The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08

BACK was not dead to leeward, but was
made with sheets only about one-quarter
eased on and the wind coming over the
port quarter. For this reason. the spin
maker was not set on either boat as It
could not have been held out.
Now began a stern chase in good earn
est, but a hopeless one as far as Lord
Dunraven's boat was concerned. for the
yankee flyer not only kept her lead with
ease, but gained steadily from the mark
to the line. 1t was d race no longer, but
triumphal procession for Defender, es-
corted by the entire excursion feet.
Defender increased her lead slowly but
surely over the entire distance. and I'm
ished at 5:2lI4. Valkyrie finished at
$3.50, minutes and Is seconds behind.
AS she had been but three minutes, .
seconds behind at the turn, IL was evil
dent Defender had gained minutes, IS
seconds on the run home. BY elapsed
time from the start, Valkyrie was beaten
by minutes, 20 seconds, and as she has TO
allow Defender % seconds, she loses by
minutes, AZ seconds, corrected time.
A critical consideration of the compare
tive merits of the two boats shows first,
that Defender was unquestionably better
handled than Nalkyrie; second, she out
points her in any wind, and third, she
seemed better before the wind, than was
said. The wind had shifted so that the
so-called run home was really broad
reach. Also Ii appears that Defender foots-
faster than Valkyrie in stiff weather, be-
sides beating her to windward. The Eng
lish boat is undeniably faster in light
breeze, such as the race began with, but
even then. she cannot sail so close to
windward. Another point in her favor is
her superior sails.
Washington, Sept. Interest in Wash
ington in the international event was
strung up to the highest pitch and was in
tensifed when the three evening papers
appeared, giving directly opposite state
ments as to the progress of the race.
The Washington Times and News. both
receiving and using the service Of the
United Press, gave the advantage at the
turning point to the American Defender.
The other paper. the Star, prominently
identhed with the Associated Press,
made little yacht story of its own. It
led off with a two-column statement of
the efficient service which the Associated
Press was rendering it, and closed its
o'clock edition with fiaring heads, stating
that the English boat was leading at the
turn, and that the Defender continued to
lose. Then in order to stultify itself in
the most effective manner the Associated
Press organ of Washington added these
comments; "At the other newspaper Of
fees and the public places where the prog
ress of the contest was posted through the
agency of one of the press associations
and the telegraph companies the bull
iellnS CndnBe the places OF the DOdlS anu
give the Defender the lead. This com
plexity of information naturally perplexed
the many who were interested in the
struggle, but the wise among them,
knowing what absolute dependence might
always be placed in the Evening Star,
published in either its columns or upon
its bulletin boards, settled themselves
down TO the unpleasant conviction that
the English boat was beating the Defend
err"
This statement it clinched as follows:
''As the time approached for the stake
boat to be turned and the wind was shown
to be in favor of the English boat, there
was increased tension on the nerves or
the bullentin readers. as it would be made
known when the turn was made beyond
any question which boat was really in
the lead. At O'Clock the wires flashed
the news: 'Valkyrie turned the stake
boat at 2:55 p. m, and Immediately squar-
ed for home.
This settled the uncertainty. The Star
was right, as it always is"
The effect of this jubilate was naturally
much diminished when it was subsequent
ly learned by the medium of the United
Press dispatches that the stake-boats had
not even been turned when the Star APP
peared on the streets of Washington, and
that it was the Defender and not the Val
kyrie which rounded it first.
New Orleans, La, Sept. THE Daily
States and the people of this city con-
graduate the Southern and United Press
on their most unqualified and successful
scoop of the Associated or western con-
Germ in the telegraph reports of the great
international yachting event.
Two morning dailies in this city re-
ceiving the Chicago or Western concerns
report were throughout the day active
in posting up in front of their respective
buildings, bulletins of the race before a
cd nd Tor Of
siastic citizens, and from the first to
almost the finish announced the British
boat to be from one-half to a mile in the
lead, and not until the issuance of the
4 o'clock edition of the States did they
awake to the fact and realize that the
great American yacht Defender was the
victor and the cup would still probably
remain in America.
The States, as well the cotton ex-
change and the pool rooms of this city
gave hourly the true status of the race
as gathered and sent ont to the world
by the United Press.
This evening the Times-Democrat re-
ceiving the service of the western con-
Germ, makes an apology for the mistake
by that press association, saying that
instead of the Britisher the American
yacht was always in the lead.
Knoxville Tenn, Sept. 1.-The Knoxville
Sentinel. the Associated Press organ, in
it's headlines this afternoon, said that
Valkyrie was in the lead. The paper went
to press before the race finished. One
bulletin dated Rockaway. 1:57 o'clock p.
m, says: 'Valkyrie is considerably in the
lead" The last bulletin they print from
Navesink Highlands says: 1T is quite
hazy out where the stake boat is, and it
is doubtful whether the accurate time
of the turning points of the boats can
be taken at this point"
In the Sentinel's headlines also appeared
the following: admirable arrangements
of the Associated Press for securing de-
tails of the great event"
Atlanta, Ca. Sept. THE regular edi-
ton of the Atlanta Journal, evening or
gan of the Associated Press in this city,
gives full account of how Valkyrie led
the Defender. In an extra edition later,
its headlines are changed to make the
Defender win.
New York Sept. 7.-Among the passen-
gers who arrived this morning per steam
err Normannia from Southampton was
Chevalier de Martinez, the celebrated
marine artist, who comes over for the
purpose of taking sketches of the inter-
national yacht races. It is reported that
the chevalier has a commission from