The Portland daily press., 1893-09-15
NAvAHOE FLEW THE FLAG.
Emblem Of Victory Lowered From
the Britannia's Mast.
THE BRENTON'S REEF CUP WILL
BE BROUGHT HOME.

Today the Flyers Will Battle for the
Cape May Trophy-English Com ment
on Wednesdays Wonderful Race-Our
British Cousins Losing Heart-They
Are Not So Sure of Winning tho
Americas Cup.
London, September 14.-The regatta
committee of the Royal Yacht Squadron,
to which was referred the protest of Mr..
Royal Phelphs Carroll of the yacht
Navahoe against the decision of the
Judges awarding the Brenton's reef cup
to the Princesof Wales's yacht Britannia
and declaring her the victor in Wednes-
days race by two and one-half seconds,
decided today that the N vahoe had won
the cup. The dispute has had no effect
upon the relations between Mr.. Carroll
and the Royal Yacht Squadron. AS soon
as the decision of the committee was
made known, the Navahoe, which is
lying at anchor in Cowes roads, hoisted
the winning flag. Yesterday, the
Britannia flew the emblem all day. The
question of the winner of the Brenton's
Reef cup having been decided, the race
for the Cape May cup, which it had been
announced would not be sailed until.next
week, will take place tomorrow. The
course will be the same as that sailed
over for the Brenton's Reef cup.
Mr.. Carroll today stated that his
reasons for protesting were that the
mark boat was found in a position at
the finish different from that it had oc-
cupied at the start. Mr.. Carroll claimed
that the race ended at the starting line,
and not at the mark boat, which was out
of position, and which the Britannia
passed 81 seconds before the Navahoe
The committee admitted that the race
should have ended at the starting line,
but the yachts were not expected to re-
turn so soon and the mark boat was not
returned to her proper place in time.
The Times describes the race as an un-
paralleled performance. Nothing in the
annals of yacht racing, it says, can COM
pare with the extraordinary close sailing
time over a minute ahead of the other,
and for full half the distance they were
not separated more than couple of
len gths.
Although it was race, beating far
away, in every particular, anything re-
corded in the history of yachting. Over
a long course and in trying sea there
was not a carry away" worthy to be
recorded, although the masts of both,
when the wind laid on, caused anxiety.
The match conclusively proves that the
modern yacht is as far ahead of the old
type in regard to seagoing qualities as in
speed. The Navahoe was on her best
point in having broad reach over the
entire course, while, on the other hand,
the Britannia does not excel in that par
ticular point, as she does in sailing to
windward and to leeward So heavy was
the sea that for over 100 miles both boats
were under two sails only; yet even
then they reached a speed of IL knots
an hour, pounding the water in a Won
derful way, with the drift flying twenty
feet up their masts.
Since the result of the trial races be-
tween the Vigilant, Colonia, Jubilee
and Pilgrim became known in English
yachting circles, there is not the certain
ty which previously prevailed that the
Valkyrie would prove herself better
boat than any of the four American boata
that might be selected to defend the
Americas S cup from the British chellen-
ger. Even the most enthusiastic of the
English supporters of keel boats are now
inclined to lconcede that the centrebosrd
type has merits even in a stiff wind and
a heavy sea that previous to the last race
won by the Vigilant they were not pre-
pared to admit Even Lord Dunraven,
the owner of the Valykrie, and Mr.. Wat
son, her designer, are not over confident
that the British Cutter will win the in
ternational races On the contrary, they
both profess to believe that the Valkryie
will not capture the cup and they say
expect to find that the Vigilant is the
better boat.