The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-11

/ TtpfdCSQ Will Z U6Dy. she also SOl a
\ balloon stay sail, but do what she would
| the cripple overhauled her in really
| ridiculous manner and gained on the
| English beat so fast that when the fin
| ISL was reached Valklris was only two
| minutes aTd eighteen seconds ahead af-
| ter having gone over the starting one
minute and two seconds ahead.
I More than one competent witness OF
| the days sport said that considering
| everything Nalky-ie was beaten worse
/ today than on Saturday Defender
gained On her on the second and third
! legs. AS a matter of fact the only time
! at which the vessel had the same sails
| was on the third leg and during that
| run Defender gained one minute and
| seventeen seconds. The few champions
| OF the English boat who had left can
not find any consolation in the achieve
nent OF their ship today.
The official time table is as follows:
Nalkyrie-Start1le 0:I3; first mark
1857 :i3: second mark 1:5S:Io: 2:55 %:
elapsed time $4,000: corrected time
3:55:es
Pefender-Start 1lc01;l5: frs, mark
;Ol 80; second mark 2:01 As; finished
2;5I:4O; elapsed time 3:5S:25; corrected
time 3:55:56
Thus it viii be seen that valkyrie wo
by one minute sixteen seconds on elaps-
ed time and after deducting 10 seconds
winch she allows Defender by 81 sec
onds.
CONSIDERING THE PROTEST
New York. Sept. le-The tug Walter
Luckenoach, with the regetta commit
tee OF the New York Yacht club. arrived
at the foot of East Twenty-Sixth street
at 7:20 o'clock tonight. s. Nicholson
Kane. chairman Of the committee when
asked in regard to the alleged foulins
OF Defender by Faikyrie said that pro-
test had been entertained and that the
regatta committee had held a conf&-
elce in regard to the matter While the
tug was on her way 10 the dock, but
that no definite conclusion had been ar
rived at After the race Commodore
Kane said the Luckenbach had gone in
to the horse shoe, where C. Oliver Ise
lin went on board and spoke 10 the
mebers Of the committee. Lord Dun
raven sent note 10 Commodore Kan,
at the same time. Commodore Kane
did not think that any conclusion in the
matter could be reached by the COM
mittee tonight, but expected il could be
definitely settled tomorrow morning
New York, Sept. 10-It was said at
the New York Ycht club tonight that
the decision on Defenders protest
would not be made until late tomorrow
hand is composed of Chester Griswold,
Nicholson Kane and Irving GrinneIl.
II was announced that the committee
would not even consider the matter to-
night but would tomorrow have meet
ing and take testimony. This notice
was posted in the rooms OF the New
York Yacht club: Defender protests
Valkyrie on the ground that she bore
down upon her before reaching the
81 VII inc foul yx-t;a
suited in the carrying away of her
spreader and the springing of her top
mast.
(Sfgned)
THE REGETTA COMMITTEE.
BRITISH COMMENT.
London, Sept 10.-The excitement to-
night over the international yacht race
off Sandy Hook is greater even than
that which prevailed on Saturday
night when the advantage which VAL
kyrie III. had over Defender at the
start had created a feeling of the Ut
most confidence that the English boat
would win and when the news of De
tenders victory was received with pro-
portionate disappointment. Though
still hopeful of a turn of fortune in
favor of Valkyrie. the London public
had reconciled themselves TO the
thought that the Americas cup would
not return to England. The anxiety
as 10 the issue of todays race was
wrought up to a fever heat by the fire.
quent issuing of extra editions o. the
evening papers giving bulletins of the
progress of the contest. The general |
joy over the victory of the Britisher |
was somewhat tempered by apprehen- |
sion lest the protest of Defender may |
yet be placed before the committee in |
such a light as to induce the aulhoriI- |
les to give the race to the American
boat or declare that the race must be
sailed again.
The morning papers very generally |
comment upon the Observation-Disclosures
contest and expressions of regret at
the fourling of Defender are common
to nearly all of them. The Graphic
says:
las sportsmen. we wish that Valky- |
rie's victory had been gained without |
the unfortunate accudent at the start. |
1t is a possibi approaching prob !
ability that however slight was the |
damage that Defender sustained, it
was sufficient to effect the result
The Daily Telegraph's comment: |
whether the fault of the collision lay |
with the English or the American ves- |
sci, one thing az least seems certain, |
that the Defender was the chief suf |
ferer. We do not envy the committee |
their task OF deciding the anxiously |
controverted issue. But one thing we |
are fortunately sure of; whichever the |
verdict is against, the respective own |
ers are sufficient sportmen TO do what /
the honor of their country demands. |
Neither side has the least desire to win |
otherwise than on its merits
The Daily News says: THE dis |
lance between the yachts at the finish |
was all too little 10 enable us TO treat |
the regetta collision by which Defend |
er suffered, as a thing Of no cOnse- |
quence.'
The Standard says: THE races that |
have been sailed throw Nttle light up !
on the respective merits Of the rival
craft. for the final result is as open as
1t was before they met II was unfor
tunate than the foul occurred, but hap |
PLY il did not affect the result In as |
much as Defender was on the port tack |
no doubt remains upon that point. as
a vessel upon the port tack always has |
10 give way"
The Chronicle SAYS: "v-e cannot |
consider it d clear win and il VIII al
ways be open % the Americans - say
that i was a fair win and we are sure
that Lord Dunraven would rather sail
il over again than 70 have that be
lisvet By the western world. Line tor
line. despite the accident. Defender
showed herself - be the faster boat
The Times IN Its comments on the
race says: Every body wifi deeply |
regret tho accident. Whatever D. the
technica.ities Of the matter. The ac-
counts seem 70 show that Defender
sailed n a Y Jre OF less crippled con
dit.o1. The victory Therefore. award
Cd VII not be one upon wHica we can !
look With satisfaction. II 10 Uashap |
had occurred tae situation would have
fsaa- zi-r.c=f Ideal f-ur7 The star irgosrtt I