St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-06

perience with the tides and currents of
the Firth of Clyde"
With regard to the respective merits
of the Valkyrie and Britannia, Mr..
Gould said: II think the Britannia is
very smart boat-quite as good if not
better than the Valkyrie. The Britannia
today showed exceedingly well 10 wind
ward. and she was remarkably well
sailed"
As to the prospects of the Vigilant in
future races, Mr. Gould said: al am
well satisfied with today's showing.
don't care to say what | think the result
Of Saturdays race will be, but the Wig
liant will do her best"
In regard to the conditions and rules
governing yacht racing in British
waters, Mr.. Gould said: ''What don't
like about them is the system of single
gun starts. To my mind they are dam
gerous for large vessels. and | think
tOday's disaster clearly demonstrates
this. The American style | consider
greatly preferable for large vessels. but
not for small boats, as they are more
easily handled. and if they collide little
damage is done as rule.
II am very much grieved at what has
happened to the Valkyrie. Such ain
accident spols sport, and Lord Dun
raven is splendid sportsman. L feel
very keenly for him, and it must be a
great disappointment to him after hav-
ing made all preparations for 'lneetIng
the Vigilant."
Asked what he thought about the Brit
ish system. Capt. Hoff said: Under
British rules we have to give nearly
double as much handicap as in the
United States. We lost thirty seconds
nf Of arfit lt trn
familiarity with the British system of
starting. The Vigilant gained mostly
OH windward work, which is her strong
point. We gained two minutes on the
first bent to wlndWard. Then again we
gained little on the reach; but coming
down before the wind the Britannia
gained few seconds on us. Gazing
back to windward work we again gained
two minutes more, and then on the
reach, eight seconds.
Getting near Cloch we lost the wind
by pure chance. The Britannia was
further out and happened to get sneak
of wind, which brought her abreast of
us. The Britannia's people evidently
knew something of the course. She
held the wind and we did not, and the
Britannia won the race. | must say it
was one of the prettieSt races that i
ever saw, especially the finish. be-
lieye the Britannia is quite the equal of
the Valkyrie. We were very much sur
prised that the course was so confined.
so different from thUse in America"
Asked as to the treatment the Vigilant
received from the yachts and steamers
following the yacht, Capt. Hoff said that
he desired to speak very highly of the
conduct of the captains of the excursion
boats. He had no complaint to make on
that score. There was no Interference
whatever.
In conclusion, Capt. Hoff said: ssWe
are not bit afraid of our future
matches. We will race on Saturday of
this week, and Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. We were
certainly defeated today, bat that was
due in my opinion to the merest chance.
Iagree with Mr.. Gould that little
more practice on the part of the crew
will make marked difference in the
working of the yacht. Our boys made
some little mistakes today, which is not
to be wondered a.. The Brltaunia's
crew handled their sails very much
better. We are all sorry at the loss of
the Valkvrie. She was fine craft, and
we would have liked to have gone
against her in her own waters"