The herald., 1895-09-07

tne event was ,nesta at the start and was
r.n.r,',a,, III ',o nod n roperly ruled out.
On Ss5tember they made third un-
successful start. San orlr W.oh, ni', <
saiieu owe; d;..ancS sne of about thitry- ght
course, s'ss uissaneo the Puritan won by
nsusica, ,e m as5 10 se. onds, after allowing
Genesta 2sseconds.. ,e +ba. thu CAN
II was on, September that tne Geh- 5ea1 :
esta gave tho New York, rs III. n'' ne !.
race was twenty miles oWn tt Ane hoa. w,nt naat
the center board minute An d II seconas
on the run otst and en the beat acK i;ra W :
BURGESS boat managed to cross Sit iino
minute and 81 seconcis ahead.
The Genesta won the tBreton Re ei ana
Cape May cups from the sohoohsr5
less before she return ed to EnglaUd. ~.
In 1886 the Boston people bTllt ens
Mayflower. The cutter Galatea. N neu
by Lieutenant Will am Hem, ..R. M,
ana designed by a,er-Webb, was ne
challenger and she had her turn at oela \
beaten in two straight races. The trA
races in 1886 wsre contested by the May
flower, Puritan, Priscilla and Atlantic, ..
sloop paid for by party of BrooklyiN
capitalists. sThe Maytower was easily
the best of the uuarteyte and she success
fully defended the cup. On September
7th again over their inside course she
defeated the GaIatea by twelve minutes
and ~ seconds and two days Later in the
omen the Burgess creation won by 2 min
utes and seconds.
The Scotch steel cutter Thistle was tne
next challenger Ito take walloping. She
was designed by George Watson OF Glas-
row. Her owners were very confident
when they sent their ship over the At
lantic in 1897. At the instigation OF Mr.
PAYNE Mr. Burgess then turned out the
veirnteer. which proved to be wonder
in windward work; but single trial
race with the Maytiower was needed to
show the new boats superiority.
Tvs years ago Lord Dunraven built an
other Yacht, which was the second OF the
name of Valkyria, and brought her over
after the cur, The events of 1893 are
within easv recollection and memorable
will thew always be. Every body remem-
bers how four big single stickers were
built to compete for the honor OF defend
ing the cup. General Payne was at the
front with the Jubilee. One New YORK
syndicate produced the Colonia AID an
other body of New York yachtsmen chip
ped in to build the Nigilant. The Fourth
candidate came from Boston. and was
called the Pilgrim. the Nigliant was
selected to defend the cup and after sew
eral glorious trials sine beat the Valkyrie
III three straight races
The match this year between Nalkyrie
III and Defender will be comprised OF
the best three out of five races. All Will
be started from che Sandy Hook light
miles o.tsde of Sandy Hook. They will
be held on alternate days, the first pro-
gramme being for September Z. The
course will be thirty miles long, and each
turn will be taken at fifteen miles TO
v;pdwaru or leeward and return, and
the triangular course of ten miles to the
leg, until one OF the racers wins three
races.
1t is generally admitted that this year
will see the closest contest ever had for
1T - T,l,A Erofn 81 Inn
left home that she is the fastest yacht
ever built over tnere, at least IN light
weather. Defender has been tried III all
kinds of winds Though she has not vet
been out in rough sea and 1t rs the
universal opinion among experts that
she is better than Vigilant by ten min
utes II not more in thirty miles, and
Vigilant is believed to be four minutes
faster than she was last year. There has
been some betting on the result OF the
match the hackers of the English yacht
having invariably demanded odds. They
have asked for to 5, yet in some cases,
have accepted to 4. Most of this VAL
kyr,e money has been staked, not by
practical yachtsmen. but by sportingmen
who have been led to believe from the
newspapers that the Valkyrie is going to
furnish surprising speed. Among the ex-
perts there is caution displayed in max
ing predictions. Therefore it was refresh
ing to an American TO hear one of the
most capable Judges come out natfooteu
one day in tnis manner.
Result of the Measurements
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The result of the
measurers' work on the yachts was
great surprise. No good Judge thought
the English yacht would give over a
minute and a half in a thirty cours,
to the Defender, yet many capable critics
said the challenger would give a minute;
but that she should yield less than half a
minute was astonishing to all the smart
people. However here are her exact
figures and they speak for themselves:
Length OF load water line. Defender
SS.45; length from aft end of main boom
to forwad point of measurement, ISL. 49,
length from fore side OF foremast to fur-
waro point of measurement, 1855; length
extreme of spinnaker ,om, 73. SO: length
uf main gaff. 64.y5; length topmast, 81 Az
One-tifth, 1876. Height upper side of
main boom to topsail halyard block.
l25.4s. Sail area as per rule, 2s. Sail
ing length. as per rule. l0O.36.
Valkyrie. length OF load water line,
ss.S5: length from far end OF main boom
to forepoint of measurement. 1856 02 !;
length from fore side of foremast to for
ward point of measurement, 1884; length
extreme of spinnaker boom same; length
main Edu, oJ.Du; lellSlll tOpIlhSt, JO.JS
one-fifth, 44.7S; height upper side of m ain
boom to topsail balyard block, 100. so; !;
sail area, as per rule. 1l414; sailing
length, as per lie, 101.49.
When Mr.. Hyslop brought the measure-
ments to the New York Yacht club house
be said the Valkyrie would have to allow
Defender %. 10 seconds. 1t was only his
business to turn the measurements over
to the regatta committee and let the com
mittee decide what the time allownce
should be. Nevertheless he felt that
20. 10 was the fair thing. The com mittee
considered the question for a long time,
and at II 10 p. N. posted up notice on
the clubs bulletin 5oard to the effect
that the allowance would be 20 seconds.
leaving off Mr.. Hyslops added Lilo of q
second.
The races will perhaps be very close,
but no tenth of a second will separate
tine boats at the finish.
1t was noticed the load water line
lengths OF the ships show only q differ.
enoe of LOO in favor of Defender. and
that the length of the Defe iders eaff
went considerably toward reducing the
small advantage gained on the water line
Government experts pronounce DR.
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LONDON. Sept. THE Chronicle saw.
this morning: II Valkyrie III does moi
hoist the winning flag today or on Tues.
day we shall never puid yacht tina
will do as well in the dry air Of American