Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-09-10
IT is HORSE And HORSE.
The Valkyrie Wins in the Yacht
Race To-day by Forty
Seconds.
FOUL CLAIMED BY The DEFENDER
Remarkable Race in Detail from Diff
ferent Standpoints-Protest of De-
fender at the Start-Questions
for the Judges to Settle.

Highlands, Sept. 1O.-The Britishers
not discouraged by the defeat which thei
yacht met with on Saturday, have shifted
some of the valkyrle's ballast from af
forward, at the suggestion of George L
Watson, her designer, and given her good
trial spin and they confidently expected
her to show up in better form to-day.
Real so-called Valkyrie weather pre-.
vailed off the kook this morning. A
smooth sea and light air, but no patriotic
American doubted the Defenders ability
to make it "three straight"
David Henderson, of the Anchor line,
represents Lord Dunraven on board the
Defender to-day and Joseph R. Rusk,
owner of the sloop yacht Mischief, who
defended the American cup against the
Canadian sloop Atlanta, challenger in
1879, represents Americas cup committee
on the Valkyrie.
To.day's race will be around triangle
ten miles to leg, thirty miles in all,
starting from the Sandy Hook light ship
and with the first leg beat if possible.
RIVAL YACHTS START.
Highlands, 10 a. m.,-The. preparatory
signal has been fired. The first leg of the
triangular will be direct south, the second
northeast by east an6 the third north
west by west half way.
1922 a. m.-The Defender is sailing a
great race and has gained over an eighth
of mile in the last ten minutes. She is
constantly eating through the lea of the
Valkyrie.
11:50 a. m.-The yachts have got away.
The Valkyrie crossed the line at 1l:OO:45,
bat the Defender, before crossing, carried
away her top mast. Ths American yacht
raised protest flag.
1850 a. m.--Both yachts are how pass
ing the Highlands and holding along
shore as the wind has shifted trifle to
the eastward. The Valkyrie is gaining a
little, but the wind is not over six miles
an hour.
Long Branch, 11:5O a. m.-The yachts
have come in view off this place and are
standing down this way. They are tack
ing freq quently. No stake boat has ar
rived yet.
DEFENDER GAINING ON vALKYRIE.
Highlands, 1921 p. m.-The Valkyrie has
lust come about on the starboard tack, and
the Defender Immediately followed suit,
directly in her wake. She was walking by
the valkyrie just before the two boats
tackled.
The Defender is now only quarter of
a mile behind. She is directly in line
with the valkyrie and is closing up the
oap and going through the water at a
great rate. The yachts are both in line
from this point. A Defender gain can
easily be seen.
1858 .. m.--The Defender is only a
short distance behind the ValkYrie and is
certainly out-footng her.
The wind has freshened recently and
the American yacht has sailed wonder
fully fast during the last ten minutes.
Long Branch, 1890 p. m.-The stake
boat has taken up position OF this
shore. The Valkyrie has been leading the
Defender, but the latter seems to have
crept up somewhat and now appears to
head the English yacht.
Highlands, 12:43 p. m.-The Defender
is now fairly out pointing the Valkyrie
and is directly in her wake and only
about quarter of mile astern.
HAVE SAILED ABOUT EIGHT MILES.
The yachts have sailed about eight
miles of the first leg of the course, and
when they tack again should be able to
weather the first mark of Long Branch.
1850 o. NIT seems as if the Defender
is constantly decreasing the gap between
herself and the Valkyrie and the latter
can not be much in the lead.
| According the time taken here, the
Valkyrle rounded the first mark at
12:5S.15 and the Defender at 1;02.0b.
Scotland L,ghtshlp.-Timeo of rounding
the first stake boat as taken here: Valkyrie
12:57:3O; Defender 1:00:50.
| Highland, 2:11 p. m.-The excursion
feet Is heading for the lightship, whicf
seems to show that the yachts have round
ed the second mark.
2:16 p. m.-Ons of the yachts seems tc
have lead of over mile and 1t looks
like the Valkyrie.
APPEAR A HALF MILE APART.
Rockaway, 2:2O p. m.--The big sloop'
appear to be half mile apart. Peopi'
here think that the Defender is ahead.
Highlands, $50 p. m.-Both boats car
now be seen from here and there seems tt
be no doubt that the Valkyrie is leading
by mile.
1886 D. m.-The excursion feet ha
gathered around the lightship and tn
Valkyrie is expected to finish winner be
fore O'Clock.
2:36 D. m.-The valkyrie does not seen
tn increase her lead over the Defende
and the excursion feet is keeping bacl
to give tho American yacht chance.
.3:14.--It is estimated that the yacht
have now about three miles more to sal
10 cross the finish line. Although tn
Valkvrie is ahead, the Defender is layinl
we'll down to her work and giving tn
Britisher hot race.
yALKysrR WINS BY TWO MINUTES.
1858 D. m.-The valkyrie wins b.
two minutes and eleven seconds, elapse
time, unofficial.
4 By careful figuring on the basis OF OF
Acial time, the valkyrie wins by fort
seconds corrected time and subject to tn
protest entered at the beginning OF tn
race.
The Defender raised protest flag Q
the start. Her jib sheet parted and tn
Happins Of her sails seemed to shake til
tor mast stay out of the spreader an
caused the top mast to spring.
The Defender claimed that the acciden
occurred before the starting signal wa
O;ven. INIT the committee did not allow i
ON BOARD BENNErT-MACKAy.
11:1O a. m.--The Defender claims tha
the Valkyrie violated the racing rules b