The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-05
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,r,p,,nand from First Proe.,
;,,,iant to the Holy Loeb anchor
br chem heyan fresbcning TN.
o. rafting southerly WIND was dow
and there seemed no doubt that
% dsy's racing was In prospect. Just
NV '..,ous to the start, however, the
s. which had been gathering with
,r,rd grew blacker and 1t became
s.rsry. All the yachts Get their main
Ais and small topsails. ...
started In a Mist.
mo start was made In binding
-, hut with the wind holding good.
Inrd Dunraven. with George L. Wat.
-, the designer. was steering VAL
sw,,.. A. D. Clarke. owner Of Satanita,
-. at her stick; Nat Herreshoff was
=, the wheel Of Vigilant and W. jamie
-, vas steersman Of Britannia.
v,g,ant, Britannia and Satanita came
,,n IN line on the port tack. to turn the
'.,k boat, while Valkyrie raced down
from Holy Loeb. satanita was too soon
Nv half a minute. On the other hand,
nd,annia was able to luff on the line
for capital start.
v,ri,ant .urned handsomely and was
a, the mark boat shortly after gun fire,
INT britannia was quicker and got of
three lengths ahead.
Then came the accident Of the day.
rbich threw out OF the race, and out of
,cing for some time to come. Valkyrie
and satanita.
ysIkyrie sunk satanita Wrecked.
valkyrie and satanita. while prepar-
,ns for the start. became locked to-
rether and in a few moments Valkyrie
settled down and sank. while Satanita
was SO badly damaged that she was
obliged to retire.
Some time passed before the people
Ashore fully realized what had hap
pened.
satanita, It appears. was luhing
for the start and was unable to get
out Of valkyrie's way as the lat
ter was coming UP on the starboard
tack.
valkyrie's bowsprit ran across
sstanita's foresan and the collision
which Immediately followed, carried
away Satanita's bowsprit and top
mast. leaving her q wreck, covered with
tangled rigging and collapsed sails.
The force of the collision cut VAL
kyrie down to the waters edge. and she
slowly settled and sank in three min
utes.
Ashore. owing to the mist, 1t was DIM
cult to Immediately determine upon
what had happened. except that there
had been . collision and that Valkyrie
had gone down.
All Hands Saved.
Loud cries were heard from the crcwe
Of the two yachts. and for q time 1t was
believed that q number OF the crew Of
yalkyrie had been drowned. Happily
this was not the case. as Lord Dun
raven, Watson and the crew Of Valkyrie
were picked up by boats which put out
from the shore and from the many SAIL
ing yachts and steam yachts In the
s,cinity OF the scene Of the accident.
Lord Dunraven was a sight long to be
remembered when he was taken on
board the Hebe. He was no longer the
spruce, dlgnified gentleman SO well re-
membersd in New York.
satnrita's Captain Explains.
The CAPTAIN Of satanita said that
he did not have room to turn, owing to
the large number Of steam and other
Yachts which gathered about the start
Ing line.
when valkyrie began to fill some
o, her crew jumped overheard. few
succeeded In scrambling on board
satanita, others were taken of by steam
Yachts and some were picked up as be
fore related.
One Of Valkyrie's seamen. William
Brown, was caught between Valkyrit
and a steam yacht and had his les
badly crushed.
valkyrie lies in twenty-five fathom'
OF water.
satanita carried away six yards Of
her starboard bow and beam above the
water-line
The cook of satanita had his arm
broken.
Didn't Know Of the Accident.
In the mean while, vigilant and Bri
tannia had got away. not knowing o
the sinking of yalkyrie or the damage
done to Satanita.
Britannia hitched on to port to throw
herself on the weather beam. Boil
yachts then went across the Firth oil
the starboarj tack to the opposite land.
When they tackled again Vigilant wa
gushing her bowsprit over Britannia
weather quarter and was threatening I
run into the weather berth.
ViEiIant Well in the Lead.
Passing Kilcreggan Britannia wa
gaining and pulled up until sh
was only I'm. 43s. behind Vigilant. Blu
the American yacht pulled ahead agai
before the finish Of the round.
The following was the time Of the tw
yachts at the first round:
H. NJ.
NVuant ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 70
D'''aHnid. ...-..... ............. - 81
Vtgilant continued to draw ahead {
Britannia, and turning the Ascog mar
boat, the yachts came on the run wit
Their booms over to port, Vigilant carr.