Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-13
WHEELING, W. VA FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 49, 1895

that Lord Dunraved had refused TO race
unless a clear course was granted by
| the committee. So far as the committee
was concerned It seemed impossible to
do more to secure open water than it
had already done. The starting gun
went at the appointed time and almost
! at the same instant Defender crossed
the line. Valkyrie's commander had so
manoeuvered her that she was still
long way of and just a moment before
the handicap gun was fired, she, too,
crossed the line. II was evident to
/ those who had been watching the Eng
! l.sh boat that she had
NO INTENTION OF RACING
and so it proved for no sooner was the
! line crossed than he hauled to on the
starboard tack, instead Of following
| her rival out, and passed under the
| stern Of the lightship. This acton on
the part of the English boat was not
an actual surprise, for events had led
| up to it and had indicated either a de-
| termination not to race, or a strange
! and wonderful freak on the part Of the
! English seamen. A score or more Of
steamers started at once for Valkyrie.
( while half hundred steamed in the di-
rection Defender had taken. The Amer
lean boat was making good headway.
with her spinaker set, and after start
! ing at 11:20:24, rounded the first mark
at 1:26:5S, and finished at 4:O4:S6 In
the light breeze, this was particularly
| good performance and the beat to
windward was much faster than had
been anticipated, for during one part
Of that journey, the very light breeze
! seemed to die out almost entirely. But
| even in that Defender made good head
way, and when she crossed the home
| line the winner of the race and winner
Of the series. Defender in fact, as well
rs name, she was greeted with a roar
Of whistles thrice repeated and the
belching Of cannon and the cheers of
thousands for the gallant victory she
had won.
! General regret was expressed that the
series for the Americas cup begun so
I, lspic!Ously and promising such rare
contests, had ended so disastrously, for
while the question which arose as 10
the winner Of the second race might
have been passed by unheeded had a
stirring contest taken place to-day, the
withdrawal Of Lord Dunraven in the
third and perhaps deciding event. has
necessarily had q depressing effect upon
all those identified with the great
match, and Will probably have a more
serious effect IN regard to future inter-
national races.
THE RACE IN DETAIL.
At the time the yachts cast off their
lines from their respective tugs, there
was every indication that there would
be good breeze, but when they got
| down TO the outer lightship the wind
had fallen to about four or five miles
au hOur.
T lat the course would be to wind
ward or leeward and return was indi-
Gated from the committee boat at 1920
q. m, by the hOisting of the letter CO.
! and fifteen minutes later the gentle
men in charge of the race notified the
! contestants by the letters ID c G.
that the course would be outward east
by south. which meant a run before
The wind over the first half. While
the committee was signalling, the Val
kyrie was sailing around with a club
| tOp-sail. as though to notify the peo-
pie in charge of the race that she was
not satisfied with the way in which
the excursion boats had congregated
back of the starting mark.
The committee got weary of the APP
parently childish condition on the part
of Valkyrie, so at 10:55 when they saw
that this was a splendid opening for a
start, they fired a gun.
The patrol fleet of steam yachts,
seeing that Valkyrie demanded more
room than she had steamed about like
fury, ordering the excursion boats and
tugs even farther back, and making
the finest chance for a clear and even
start that ever was given for an Amer
| ica's cup race. The committee fired
the preparatory gun at lilo.
DEFENDER EASED OFF
her sheets TO the full and headed down
the line. a beautiful picture, and shook
out her spinmaker and balloon jib top
sail as she crossed the starting point
Valkyrie came up from The southwark
and rounded the ligbtship in a careless
sort of fashion. crossing the line within
one second of the handicap time, the
| gun proclaiming the latter period be-
| ing fired at 11:22, two minutes after
starting signal AS soon as Valkyrie
crossed, she came up into the wind and
everybody knew that she had quit. De
fender went on with everything draw
ing in the light breeze of about five
| miles an hour over a smooth sea; just
the sort of conditions that should suit
Valkyrie. She rounded the outer
marker at 1 hour, 26 minutes and 5S
seconds, and as she did so there was
! general huTrah as great as though she
had had a good game competitor As
she was approaching the finish Mr..
Iselin yelled through a megappone to
the committee boat: do you wish me
10 cross the line?" He received no an
swer and he repeated the inquiry
Again no answer came so yAe Defender
went over at hours minutes and SO
seconds.
She was greeted with an earn
est. enthusiastic salute as she did>so.
The time as taken by the commit
tee represented that she went over the
course in 4 hours, A minutes and 70
seconds, with the 20 seconds time al
! lOwance, her corrected time was 4
hours, 43 minutes and 43 seconds.
MAY BE A RACE YET.
New York, September 12.-It is un-
| lerstOOd that valuable trophies may be
offered for contest between the yachts
Defender and Valkyrie off Newport and
Marble head. and in view of the fiasco
of to-day and its assigned cause efforts
will be made 10 impress Dunraven with
the desirability Of such racing Mr.
! Glennie's statement in these dispatches
to-day indicate that any effort to pro-
mote further contest with Valkyrie
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