The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-15
RESULT OFTHE YACHT RACE
YaChtSmGn Divided in Opinion as to
What it Shows.

The valkyrie Unable to Set Her Bal
loon Jib TopsaiI or Her Club Top
sail Because Her Mast was Sprung.
The Splitting Of Her Spinnaker An
other Handicap to the Visitor.
London, Oct 1.-THE Daily Graphic,
commenting on yesterdays yacht race
says: 1--WE are fairly beaten Neyerthe-
less Lord Dunraven has no cause to be
ashamed Of yacht that was defeated by
so narrow margin. English builders must
try to out-maneuver American builders
else some day an Ameri can yacht will
come here and sweep the board"
AN EXPLANATION OF THE DEFEAT.
The Speaker says: IF the "a .e were
across the Atlantic and in December the
Nalkyrie would certainly win But in
light weather and in the Sandy Hook
racing season the odds are heavily
against yacht built to cross the ATTAIN
tic. If ever by luck, rather than by skill
the American cup returns to England it
will not be our fault if we fail to keep it. :"
The Morning Post says that English
men will regret the result, but they will
find in the defeat a stimulus to further
efforts. Reaching the conclusion of the
Speaker, the Post proposes that the next
challenger for the American cup be pro-
vided with centerboard.
THE vIGmANT's SUPERIORITY ADMITTED.
Copyright, 1898, by the United Press.
London, Oct 14-In an article on the
yacht race for the America cup the Field
says: Taking everything into account,
the Vigilant is superior to the Valkyrie,
because as a more powerful boat she can
effectively carry a larger sail spread, and
not by reason Of her being fitted with
contemplate. The superiority of the Vigi-
liant has been attributed to her center
plate, but that had nothing TO do
with her success when sailing
either by or off the wind The
Nigilant is for all practical pur-
poses a deep keeled yacht. as it is a
fact that with her plate up she draws
more water than any English or Ameri-
can yachts built prior to 1898 She has a
more powerful hull than the Valkyrie,
moreover, one that can be driven in any
thing like a breeze Her larger sail
spread is bound to drive her at a greater
speed than the Valkyrie on any
point of sailing. If Mr.. Carroll
improves the Navahoe up to the
Vigilant's form she may have an easy
task next time of capturing both the gold
in these opinions from the press gener-
ally, which echoes the cry that the Vigi-
liant is a mere racing machine
The Pail Mall Magazine, William Wal
dorf Astor's paper, says: MIR. Watson
could design a tin dish centerboarder
quite able to beat her"
TO BE LAID UP ON THIS SIDE. Cd
New York, Oct. 1.-THE Evening Post
says that the Valkyrie will be laid up on
this side of the Atlantic for the winter.
Discussion of the result of the races was
divided in opinion about the true result
of the race in its bearing on the old con-
trOversy between keel and centerbOard,
the unfortunate accident to the Valkyrie's
light sails and the tanning of the Vigil
lant's board having made sure COMPARE
sons. that would otherwise have been so
satisfactory, impossible. To add to the
other factors throwing doubt on the re-
suit, was the fact mentioned Monday by
Mr.. Kerr, that the Valkyrie's mast was
sprung on the beat out, and that this was
the reason why the cutter was unable to
set her balloon jib topsail or her club top
sail, running home as the Vigilant did.
A STAND OFF.
Lord Dunraven's expressed opinion that
the cutter would have won on her time
allowance had his spinnaker held was
conceded by a few to be well founded
but it was only held to be true granting
the fact that the sloop was retarded be-
cause she had five feet of her
board trailing in the water that
should have been snugly up in
the trunk when she was running
home. 1t has always been deemed
special advantage of the American type
that the board could be raised when it
was not needed to give stability to the
yacht, and it is regarded by the advocates
of the board as only fair TO give this
drawback its full weight in estimating
the work of the two boats yesterday