The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-13
NEW WORLD.
The international Yacht Race-Thc Yam
I.ee Wins the First and Is Beaten iii
the second Only by AcCident-Ths
Cnp Here Since 1871 VIII still Remaim

the second Only by Accident-Tl
Cup Here since 1851 VIII Still Remain
The first race of series of three best in ii
between the British yacht Valkyrc II H. and Il
| Yankee Yacht Defender for the Americans Gu
the token OF the championship of the worl
was sailed Saturday outside OF sandy Hoo
| and resulted in Il victory for the Defender tn
| was in some respects the most notable Know
! III the long history of English attempts to bui
! a better yacht than the Americans could ii
| The sail was fifteen miles to windward and I
| turn and the American boat passed over II
! course in eight minutes and forty nine sccOnt
! less time than the Nalkyrie, or by distant
! measurement about two miles ahead. The da
WAS Just such a. the British boat was part!C1
! iarly fitted To improve to her best adyantag
| She was built for light and variable winds. an
| these prevailed, not blowing more than eigl
or ten miles an hour At any time. II was n,
| oyer Il lknUt breeze at first ana the Na!kNrl
led for the first half hour, but as the win
freshened the Defender forged ahead and coi
tinuCd 10 gain. In the II miles of windwal
work the Defender bca, the Nalkyrie three mil
ute, and q seconds. Running home, with tn
breeze quarerng, the Defender was four mil
utcs and 80 seconds better than the British cut
ter More than twenty thousand peopl
watched the duel. cheered its varying phase.
and broke INTO tremendous pean OF trump,
when the victorious yacht crossed the mis-
line steam added to the wild demonstration
AL its bostcrous ho1annaS.
The second race was sailed over the sam,
course Tuesday and the Nalkyric won by a mar
t,a - y" % S ,h n;,ta -
protest under consideration, and awarded tn,
race to Defender because of the foul But hc
captain says they will refuse it and offer to rui
the race again few seconds be
fore the starting gun the two yachts, panocu
wiring for the windward position, fouled eacl
other. Defenders topmast stay was carrie
away, her topmast curled over and splintered
and thereafter She was onIv n cripuic force
far to leeward ut the start and unable to carry
her usual sail nj any time in the race. Eaci
Hharseu ,nc o,ier MIN tie iaut ana pf"paPis
10 use ali The sails the Defender outrcached hcl
val for 20 miles and it was by so close a mar
gin She was beaten hat the valkyrie's victory
j. the best boat. or have much doubt how the
rest OF The race. will result.
1t was in August, ISL, thai the Yankee slool
America. built for and owned nv Comm0dort
4 j stevens of the New York Yacht Club won
the cun for the recovery of which the NHlkyric
and eight predecessor, have yaIinntlv contend
ed. The course was round the Isle of Wight
from Cowcs a distance of some thirty miles
Eighteen yachts started in the race. but The
America distauccd by seven miles her foremost
pursuer. In 1857 The cup was presented BY
Commodore stevens to the New York Yacht
club, and made a prize open to challenge hy
yachts OF all nations. The winning of the cui
"IisiIiiHiS' "hu Us au,yessiuH 1eiehse' are re
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N''' va go NJ 'N9r 'ie'7 ''i" H"i'"l''
Horrible Triple Tragedy.
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L,ir ,'nE" i wi o"IianII, i'i'
~ 9I"n n'S't' J""nT M w" pctaihe IN
iImntn,. NJ MA ",,u Ion
spectiveIy. lie stabbed them to death with !,
huge knife and then cut off their heads These
he kicked around the ground in foot bah fash
ion The alarm was given and mob pursued
, Wara' ocelhs lnat capture was inevitable
NJ 'a w '''s ~ o", ,an ~ niuS. insanity
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