The sun., 1893-08-01
THE NAVAHOE'S FIRST RACE.
SIZE MEETS ENGLAND's CRACK TACH1s
AND COMES IN THIRD.

/ On the Face OF the Returus tho Britanria
! Wins and the ynikyrie I- Seeond-The
| American Boat Raced wIthout Being
Measurea-when This Is Done She May
Have TO Give TIno Allowance.
! LONDON. July 31.-The regatta OF tho Royal
| London Yacht Club took place to-day The
| course was from q mark boat OF the club
house at West Coves. Isle OF Wight. eastward
| to and around the Warner Lightship then
westward to the buoy marking the East Leep
shoal passing north OF Noman Fort. The
course was sailed over twice. The weather
was beautiful. and the Solent was filed with
pleasure craft Of every description. There was
fair breeze from the north-northwsst. and
the yachts got away in capital style
The boats that took part in the race we're
Mr.. Royal Phelps Carroll's Navahoe. Lord Dun
ravens ynlkyrie. Mr.. J. Jameson's Iverna. the
| Prince ef Wales's Britannia. Mr.. A. d. Clarke's
satanita and Mr.. p. Donaldson's Cslluna. The
| starting gun was fired at 10 O'clock and. under
! full sail. the yachts made for the line. The
| valkyrie. with Lord Dunraven on board. was
first to cross. Then came the Iverna Britain
| mia, with the Prince OF Wales on board; Satant-
| ia. Navahoe. and Callunn in the order named.
| Great interest was manifested tn the Navahoe.
which is the American challenger for the Royal
Victoria Yacht Clubs gold cup. the Brenton
Reef Cup and the Cape May Cup.
At the beginning Of the race the valkyrie
drew away sharply from the other boats. and
the Navshoe seemed to loose slightly. After
the wind freshened. however. on the rising
tide. the latter. with everything except spin
maker set. began to haul up on the leaders. At
II 80 o'clock the Navahoe was leading with
the valkyre two seconds behind. The Nava-
hoe continued to gain slowly. and at l: so
o'clock was leading the Nalkyrie by ten sec
onds. The, Britannia was close third Ex-
and remarked. She must be . ripper" Old
salts expressed surprise on noticing that the
wooden battens.' an artihce not intrequent
with small craft. but unknown on the Solent
The Ssvahoe reached homo in the lead on
the first round. When the yachts reappeared
aud Savahoe engaged in a neck neck |
hoe appeared to lean a tribe more to the
At the start on the second round she got |
over the line eight seconds ahead Of
third to cross. q minute later than the valky- |
rie. Then followed the satanita. CalIuna and |
IYerua The latter got away ten minutes be-
The Britannia won the rage in 3 hours 40
hours @ n ssonSs Tas
Nayah9e thigd in3 hours A minutes AZ sec
onhs. The satanita finished fourth and the
The measurement OF the Navahoe has not
citation; She therefore raced without rating. |
The other contestants were rated as follows: |
l4s: Calluna l4l. aud Iverna. III The nrst
prize in the race was $50 and the second f25. |
were % the eeers Ns OF the United states @ eTuisss %
Chicago. who arrived at Cowes this morning. |
and the German Emperor. who was on board
to-morfow: The Nsvshoe is disqualified from
is not a mem Der Of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
The Navahoe was the only one Of the yachts |
speed disadvantageously in turning. Capt |
Cranfeld more than once succeeded in plant |
Both the Valkyrie and the britannia showed |
decided superiority in working to windward
and Gatnnd on the American me- each tsrs
ured. viii! prove to be the largest and will |
have to give the others time.
within a week when the valkyrie. will sail for |
Week to s Drepare T Tor the he voyage. 70 new boom Dom
and new sails are now being made for her for |
the trip.
The Navahoe's great race AGAINST the Bri-
Yacht Clubs regatta yesterday was the sole
,In,e k e9%pyeTsai9n amonG yasehtsmen last
within one Minute and tw.nty. six seconds ot
each other; and that the Vail kyrie had only
Was ahs al Father
the Valkyris's chances here against any of our
new cup defenders. which are considered min
utes faster than Mr. CAROLS boat
At the New York Yacht Club every one
seemed pleased at the fine showing made bv
the Navahoe. Secretary Oddis said to Sun |
reporter that he thought the Navahoe's rer-
formance a remarkable one for an untried
boat. You see." he added. '' this Is her first
race. and she Is not properly tuned up yet
when she Is think she will defeat both the
Britannia and Nalkyrie."
Ex-Commodore ). Nicholson Kane. Chairman
Of the Regatta Committee. who happened to
stroll into the model room at the time Mr.
Oddie and the reporter were talking. endorsed |
all that the Secretary said. and added that in
view OF the fact that the race had been sailed
wafer. which was very much against the Sava-
hoes chances. Mr.. CAROLS boat made won
derful!y good showing.