The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-09-13
AMERICAN BOAT Wins .
Defender Defeats Valkyrie
in the First Race.
q, Easy Victory that Yankee Rae
l., Men Are Confident that the
Americas Cup Will Remain Here
for at Least Another Year-Lord
nuprayen Makes No Complaint.


Now York. Sept. THE first of the
..r;es of the international yacht races
,..ween the American champion, the
nsiender. and the English competitor,
,he valkyrie, for the possession of the
Imerica's cup, was sailed over the
X.w York Yacht clubs course at Sandy
Took in a dense fog, and resulted in
..rv decided victory for the Yankee.
shortly after the yachts started, the
vaIkyrie at 10 90. 46 and the Defender at
d 90 So they were lost to sight of the
rsctators owing to the dense fog which
rsssed upon the sea, and to obtain any
la of the relative positions of the yachts
vas impossible. In fact, those who re-
NAMED in the city knew more about the
,ace than those nearer the scene, because
iof the numerous press tugs sent out by
the news agencies, which followed the
racers and brought the news every few
minutes to the cable and telegraph of
Aces established at various points and on
steamships anchored in the open sea. A
few seconds before -. 40 o'clock the De-
fender went about on the port tack, and
the valkyrie speedily followed her,
,Gghtly in the lead. Then, at 1.12
clock, the Valkyrie went back to the
rsrboard tack, heading to the northeast,
E followed by the Defender, which was
still astern of the British yacht. And
then came a move that thrilled all those
who managed to catch glimpse of it
through the mist. Lord Dunraven's s
yacht attempted to pass across the De-
fender's bows but did not succeed, which
showed that the American competitor
had gained at least the four seconds
which the Valkyrie had in her favor at
the start. 1t was at /. 40 o'clock that the
|valkyrie gave up the effort to cross the
/ Defenders bows, and half a minute later
The Defender splitta cks with her.
At 1:53 the Valkyrie came about to
follow on Defenders quarter. The
Yankee was now the one to try to see
what could be done in the way of cross
ling bows. The two racers stood toward
each other until the Valkyrie, by going
|ibout, avoided what otherwise would
have been inevitable. The Defender was
|srly in the lead and would have crossed
Fhs Valkyrie's bow in a few seconds
pore. After splitting tacks again at
57 o'clock, the boats stood apart until
o'clock sharp, when the Defender once
pre- came to the starboard tack, and
Is they held on until able to turn the
kt stake. At 3 o'clock, when the turn
hg stake was fairly in view, the Yankee
Fss on the Englishman's weather bow
lld fully quarter of a mile in the lead
[he Defender tackled first, at 3:32, when
be took in her jib-topsail preparatory
setting the big balloon jib in it's place
ar the run home. The Valkyrie also
lrled and set the same sails. The
Ficial time of the turn was: Defender,
S6:29; Valkyrie, 3:39:52. 1t had taken
ae Defender 3 hours, 10 minutes, 80
Econds to reach the turn and the Val
yrie minutes and 81 seconds longer.
y this time the wind had shifted to
Euthward, and, instead of run home,
was broad reach. The Defender
Radily drew away from her rival, and
lt, too, in spite of the fact that the
seze dropped as they got inshore.
they neared home and it was seen
ht the Defender was far in the lead the
lst throng of excursion craft of all de-
Fnptions made a deafening chorus of
foise with their whistles and the throngs
board them almost split their throats
+ their endeavors to make themselves
beard above the roar of the steam. Our
Poat received a royal welcome, but little
pore than that accorded to the Val
lyric wh-n she, too, crossed the mark.
4he official corrected time was: Defender,
t59;55: Valkyrie, 5:0S:44. The Defen-
Ter, being allowed 20 seconds by the
Ralkyrie, therefore won by minutes
end 40 seconds.
4 Areporter OF the United Press found
hembers of the regatta committee in
ession at the New York Yacht club at
o'clock last night. Mr.. Hyslop was
lso there in conference with them He
lemained closeted with the committee
pr some, time and shortly after his de-
arture tn lie following notice was posted
the clubs bulletin board: cat the
equest of the Earl of Dunraven and
ut tn acquiescence of Mr.. Iselin the
easurer of the New York Yacht club
esterday marked the yachts Valkyrie
nd Defender at each end of the
ead-water line. When this was done
1.-THE Erie basin yesterday the meas
sr, at the request Of the Americas
" committee, verified the measure
ats taken on Friday, which were con-
ned by the measurements taken yes
kly.