Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-14
THECUP WELLNAMED
Americas 1t Has Been; Americas
Il Remains.
THEVALKYRIE BEATEN AGAIN
This Decides the foternsficnai Contest
sol Make. the yigiiaDt the Worlds
Fastest Beat.
lCy telegraph 70 the Dispstch.l

the British cutter Nalkyrle, whlcn ehucN
Wednesday In flukC. after the boats
had covered more than half the course
was 20 be- resaied to-day. Supcrstiuous
old shell backs along the beach pointed
out this morning the III omens OF the
day for race or any other venture. II
was not only a Friday. nm unlucky day In
their calendars. but the l3th of the month
as we'll This combination made the
rrizzled seadogs wag their heads in an eN-
ceedingly wise manner as they predicted
that something was bound 10 happen be-
fore the day was done. Those persons
who laugh at super5tit0us fancies and
make the wish father to the thought
were firm in their belief that the some
thing" that was to happen In this part.cu-
lar case wax another defeat Of the Nal-
kyrie anl the final victory OF the saucy.
white sloop that. blow high or blow
low. has fulhled the hops OF every
American in the land.
PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
Mr. HerreshoT. designer of the Nitalant,
when told last night that 4 hurricane was
coming Up from the south ana was dur
to-day, said. we are prepared for any
thing The Nalkyre people have been
asking for stiff breeze AMI hope they
will Boz accommodated. Wen b. there all
right"
The Vigiant and her antagonist Val
kyrie lag OF Bay Ridge yesterday getting
into readiness for to-ddy's race. Litti"
was done on the white sloop beyond
tightening shrouds and readiusting pulley
blocks. but on the Nalkyrie a chang" was
IN de which Lord Dunray-1 thinks will
make her a better foe for the Nigilant
than she has been. An extra ton Of lead
ballast was placed I'm her holl omiishlpf.
This made her set lower in the water arl
increased her load-water line.
Her owner stated i'm an intoryi"w that
her water line had been made nearly on"
foot shorter than whcu she raced IN Brit
/ ieh waters. and mad" a phenomenal re-
cord among British boats Lord Dun
raven arrived NJ the conclusion that he
had lightenci tho boat roo much and
he therefore decided 10 put In more ballast
before another race takes place.
After the additional ballast had been
put aboard and made last. the Nak'rI"
was tow.d 20 Eric basin. whore oihciIl-
Naasuror Hyslop ran his steel tap" over
her and furnished tho Racing Committee
with the new measurement Tn" in
creased length " water-l.n" cuts down
the time allowance which the boat ro-
ceived from the Victaut from ono minut"
fortv-eight seconds 20 one minute thirty
three seconds II is expected that m" loss
of fifteen seconds in tim" allo"anc" VIII
ba more than compensated Tor D. the I'M
proved sailing ability of IN" yacht After
being measured she was toweI back ~
her anchoraca ground az Bay Ridge.
} QUITE \ SEA.
! IN the upper bay and on tho rivers az
/ i,c.nt 10 New York city this morning
E quite "A sea was kicking up and good
. breeze from the east was carrying th'
smoke and steam from the tunnels o'
steam craft rapidly to the westward SKIP
pers said the barometer was talling, ana
that the storm which the weather sharpf
have sighted coming this way from me
West Indies would reach here some time
to-day
thoiIgh somewhat fearfully, ana sdii tha
the time was not far OF. They thought
tho storm would break before noon. an'
that il would blow great guns. This was
however. what everybody had been wish
ing for and y1chtsmen were dellgh'~|
with the prospects.
Tho Erifisher's scheme of putting ton
Of lead in his bow was variou7Y com
rnaut,I upou Many persons were OF me
o,.inioo that IN. boat would gain NOR" IN
sraad than she lost gf her time allowance"
4 y.bu. tho sarcastic ones asked what diier'
! ,,r. it made ID a boat that Was beaten
ton minutes 70 TAX, nfteen seconds OF ~
/ h.. 9Iloy3uca. At any rate IN" New YORK
/ v,,bt club and especially m" owners oi
( ,b. NIcil,ut show cOmmeniahl" Srlrl'
! of generosity ln allowing the Ensllshmah
! % make change.
