Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-12

New York, September 1.-THE fol-
lowing is the letter of the Regetta Com
mittee OF the New York Yacht Club
sustaining the protest OF Mr.. c. Oliver
Iselin, on behalf OF Defender regarding
the foul claimed against Valkyrie:
New York. Yacht Club, Sept IL.
To c. Oliver Iselin, Esq.
Dear Strive beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter OF yesterday
protesting Valkyrie.
We have given the matter our care
full consideration and believe that the
foul occurred through the miscalcuia~
tion of the distance between tho TIVE
yachts at a critical moment From our
observation, sustained by that Of others
who were in a good position TO see, we
find that the Valkyrie, in controven-
ton of Section of Racing Rule 10,
| bore down upon the Defender and foul
ed her by the swing OF her main boom
when lufing 10 straighten her course.
We also consider that Defender al
! lowed Valkyrie sufficient room TO wind
ward to pass clear CT the boat. There
fore sustained.
Having learned that the decision was
| in Defenders favor, the people have fur
| tneI SLlITtu 1D a AGlOl L ALAN A@|AN DN+@
raven. considering that he had been un-
| Justly treated, determined 20 withdraw
| his boat and go home without another
race. That the English party holds
the sincere opinion that they have been
! badly treated there can be no doubt. Ii
any testimony on this point were need
ed. IL could have been found tonight
over in the Erie Basin, where the TWO
yachts we're being measured for t1e
! third time under the electric lights
something new in that line, when he
feeling between the respective crews or
the ships manifested itself in various
wevs. Lord Dunraven's friends and ad-
visers on the City of Bridgeport, the VAL
! kvrie's tender. were all curt in manner
| and reserved in words. They seemed 10
desire 10 let their American callers
know that they were deeply hurt. For
a long time Commodore Arthur Glennl,
who has gained the reputation since
being on this side of being genial
and exceptionally merry fellow, refused
TO give the newspaper men the slight
est hope that there might be race TO-
morrow. He would only say that he waa
waiting for orders from Lord Dun
raven" Tie did warm up tride, how
| ever. about o'clock and admitted that
Valkyrie would start tomorrow GER
| tainlv. This fact had been discounted
! before Mr. Glennis admission by the
| presence of Measurer HyslOp, the gen.
eral activity OF Valkyrie's sailors and
! the very plain purpose OF the English
boats managers to tighten her and thus
! decrease the load water line length. It
| might be mentioned incidentally that
one of the things done to Tighten VAL
! kyrie was to remove the eighteen pigs
of lead that were taken aboard of her
on the day before the first race. This
lead weighed in the neghbOrhOOd OF
ton.
Excitement among yachtsmen was at
fever heat all day. Everybody had an
opinion to express. OF course most per-
| sons upheld the committee from patri-
lotto motives if nothing else. There
were a good many, however, who cham
pioned Valkyrie and her cause.
While thinking the whole matter over
| old timers recalled the action Of Sir
| Richard Sutton. the owner of Genesta,
who raced against Puritan in 1885. 1t
was remembered that Puritan accident
ally but certainly fOuled the Genesta
at the start on the first day Of the
match. When the committee sent word
to Sir Richard that Puritan had been
disqualified and that he could sail over
the course alone and win the race, he
replied that he didn't want to win that
way; he wanted a race and not walk
over. He showed himself to be
sportsman. Lord Dunraven has shown
in this case that he is not the quitter
some persons have tried to make him
! out by saying tonight at the Waldorf
Hotel that he would certainly be on
| hand 10 racn tn-mnrrnW