The record-union., 1895-08-19

lowing lleUl Il lllOtuolt ldtDE Dy Il PRIV aus
signal. Then Mr.. Glennie waved well
come with his arms and shouted through
the megaphone, How are you? Are
you all we'll ?" Captain Cranlield came
on deck and shouted back, "Y es, sir: we
are all WE'LL"
The White Star tug Louis Culver then
Joined the fleet, and there was general
serenade oil steam whistles. This was re-
peated when the Valkyrie passed the
Sandy Hook lightsbip. Coming up the
bay to quarantine there were repeated
Salutes.
A SHIPPERS OPINION OF THE CRAFT.
GLOUCESTER (Mass.), Aug. lS.-Captain
w. \. Wells of the schooner Helen q.
Wells. which arrived from Grand Banks
to-day. reports that at Z 4. ". on August
10Th, when thlrty-six miles south and
east of Cape Race, lie passed within short
distance OF the British yacht Falkyrle
yesterday. The Wells kept company
| with the Valkyrie most of the day, but
did not speak her, IS she displayed no
signals to be reported.
Captain Wells thought the Naikyre
was under small sail in comparison with
her great hull. She had mainsail. small
jib and driver set, and under this short
canvas sailed very fast. His vessel is Of
the latest design. and one of the fastest of
! the fishing fleet, but under full sail
J
to keep up with the yacht. When the
| Valkyrie tackled and hauled by the wind
the breeze was quite stiff and the sea
| lumpy, but Captain Wells noticed that
she stood up remarkably well and easily
went through the sea. she did not ap
pear to have sustained any damage.
Captain Wells, who has sailed all kinds
of vessels, pronOuuCes the Nalkyrie the
most beautiful craft he ever saw, and he
would select her as the winner in any
race, although he hopes the Defender
may win,
HER OWNERS COMING TO AMERICA.
LONDON. Aug. 18.-Lord Dunrayen. the
head OF the syndicate which built the
Nalkyrie, his daughters, Ladies Rachael
and Aileen, and Mr.. W atson, the designer
OF the NalkyTie, will sail for New York
Oh the IeUtonic, which leaves Liverpool
on " ednesday. Lord Alfred Paget will
be passenger on the Same steamer, and
perhaps the Duchess of Marlborough Will
go to New ork on her. j. Il. Robinson,
u third owner OF the Nalkyrle, will sail
on the Teutonic also.
During the past fortnight Lord Dunra-
ven has been at Cowes, watching the per-
lormance OF his twenty-rater. the Audrey.
the first yacht built from his own designs.
lie frequently sailed for himself, and was
generally Interested in her racing. Lord
DunraVen spent much time at the Royal
acht Squadron Castle, where the Nalky-
rle- Defender matches were constantly
discussed. Lord Dunraven is reticens
when questioned by newspaper men as to
tho chances of the new boat; in fact, he
has uniformly declined to be interviewed
on the subject, but lie talks freely at the
quarters of the Royal Yacht Squadron,
always expressing confidence IN the
Nalkyrle.
Your correspondent has been able,
with the taciJ sanction of Lord Dun
raven, TO learn his opinions and feeling
through friends who are in Lord Dun
ravens full confidence. Upon arriving
in New York, he will lose no time in
getting the Nalkyrie into racing trim.
There will be absolutely no cnange made
in her, except possibly her weights will
be altered so as 10 bring her load water
length to eight-nine and one-half or
eighty-nine feet. Three weeks practice
by the crew under the conditions pre-
vslling in American waters will make
make them familiar with the conditions
by Septem ber l4th.
The Nalkyrie has no center board or
other secret contrivance whatever. There
IS no difference between her and the VAL
kyrle H., except as TO her lines and sails
Lord Dunraven long ago determined
he would, il it were possible. bring the
Americas cup back to England. Should
I6 4diI III lis dJl6l1 pb LQlS year H9
will certainly repeat his efforts He
has always believed that had his chal-
lenge III 1889 with the Valkyrie l. not
fallen through, he would have won the
CUP with her.
In regard to the Valkyrie IL, Lord
Dunraven was never sanguine. He con-
sldered her more OF an experiment than
anything else. Until the time she started
for America the NaIkyrie IL was un-
doubtedly the best boat in England. She
won eleven first prizes from the Britain
MIA, while the latter won only six from
her. The Vlgilant beat the Valkyrle II.
in every race in America, and then when
the Nigilant came TO England she was
defeated eleven times by the Britannia
and defeated the Britannia four times.
Lord Dunraven's and Mr.. Watson's
studies of the race in America in 1893
showed that English yachts are best sail
ing III English and American yachts in
American yachts. The contest between
the Vallkyrie II, and Vigilantin 1893. and
between the Vigiiant and Britannia in
1894. cOnciuslvely demonstrated this, and
convinced Lord Dunraven that to win
the cup yacht must be built expressly
for American waters. He clung tena-
ciOusly to this idea, and impressed his
Intimate friends with the contention that
the atmospheric Interierences aud the
qualities OF the winds in the two couu-
tries are entirely dissimiiar. This ia the
reason that led Lord Dunraven to order
MIR. Watson to make the Valkyrie more
tender than her predecessors, with the
special Wow to obtain speed in light
winds. Under this condition Lord Dun
raven was Dot disappointed when the
Britannia beRt the NaIkyrie III. in the
Clyde races. the details of these races
proving that in light wind the Valkyrie
ran away from the Britannia and Ailsa
while in heavy winds the two latter beat
the former.
Lord Dunraven is sure that the Val
kyrie III. is better fitted for racing in
American waters than any British yacht
OF her class or any other class that ever
sought the cup. He does not think that
the close similarity in the form of the
two yachts detracts from the interna-
tiOnai character of the contest Zach
country tries to build boats that will win.
The great advance that has taken place
in yachts is. Lord Dunraven holde, due
to choosing the best features of the vari-
Gus designs
After the races in 1898 Lord Dunraven
asked Mr.. Watson if he thought it
would be we'll TO build center board
boat the next time. Mr.. Watson saw no
advantage in this and said so, Lord
Dnnraven then decided tosbuild boat,
not to beat English boats, but solely to
whip the Americans. This led to ques-
tions as to the future OF the Nalkyrie, as
she is not adapted TO sailing at Cowes or
for the weather of the English coast.
Lord Dunraven Will bring her back,
whether she wins or not, and will have
her altered TO meet the differeuces be-
tween English and American waters. If
she should win the cup, Lord Dunraven
viii try to make her capable Of defending
it. he thinks the Americans would find
it equally difficult in any attempt to re-
gain the cup to build boat to race in
English waters as the English have found
1t to build one. This, he claims, was
fully demonstrated by the Vig:lanps per.