! r. is a wel-known rule in yachting cir
OILS that a yacht cannot make any
| changes in her rig during a CLUB course
or races.
OK BOARD THE RACERS.
who, tho United Press tugs had got
.,.', ,1c.n IN. nlrrows this morning tho
/ V.lsvri.. in TOYS OF the tug fulVer' vas
I ..s, Standing into Gravesend bay Tier
,,.yy ,y.r. Just hoistin- her malhSah i4l
/ r.ir peculiar English fashion. far ''Wu
/ m. bay the Yankee cup-d"i'hIet O''''
/ be seen. also 10 tp" ,,..,.-
I the anchorage grounds OH has N''N
q cb. already had up her mainsail ana H'
. 80. tira -he was first sighted her ere"
,,.ra inns, putting up her working )ih
+ ,.r.,,ratory. as IL developed lttie later
- calling ont 20 the Sandy Hook liehi'
! shin She stood well into the Horse Sh"'
! for few minutes longer, ana then thi'"
on her towing line. put down nei h'''i
. ~ mort. and stood out 10 sea Shr St'"
uu to IA. strong breeze in fne sty.o. ana
B trotted along at a great rate.
! TIL Valkvria, as she passed Saniy
rI,'k hound for the lightship. was 'tllI
I'm tow but in adlitiOn 20 h'r mainsHi
she had set her working jib. ana u i''ArI
AS 4. she might cut loose from th@ ing
I al any moment and stand out 70 sea on
} L.r own sail. The wind At this time was
hr.ezing up perceptibly. \ large Meet
NJ sailing craft was standing IN an
out ~ the harbor. their sails bel.i'd ou'
ike huge balloons and th-ir pulls ke"le'l
2 over considerably from th' strength ~
the wind. and the rapidir WIN "nich
/ tbay were being driven through tha
water. \ pleasing incident happened Just
as the Nalkyrie was standing out al .lne
Hook. PILOT boat No. %. The Naryt W il-
: 'iarps. her sails drawing 10 their run
powar. and sending her graceful nun
/ swiftly through the water. passed Val
! lt,rie here, bound In. As she dii 50 sho
| fred salute from her cannon ana
dipped her colors. and the Eng
! lishman gracefully replied 70 th- salute
ACCIDENT TO THE VALKYRIE.
! The wind was blowing fresh from Tho
! east when the Eigiiant and NatHyrie i-i'
/ their anchorage on Bay Ridge, ana two
! of their tugs started down the bay. The
! Vigilant ran up mainsail and jlb and
dropued her tug on Sandy Hook. she
f sailed on out toward me Hghtsnip. The
/ Valkyrie had her tug take her in Grave
send bay. where she ran Up her mainsar
Then she was towed down through the
Swash channel.
/ When on Sandy Hook there were signs
/ Of trouble aloft Captain Cranneid and
half dozen men went up. ana pretty
, soon the tus was ordered 10 head up m
/ the wind. and the mainsail was lowered
; The throat halyard block had split under
| the tremendous strain. IL was taken down
| and the ships carpenter bored severaI
/ holes IN il and put in screws 70 prevent
II from giving away altogether. II was
repaired al 1915.
| While this was being done the iib
| which had been broken out before Ia.
| accident was lowered. and prepa rations
| % run up a smaller one was made. The
! Shippers Of the tug-hOats said that ths
barometer was falling all the time, and
I the indications were that It would blow
/ great guns before the race was finished
The Nigilant took line from her tug a
| few miles inside OF the llghtship, and al
/ l0S0 took reef IN her ma.nsall! She also
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