Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-06

can-DctaIfs of the Disaster.
CLYDE, July 6-Au who saw the in
ternational yacht race unite in the opinion
that the Nigilant can easily beat the Bri
tannia- The fact that the latter beat the
Yankee boat Is attributed to the tides and
wind. There is no chance that the Val
kyric will be RAISED she lies in % faith
oms of water, and NO diver can so down
TINT far. The Satanita was seriously dam
aged in the collision, and several of hcI
crow were injured Mr.. George Gould
was pleased with the race. He said that
the Nigilant had done better than he ex-
pccted she would
After the race the Nigilant returned to
Gourock bar in company with the steam
yacht Atalanta- Mr.. Gould said: II was
defeated and am willing to admit my de
feat. must. however. say this for the
Vigilant. She was Not ready tn sail. My
crew never sailed in her under the present
rig except four times OF cQursc with n
little more practice they ara Bound to be-
come more proficient i w-uld not like
to say, however that the result would
have been different IL the men had had
more practice, but there is not the slight
est doubt that the Nigilant will do bet
ter"
The race brought the vigilant about the
worst bit of luck that she has had in her
E@lENST- -AAlEE EAuluAAAl-
most pronounced superiority for over 10
miles. beating the britannia ON every
point of sailing. she had the misfortune TO
drop into n calm patch, and the Britannia.
warnsd of with a vein of wind. was en-
ahled to win.
From EiiCrcggau the Ni-illnt made n
! plucky but futile attcIHpt to crush through
ON the Briiannias weather, hut the latter
lufTcd her all the way acrOss- The Tuning
4 In lis
mia. 4:O1:3O
The Vigilant has not bccn mcasurcSl
| yet, but IL is calculated that she will have
| to allow the britannia a lil;lc over thrce
| minutes The result OF tho race Is r0pu-
lar. but there j. ns'boaly found tn say that
| the Britannia won "n her merits
A. d Clarke. the OwncE - the Satani-
| Ia, dCsCribCS the collision 81 his bcat with
| the Nalkyrsc ana the sinking Of thc latter
"a one OF the >s.Gtse-t Incidents II his life
| The long S-rics - misfortune which thu
| VaIkyriC has met with Is the sUb!Cct oi
/ general Comment
Lord DHnTavcn said he was unable tC
account for the accidCnt tn his bOAt- He
I believed that the Saianita WAS thrown out
/ OF her bcariugs by cruiser which VA
running her way
Captain CAniis.Id uf the Valkyric has ar
rived Mt Glasgow with the yachts ercw.
IN m lllNasEN aa-N s-AAA AAaA AAAA AAAAAfa
| the NalkyTiC was worth the expense u
lifting except for her lead He Ind M
doubt that the Satanita was all in th'
wrong The belongings OF himself ans
crvw which went down with the yaeh
wCrs worth 500. Lord Duuravcn, he add
I'D, had u narrow cscapc, being inIurcd b!
the Satanita's bow>prit
The OWNER of the Satanitl, Mr.. a ID
Glare. said: when l saw that the cSlli
- - .
the rail- in the water and tried 20 lud n
the valkyrfc kept straight on But a ruw
boat Cos In the way and prevented ms from
doing so. We struck the Nalkyric aft tn
mast, and her topInast topplcSi down Aft
CT we CiCarsl away from the Nalkyri
she ran into the NanduTa, steam yacht
The Satanita will IN rcIairsl n sunn n
possible. and it T. expected that she vii
b. able to meet the Nigilant In sumo q
the racsS OF the ssasOu-
Owing tO the suddcnncss of the acri
dent to the Nalkyrie neither L0rd Dun
raven nor any Of his friends are able &
| tell how il 80 urred. The Ssstanita gu
| through the NalLyrie tn the cabin, wlaScl
| filed lun. before the yacht went down
| Yachtsmen and spectators concur that an
| collision was solely due Ia n small boI
getting in the way of the Satanita an
that there was altogether too great q mum
Der of steamers and other craft on IN
water Captain Craniicld of the NalkyEi
persists that the Satanita was ON III
| wrong tack. Lord DunTavcn nErrowl
escaped, being struck by the Satanita
bowsprit Mt the time Of the collision. Iii
brother in law, Mr.. LanridEc, who wa
abuard tho Valkyric. was rescued by III
yandura The latter lost 10 feet of be
rails, and her launch was smashed {
pieces
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