Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-11
VALKYRIENFIRST
But the Race Sheds No Glory No
the Britisher.
YANKEE, CRIPPLED AT THE start,

Still Makes a Gallant Fight and Is Only
Beaten by One Minute and Sixteen Sec
onds Actual Time, with Dunrayeu's Boat
Carrying the Most Sail on All but the
Last Leg of the COurse-DescriptiOn Of
the Second Cup Race.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1l.-Crippled, but
still heeling far over in her strength and
swiftncss, the Defender followed the Val
kyrie across the finish line. Less than a
mile separated the two, and anxious eyes
kept pace, second by second, with the time
indicators as they moved around, and when
il was seen that the American defender
had not only lost nothing in the last 20
miles of the course, but had actually
gained, great shout went up for the gal.
liant struggle the vessel had made. There
were cheers for the victor, too, but al
lenger since n to lead over the home line,
the honor of her performance was lost
sight of for the time in the grand effort of
the American.
4 Competition in Seamanship.
The crippling was done during the
jockeying for position always INDUCED in
by yachts behind the starting line and it is
in this jockcying that the most skillful
handling Of the yachts is shown-and these
two have been revelations in the way of
handling Accidents during this jockey
ing are sometimes inevitable, and that
was the case this time. The yachts circlcd
in great rings about the lightship until
the signals went up for the course, and
then the shippers took a lighter grip on
the wheel. Captain Hank Half had made
| % record in seamanship on saturday, and
the English skipper prepared to regain the
fame which had preceded him. They
maneuvcred swiftly after the preparatory
gun had been fired and with the Nalkyrie
to the windward Captain Half made every
effort to gain that position. Just before
reaching the line the Nalkyrie was still to
windward and the Defender to leeward IL
length astern. The American boat was
| blanketcd 50 much that her baby jib-t top
sail and jib shook.
How the Collision Occurred.
Captain Half seeing this lutfcd up lit
tie, evidently intending to let the other
| boat go ahead for the purpose of enabling
him To pass under her stern and 10 wind
ward Captain Sycamore at the Nalky-
ric's tillcr noted this move and luffcd up
also II was then that the thousands of
watchers on the surrounding boats no
ticcd how dangerously close TO each other
the racers were. And just at that mo
mcnt, too. II snap and Il rending sound
was heard, and II was seen that the De
tenders jib topsail WAS flying loose in the
wind. The Naikyrie's main boom had
swung around and foulcd the Defender
| rigging. The Defenders topmast bent,
and her topSail swung over as though it
would break away.
UGTticts Into n safe Position.
Captain Iiaff took his boat dows to leo
ward then, and crossed the line Il minute
| later than the Nulliyrie, which had gained
II good lead by this Unexpectedly over
| half mile ahead. She increased in the
beat to windward of ten miles to some
thing less than four minutes, which would,
dcducting her lead over the time which is
deducted in the official time, be something
less than three minutes i'll actual lead at
the first mark. From that on, however,
| the Defender. while not perccptibly closing
| the gap between them. lcSsCncd the time,
| and they crossed the line not much more
| than two minutes apart. The Nalkyric, ac-
| corIiing to corrected time. however, wins
| from the c,p defender by inst ~ seconds