Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-11

IT WAS PROTESTED.

New York, Sept lo.--The committee
boat Walter Lackcnbach was On the
ground In good season and promptly
hung up the signal which told the IA
GERS that the course would be over
triangle of ten miles to the angle the
first leg being 90 the wfndward,
south, the second northeast by east,
and the third nuith by west hale Vest.
As the committee boat made known
directions OF those In charge. the wind
dropped TO u speed of about five miles
f@tm a force OF something liila eight
miles. There was no kind Of a sea
on, nor swell The ocean was most
favorable to the Valkyfie. II was
noticed while the contestants were
sailing around the line that was To be
made, that their sails set equally as
well as they did ON Saturday This
was especially the case with Defenders
white plug topsail The preparatory
gun was fired sharp on the appointed
time of 1920. Both yachts had baby
jill topsails set when after some clever
manoeuyering about the line which
had been drawn between the Lnckon-
bach to the westward OF the Sandy
Hook light ship and the lightship.
they both smoothed down TO the line,
After the shippers had performed all
the monkeylng they could do above
the line they finally made their way
down to the start. Coming TO the first
STATEN the Valkyrle was TO the Wind
ward and the Defender something Ike
two lengths astern and to the Ice
ward. II was at this period, about u
half minute before the starting sig
nal should be given, Defender over
hauled Nalkyrlc IN a very rapid man
ner and had her nose almost up to
Valkyrie's beam when the Inter eaHed
Off and blanketed the American boat
50 thoroughly that Defenders baby
jib topsail and Jlb shook IN the wind.
Captain Han when he saw his head
sails shaking and the movement OF the
Englisher In the way OF AN ATTEMPT
| to blanket him, threw Defender high
up as though about 10 take' or az least
! pass under Nalkyrie's stern and get to
/ windward of the Briton. The Val
kyrie was very promptly aware OF
| this move and luffed up well Into the
I wind They were then both almost on
| the line. As Nalkyrie luned her boom
| went smash against the jib topsail OF
! Defender and that conclusion wns the
/ cause OF the protest that came later,
! or course Valkyrie went over the line
! first and to windward. Defender was
| close after her, hut she had barely got
over the line when the sheet of hers lib
topsail parted. Both boats were on the
starboard tack at the time, 30 both
claimed that they had the right OF
way. II was a question among eN'
merits who were looking on whether
! Defender was at that moment the
overhaullng boat. II she mad peeh ~
| was. according to rules, her place u
give way. The point came IN the as
cussion of the sharps WhetneI ~
| fender who had been blanketed. and
who had fallen back in speed because
Of her luff. was the overhauling vessel
An the same, with the parting OF tht
baby lib topsail she Tapped greh'
deal in the wind and assisted IN ih'
loosening OF Its own stay ana the slol
stay on starboard side.
,rhe slaek OF the topmast stay al
lowed the topmast TO bend far over 10
ward the port side--so far that II look
"a FOR a moment as though the mas
was about to be carried away. thpiaii
Hun Instantly eased on his vessel. ~
probably felt that had he come up 10 IN
wind and met It's full strength WIN M
club topsail going, the entire uppel
o,tat would have been carried away
So he eased off to ind out what rea
damage had been done He discovered
that the topmnst had been sprung.
The Defender had. In good seaman
ship style. held up the red protes
flag, when Valkyrie's boom Interfere
so much with her progress. Sun sh
went on her Journey very much worste'
nv the collision. but still gaining, Ate
crossing the line she came around y
about a minute and a half before tacl
and saggcd to leeward so far beeaus
az Captain Huns apprehension tina
her upper starboard rigging would no
hold good many people SAID tina
she was out OF the race, that she ha'
given It up Others who knew bette
remarked that the Defender peopl
would be towards 81 they dropped gu
before they got a decision from IN
committee In charge. and II prove'
that they were right.
Defender was out to race, even
though cripple, and she went on as
cripple. and did so well that n
fastest yacht IN Europe could onl!
beat the crippled American over I
thirty lmile triangular course by :
seconds.
After The yachts came about TO III
port tack soon after crossing the line
Valkyrie was a good eighth Of mil
to the windward and several length
ahead As they stood away on the por
tack the wind increased 10 eight or MIN
miles an hour. During that tack Val
lyrie plainly outfooted and outpolnte'
the Defender who did not care to rui
10 any sail on the jib topsail. At il.2
Defender came about TO atarbOard
Vaikyrie followed as promptly a
though she had been racing with
fellow wei met on tnis iacki.De
fender pointed up very well and wen
very fast. but Valkyrle did better i
both points OF sailing They onf.
stood away ON this tack for about nv
minutes, when they came around 10
gether. All the time Nalkyiie wa