The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-10

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waltz away from her triumphantly. 1 never
saw anything on the water so typical of
strength and beauty as the Valkyrie, nor
could there be anything more dalntily,
ravishingly typical of the high-bred
American swift-winged maid than the
Defender. I take in the triangular race
on Tuesday, and you will hear from me in
time for Wednesdays ISSUE
WILLIAM GREER HARRISON.
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FOR THE SECOND RACE.
The Defender and Valkyrie to Sail Oper
Triangular Course.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Sept 9.-Lord Dun
raven will make his second try for the
America cup tomorrow. His f1eet-footed
Valkyrie III will meet America sichampion
Defender in 30-mile race over triangu-
lar course. 1t will be the second in the
series of international races, and it will
take three winnings to decide whether the
blue ribbon of the sea remains here or goes
to England
Unlike Saturdays contest, which tested
the qualities of the yachts on two points
OF sailing only, the race tomorrow will re-
quire them to show their ability ON almost
every point. If possible, one leg of the
course will be to windward, so that the
yachts may have beating to windward,
running free, and reaching with the wind
on the quarter.
The weather predictions seem to favor
the British boat whose best work, so far
as has been observed here, is in light
winds and a smooth sea.
Local Forecast Officer Dunn says: "The
weather Tomorrow will be generally fair
About the only change, if there is any, will
be in the temperature, which may be
trile cooler. The wind will vary from
light to fresh breezes. That is to say, it
may blow from six to eight miles an hour,
and from the southeast. 1t is very proba-
BILE that the day will be hazy. There are
no storms in sight, and nothing to indi-
cate any disturbance
In Saturdays race, while the five to
seven knot breeze prevailed for three
quarters of an hour after the start, the
Valkyrie made gains on the Defender. The
rough sea threw her back more than IL did
the Defender, but the British boat plainly
had the best of it. When the wind fresh
ened little she ceased to gain, and when
it grew to be nine to ten knot breeze she
simply could not keep the pace set by the
| American boat. Should the sea be smooth
and the wind six to eight miles an hour as
the weather prophet says, there may be
! less hilarity in the crowd of sight-seers
than on Saturday. Judging from what
has been seen of the two boats when they
have been near each other the Defender
IL ay,1
good, stiff breezes tomorrow and Thurs
day the American boat will not win three
straight races this year. There was good
sailing breeze to-day, and the wind to-
morrow may prove much stronger than
Farmer Dunn. has mapped out. The
Britons are by no means discouraged, even
though Americans in the excess of their
patriotism are shouting that the cup is
safe.
The feet of excursion steamers an
nounced for tomorrow is nearly as great
as for the first race, but the unprecedented
attendance of Saturday is hardly expected.
Extra efforts will be made to keep the
steamboats, at distance from the racers,
and after the comments on the subject the
yachts will probably not experience so
much interference. The start tomorrow
is to be made from the Sandy Hook Light
ship unless the committee decides to
change to another location at the last mo-
ment. The triangular course will be laid
out so as to give the yachts beat to wind
ward on one leg. One turn will be out to
sea and the other will be either off Long
Beach on the Long Island shore, or off
Long Branch on the New Jersey side. The
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way the yachts will be sent around. The
programme calls for the preparatory signal
at 10 80 and the start at IL. The boats will
have two minutes in which to cross the
line and be timed.
The regatta committee and the America
cup committee will. use the tug Walter
Luckenbach, and two other tugs will be
used as stakeboats. The New York Yacht
Clubs steamer will carry members and
guests.
The Defender and the Valkyrie went out
for sail-stretching spin this afternoon,
cruising about in the Narrows and lower
bay for three hours. The Valkyrie was
the first to get under way at about 2
o'clock. The Defender followed half an
hour later. There was no brush between
them, though at one time standing on
even tacks down the Narrows and past the
quarantine island, it looked as though
there might be little impromptu contest.
A thick haze which had hung over the
bay in the morning cleared away some
what during the afternoon and light
southerly breeze increased to 16-mile clip,
and under it the yachts bowled along at a
good gait closely watched by many on
lockers from the Long Island and Staten
Island shores.
EXHIBITION OF STUPIDITY.
What Foreigners Think of the Associated
Press plumbers.
KINGSTON, ONT, Sept. 9-The mis-.
leading bulletins regarding the yacht race
issued by the Chicago Associated Press on
Saturday are severely commented upon.
After The United Press had announced the
result of the race and that the Defender
had won the Chicago concern continued
issuing bulletins to the effect that the Val
kyrie was ahead.