The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-10
BOTH YACHTS TAKE A SPIN
DEFENDER md TALKYRIE DOWN
THE BAF Ar THE SAME TIME.

Not Appear to Work Right-The English
man Showed That She Can II Hum Through
the Water-The Betting ON the RacelTo-
day Was Not Very Heavy as the British
ers Are Shy.
Quarantine, S. l., Sept. 9.-The Valky
cir left her anchorage at Red Hook
at 2 o'clock this afternoon under jib,
jib staysail and mainisail, making the
Quarantine station i'm one tack, then a
short tack across the Narrows heading
down the bay again on the port tack.
AT 2:30 she returned through the Mar
rows, running free under the same sail.
The Defender left her anchorage at
2:30 p. M, making short tack into the
channel, them going about towards the
Long Island shore. The Defender and
Valkyrie met off the Crescent club
house, the Defender on the starboard
tack under jib staysail, mainsail and
clubtopsail the Valkyrie under the
same sails which were set on starting
out, and running free.
AT ESQ the yachts passed each other
off the grounds of the Crescent Yacht
club. Defender was on the port tack
and Valkyrie running free to windward
AS Defender came up into the wind her
clubtopsail was taken down. There
seemed to be something the matter
with it. The tug Pulver which waits
on Valkyrfe, met her down the Mar
rows, and turning around followed her
up toward Bay Ridge. AT 2:45 Defender
nose around headed towards Bay
Ridge.
At S:02 o'clock Vakyrie on reaching
play Ridge went about again and
stood down towards the Narrows close
hauled. Defender made another effort
to get her clubtopsafl up, but consider
able difficulty attended the work. The
breeze had fallen off and she gybed,
| throwing her boom to starboard. Draw
ing mear to w. K. Vanderbilt's steam
yacht Valiant, which was flying the
pennant, indicating the owners alb
sencs a voice hailed the Defender.
Does Mr.. Iselin want TO come aboard,
if he does I'll send a boat" "All
right" was the response, and the boat
was lowered, the big Herreshoff main
sail was again gybed and presently
coming about She headed up into the
wind.
! At the same time Valkyrie caught a
fresh puff of wind by the Long Island
shore and flew along like witch
| Easing off the sheets she ran off to-
| wards Fort Wadsworth. Off Fort
Wadswtorth Valkyrie took but Is sec
| onds in going about. When the Val
| anit's steam launch got alongside the
Defender Mr.. Iselin got into it and
| was taken to the Vanderbilt yacht.
Then Defender catching puff from
| the south fairly bounded forward
| standing towards Fort Hamilton with
mainsail, clubtopsail, forestaysail and
| jlb drawing their best. This puff SEEM
ed to have come to stay, and was esti-
mated to be IL mile breeze. valkyrie
| MtlNI eiDNrdU ehI o'Au, anu DCLGIluGI d
minute later Valkyrie was half a mile
farther down the Narrows. They
seemed to be pointing about the same,
but Defender with more sail was foot
ing faster. Valkyrie still confined her
self to mainsail, forestaysail and jib.
Before getting half way across the
| Narrows she went on the port tack,
headed for Coney Island. Defender
stood we'll in towards Fort Wads-
worth before going about.
The Defender, with her main sheet
eased off, headed up the bay and passed
Quarantine at 1920 p. m. Valkyrie also
passed in at 4:30 p. m.
| There was no brush between the De-
fender and the Valkyrie during their
sail-stretehing spin to-day. The Defen-
der anchored off Bay Ridge at o'clock
Mr.. Iselin said that the spin had been
| satisfactory and they We're ready fol
the second race. The difficulty with the
| clubtopsail was not matter of any
moment, he said. When asked about
| the headsails and their unseemly shak-
| ing, and if they would be changed, he
replied: "We'll throw them. That's
| ALL"
Valllyrie reached her anchorage neal
Defender shortly afterwards. Captain
Cranfeld said that the boat was in sat
| isfactory trim. The two yachts will
| meet tomorrow in a thirty-mile race
over a triangular course
Betting on to-morrow's race was at a
low ebb to-day. American money was
offered at to 1, but Britishers were
shy.
The fleet of excursion steamers an.
nounced for tomorrow is nearly as
great as for the first race, but the un-
precedented attendance of Saturday Is
hardly to be expected. Extra efforts
will be made to keep the steamboats, al
a distance.