The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-10
OFF AGAIN TO-DAY
BUT yALKYRIE AND VIGILANI.
IT'S FEARED WILL HAVE
SATURDAYS WEATHER.
THE TALENT HOPING FOR 4 BLOW.

Pail Mail Gazette Says She is Too
Fussy--John Bull Groans IN Spirit,
and Finds Small Comfort in tie Re-
suit for EDgli~h Yaehtsmen--sun-
DAYS Account as Given by the As
sociated Press.
New YORK. Sept. 9.-The chief discus
sion among yachtsmen to day was the
weather for to morrow. All hoped for
a good brsez3 for the triangular race so
as to try the yachts in conditions as dlt-
ferent as possible from those OF Satur-
day. The weather bureau, however,
held out small hopes, the prognostlca
tion being for fair weather with light to
fresh winds, generally southeasterly
winds, and slightly cooler. There were
no signs Of winds from westward ana
the indications were for about the same
conditions as on Saturday, except that
there will be less sea.
Valkyrie stock was decidedly down to
dav and few could be found to venture
an opinion that the boat would succeed
in getting even one of the races. 1t was
thought that with smooth water, how
ever, the British yacht might do better,
but that the difference between her and
Defender was TOO great to be overcome
Not only the followers Of the challenger,
but those who have pinned their faith on
the Defender are anxious for blow.
James G. Bergen, rear commodore OF
the New York Yacht Club, who Is IN
charge of the patrol feet, has Issued
another circular, in which ne mas re
auested the captains OF the various ex-
cursion boats TO be more careful tnan
they were on Saturday He draws atten-
ton to the fact that the race is TO be only
ten miles long, and that it is absolutely
necessary for the yacht to have plenty OF
room to turn.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-In reporting the
international yacht race on last Satur-
day between the Defender and Valkyrie,
the Associated Press provided itself with
all available facilities to obtain accurate
and prompt report of the movements of
the two yachts. In addition to maintain
ing special leased wire from the Nave
sink Highlands on the Jersey coast, from
which the principal observation can be
made from the land, it had special look
outs and telegraph stations at four other
points on the Jersey and Long Island
coasts, and leased wires directly connect
ing with its New York offices and had a
tug following the yachts over the course.
In addition to this it had a special
wire from the cable ship Mackay- Ben
nett, which had been brought here from
Nova Scotia by the Commercial Cable
Company to provide facilities to report the
race on the ocean at Sandy Hook Light
ship eight miles from shore, from which
point it was expected that each would
start. Owing TO the nature OF the wide
Saturdays race was started from Sea
bright on the Jersey coast, south
of Navesink Highlands, and the course
was fifteen miles to sea and return. The
land observation was only possible for a
few minutes after tie yachts started
owingt1 the haze. 1t was only from the
cable boat that it was possibleto get the
accurate movement of the yachts, as
they passed the cablesbip almost at
right angles, pointing out to sea.
The Associated Press reported the po-
sition of the two yachts, noting every
movement accurately until they were
nearing the outer stake boat, when they
began to be lost to view in thick haze.
The Valkyrie led nearly all the way to
the outer mark, and was pointing and
ont footing the Defender during the first
half o the race, which facts were veri-
fed by the official reports of the race, as
made by the experts who followed the
two yachts on the tugs.
The lead maintained by the Valkyrie
on the outward run was verified by the
representatives of the New York World,
New York Herald, New York Evening
Post, the Boston Herald and other lead
ing newspapers having representatives
on the cable boat. When the two yachts
were nearing the outer stake boat the sky
had become darkly overcast and the racers
could only be family seen. The lookout
in the rigging Of the cable boat reported
that the ValEyrie had rounded the out
er mark ahead, which proved to be an
error and vas the only inaccurate report.
When the yachts nearly completed the
first half Of the run, a tug dispatched
from the course by the New York World
arrived at the Gable boat and verified
the lead Of the Valkyrie as made by the
look ut Of the cable boat.
Ga the run home, the shadowy forms
of the yachts were only dimly outlined
and their identity could not be defined.
The Associated Press sent second tug
from lhe cable boat to the course, which
brought back the news that the Defenker
had passed Valkyrie near the stake boat
and was in the lead on the run home.
In the meantime the Associated Press
lookout at the highlands telegraphed
the fact that the Defender could be seen
through the haze as having crossed the
finiah line AS this was the intimation
that the Defender had taken the lead,
the Associated Press sought to verify
from the cable boat, and when this he'd
been done, as disclosed by the Associated
Press tug almost simultaneously at that
poiAt the result was announced.
The United Press bulietined through
out the entire IA that the Defender
was leading the Valkyrie, This was a
false and misleading statement and