Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-22
WORK OF THE vALKYRIE.
What the English Yacht Has Done
Thus Far.

What the English Yacht Has Done
Thus Far.
Lord Dunraven's cutter valkyrie was de-
signed by Watson. Her first face was sailed
on May 2. the regatta Of the Royal Thames
Yacht Club over a fifty-mile course. The
Britannia, Calluna and Iverna were entered
against her. The Britannia won, and the
Iverna was second The Britannia beat the
Valkyrie minutes and "a seconds. The
Iverna beat her by minutes and seconds.
Two days later the Britannia, Iverna and
Valkyrie raced in the regatta of the Royal
London Yacht Club. This time the Iverna
won. beating the Valkyrie minutes, q Sec
onds The Britannia was second, beating
the Valkyrie minutes. % seconds.
The next race in which the Valkyrie start
ed was that Of the New-Thames Yacht Club,
on June 8. The Britannia. Satanita, Calluna
and Iverna were entered against her. The
Valkyrie won. with the Satanita second.
The Valkyrie beat the Satanita by II min
utes % seconds
On June the Valkyrie sailed In the regat-
ia Of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club against
the Britannia, Satanita, Iverna and Calluna
The Valkyrie won, beating the Britannia,
the second boat. by minutes. IS seconds.
The next day, In a regatta of the same club
against the same competitors. she won.
with the Britannia second. She beat the
Britannia In that race minutes, seconds
On her next race which was the regatta
OF the Royal Thames Yacht Club. on June
~; the same boats were entered against her
with the addition Of the schooner Amphi-
trtte. The Britannia was the winner with
the Valkyrie second. She was beaten by 8
seconds
On June II the Valkyrie sailed her next
race. which was the regatta OF the Royal
Cfnque Ports Yacht Club. Britannia, liver
ma and Calluna were entered against her
The Britannia was the winner, and the Cal
luna was second. The Valkyrie was dis
abled and did not complete the race.
The next day the Valkyrie started in the
second days race of the same club, but
both she and the Britannia were disabled.
and had to be towed back to port
In her next race the Valkyrie was win
ner against the Britannia. Satanita, Calluna
and 1verna. 1t was the regatta Of the Royal
Southern Yacht Club. sailed over a forty
two-mile course on June II. The Britannia,
the second boat, was beaten by minutes,
80 seconds
On June &c the valkyrie raced against the
britannia. Satanita and Iverna In the regat-
ia OF the Royal Mersey Yacht Club She
won the race. beating the Britannia. which
was second by 50 seconds.
Three days later she raced against the
same boats in the regatta of the ROYAL
Largs Yacht Club. and came In third. being
defeated over a 4S-mile course by both the
Britannia and Satanita. The Iverna gave up
and did not finish the race The Britannia
defeated the Valkyrie by minutes, IS Sec
onds. The Satanita beat her by II seconds
The same boats and the Iverna raced
again in the regatta of the Royal Northern
Yacht Club on July l. and the Britannia
was the winner, with the Valkyrie second
The Britannia beat the Valkyrie minute
So seconds. In the second days racing Of
the same club the same boats started. and
the Calluna won. with the Valkyr!e second
On July 4 the same boats sailed in the
regatta of the Royal Western Yacht Club
Of Scotland. The Satanita was not timed
and the Britannia and Calluna gave up the
race. The Valkyrie won beating the Iverna
by minutes. % seconds
The next day the Satanita, Valkyrie and
Iverna started in the regatta of the Mud
hook Yacht Club. The Valkyrie won the
race. beating the Satanita by l minute IS
seconds.
The regatta Of the Clyde Corinthian Yacht
Club was sailed on July 7. and the Satanita
Britannia, Valkyrie and Iverna were started
The Valkyrie won, with the Britannia sec
ond. She beat the Britannia by IS seconds
The next day the Royal Clyde Yacht Club
had regatta over a ffty-mile course. In
which the same boats with the addition Of
the Calluna. started as on the preceding day
The Satanita was disabled, the Britannia
disqualified and the Iverna not timed. The
Valkyrie won the race. beating the Calluna
by hour. 80 minutes and 81 seconds.
In the race Of the same club on July 10 the
same boats started. and the Valkyrie was
again the winner. with the Calluna second.
On July IA the two days racing of the
Royal Ulster Yacht Club began. In the first
MIA. Valkyrie, Calluna and Iverna. Britain
MIA was second and Valkyrie last. In the
second days racing the Valkyrie won, with
the Britannia second.
On July 81 a regatta of the Royal London
Yacht Club was sailed, in which the Satani-
Ia, Britannia, Calluna, Valkyrie, lvernI and
the American yacht Navahoe were entered.
This was the Navahoe's first race on the
other side. and. in fact, her first race any
where. The Britannia won the race, with
the Valkyrie second and the Navahoe third
In the race for the queens cup, opened to
yachts enrolled in the Royal Yacht Squad
ron, sailed on August 1. the Valkyrie would
have won had she not been disqualified for
turning buoy in the wrong direction. AS
1t was. the race was given to the German
Emperor's boat Meteor, the old Thistle.
On August the Satanita defeated the
Navahoe, Valkyrie and Calluna in a race
for the Cov-es Town cup. The Valkyrie WAS
second. but was beaten by minutes. Is
seconds.
1t will thus be seen that out of twenty
three starts the Valkyrie won eleven first
and four second prizes, and was second in
the race for the Town cup of Cowes.