New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
TILE DEFENDERS LUCK.
scrENrIFIc EXAMINATION OF HER MAscUT-so'

SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF HEX MAs'oA-'o"|
no,.ur EXPRESSED BY AN EXPERT AS TO ITS
crx,,rNENEss - THE DEFENDERS
CHANCES FROM AN EsoTERlc
POINT OF VIEW
III. rrrcha.e OF a yellow dog by the Defender
| neonle was an excellent provision Man! s""ois
and some newspapers have COMMENDED 'na' ms
,rh, vas hoodooed because she would not come
a. tho WAYS at her launching. No anou"' VI euu-
.,i, and general advance In a sailor efadica'es
,sc.e ideas Captain Bush. the skipper OF 'he
., .ooner Yacht Crusader an eNceeui"sN '''e", 90
: -oduca,ed man. was examining the Nalkyrie
iva erie Basin the other day. In the Dig races
Cn..,- Rush sails on the Nisilant as one oil her
80, ray Concerning the Defender ne sald'
- ms a wonderfully fast boat. cohS'ue' her
fullr nine minutes faster than the NignahI
know that the records do not sho" tls' ou' s"e -
,hs hest bo.t by nine minutes. Yet question
whether she can hold the cup In New-fork Be
sides she's hjodoo!'
"Oh, then you also are supersttious!
"vo Tn, not supersttious; but have sailed too
,ory "a fail 10 recognize the element OF luck III
boat" -, ,soranoao"
"whoro does your distinction hold a difference!
"Veu since the Defender refused 10 come V'i ''e
WAYS she has been twice asrouh'' az s,,,'"IIaJ
che has broken down IN races ana oeen 'o'Np
to retire Do YOU call that good 'ucA'
"Wen no-not exactly. ,. ,r,,
| N no a bad luck boat, and. like the o'hei' Oh" W."
| stay that way 10 the emo - O.. ,,r,har
Tho Tribune reporter did not press lux iu'.'',
| dcapitions or explanations but wheh INC Sa''' :"
! or,tor ecer,ed TO be In such spiritual oln'cu'es
! 4, ,ros q comfort 10 hear on tnat same "''''""
,h, M rracautions were being neglecten on '',e
nr.,dar and that a yellow dog had been secured'
,r,,, 20 rrls,o was therefore. made = ascertain
..ho ,his animal possessed those pecularties
htoh TITO tho HACK snake that brings luck TO
horsobolds in India must be Of certain Nha
This 0op Canis navus. habitat, America) shot con-
,1r.,d N ne Trustworthy In any way save as a luck
retriever and then only when sixteen o."'
=, aoga GA, he traced In Tim. In this defender Oh
40 nafonder only eeven recognized varieties could
-, confidently distinguished and, owing 20 this acK
- ue,clent ancestry Captain CranAeld OF the Val
kyrie doubts his efficacy In aVeT"hs ''o "00u'o
In the coming contests. - -.
II is difficult to see why Dame Fortune ""o'
bv-the-way was the first lady that Foue "heeV
should find this small quadruped TO De any so''
Of a lure and unless she has adopted aluminium
c,o.bInr she will certainly be bitten b. meas Even
now the crew is rebeng against the system OF
nheboton1y which the dog has introduced. Nose
ouently The Tribune reporter felt IL 10 De o''iy
rcbt 70 explain to Captain Han. OF the Defender
that lie was not using the dog In the proper way 10
nron,,iate the adverse fates. II was then SHOWN
that the aboriginal Indians OF this country from
whom the tradition sprang. did not pamper the yell
low dog with luxuries is done o. the Defender.
The Indians knew better. They sacrificed the yellow
dog. accompanying the ceremony with dance and
much drinking OF sktti-wah-boo. Since these .x-
plantations Captain Half has shown marked pref
erence for the following OF the aboriginal methods: