Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-15
NAvAHOE AWARDED THE CUP,

1t Has Been Decided That America Has Won Back the Brenton's Reel Trophy-Royal Phelps Carroll Ex. plains Ills Protest.
 LONDON, Sept. 14.-It had been decided by the regatta committee that the Navahoe ! won the race for the Brenton's Reef cup, which was sailed from the Needles to Cher bourg breakwater and return, distance of 120 miles.
 The London Sportsman says Mr. Carroll
 lodged formal protestagainst the decision
 of the judges, not because unfairnees wss
 suspected, but in order to keep the matter
 open, subject to any misunderstanding of
 the New York racing conditions, and be-
 cause difference of less than three sec-
 onds over such long course leads him to
 think that further calculation of the fip-
 urss, together with the rating of the two
 vessels, might terminate in e reversal of
 the committee's decision.
 As coon as the decision of the committee
 was made known the Navahoe, which was lying at anchor in Cowes Roads, hoisted the winning flag, and it is now Tapping defiantly in the breeze. Yesterday the Britannia wore the emblem of victory all day, 1t being taken for granted that she had won the race.
 The question of the winner of the Bren- tons Reef cup having been settled, the race for the Cape May cup, which it has next week, will take place to morrow. Both the Navahoe and Britannia are put ting the final touches to their preparations for their next contest.
 The course will be the same as that sailed for the Breton's Reef cup-from the Need les. the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, to and around the breskwater at Cherbourg, France, and return, distance of about 120 miles. Both yachts will 90 to night to the Needles, where they will anchor so as to be in readiness to make an early start iu the race in the morning. It has been decided by the regatta committee they shall start at o'clock.
 MT. Carroll was present at the meeting of the regatta committee, as was also Mr. Jameson, who appeared as the representa- tive of the Prince of Wales.
 Mr. Carroll to-day stated that his reasons for protesting were that the mark boat was found in position at the finish differ ent from that 1t had occupied at the start, having been after the start was made, moved into Alum Bay, eastward from the Needles and nearly two miles from the starting point, and that the Navahoe was just astern of the Britannia In passing the line at which the race had started, thus saving her time allowance of 54 seconds at the finish. MT. Carroll claimed that the race ended at the starting line, and not at ths mark boat, which was out of position, and which the Britannia passed 57 seconds before the Navahoe.
 The committee admitted that the race should have ended at the starting line. It was by the committee's order that the mark boat was moved, 1t being desired to get the boat into 8 more sheltered position. The of the committee declared that had they had an idea that the yachts would have finished the race in 80 short time the mark boat would not have been moved.
 A member of the committee explained this evening that the mark boat was moved because it was in the way of incoming and vessels. The committee intended to have the boat replaced in It's original position. Nobody. however, expected that the yachts would return as soon as they did, and so the boat had not been taken back to the starting point.