Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-08
DEFENDER WON UI.I,1sHI>[!ASE.
The Englis' -, 80 as outolassed and
& JutSailGd
In Weather, Which All Agreed
Was the Very Kind She Needed
to Make Her Best Tiae-The
American Yacht Has Over Eight
Minutes to Spare.

| 14AuJ6S 10 opdIS.
New York, September THE Amer
lean boat, Defender, won to-day's race
by eight minutes.
The official time table is as follows:
Defender Start, 12:2O:5O; outer
mark, s:S6:29; finish, 5:2114; elapsed
5:OO:24; corrected, 1896.
valkyrie-start. 12;2O:46; outer
mark, 8:3S:52; finish. 5:29:8O; elapsed,
5:oS4+; corrected, 5:OS:44.
New York. September defender
won her name in truly American fash
ion to-day finishing far ahead OF the
English challenger, Valkyrie H., and
/ giving every evidence of out-classing
The Duurayen boat in almost any kind
/ of weather. There were strange feat
/ ures connected with the race for the
/ Americas cup. not the least being the
general doubt expressed during the
| first fourteen miles of the course as TO
/ which boat was In the lead. 1t was nip
and tuck from the first gun signal un-
| til within q short distance of the mark,
and then Defender caught the breeze,
and to the delight OF thousands, simp-
/ ly sailed away from her rival. From
/ that moment she went out. increasing
I her lead to the end. and winning by
/ The surprising margin o. eight minutes
and fOrtv-nine seconds. Such work
MS this. i'm what is denominated Val
kvrie weather is calculated 20 satisfy
/ the yacht sharps of this side OF the
water to their hearts content and TO
/ lend fear 20 the minds OF those who
have hoped for a reversal OF Amer
I lean form, and the winning OF the cup
/ by the Euglishmen.
A-eght a. H.. both Defender and Val
+ kyrie lay peacefully al anchor, within
the horseshoe, at Sandy Hook. They
/ had spent the night there. close TO each
other. and guarded as carefully as chill
dren by their mothers. Az $50 a. m,
there were little signs Of life on board,
/ bur % few minutes later, all was astir
and hustle.
The big main-sailS were hOisted on
each. and the visitor was first under
way in charge Of her tender followed
soon 10y the American.
The start was off Seabright N. j.,
some miles from the hghtship. When
the siugle-stickers drew up TO the stake
/ boat. q great fleet was in waiting. and,
/ strung fer miles behind, came the rear
/ guard. apparently in number, and end
/ less i'm variety. The smoke Of the great
city seemed 10 rise from their midst
| and when all had gathered in that
/ ver-t1-be-forgOtten circle about the
! starting line. iJ was a floating city, in
. deed. rolling and swaying under The in
visible strength OF Che ocean. A forest
Of spars. and o deep wall Of smoke was
/ the back-ground. and in the centre of
. the picture We're too narrow, seemingly
/ fragile boats standing mp above the
. others. clad I'm white. deckad only with
/ swiftly moving figures, and even in the
/ light breeze. sk.mming over the waves
! like beings endowed with life and
beauty.
The preparatory gun found both boats
/ long waiting for Ii was considerably
after the set time when it was fired.
There was some very pretty manOuv-
{ erine for position about the line. Ii
/ was 12.10 when the preparatory gun
was fired Immediately the yachts
with club topslils, fore-stay sails and
/ ji5s set began to jockey for the most
/ favorable position.
They made no short tcks i'm this
/ business and when it came near the
/ expiration of the ten minutes that they
were allowed they were TO the west
ward and nOrJhward OF the line both
heading for it. Nalkyrie was in the
/ lead and crossed the line IT 1920, the
/ wind blowing about five miles an hour.
The weather was pretty nearly that
/ described as most fitting for Valkyrie.
/ The challenger slipped through the
/ water beautifully. throwing some spray
from her bows but sliding ahead faster
/ than the Defender
Both yachts were handled in the most
/ admirable manner V3lkyrie cOntinu-
/ cd TO gain advantage and Defender was
! held up very close 10 the wind. and by
| SO doing became blanketed Now the
/ breeze freshened to about seven miles
an hour. The Defender with her sails
/ chock full of wind went ahead very
| fast. but she was not better than an
eighth of a mile TO the leeward.
Defenders canvass was bulging out
and she was sailing away front her rival
amid The cheers Of her thousands of
stauuch admirers and supporters. She
was almost three minutes and a half
ahead at the turning stake. On the
run home they broke out balloon jibs.
I but Valhyrie's did not seem to fit so
well as that on Defender.
AT 800 it was estimated that the
/ Yankee boat was three lengths ahead,
and well to windward at that
The few champions of Nalkyrie who
were left said that their boat would
overhaul Defender on the broad reach
home But she did not. The same
sails were held on both ships all the
way TO the finish line while the wind
gradually dropped to its original
strength of about five miles an hour.
Tn an the reaches Defender continu>
ouslv increased her lead over Nalkyrie
and finished eight minutes and forty
nine seconds ahead of her.
All experts agree the Defender is the
fastest machine for her purpose that
the world ever saw.
LONG LOST INDICTMENTS.
New York. September Nearly two
thousand forgotten indictments for
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