Evening journal., 1894-07-06
CUT ALMOST IN HALVES
The Cutter Valkyrie's Career
Ended by Satanita's Bows.
BRITANNIA BEATS THE vIGILANT,

The English Yacht Had the Advantage OF
Wind, Which Drove Her over the Finish
Line Seven Minutes Ahead of the Ameri-
can Details Of the Disaster.
CLYDE, July 6.-All who saw the in
tornationnl yacht race unite in the opinion
that the Vigilant can easily beat the Bri-
tannia The fact that the latter beat the
Yankee boat is attributed to the tides and
wind. shcre is no chance that the Val
kyrie will be raised She lies in % faith
oms of water and no diver can go down
that far. The Satanita was seriously dam
aged in the collision, and several Of her
crew were injured. Mr. George Gould
was pleased with the race. He said that
the Vigilant had done better than he ex-
pocted she would.
After the race the Nigilant returned &c
Gourock bar in company with the steam
yacht Atalanta. Mr. Gould said: Il was
defeated and am willing To admit my de-
feat / must however, say this for tho
Nigilant She was not ready TO sail. My
crew never sailed in her under the present
rig except four times. OF course with a
little more practice they are bound to be-
come more proficient / would not like
to say, however that the result would
have been different If the men had had
moro practice, but there is not the slight
est doubt that the Nigilant will do bet
ter
The race brought the Vigllant about the
worst bit of luck that she has had in her
brilliant career. After exhibiting the
most pronounced superiority for over 40
miles, beating the Britannia on every
point of sailing, she had the misfortune to
drop into "A calm patch, and the Britannia,
warned of with vein of wind, was en-
abled to win.
From Kiicreggan the Nigilant made a
plucky but futile attempt to crush through
on the Britannia's weather. but the latter
luffed her all the way across. The timing
was as follows: Nigilant, 4:0S;03; Britain
MIA 4;O7:3O.
The Nigiiant has not been measured
yet, but it is calculated that she will have
to allow the britannia little over three
minutes. The result Of the race is popu-
lar, but there is nobody found to say that
the Britannia won on her merits.
A. ID. Clarke. the owner of the Satani-
ta describes the collision Of his boat with
the Nalkyrie and the sinking of the latter
as one of the saddest incidents Of his life
Tho long series Of misfortunes which tn,
Nalkyrie has met with is the subject o.
/ general comment
Lord Dungaven said he was unable {,
account for the accident TO his boat liz
/ believed that the Satanita was thrown on
of her bearings by cruiser which wa
running her way
Captain Garfield Of the Valkyric has ar
rived at Glasgow with the yachts crew
In an intery lew he said he did not believe
| the Nalkyrie was worth the expense o
/ lifting except for her lead. He had n,
doubt that tho Satanita was all in thu
wrong. The belongings of himself an,
crew which went down with the zach
/ were worth 500. Lord Dunrgren. he id
ed, had a narrow escape, being injured b.
the Satanita's bowsprit.
The oNeler of the Satanita, Mr. A. d
Glare, said: when I saw that the COLI
sion was inevitable. we were running wit
the rail in the water and tried TO lutf a
the Nalkyri3 kept straight on. But row
boat got in be way and prevented us fror
doing so. We struck the Nalkyrie aft Oh
mast, and her topmast toppled down. Aft
er we cleared away from the Nalkyri
she ran into the Nandura. steam yacht.
The Satanita viii be repaired as soon a
! possible, and it is expected that She wi
be able to meet the Nigilant in some G
the races Of the season.
Owing 60 the suddcnness of the acc
dent to the alkyrie neither Lord Dun
raven nor any of his friends are able {
tell how it occurred Tho Satlnita Gu
through the Nglkyric 20 the cabin, whic
filed long before the yacht went down
Yachtsmen and spectators concur that Oh
collision was solely due to a small boa
getting in the way of the Satanita an
that there vas altogether too great a nun
Der of steamers aud other craft on IN
water Captain Cranfeld of the Nalkyri
persists that the Satanita was on III
wrong tack Lord Dunraven narrowl
escaped, being struck by the Satanita
bowsprit at the time Of the collision. III
brother-inlaw, Mr.. Lanridge, who wa
aboard the Nalkyrie, was rescued by I'll
Vandura The latter lost 10 feet of be
rails and her launch was smashed I
pieces.
English Papers Views.
The Standard in an editorial on I'll
yacht race, says; THE Britannia scored
distinct but not a crushing victory W
hope that the Vigilant's defeat will NJ
prevent tho Goulds from making furth'
trials.
The Post concludes an article on Il
race by saying that the Britannia is Il
better boat.
The Daily News says that the III luC
which attended other vessels bearing Il
name Of Odin awful and beautiful mai,
en- followed Lord Dunraven S yacht fro
her first decisive defeat to the end A
the London dailles express the deepest r
| OF no faFe Nrn11-rrrfn a. nd -rrrl