New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-26
BRITANNIA WINS THE PklAE'
PRINCE OF wALEs's YACHT oUTSAILS THE
vALKYRIE. WHICH is DISABLED
THE IvERNA THIRD IN 1hH
CLUB REGArTA-THE PRINCE
wr1IsATIsFIED.

,.n.on Nav o3-About 200 yachts were gain
cred to-day Oh the occasion Vi '"' "o9"i
c,uh Regotta one OF the most important coh.es's Va
foe Yachting year. The sun sno"e o''e"'' ''N
tnere was westerly breeze me COURSE was "o'"
,,..s~na round the Mouse Hghtship and return
- ~ Wales's cutter Britannia won the
a Dunrayen's new yacht the Valkyrie, was
'oe A. Iameson's cutter. the Iverna. third and
soo,cb syndicate boat, the Calluna. fourth. The
.,.nro also competed. The time was as follows
,,,,.nr,a r hours, 90 minutes, seconds, Nalkyrle,
: hours 80 minutes. 80 seconds lverna. hours,
ne m,nu,es seconds; Caluna, hours "a minutes
~ ooopds The first prize was given TO the
,,,.,,,, and the second 10 the Iverna.
Tho starting gun fired at noon. and all the
1t, we're then close together. The Valkyrie
nroated BY good judgment in having extra hands
heard AMI reached the line to get full benefit
>, IN. gun and weather berth. The Britannia fol-
,owd her Closely the line: then came the Ivcrna
and the Ciluna. AT South End. which was reached
AZ O'Clock. the order unchanged except that
tho Iyerna had fallen behind the Calluna. Han an
hour later, abreast The More. the order was the
same There then a grand race between the
Britannia and the Valkyrie TO get round the Mouse
Bphtship first. The Britannia secured the honor by
a narrow margin. Both presentad magnihcent sights
ss they cane round, carrying their spnnakers al
most TO the point The turning was mNVeious
change from the old time sailing. for BY her shortness
on pivot. The Britannia started homeward
fully seven seconds ahead Of the NalRrie.
Then came treat seldom enjoyed, reminding one
OF the old between the Phantom ana 'he
Thought. The Valkyre, trlne quicker In her STAYS
than the Britannia. had drawn unusually close 10 her
rival after che boats passed South End. Inc Britain
MIA lured to keep her opponent under her STERN
About went the vakyrie and about went the Britain
MA Thus they proceeded all along the shore lihne
In on each other. board after board. Occasionally
the valkyrie gained bit, but when she oii % 'ne
Britannia extra prompt In gonS ABOUT. Dun
lost fully ten minutes TO those ascrn through these
manoeuvres The Prince of Wales demonstrated De-
yond doubt, however, that he had the better poa'.
the Britannia being not only sitter. but also sailing
q triAe closer to the wind. No better opportunity
could have been given for comparison OF the points
OF the yachts Finally the Britannia stood out
straight away for home, with big gap between her
and the Valkyre.
Soon afterward the valkyrie began closing the gap.
and she almost at the heels OF the Britannia
when her topsail was smashed. The bowsprit prohe
of short. bringing down everything. She had TO he
to and reft almost entirely before proceeding. Inc
Calluna went ashore at Lower Hope Point iea>"e
only the Iverna the chance Of saving her uue.
The Prince of Wales on board The Britannia beIore
the race. The unwonted interest shown by MN Is sup
posed to have been due to his intention TO try 10
beat Emperor Williams yacht Meteor with ue
himself highly satisfied with the performance OIL
his boat, which Of the three scotch cutters
recently built on the Clyde for this seasons racing
Crowds thrOnged TO Gravesend and other points
In expectation Of witnessing race CT more thah
usual interest. The curiosity Of the spectators was
mainly absorbed in the Valkyrie The TREMENDOUS
main boom Df the Vakyrie projects far outside her
long counter and her other spars ore In proporuon
except the bowsprit which is stumpy. she VIII PROB
ally not be seen at her best for few days, as she
has not been launched long enough TO get the huge
mpinsail stretched Captain Cranfcld was IN com
manA Of -yalkyrfe-ts aays--7hc- B1itannft W as
scarcely less curiously scanned than the Naikyre.
The Princes boat generally resembles the Valkyrie'
but carries less sail.
The Britannia and valkyrie were both designed by
Watson and have recently been launched The
Britannia was built to defend the Royal Victoria
cup against Royal Phelps Carroll's yacht Navahoe;
and the Vaikyrie to come here and try for the
Americas cup. The news that the Britannia had
defeated the valkyric received with regret by
yachtsmeD here yesterday although such result had
been anticipated. on several occasions In races for
the Americas cnp 1t has been asserted by the Eng
sh that their fastest boat had not been sent over,
and II had been hoped that this time there
could be possible ground for such claim II the
Valkyre should be defeated in her races for the
cup.