Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-25
CAN'TBEAT The VOLUNTEER.
The valkyrie Won in Yesterdays
Race at Gravesend.
powNEo HER LlveLlEsT RIVALS.
Conn oisseurs Say She May BE Good
For n Britisher, But She
Cant Get the Ameri-
can Cup.
The Third Regatta.

ICop1rtglt 1889 bu James Gordon Bennstt.1
LONDON, May A.-TNew York Herald
Cable-Special to TuE BEE. THE Valkyrie
won her race at Gravesend to-day, and won
It clearly and well, but she is not as good a
boat as the Volunteer, unless some accident
has happened to the American cups cham
pion since her encounter with the Thistle a
couple Of years ago.
Yesterday the regatta, II such it could prop
erly be termed, in connection with the Royal
Thames acht club was as pretty a one as
has ever started from Gravesend in May.
The match between the three frstclass
boats, the Valkyre, the Yarana ana the
Irex was, of course, the all absorbing event
Of the day; but the race between the smaller
crafts, Mohawk, Vreda and Deerhound, also
carried great deal of interest; and there
were many who anxiously watched the ALL
corners race, contested by the Foxglove,
Decima, Dis, Maid Marian, Foxhound, Volau-
vent and Amphitrite.
The frst-class race of the day, however,
was the major item of attraction, and IN the
beginning created vast amount of excite
ment because the Valkyrie started last, and
maintained that position for while. Long
before she got to the More, however, she had
passed her two competitors and the race was
The first-class racers course was Atty
miles from the lower Hope light, round the
Mouse lightship and return to Gravesend.
All the yachts started together, at half past
ii o'clock and the Yarana at once took the
lead, closely followed by the lreX and Val
kyrie The Valkyrie gradually pulled up on
and passed Jamesons old hero and after a
long SAIL in which she gained steadily, inch
by inch, she passed the Yarana, and sailed
on like swallow for the Mouse lghtship,
which she turned at 2:2255. The Yarana
was more than five minutes behind her, and
the Trek nearly thirteen.
After rounding the lightship spnnakers
were set and the Valkyrie, with her enor
nous stretch Of canvas, still maintained her
lead over the Yarana, though the Trex gained
considerably during the run home, and
passed the home fiag-buoy but twenty Sec
onds behind her opponent, the Yaraua which
came in about eight minutes later than the
Valkyrie.
The finish was made in the following time:
Valkyrie, 5:08:41; Yarana, 514 30; Trek,
5:14:40. The time allowance was Trek, nil ;
Valkyrie, 5 IN. so secs; Yarana, l2m. 90 secs:
therefore the Valbyrie only beat the Yarana
by l minute and seconds, corrected time.
Regarding the crack boat of the day the
comments were numerous and various, and
though she had enthusiastic admirers enough,
and many to praise the smartness she en-
bodied IN her small size, yet there were far
seeing experts who remembered the Thistle.
the Galatea and the Genesta, and gave it as
their opinion that the Valkyrie could not COM
pete with the crack American. She is a good
boat, no doubt, and pretty one at that, but,
as has been said BEFORE if she is to be re-
garded as a British champion, there is not
yacht, under English colors, atoat to day
that Can beat the Volunteer of Boston.