New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01
TOUCHING UP THE YACHTS.
NORMAL sALUTATIoNS BETWEEN THE
RIVAL. SAILORS.

NEXT FEW DAYs-THE vIolLANT TO GO
OFT OF COMMISSION AT oNCE-RACEs
TO BEGIN NEXT SATURDAY.
Life on the racing yachts. the Valkyrie-!t is
always polite to mention the names OF visitors
first-thc Defender and the Vigiiant. was scarcely
less stirring yesterday han on the previous day.
although there no race down on the pro-
eramme The feature Of yesterdays happenings
was the dramatic situation OF the contestants III
the battles that will be begun on Saturday next
off Sandy Hook when the storm burst last night
By a peculiar combination OF circumstances the
Defep1. and the Valkyrie which may be sa'd
10 have studiously avoided each other so iar'
came face to face or, rather. stern to stern ana
there was an opportunity for an international
courtesy which, to the surprise OF those VINO
know what polished gentleman the Earl oi
Dunraven Is. was not given
II WAS a few minutes after o'clock yesterday
afternoon when the Valkyrie's crew were aston
ished. as they lay at the wharf at Erie BASIN
uniting on their new steel boom. just arrived on
The CITY of Rome, to see the white Bristol boat
coming on them under tow Of her tug. the Flint.
The Earl Of Dunraven. Arthur Glenn!e. cap
tains Cranfeld and Sycamore and MI Kersey
were on the deck Of the Valkyrie. near the wheei'
when the Flint sounded her whistle as warn
the crew were at work putting on the finishing
touches to the setting of the chailengers boom.
The Valkyrie lay at tire pier. her nose pointed
out The Defender came right In. and two MIN
utes after the crews Of the two vessels were
leaking straight at each other over the boats
sterns for the Defender in coming to tie up mad
run past the Valkyrie as she lay by few feet'
and her stern was SC TO that of the Enghsh
yacht that the Earl might have shaken hands
with Mrs lseiin, instead Of only raising MS nat
10 her as he did, had he been so minced. Mr'
Iselin returned the salutation in a oighneo put
none too cordial manner. and Messrs 1horhe
and Leeds politely raised their yachting caps IN
acknowledgment The spectators on the pief'
who by this time amounted 10 crowd OF several
hundred looked for something more pronounced,
and later on there was much criticism OF the
cold stiff meeting Of people who should have the
most friendly and chivalric feelings
. The darkening sky may have had something 10
40 with the brevity of the meeting. for thunder
storm, is not an encourager of gentle thoughts
and there was one due 10 burst In that neighpor-
hood in a short time; of that there could be no
doubt. The sailors on the two crafts ala not
look surlily at each other but how they did 'sze
each other up" the saying has 1t. The sailors
are so thoroughly in earnest about this race. and
steel booms and ramie cloth sails and other things
that II is doubtful how long the two crews would
not have remained to look a each others OUTFIT
A. that darkness spoken Of had not kept on in
creasng.
7, was too good picture 10 last. Mr.. Iselin
and his wife wanted to get away on the Flint;
,ndead thew decided not TO wait for the trans
ferrine OF the spare Herreshon mainsail to the
Flint but 10 go at once and have the Hattie
Palmer make the twenty eight-mile trip to New
Rochelle last night to bring up the mainsail ana
stretch II In Mr. Isens stables TO dry and await
repairs.
shortly afterward the Defender was hauled IN.
and the two boats lay last night stern to STERN
the Defender to go in the drydock this morning
about o'clock and the Nalkyrie 10 De to"eo o0M i
10 the Hook 1t was said on board the English
vessel that she will not be sailed to-day, lor her
commander does not want 10 be Sapoath-
breaker even to test the new steel ooom' "hich
is said TO be fully one third lighter tnan the
old one.
THE vALKYRIE's PROGRAMME
Mr. Glennie was the spokesman on the val
kyre when The Tribune reporter went on board
her late last night. Mr.. Glenne would only say
that the Valkyrie towed In before noon TO
put on the new BOOM that the reason the change
was made was because the new boom that came
over by the City Of Rome was lighter than the
old one and that the Valkyrie would have her
first trial under the new conditions on MONDAY,
returning 10 the Erie Basin on Wednesday, prob
ably, TO be thoroughly scraped and put IN racing
trim for the contest Of Saturday. MT Olennie
could not say how the Valkyrie Is sailne' pc
cause so far according to him, the Engish BOAT
has not been tested in American waters enc
has only had little spins. The changing CT 'he
boom may be taken as an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT '.idt
the Valkyre people do rot look on the Defender,
now that they have seen her SAL. as at All an
easy prey. AS Mr. Glennie remarked IT IS
hardly likely we would make any changes II we
didn't think could make her sail raster that
way"
The Defenders new boom. which was put on
by lantern light on Friday night, is fne piece
OF workmanship and Mr. lselin is said to be well
pleased with both that and with the new steel
gaf also put on after Fridays race win the
V!gilant. The Defender. which lay IN al BAY
Ridge all Friday night, was towed down TO the
Hook at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, where
she cast off the tug and went outside for SPIN;
She had Up her new ramie cloth ciup,opsaii
over her Wilson & Silsbee mainsail, and wer' on
q wing-stretching cruise around the two nt go
ships TIE wind was blowing some OF the tht
as fast as twenty miles an hour. X was '''-
ter wind and there was less sea than the s''Is
got on Friday, and the new boom and Jam
worked we'll The Defenders new boom is hard-
~ to be distinguished from her OLD wooden one
II is round and is painted light. brownish yell
low that does not allow OF ones telling reaoiiy
that 1t is not the old spar.
The Valkyrie's new boom. which the sailors
worked over till a late hour last night. Is OF the
same hexagonal shape as her other one, onIv II
As much smaller II is said to be fully = third
less In weight than the old spar
II Is now affirmed authoritatively that the De-
fender Is to go abroad next year. win or lose In
the coming contest with Valkyrie III. The De-
fender will be IT. the Boston drydock all DAY TO-
dav not coming out till tomorrow morning
parly She will have her bottom thoroughly over
looked The cup defender may now be looked
upon In the light OF a seasoned boat ana wnen
Hhe slides out into the Bay tomorrow morning
she will be In as nearly perfect trim as 1t ~
possible to put yacht.
THE vIGILANT TO GO OUT OF COMMISSION.
The vigilant which has served so good prV-
pose in the tuning up and practice work OF the
Defender. is to go out Of commission at once
Mr. Willard told The Tribune reporter yester-
day that the yacht which is row lying at Bay