stood south for of the series, but subject tothe pro- | At 245 o'clock the Luckenbach arrived | about an eighth of a mile. test which Defender signalled at the | 4t the finish and took up a position. A| Then suddenly Capt. Heft threw De- alart. vigorous tootine soon cleared the finish | fenders head off and she spun around The Evening World” tug steamed | line, and soon an open sea iane, hedged | #s on a pivot, gybing her sails to port. ever to the Judges’ boat, but no informa-| and fringed by steamers, tugs and} Quick as Defender w: tion could be gained as to the Cup Com. | Yachts, was formed for the beautiful eker, and before Defer mittee’s probable action in the matter. | racers to pass through. ‘ ghtened out, Valkyrie w The protest will have to be filed in a a, blanketing her. SAILED UNDER PROTEST. writing, and probably gome testimony Hy: this time, ‘easly alent minutes of Valkor! (Special to The Evening World) ON BOAEFD “EVENING and wanting to see us much of the glor- inay be taken from those on board both the time before the starting sun “tad racers veforg a decision can be ren- dered. ‘The scene aw the yachts approached the finish line beggars description. There was a haggard look of suspense on the face of ev:ty man, woman a@nd child watching the two zacers. Would Valkyris get over the line with enough time to enable her to defeat | the American As they drew the line the silence A was intense. No one dure stir for fear the disturbance might create some rup- ture in the atmosphere which would tend to defeat the pride of America, When the yachts came down to the; Mne, both carrying a good-sized bone in| their teeth, there was not that terri disturbance of the water about Val- kyrie’s bow which critics have harped upon so much. If anything, Defender was making more of a fuss. Valkyrie came along lik» @ graceful s Every Mne suggested poetry, and she was certainly @ beautiful pictu | Her cream-colored sails swelled to the . breeze, and there was not a wrinkle to be seen, They were as falr and as round and @mooth 08 a maiden’ cheek, every cloth Suggesting power. Behind her came Defender, She was fast as fail, As soor as they were Within a quarter of a mile from the ! nd the yachts then stood for Valkyrie to windward, Valkyrie Pouted De! As they neared the Jina Valkyrie be- Defender to leeward, (Special to The Evening World.) ON BOARD COMMERCIAL CABLE yi Y . wire it Lecame evident that Defender « Was beaten, IN It was known that {t would be a H close thing, and yet it seemed as sure for Valkyrie ax though she were miles in front, Tho silence which hung over the fleet was maintained until the long, shapely nose of the British cup hunter cleft the air in an imaginary Ine be- tween the Sandy Hook Lightship and the Luckenbach. Theu @ tercific din burst forth, cheers mingled with screeching of steam whis- fies, the clanging of bellu and the blow. ing of fog horns. All of the American pald homage to the first boat, even though it might threaten the beloved Cup. a When Defender crossed the line, the | in broke loose again. This time it was | prolonged, It seemed as if there was a note of encouragement in the noise and toting. Both yachts after crossing the line stood up to the Hook under sail with the excursion feet behind and before them, | The whole uffair disappeared in the | est until it looked Ike @ city in mid n and finally dropped out of sight gether, leaving only a memory of a | great race, f A Beautiful Fipish. i A beautiful picture esented at the finish of the great ra The yacht | Navahoe, uimost as large as Defender and Valkyrie, looked glorious as her Polished black hull cut its way clearly through the water. ] There were hundreds of sailing craft coming in with their white sails up at diffe: .nt points. Tney resembled a flock . of gulls as they came dancing over the Night green waters. Far behind could be seen Valkyrie and Defender, the latter's white topsail making her an unmistakable mark in the rear of the English cup-hunter. ‘Then in the background was the excur- sion fleet, the streamers of smoke trail- ing across the horizon in ribbons that varied in hue from deep black to a light bray. and a big tramp steamer ploughed majestically through the fleet ‘The still air about the cable steamer began to waken with the shrill toot of whistles and tne halls of excursionists from one boat to another. ‘The excursion boats began to take up positions gt the finish, The Luckenbach not yet arrived to mark the finish, the committer probably being intarces af |“ Circulation Books Open to All.” | <e} 7 IN ix q) NEW YORK, TU Further end further «| American rival off, and then the foul oceurred Valkyrie's boom jusi caught the end of the starboard topmast backstay on Defender and it snapped. deprived of it was its about to snap. No one knew then what had happened and it seemd as though the topmast had compietely carried away. Defender