Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-06
YACHTS MUST GO AGAIN
The Breeze Too Light and the
 Race Declared Of.
THE vALKYRIE LED AT THE CLOSE.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Lack of wind made -he first of the international yacht races n failure. Thousands of enthusiastic citi- zens had q delightful days outing on the water and saw Lord DuuraYen's Nalkyrie, the pride of Great Britain, sail past our cup defender Nigilant, but it was while the Nigilant was becalmed, and saw the Nigilant creepup on the British boat when ever the wind held steady They saw the Nalkyrie gain a big advantage by being better handled, and they saw both boats, after sailing 70 miles out of the 30 in 5l hours, give up the race, as it was impos- sible to finish inside of six hours. the limit set by the cup committee. It was more of a drifting match than a race. The wind at no time reached the dignity of a sailing breeze. The Nalkyrie led by. q mile at the close
 It was fitful at that, and the race, which was intended by the cup committee to be l5 miles to leeward and beat to windward home, was all before the wind except a four mile close reach for the turning buoy The thousands of enthusiastic yachtsmen saw the Nalkyrie at one time nearlS two miles in the lead, and some of them were glad that the wind failed to carry the boats over the course in the six hours, as had it fresh ened toward the last the English cutter would in all probability have won the race
 Our Sailors Were OutgeneraI.
 More fair minded yachtsmen recognized the superior way in which John Bulls sail ors Outgeneraled Uncle Sans tars, and re gretted that the English boat won only an empty victory.
 It was owing to bad judgment as we'll as poor seamanship on the part of the American yacht that the Nalkyrie gained the great advantage she did, and unless { Skipper Hansen improves, the cup will ul- timately go back to England
 The whole of New York and vicinity seemed to be on the water. The skies were leaden, and a thick mist hung over the wa ter, but that did not daunt the crowds. They embarked on big and little craft of every known build, from big ocean steam ships to naphtha launches and steam raC- ing machines. There were boats from hun dreds of nearby points. Some of the boat : from a distance made arrangements to board and lodge their passengers for a week. Tugs were out by the legion. There were little, pulling river tugs, all with private parties clubs aboard. All of these boats, with bunting flying and deck loads of gayly dressed men and women, made q sight nev- cr equaled at this port.
 The crews of the two yachts were astir at dawn. All unnecessary truck was put of on the tenders, and the boats were made ready for the contest. The shippers looked dubiously at the sky and were disap- pointed, as both wanted a good strong wind.
 Distinguished Men On Board.
 \ few minutes after o'clock the Nigi- lant's anchor went up, and ill tow of the tug Commander she passed out through the Narrows. On her were C. Oliver Iselin i and Perry Belmont of the syndicate own CTS, Captain Hansen, her skipper; Nat Herreshoff, her builder; Duncan Kew, the | representative of Lord Dunraven; Captain Terry, Herbert Leeds and Newberry D.
 
 | the tug Louis PulTer 10 minutes later. On board of her was distinguished party, in cluding the Earl of Dunraven. her owner: | the Marquis of OrmOnde, the Hon. Herbert Longrishe, H Maitland Kersey and De signer Watson.
 The New York Yacht club was repre- sented on the Nalkyrie by Rear Commo- dore ]. Archibald Rogers, head of the syn dicate which built the COlOnia. The yachts were saluted by tugs and incoming ocean steamers as they passed down the bay and proceeded out to the Sandy Hook light ship. They were followed by Commodore Morgau's steam yacht May, with the cup committee on board With the committee on the May was Secretary Herbert.
 The Nigilaut arrived at the lightshi ahead of the Nalkyrie and ran up mainsaiI, club topsail and jih. The Nalkyrir spent considerable time getting her main>ail up. Both boats were magnets which drew lot of tugs and excursion boats around them while they maneuvercd for position at the start.
 Was Like Floating City.
 The boats which surrounded the crack racers presented d tiue spectacle It was like a floating city. The boats formed a circle around the starting line. and while they left wide course for the racers they crowded each other out of place and occa sionally bumped sides in their endeavur [" get the best view
 The sun had broken through the clouds at Il O clock and dispelled the mist The sea was like glass. The start was 2 pretty one, as the >pinnakers were broken out just before crossing the line, and the two tall single stickers presented q fine appear anct as they stood down toward the Jersey coast.
 There was q big fleet at the turn, and Lord Dunraven and his men got a cheer and a salute uf steam whistles and sirens as they turned which they will not soon forget. The boats all waited for the Nigi. lant and gave her as good a blast though she were leading instead of being poor secoSd. When il became apparent that , there would be no finish. many of the eN. cursion boats startss4a=>1r the city. The most of them waited until the racers got q line to their tugs, and then all the craft raced for home. After the race was over the committee announced that the next race will be on Saturday. IL will be over the same course and will be the first race postponed from yesterday.
 Lord Dunraven's Opinion
 In response to question after the race Lord Dunraven said that he did not think yesterdays race was a fair test for either boat and that it was impossible to give an opinion which would be worth anything about race sailed under such unfavorable conditions. He said that he had a very pleasant drift, and he seemed pleased that 1 the Nalkyrie had shown mp so well in q ] light wind
 Designer Watson confirmed Lord Dun ravens remarks and said that was no test at all. When asked if the excursion steam CTS had bothered them much, he replied:
 Not so much as l expected. They shut the wind off from Us at times, but guess the luck was about equal in that respect.
 What can you say about a race sailedsiT such paltry breeze:" he asked.
 He admitted that the Nigilant was be calmed for awhile, and seemed to think that she had been a little unlucky and that it was not poor handling but poor luck that kept her back.
 4 Two Faced Ohio Girl.
 TOLEDO. Oct. G.-A two headed babe ha: been born to Mir. and Mrs. John Knapp The youugSter has a second head branch ing out from the back of the neck of tn, first and facing in an opposite direction. l iS girl and apparently healthy UnfurIed a Flag at Great Height.
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