New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
A MARVEL IN LIGHT WINDS.
yALKYRIE III OUTsAILs THE BRITANNIA
AND AILSA.

SIZE WINS THE QUEENS |Of' ON Ifb NHiN~'
MORE THAN FOURTEEN MINUTES AHEAD or
THE PRINCES CUTrEE-HER oUIcKNEss
-; IN STAYS AND ABILITY IN BEAT
ING DEMONSTRATED.
Hunters Quay. Scotland. July 6.-In her race
with the cutters Britannia and Ailsa to-day, over
the flty-mile course O. the Royal Clyde Yacht
Club. for the Queens Cup. the Valkyrie Ill de-
nlonstrated what has been conceded by the yacht
ing experts, that she is marvel in light weather.
She beat the Britannia through smooth sea
and in a southerly wind which held true. but
YVES OF varying force and never srrong. by elgh-
teen minutes and twenty-six seconds elapsed time
and by fourteen minutes and twenty-iour sec
onds corrected time. The Ailsa. which received
an allowance Of two minutes and ffty-nine Sec
onds from the CUP challenger. was defeated py
nineteen minutes and fCrty-seven seconds elapsed
time and sixteen minutes and forty-eight SECONDS
corrected time The hghtness OF the wind Is IN
dicated by the average hourly speed OF the VAL
kyrie. which about S.SS knots
Throngs aaoat and ashore saw the giant cut
tiers sail over the Royal Clyde Course. from the
clubhouse off Hunters Quay southwark 10
mar!.boat off Skelmorlie, thence west by south 10
Ascoc northeasterly IL Kilcreggan. and west
ward 20 the same marx: twice around. the SKY
was cloudess and there WAS gentle breeze from
the south making the first leg OF the contest
distance seven miles. dead TO windward WORK
The appearance OF the yachts at the starting
point evoked much enthusiastic admiration from
the immense asseUlolage. Each racer had out
her largest club-topsai. or jack-yarder. as II is
known here The starting gun was fired at
1890 The Ailsa and Britannia, in their ambi-
ton TO get the weather berth. crossed the line
p-er7aturely and were recalled. The Nakyrie
got away at 10:30:5O. Her owner wishing TO have
C. fair race, hove 10 and waited for the o;her
yachts to catch up. They ran back to the line
and recrossed thus:
Asa .l0:32:45 Britannia ;25
e.. QUICKER THAN HER RIVALS.
60 The Valkyrie carried her mighty spread Of
canvas we'll and pointed somewhat higher than
her competitors. She turned on her heel Ike
ballet-dancer quicker in stays than either the
Britannia Ailsa, which are swift in going
Obout. The breeze freshened on the beat to
Ske-norlie. and the graceful trio heeled TO their
tasks. The Valkyre had easy victory in the
weather work, rounding the Skelmorlie mark
five minutes and six seconds ahead of the Ailsa.
and leading the Britannia by six minutes and
thirty-ive seconds. Time:
vaikyrie .......n 1856 Britannia .......n :46 30
Als2 .............l1'foV4
1t was a broad redcn, with tne VINO lOT"dIV
the port beam. from Skemore TO the markboat
off Ascog distant five miles. The Ailsa did some
what better than the cup-challenger In the
reaching She got over the four miles in twenty
minutes and forty-nine seconds and the Nalkyre
in twenty-on- minutes and one second. The Bril-
tannia covered the distance in twenty-one min
utes and eleven seconds. Time at the Ascog
mark:
Valkyr.e ....... 12:0O5s Britannia l2o7:4l
AlISd l<.ocvV
HER WEALTH OF CANVAS TELLS
Spinnaker booms were lowered as the yachts
rounded the Ascog mark. and spinnakers were
broken out the racers glided across the
eeven-mile stretch Of smooth TO Kilcreggan.
The wind had decreased and the Valkyries
wealth of sail made her give better account Of
herself than in any former part of the race.
They were timed running down the wind half
way to Kilcreggan thus:
valkyre ...-.... 12:s7:45 Britannia .~...... L4643
AlSa E.fo.io
AS may be seen by the figures, the Britannia
picked up "a good deal on the Ailsa AS the
yachts passed Cloch Lights. two miles from
Kilcreggan, the Britannia was abreast Of the
Ailsa.
The Valkyrie was still smoking ahead in the