then veered to leeward and Valkyrie, close hauled, stood for tho ne, ‘The echo of the gun had ely died away before the English yacht was across. Det jo Leeward. ‘The official times are as follows Valkyrie 11.00.13 Defender + WOLAG Defender lost more than the mere flapsed time between the start of her Fival end herself. She was away to lee- ward when she finally came for the line and in » bad position. Bhe displayed a red flag, Indicating that she was protesting the ra Th ' shoved her 10, 1895. Committee acknowledged the signal, but did not recall the racers ‘The second race in the series for the America Cup was then on, The brewae seemed to freshen after the! yachts crossed the line and both racors | heeled almoat to their scuppers under the force of the south wind. They were on port tack, standing in for the High. | lands aad both were alipping through the water very fast. Defender'a baby Jibtopsall, which had been partly lowered during the excite: | ment occasioned by the foul, was again | hoisted into position, and the fact that | the yachts were on che port tack en- | abled the sajlors to repair the star- | board topmast backstay promptl; The yachts held on to the stretch into the Highlands for a full two miles, During this tack Defender undoubtedly fouted faster than Valkyrie, but the latter wi ‘ing her way up into the eye of the south wind in a way that was disheartening to patriots, pales ies DEFENDER’S MISHAP COSTLY, Her Lame Topmast y. Ham- Atcapped Her ow the First Les. (By Carrier Pigeon to The Breniog World.) ON BOARD “EVENING WORLD" TUG COMMANDER, Sept. 10.—When the preparatory cannon boomed, the yachts were half a mile to eastward of the lightship, and on the port ‘ack. kyle made close up under Defend- er’s lee, and both yachts ran off weat within thirty yards of each othe They stood off a quarter of a mile and | wore ground to the starboard tack lke jone except those on could tell Just how badly the topmast) two birds, An Old Dominion steamer was in the ay, and Defender .had to go to } ward of her, while Valkyrie took the weather berth. Both then broke out No. 2 jib-topsails. de on the poi.) Valkyrie had previously ataynalls. both made for Valkyrie in the weather starboard tack, ‘The starting gun fired, and at 11.0019 Valkyrie was almost on the line. and Defender was two seconds behind Foreriguing All Slackened, No sooner was the American boat on her way than her jibtopsall was seen to flutter in the wind, end the jibstay fageed. Another glance showed something was the matter with her topmast. It ap- yeared to have broken right at the maat- head. It did not brewk short off, but buckled until It splintered. Her jibtopsail was promptly brought to the deck, and the yacht ve from the wind like a bird that had wounded In the wing. Valkyrie, av soon a8 she crowed, came close up to the wind, came about, and headed about southwest by west on the ten-mile beat to windward, the firat 1 Half s minute after Defender's ji topsall was on the deck she came about and nat after the Britisher on the port tack, Defender's tapmast atralght. ened Itself, and a half dosen mon were went aloft to do what they could to tx the Injured limb. ‘They tried to lash wood to the topmast In order that when the boat came about on the other tack the topmast would stand. But many an old mariner shook bis head and dreaded the moment when Defender would be forced to tack. No board Defender set her fore- hen the line, with berth on the was injured, What the Mi vp Coat. When, finally, Defender wes straight- ened out and headed for Seabright Val- Kyrie had established @ lead 96 about an hth of a mile to windward. _—————— DEFENDER. orld, “ Circulation Books Open to Alll,’’ 1 | waa evidently too great, INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE © EXTRA NO. 9. fell off a bit and headed the same as Valkyrie, At 11.25 Defenders headsatis were seen to tremble and she came about on the port tack, There was a moment of sus- pense, especially as the yacht was very slow In tacking, but everybody drew @ tong sigh of relief when it was seen that Defender's topmast waa straight again. ‘The six sailors had in the meaa time shinned down from aloft, but soun after the tack was made ene man was sent up to the spread where he busied himself for a jong time in the starboard rigging. As soon as Defender came about, as related above, Valkyrie put her tiller up and tacked also, ‘Then for five min- utes the yachts stood on the starboard tack. Defender's people kept their eyes aloft constantly, as if they feared the topmast might snap at any minute. At 11.39 both yachts went about on the port tack. Then @ line of men ran out on Defenders bowsprit and it was soon seen that she would try to set tepeail oi il was broken out at 11.92, It piece af canyas than the » Tt wae a Jib topmail, jous for the Tepmast. ly had the plece of quck began to draw when the halyards