Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-12
DEFENDERS RACE.
Regatta Committee Says the
valkyrie Was Wrong.
DUERAvEN AND FRIENDS P1QuED,


but the Britis;,er Has Stripped for the
Next Notwithstanding Interest in
This Years Cup Races-what Is Thought
of the Dccision-A Pretty Story That Is
Fairy Story.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The regatta com
mittee of the New York Yacht club has
Sustained the protest made by the De
fender in Tuesdays race. An official
statement is made that before arriving at
n decision the committee endeavored to
bring about mutual agreement between
the respective yachts to resail the race,
but each preferred that the committee
should pass judgment on the protest The
letter sustaining the Defenders protest is
addressed to c. Oliver Iselin, and is as
follows:
DEAR Strive beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of yesterday, pro-
| testing Valkyrie. We have given the
matter our careful consideration and be-
lieve that the foul occurred through the
characterization of the distance between the
two yachts at II critical moment. From
our observation, sustained by that of
| Others who Were in good position to see,
| we find that the Nalkyric. in contraven-
down upon the Defender and foulcd her
| by the swing of her main boom when
| luffing to stri,il,lien her course We also
| consider the Defender allowed the Val
| kyrie sufficient room to win,kyard to pass
| clear of the committee boat. Your pro
| test is therefore sustained"
The Sustaining OF the protest gives the
| race to the Defender.
The racing rule the regatta committee
| referred to in its decision rcads: "a yacht
| shall nOt bear away out OF her course SO as
| to hinder another in taeking to lccwaru."
| Never Was so Much Excitement.
The yacht races for the Americas cup
| of 1895 will remain in history as the
post exciting that ever took place up to
| This date. Not That the capabilities of the
boats have been so evenly matched as in
some other races, such Us the second race
Of the Puritan and Gcnesta series and the
third between the Vigilant and Valkyric
ii, but in the enthusiasm which has pre-
vailed among the people from the very
time that the match WAS made At no
time since Valllyrie arrived in this coun-
try has the excitement approached the de-
gree to which it rose yesterday, excepting
| the times when the winner has crossed the
| finish line, or rounded "a mark, or some
thing like that, when she displayed her
superiority actually In race. The I'M
fortunate collision and its attendant Incl
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'p'"n' ''','' .''' nv. ".'n
| Ehshshheh 4 eel i'a'A'y Areated'
Everybody was anxious to know what
| the regatta committee of the New York
1acht ciup Wouiu 90 ABOUT the Dclehuer
protest ana having learned That the de-
cision was in the Defenders favor, they
| VIZ IuF'ier s'irreu up ny airport ohiio
horu Duhra~eh' CONSIDERING that ne had
oes'n uhJCsuF tfeateo' h;:d determined TO
Withdraw MS nea' ana go nome WITHOUT
ahoeher race. lhi' was, however. ns-
men. OIL inc Drain Oh somepouy. but that
| thc EhGlish part! hoiuS thc sincere cpln-
ION tha' IL mas pcen paoi9 treated there
| can ps no oouot. l-oru iythfaVcn lrlcnus
ana aefvisers on the city OF BrdSeport,
| the Nalkyries tender, were all curt i'll
manner ana reserved IN words.
| opinions on the Decision.
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