The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-24

half buried in the litter Of letters and Invita-
tions which he had been oreni,nf: The easy
which ths coaptess had eyIdently, abandoned
when abe fed before the coming OF the Amori-
Lord bunTsyen is what one may be per.
mitted to describe as a good fellow" In his
American-- that is, without what is called an
English, accent-is affable and manly. and
beyond all else q sportsman. He entered at
once into discussion OF the important yacht
ing'eyent which he has done so much 70 bring
@ Tnsn ns Of tSs
sness In the trial races he said that he had , not
cable of the general features Of the races.
But that. he said; gives me n2 informa-
Sn msts 9" The vent and
kyric In fact. IT 10 I'm possible TO speak with
tWo Yachts as racers until one has seen them
together OF course one can get what we cal!
e another S before bel they meet as we get line
on horse by his general performance 5, anS A.,
os S% sS' e snS o1Ea WHAT she compared
20 the valkyre can only be az definitely deter
mined when they cone t0 STs ie a, good eond
tion as you hoped p was asked.
Lord bunraven hesitated a moment before
that much injury was done to her by the So
we're weather she met in crossing. i have or
next She viii not GO on dry dock until have
had her out for one two trials. She Will be
"Wiil YOU sail the Valkyrie in the races"
c.n s vii vii hold hs the s sSt
take on New York pilot although that is not
an 81 he M ns TPf in
and ss r ny S Mr. Kssf. viii repre-:
n.$s u q liz sssSt K II 4 Sc n
s sp ias s9sS%a as in valley
ne remarked. when the reporters said that the
ter ~ aiSphse. THAT that is The correct way to
pron nouncs 4 The namo. but it is the way we
There has also been some discussion about
the reorganization OF your name"
"0h;" answered the Earl. laughing. It's It,,
When he was asked about the reports which
dissatitlaction with a decision which gave a
race to Emperor Williams yarnt on at techna
again to race a yacht in a contest with yacht
owned By the Emperor. Lord Dunraven replied
# never heard OF such reports. never
The Ear, said he should remain in this Goun.
try until the end OF October. He would not
hunt, ap he would like to do, Among, the in
one from Commodore Smith Of the New York
Yacht Club to dinner at Dem Tnit sol on the
only invitation he had accepted. The Earl will
meet officials Of w. Im,pRigration and IL Labor
aans then me Shods
Monntearl,, WHO'S 81 years old. is Windham
Bar p "Pcs rage he i descended from rom Oil
Oil 0lrm, King OF Ireland in the third century.
yachtsmaa Of Great Britain, but is veteran
hunter and a fine shot He has hagged all sorts
He was educated Mt Harrow and afterward Mt
Oxford. He entered The Household Brigade in
rpf er won Ills
sion and started in for a lite of adventure. He
went to Abyssinia with an expedition az sent to
during the trip acted as special CORRESPONDENT
fer the RS e, tie next went wen to
Later he has made specially of colonial poll
endns
The oharaSsteristics Of the soudan." and In
In politics Lord Dunraven, is a Liberal. and
has twcs held the os9 Of under
trade. and is one OF the lew mcm6ers Of the
upper House in favor OF reforming the House
Vestica,tns: the sweating system q London:
horses ava on the day the valkyrio sailed for
this country onoof his horses won the Great
EaEyrie. no had the forty-rater Deirire built
He also owns the wooden cutter AlTlda; 33
feet water line. X feet beam. built In 1880: q
thirty three foot lugger built last summer.
and tho cutter L'Espernnce. 7G.j feet water
line. Is % feet beam. and l. feet deep built in
1891. lie IL Commodore of the Castle Club at
Galshot Castle and mnmner OF the Royal Yacht
Squadron at Cowes. ROYAL Cork Yacht Club at
mouth. RGyal ,!ired Mt Xii ingEsstown. Royal
Thames. Royal SOUTHAMPTON at Southampton.
and Royal Portsmouth Corinthisn at Ports
Al hands were M early yesterday. morning
on Lord Dunraven's cutter ValLyrie. which
siil romans peHcefully at anchor Of Bay
IN settling his men to work cleaning and scrap |
ing tho mast and holystoning her usually i'm.
tuous voyage across the Atlantic
\ Her crew OF twenty-four. which brought her |
over here, were re nlorced early in the day by |
twelve OF their com trades. who had Just arrived |
atd(uarantine they were Immediately trans;
fNrted TO the Steamboat Rosa which carried |
fca to Fry hIfs so tnst ire vakyrs
IAN bands soon got to work IT,, step the Val |
kyrie's hugo racing t"pmnst, Whilo one man
stood ut tho masthead to direct matters the |
rest OF the crew clam hered into the shrouds. |
ann. as the tackle WA. cleared away one after |
another swnu: OFT into space. and soon the |
towering spar was in position and made fast;
/. SHORTY a:teywhrd her hoWsprit was showed |
bare and dismnntirL appearance which has |
characterized her since she reached here. As |
bs % Ss at wGs
be as handsome as ihe latest English photo |
GRAPHS have shown her to he.
The yachts hollow main boom looks rather |
strange to American yachtsmen. owing to q |
collar or barre. "t lignnm vitm. which sur |
rounds it where the greatest strain is. or in |
other words. where the main sheet is attached.
Capt Cranheld thinks that 1t prevents the |
buckiing OF the main boom. which is tho |
greatest difficulty yachtsmen have to contend |
with In hollow spars.
. 1t isHulte a comm on thing on the larger of |
tbe English racers and it certainly looks like |
p good wrlnkle None OF the American yachts. |
however. have tried it yet. As her hOwsprt |
did not quite o.. it was soon hauled in again. |
and some OF Wintringham's ship carpenters |
devoted themselves TO trimming 1t down II lit |
tle at the heel
There were also on the deck five or ak rae
Ing spars. including handsome spinnaker |
pole. which was hoisted into position soon |
after her topmast was in place. Then on the |
Atlantic Basin dock are an extra main boom.
spinnaker pole and q spare clubtopsail |
yard. or Jack yard. as the English say;
Bhortly after II O'Clock one OF the White Star |
tugs came down from the city and steamed up |
70 the Valkyrie. which is lying about 300 yards |