were let run and the safl was hauled to the deck again, The strain on the topmast The Britisher haa all thin time been making new gains. They were not very great ones, but sho steadily drew away from De- {ender which was not to be wondered at, aw she war able to carry more gall, The wind hauled @ bit to the soyth- ward and the yachts pinched up until they were headed about southwest. All thiv time Valkyrie seemed to be apeed- Ing faster and pointing higher, She in creased her lead to a good half mile, AL 11,87 the yachts came about on the starboard tack and headed nearly sout! east by east. In the leg that followed one she had Defender seemed to be picking up. The fleet of excursion boats didn't bother the yachts wa bit to-day, Gave Them a Ch ‘The patrol service wi yachts h lear fleld. within @ qui The hase had set in agein, shore became indiatinct, At 1211 the yachts came port tack, By this time eel wi ter of @ infile of them, and the ered over half the distance to the first mark, Away to leeward Royal Phelps Car- rolls big black sloop Navahoe sped out Bendy Hook and made for « point wh would bring her near to the ; yachts when they got on the second leg, tro’ w —— ON THE SECOND LEG. Defend Carrying Walloon Sail, (ily Carrier Pigeon tq The Rveming World.) ON BOARD TUG, Sept, W—At 110, a the first mark, with both yachts on the v least @ mil sail, club-topsall, jth and fore-staysall but she soon furled the Jib and opened the folds af her big balloon jib-tepsall, and Defender for once got a good view of an English boat's stern. The latter's top rigging was too ten- | with @ baby jib-topaatl, In edditio: der for her to attempt anything Ike a balloon sall, #0 she had to be content Made « Gaim Without “KVENING WORLD" rounding Ikyrie had @ lead of at fhe was carrying main- PRICK ONE CENT, NIGHT EDITION. | OFFICIAL TIME. START. gain to wind minutes and 50 « Il, the white club-tope sail ati! showed above the mainsail, A better day could not have been made to order am it appeared at 1.08 The wind, which was twelve or fourteen knots, might have been stronger, but Bo finer nea could be desired. There were long swells and no heavy water ef Say, kind. Nefender's Stora Chase At this time Valkyrie, in epite ef the influence of her big head-sail, could met lose Defender. The American peat belé her own, and, if anything, appeared te he chopping down the lead. Valkyrie's balloon bellied away front and appeared almost to be the of unother vessel. Her boom wes her stern than Defender's gnd it if: Hi out a straight a8 @ board, while Herveshofer'a curved to the ititi they wanted, as ateamers runs out ia jong ling te leeward. At 1.4) Valkyrie had a lead of balloon fib made her look eo. The crews of the yachts were lying @at against the windward rail and there was nath- ing to do but speed for the second mark. At 1.4 this mark was abut two miles from Valkyrie and abe was heading for i straight die, Both yachts were bowling along at a breakneck pace and many of the steam craft fell behind the procession. There was no apparent change in the relative positions ef the yachts, At 147 Valkyrie sent 9 dozen hands up to the bow and the balloon jib was hauled to the deck and stvwed. She ran nothing up in its place, but all hands stood ready to make any needed sail when the mark wag rounded. little red flag was only a mile At 134 Valkyrie ran up a No. 2 jibtep- sall. At 1.58.10 she gybed around the stake and headed for home, Half the, steamers gave ber # long blast and the Others remained allent. It is different when the Britisher is ahead, Valkyrie made no new sall, but bowled along for Sandy Hook Lightship. Defender was not so far behind, after all, She geemed to fly for the little red flag, and passed around at 2.01.45, The whole fleet gave her @ rousing salute. She was only 3 minutes and & seconds behind Valkyrie. > ye are seen by four times that any reader: THE LAST LEG HE LAST LEG. Defender Kept Gaining, but Could Not Overhagl Her Riv iy Carrier Pigeon te Evening World.) ON BOARD ¢ NING WORLD" TUG, Sept. 10.—The race home wan a hot one, Could Defender cut dow that lead of over three minutes, counting her time allowance? Perhaps she would like the wind bet- ter over her port quarter. Every Amer- jean pl that it might be so. The sun shone fully on the yellow sails, and the sight was one to be long remembered. As the miles sped, Defender appeared to gain, but not enough to recover the lost ground. ‘The wind continued strong at from 12 to 14 knots and the yachts held to their work. Th and were speed- ing for the Lightship, others were con- tent to keep pace with the yachts, while the slow ones were left far behind. Defender Still Gatning. It was impossible to keep from feeling that Defender had gained a good bit by Use German Laundry Soap. 11's the Best. ‘Toe genuine bes colored women on wrepeer oF _ oe De You Smoke? Best pure todacce ADMIRAL Cigarettes °F