The evening world., 1893-10-12
The Yachts Will Have Rain and
q Good Easterly Wind,
Lord Dunraven Puts a Ton OF Lead
in valkyrie's Hold
Hls Boat to Be Remeasured n Erie
Basin To-Day.

Valkyrte VIII nave plenty OF Winu anu
sea and rain for their race tomorrow.
At the Signal Service Office this morning
It was said that a storm Is coming
from the eastward and that 1t will reach
here in time for the start Of the race.
There will be rain. a cooler temperature
and a wind with a velocity of from
twelve to sixteen miles an hour. Pos
sibly the wind will be stronger.
No matter what the weather, however,
both yachts are ready for it. Capt.
Cranfield said to an Evening World
reporter this morning. aboard Valkytie.
that he would take whatever the Lord
Almighty chose to send and make the
best Of 1t. He would prefer a good,
stiff wind. but not too much wind, as he
wanted to show what his cutter could
DO.
That Lord D%unraven has not aban-
doned all hope was shown this morning
by the fact hat about a ton of lead was
put aboard Nalkyrie and slowed away,
in her hold. This was done in the hope
of getting her back to the weight that
she had before she came over. Just be-
fore she sailed for this port she was
heightened, and her water-line length was
reduced about a foot. Now, Lord Dun
raven thinks that a mistake, and wants
to correct It..
valkyrie will be remeasured this after
noon at 3 o'clock. at the Erie Basin.
Lord Dunraven ~telephoned to the city
at lis A. NJ. for a tug to take Valkyrte
to the basin at 2 O'Clock.
! He said there wind be a race to-mor-
row. sure.
VaKyrle's sails were up getting a
.vigilsnt also had her sails futtering
III the light breeze. Capt. Hansen said
that, he was prepared for m sort OF
heavy blow than in q light WIND.
Capt Hansen further said that he
breese. He added that Mr.. Herreshoff
ssS,s ssilsd Vytg aisrr,a n all ]a the raessn- He
windMard position and held It; As soon
s FL s1 Ise she e %alG Gsd i aSay q IN fine V styie.
After many, many years of logged ad-
herence to the d~eep-cutter theory, the
the d"s. Ame afHe 'p eentreboard idea is the the
question that Naikyrls Isprssents the
is the feetest vessel of her kin ever
built on the other side Of the sea; and
races with remarkable ability and cum
= ming, and yet when yesterdays drifting
match was over Capt, Cra uheld and De-
had been beaten at every point OF sail
ing n In every kind Of weather. They
were satisfied that Vigilant was the
and generously. Said blum old Capt.
Cranfeld, the craftiest racing skipper in
Great Britain:
day. that Vigilant can beat us anyhow.
we don't E saTe what KIND dm ,8ff W weather eat sn
Us. Blow or calm, vigilant outsaiis
US, We're takin' things as they come;
We wanted coming over, and II were
to be beaten anyhow better have it
This is manly talk from a man who
came oyer here with the derp-rooted
belief that nothing afioat could equal
I've were beaten. said he further,
because the other is q better boat;
We needed a centre-board. She sailed
away from us. 1t was a fair test, and
Designer Watson, who has risen to
architects by designing fast cutters. was
equally as frank in admitting the de-
strpction Of his pet theory; He sal SAID;
ference what kind Of a breeze there is
Friday, for 1t seems, vigiiant Is the bet
ter boat in any kind of breeze or
weather; The centre-boards seem to be
1t is possible that both Capt. Cranfeld
and Designer Watson We're converted to
decisive result OF Mondays race, yet the
matter was settled beyond peradyenture
by yesterdays drifting match. the
posed to be SO overwhelmingly in favor
OF Valkyrie. In light airs valkyTie had
the other side, and 80 yesterday was
more her day than anything that had
arisen.
earlier part OF the race seemed to JUS
tify. this belief. for in the light and
ickle southerly breeze the British boat
drew away from ntgilant In a way to
The British boat had the better or the
start, setting over the line on the port
e s,si,aRsS BBSSoe Pt'ss ei Tef delay aS "H IN Na getting d1s;
smile on Capt. Herreshonrs mid coun-
tenance as re steered the white sioop
across the line.
swung around on her centreboard d.
shaped keel and stood off to the south
east on the s~tarboard tack. Eigllant
the line, and when she got staight,ned
out on the starboard tack she was on
'Valkyrie's lee quarter.
This was about the worst place for her
20 be. as subsequent events clearly
show ed. She could not get past Nalky-
RE because the cutters sails broke up
the wind and at times practically blank
eted her.
With the advantage of a true wind
and the windward position VaTkyr!e both
outpoirted and outfooted the white sloop,
at which American yachtsmen stared in
wonder
The wind was weak. shifty and full OF
calm streaks. Valkyrie got the better
OF It by good luck and Increased her
lead. There was not enough breeze for
yigilant to draw out from under that
fatal lee.
Valkyrle held to the first ~starboard