The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-11
JUST BEFonE THE Rattle.


Moving Out From Bay Ridge-The De-
fender the First to Leave-Those on Board
Those on the VRlkyIie-The Immense
Crowds at Yesterdays Race.
New York, Sept. 1O.-The Defender
was the first of the two racers to leave
Bay Ridge, She lay in the midst of
fleet of the finest steam and sailing
yachts in America. At 7;4O o'clock she
took a line from the tug Wallace B.
Flint and started for the scene of ac-
ton The Valkyrie left her moorings
ten minutes later in tow of the White
Star tug Pulver
Just below the Narrows the crew of
the Defender began to send up their
mainsail. They had 1t we'll peaked up
before reaching the lower quarantine
station on Hoffman Island. Jib and
staysail We're sent up in, stops, and
when the Swash Channel was reached
and the tug pointed it's nose out toward
deep water, the headsails were broken
out, The yacht remained in tow, how
ever, until she was we'll out toward
Sandy Hook Lightship.
On the boat were Mr.. and Mrs. Iselin
Nat Herreshoff, Woodbury. Kane, New
berry Thorne, Herbert c.. Leeds, and
David Henderson, the representative of
Lord Dunraven. The yellow dog Sandy
was there, and the Yankee tars from
Deer Island patted his back and told
| him to do as good work to-day as on
Saturday.
| The Valkyrie's crew began to make
| sail as soon as the boat was under way.
The big mainsail was at once sent up,
All hands had a tug pulling the clew
well out to the end of the boom. When
| this was done and peak and throat
! halyards had been stretched to the ut
most, the sail sat as fiat as a board.
1t is far and away a better sail than
has ever been shown by an American
boat, and if Valkyrie fails to win the
cup the fault will lie below decks and
not aloft. Going down the main chan
mel, both yachts were saluted by pass
ing steamboats, and tugs. The Valky-
rie followed the Defender out through
| the Swash Channel and shook out her
jib after passing Romer Beacon.
| On the Valkyrie were Lord Dunraven,
his two daughters, Lady Rachel and
Lady Aileen Wyndham-Q uin, Arthur
Glennie, H. Maitland Kersey and Sail
maker Ratsey. Joseph R. Buck was
| on board as the representative of the
New York Yacht club.
Royal Phelps CAROLS Navahoe, the
| winner of many trophies on both sides
of the ocean, was preparing to go out
and accompany the racers over the
course.
AS the boats came scurrying by Sandy
Hook beautiful nautical panorama
was presented. There were saucy lit.
tie tugs, gay with burgess, flags and
bunting. big white steamboats,, bedeck
ed with long streamers fore and aft
handsome schooner yachts with glori
Gus stretches of cream white canvas
and splendid fleet of steam yachts
all looking spick and span.
The patrol division were first to pass
out. In the lead was H. M. Flagler':
Alicia, the flagship; then came Johr
c. Hanna's Embla, John Nichola:
Browns Balmena, John H. Halls I'm
quowa, Harrison B. Moore's Marietta
Fred G.. Bourne's Revere, E. r. Ladew'
Orienta, F, G. d'Hautevilles cara, r
H. Benedict's Vision, John H Gourlie'!
Ava, John P. Duncan's Washita, E. II
Harrimans Spindrift, and Fl. F. Moves
Katrina. Each carried a square blu,
flag astern, bearing the word Patrol
in bold white letters. They were
magnificent fleet in themselves, ant
were much admired by the thousand
of excursionists out to see the race.
1t was about 10 o'clock when thu
division gathered at the Sandy Hool
Lightship, awhere they made their rem
devious until the racers We're sent owe
the line Soon after the arrival of tn
patrol the attending fleet began, one b.
one, to put in an appearance.
1t was but a short time before tn
waters were dotted with almost ever.
description of craft, all in fete-day at
tire. Bands played, and happy excur
sionists showed their patriotism b.
singing improvised songs and chantin,
praises of the much-admired Defender
Before the preparatory signal wa
fired, quite a formidable and imposing
fotilla had assembled.