The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-06
VALKYRIE A WINNER
The Cup Challenger Leaves
the Britannia and Allsa
Far Behind.
TURNS AS IF FIXED ON A PIVOT
The Advantages of the Peculiar
Keel Clearly Proyen-Twenty
Raters Race Protested.
TURNS AS IF FIXED ON A PIVOT
Bu Cable to the United Press.

! the great CulltIS, dlhS iiC AiA-s iAees1A
MIA and Ailsa, battle today over the
course of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club
| for her Majesty's cup. valued at 100
lguineas. The sky was cloudless and there
was gentle breeze from the south,
making the first leg of the contest, from
! the club house off Hunters Quay, to a
mark boat off Skelmerlie, distance seven
miles dead to windward work. The ap-
pearance of the yachts at the starting
| point evoked much enthusiastic admir-
alton from the immense assemblage.
| Each racer had out her largest club top
| sail, or jack yarder as it is known here
| The starting gun was fired at 10:30 The
| Ailsa and Britannia. in their ambition to
get the weather berth, crossed the line
| prematurely and were recalled. The Val
| kyrie got away at 1090:50. Her owner
! wishing to have fair race hove to and
waited for the other yachts to catch up.
They ran back to the line and recrossed
| thus:-Ailsa, 10:32:45: Britannia, 10:33:25.
| The Valkyrie carried her mighty spread
of canvass well, and pointed somewhat
| higher than her competitors. She turned
| on her heel like a ballet dancer, quicker
| in stays than either the Britannia or
| Ailsa, which are swift in going about.
| The breeze freshened on the beat to
| Skelrnorlie and the graceful trio hauled
| to their tasks. The Valkyrie had an
| easy victory in the weather work round
| ing the Skelmorie mark five minutes and
| six seconds ahead of the Atlsa and lead
| ing the Britannia by six minutes and
| thirty-five seconds. Time:-Valkyrie, H.
| 1886; Brittania, 11;45-01; Alisa, 11:46-30.
AILsA BETTER IN REACHING.
| 1t was a broad reach, with the wind
1 Iya1r oN,s1tn
to the mark boat off Asoog distant five
miles, The Ailsa did somewhat better
| than the cup challenger in the reaching.
| She got over the four miles IN twenty
minutes and forty-nine seconds and the
valkyrie in twenty-one minutes and one
| second. The Britannia covered the dis
| tance in twenty-one minutes and eleven
seconds Time at the Ascog mark
Valkyrie. 12:OO56; Alsa, 12:05:S0; Brit
annia, BOTH Spinnaker booms were
| lowered as the yachts rounded the AS
! cog mark and spinnakers were broken
| cut as the racers glided across the
! eleven mile stretch of smooth sea to
Kilcreggan The wind had decreased,
| and the Valkyr.e's wealth of sal made
| her give a better account of herself than
| in any other part of the race. They
| were timed running down the wind,
halfway to Kilcreggan, thus:-Valkyrie
| 1915 :457; Ailsa, 12:46:15; Britannia, 12:4643
| AS may be seen by the figures, the
Britannia picked up good deal on the
Ailsa AS the yachts passed Cloch Light,
| two miles from Kilcreggan, the Britain
| mia was abreast of the Ailsa.
| The Valkyrie was still smoking ahead
| in the mild breeze after passing Cloch
| Lisht The Ailsa and Britannia had a
bulldog struggle for supremacy in the run
| to Kilcreggan. They looked like twin
boats until just before rounding the Kill
creggan mark Then the Britannia got
past her rival and gybed around the
mark five seconds ahead. The Valkyre
led the Britannia around the mark by six
minutes and forty-three seconds. Time
yalkyrie, 1:1S:47; Britannia, 1850; Ailsa,
1855.
Tn the three mile run for the home
mark completing the first round, the
wind was on the port beam. The Val
kyrie covered this bit of broad reaching
in IA minutes and three seconds; the
Britannia in 10 minutes and 20 seconds,
and the Ailsa in 21 minutes and 13 sec
onds. The quicker time of the Valkyrie
between Kilcreggan and the home mark
is not as significant as it might have
been if the wind had not moderated,
and thus somewhat handicapped the
yachts astern. Time at finish of first
| ound:-Valkyrie, 1:32:5o; Britannia,
1:A:5s; Ailsa, 1:46:46.
The boats finished ina. coed breeze
| in this order: Valkyrie, :431:10; Brittania,
| 4:49:3e; Ailsa, 4:2057
RACE OF SMALL RATERS.
| The small raters struggled for money
| prizes and glory over practically the
| same course they covered yesterday,
| from Hunters Quay to and around
| f1agboat off Inverkip and the Powder
| Buoy off Greenock and home; twice
around. The yachts got off in this order:
| Dakotah. 1100:12; Eucharis, 1:00:20; Ma
gara,, 11.00:2S; Zinta, 1:G1:05. They fin
shed the first round as follows: Ma
CARA, 1:15:40; Zinta, 1:16:10 Eucharis,
1.16:42. The Zinta flew protest en-
sign at the home mark, and the Niagara
abandoned the race.
The wind was very favorable to the
Cornell men, blowing directly against
their backs. They began at a stroke of
forty-six to the minute and at no time
got below forty-four. They reached
Fawley Court in 3 minutes and 27 sec
onds and covered the course IN 7 minutes
and seconds.
The Leander Boat Clubs eight also
rowed, but the wind had fallen by the
time they got out They passed Fawley
Court in minutes and 80 seconds, but
their time for the full course was
minutes and Z seconds.
The time made by the Thames Rowing
Club was minutes and 30 seconds to
Fawley Court and Z minutes and IA sec
onds for the full course.
F. A. Thompson sculled to Fawley
Court tn 4 minutes and u seconds.
The Argonauts four also took a hard
pull over the full course.
The places in the eight-oared race for
the Grand Challenge Cup were drawn
for this afternoon. The Cornell crew
will row IN heat &C." their competitors