New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
YACHT CRAZE AT UIGH PITCH.
CROWDS At THE HOTELS BUBBLING OVER
WITH ENTHUSIASM

PARoprLs on POPULAR SONGS HELP TO EXPRESS
JOY AT THE REsrLT-LIrTLE CHANCE
FOR BETTING NOW
The town was yachting crazy last night. Any
body that did not wear clothes that smacked
OF the sea and interpolate nautical terms In his
talk was not In 1t for moment The big hotels
uptown were packed with enthusiasts. and the
spirits Of the crowds fairly dubbed over The
glorious victory Of the Defender was told and
retold. and II there were any Engshmen in he
city they kept very quiet. To use the words Il a
nc culiarly vvacious youngster at the Wald ,rf. u
seemed like rubbing II IN 10 celebrate when so
many Englshmen were In the city, but tire
crowd could not help IT. and 1t was night OF
joy With the day one that was conceded as
being favorable to the Valkyrie's chances, and
everything seeming TO have been directly made
for the English flyer. and then to have Ter
beaten so badly. was enough to waken the Ut
most enthusiasm Of Americans, ana II any ~ e
had tried to argue last night that the English
boat had chance in any OF the races TO .ome
his voice would have been drowned In Il iorren,
OF objections.
RETURNING FROM THE RACE.
It was ra her late in the evening when TIE
crowds began to get back from the race. Such
a wet and bedra ggled lot az they were, too. Tut
the word happy" hardly expresses th.ir ieel-
Ings Not one-tenth of all that went down Tie
Bay saw the slightest part OF the race owing
10 the fog and other unfavorable CONDITIONS, but
every one knew that the Defender had won ana
that was balm for not seeing the race. NO one
could talk coherenty about the race ior 'he
reason that none had seen IT, but each me was
Just bubbllng over to tell what great victory
II was 1t was about o'clock when me f'op'e
off ,be excursion boats began to appear TT the
hotels Nearly every one wore vach'''g cap
and carried field glass. The women we're
dressed In duck yachting suits wet. to he sure
aud stray hats with gilt letters emblazonirg the
name Of some craft They had no co'hp'a''' W
mako about the dscomforts Of the iay end
were n unit In declaring that 1t was perie'ty
glorious" ....,. r,,,, ,torrt.a
Tho waldorf the Brunswlck tho Firth Av"nae,
tho Hoffman House an1 the Imperial were the
ho,els where the greatest excitement WA Del
monico's caught n large percentage ~ tho tray
,lie,. and even that rtad old restaurant was
,no,e lively thnn usual especially over III 'h'
mems cafe where tho h'nl'h ana luek of inc po'
fender were toasted over and over again ~
the Waldorf the big corridor was pnoh'" WIN
ueople Every one aeemei happy "h'n W.
ouiry was made for the Duke 81 Maflpof""B" u
WAS said that he was somewhere out on '"e
ocean with John Jacob Aston on MS yach'' 'he
Nourmahal Lord Fitzgerald ana the DUKE o'
Alba were likewise missing The Americans
had fri sway, and for once spirit OF co"''aue
ship seemed to have wiped away the severe con-
ventionelit.es that usually prevail. Ihe orches-
fra was on hand 10 lend music to the occasion
The orchestra. catching the spirit OF the even
ing. played Columbia. the Gem OF the ocea"'
and many joined In the chorus 1his was SUI
nassed. however. by group In the cafe, who
- an narody upon the popular song OF
"Only One Girl In the World for Me Wheh
the orchestra played the air the group sang as
the chorus.