The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-08
Lord Dunrayen's Valkyrie Beaten Five
Minutes and Forty Eight Seconds,
Corrected Time.
NO OPPORTUNITY TO KICK"
The English Boat Defeated in a
Fair, Honest Contest.
An Ideal Day, with Moderate Breeze
The Yankee Center-ROarder the
Best at Reaching.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Figuratively speak
ing the eagle screamed over the waters
about New York this evening. In
reality the whistles of hundreds of
tugs and steamboats, screeched till
their gauges dropped several degrees-all
because Uncle Sans representative in the
yachting world beat the English boat in
the first race of the series for the American
cup.
The evening Sun to-day shone on vlc-
torious Vigilant and a defeated Valkyrie.
Lord Dunraven's racing flag followed that
of c. o. Iselin across the finish line. and
the name of Herreshoff is still great
over tho world. The hopes of American
yachtsmen, which were SO low after abe
fiZzle of Thursday. to-night soar as nigh as
the American eagle can fly. The doctrine
OF manifest destiny Is evidently a sound
one. and the great trophy. now for the
ninth time being competed for. seems to
have n new lease on it's American existence.
Ii is not quite time to sound the bells of
victory but is is timo to get the golden
trumpets ready.
The Vigilant. the great defender of q
great nation, went forth in beauty and In
power to-day, and. far beyond the dim
hesdlauds OF the country which gave her
birth. swept, with her towering shining
sails. over seas that seemed to lure her to
victory. The day was fair and the wind
light. Thousands went out TO see the race
and they saw 1t. 1t was not like the
dispirititg fiasco of Thursday. and, while
il was not such race as 1t is hoped to give
the British yacht before she returns it was
still race enough to get some sort of line on
the Valkyrie and enable Intelligent achts-
men to 60 out to see the rest of the races
with some sort of confidence In the result.
That the boats are. on the whole. pretty
evenly matched was apparent to-day. The
Valkyrie Is fast. but. apparently. not quite
fast enough. for tho Viailant is
faster. Strange to say. in the
rnce of to-day. the Vigilant did
better when she was reaching nearly close
hauled on the wind than che did In run
ming. 1t has heretofore been supposed
that the English boat would beat the
American off the wind and be beaten by
her on the wind, and it has been argued
ont as sich." Bnt theories did not work
we'll in the race of to-day, though the re-
suit was all right.
wIZARDLIKE WORK.
If the international yacht races were not
contested ana managed bygentlemen of the
highest character and most ample wealth.
those who witnessed to.dey's race and
Thursdays attempt at once would say
that Thursdays performance was the neat
est piece of iookeying that was ever wit
ho- nj
on which the nautical public who went
down To the sea in ships could ex-
plain the paradoxicel exhibition af.
forded by the two contests. In ev-
cry point the showing of the yachts
to-day was to them fet contradiction to
that made on Thursday. What kind of un-
DANNY craft is 1t that gains before the wind
Thursday, and falls behind under the same
conditions Saturday; that is left far III the
rear while reaching in a light wind Thurs
day. and walks away from her com petitor
like a witch on that tack on Saturday; had
the Americas cup become the creature of q
betting ring that can cause the home
champion to be - ulled' one day and
''let ont" the nextf And, finally. where
are We at. anyhow?
were,iet loose on the decks OF the observa-
tion feet which followed the yachts to-
day. During the last three quarters of the
race, and during all the trip home there
WAS exceeding great joy among the specs "a
tors. but in some instances IL was O oau Sc
OF modifiad rapture. as Manky-
poo. poo. would 9Sa say; for the the reason
induced TO put side bet on the Valkyrio
by the supposed exhibition of public
TORN" given by that deceptive wsterwItc
on Thursday. and by the statement of the
man who knowsIr alp TO the effect that
lit was Valkyrie weather" But as one
Poor Richard on tho Republic phTased 1T.
there's nothing more uncertain than q
| yacht race-exceut another yacht race"
There was lot such an extensive fleet nor
as numerous q crowd ont 10 view the first
| heat of the great race to-day. as we're down
| to view the exhibition race on Thursday,
| but there were spectators enough TO put
| the contestants on their mettle, and TO
| furnish one OF the gorgeous marine
| pictures which only en information al
/ yacht race or an international naval
| review can afford. Nearly all the big ex-
| There was the ubiquitous tug, the graceful
steam yacht and even more sailing yachts
than venturei out IN the calm of last
| Thursday. Some of the latter were under
tow. but many depended on their own can
vas for getting abreast In the world.
If there had been more wind the race
! wonld have been perfect. No more beautl-
| full day ever shODe on the waters and a
! brighter sun never looked down on a more
beautiful scene as the stately yachts and
| the great tlotilla which accompanied them
| swept over the thirty miles of rollin z
water which was tho place of the
! combat. Early in the morning the
air was heavy with mist and the winds
seemed uncertain whether to blow or TO 20
| TO sleep. but by the time the race was
started. the clouds and mists rolled away
and a wind came gently blowing out of the
| west The old swell which had sossed and
| pitched the boats about in Thursdays
fasco was still rolling in from the east
ward. but otherwise the seas were
smooth. They started promptly on
! time and both boats were we'll handled
| The Nigilant was the winner by five
minutes and forty-eight seconds. At the
outer mark she was eight minntes and elk
seconds ahead of the Valkyrie. On the
way TO the onfer mark the boats sailed
free. either running. or or free reach.
| Tho wind had hauled so near the start tn at
when they got around the outer mark
they had clear reach home. They
were close hauled all the way
back. They both stood pretty high
for the lIghtship. the Vigilant
especially working far mp 10 wind W ard.