New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-25


The Tribune. and then talked Of his trip abroad,
and Of the al-engrossing topic Of the day. in
which the Defender the Valkyrie. the Vigilant
and the Britannia figure so conspicuousy. Mr.
Gould. first speaking of his trip abroad, said:
Il left this city May l. and upon reaching
the other side went first on the Atalanta to
Norway and visited the fords Of that country.
These are grand and magnificent arms of the
sea. set in splendid scenery. 1t was my first
view Of the fiords and enjoyed it greatly. Then
I passed two days in Copenhagen. and then at
tended the festivities at Kiel, going through the
canal the following day on the ATLANTA. At the
fates our American men-of-war were really
superb. 1t was generally acknowledged that
they made the finest display of all the vessels
there The electric illumination was particularly
striking The American shield was displayed IN
red white and blue electric lights in front of each
vessel and all around the outlines were traced in
electric lights The fireworks from the fiagships
were extremely brilliant.
TO ENGLISH WATERS.
After going through the canal we went to
Amsterdam. thence to Southampton and around
the southern end of England. to the north OF
Scotland where | saw Valkyrie III race The
Valkyrie is certainly very fast boat In light
breeze. did not her perform in heavy
breeze. did not go near enough TO her TO form
an opinion of her construction. But think she
is quicker than the Britannia and better boat
in light winds.
As 10 the relative merits Of the Vigant and
the valkyrie Mr. Gould said ne could form no
opinion unless the two should race together. He
added: Il am perfectly satisfied from the manner
in which the Valkyrie got away from the Britain
MIA that the Vakyrie is a faster boat
In case the unexpected should happen and the
Valkyrie should take the cup from the DEFENDER
Mr.. Gould was asked If he would challenge the
Valkyrie for race and to this question ne re-
piled: That is a matter in the future From all
! have heard from this side across the water.
the Defender is a very fine boat and undoubtedly
much faster than any other boat on this SIDE
AS TO the races between the Defender and the
Vigilant / am satisfied that the Defender is the
better boat The races with the vigilant were
undertaken in order to train the crew OF the
Defender and to find out her weak points. You
know what racing does for boat The races
between the Defender and the Nigilant tuned the
new yacht up and put her 10 a complete test
YACHTsMEN SHOULD STAND TOGETHER.
Mr. Gould added that he thought II the duty
~ American yachtsmen TO stand together TO
hold up the American colors. and he thought
that this was the general sentiment. Being
asked should the Vakyrie win, in what class ne
would issue any challenge he replied that IL
would be by sloop, since under the present oeeo
Of gift he thought that this would be necessity.
As to the victory of the Yampa and her suose-
ouent defeat al Cowes. Mr.. Gould declared that
This apparent unevenness Of work was due TO the
tides and the nature Of the waters generally. VI
chic he said further: THE tides are so uncertain
there that a difference OF few nundred leet IN
pos,tion will give one boat great advantage or
disadvsntaee A captain must have an intimate
Lnoaladee Of the waters in order to race there
o. edvartaee This is the reason why the
britannia did SO much better there last year.
when the waters were unknown 10 inc sieilan n
NJ I do not think that the Nigiiaht Is peteei
boat than the Britannia In EaIIOw wa ~
e. 80 ,,aters such as we race in here, do be-
leve that the Vigilant Is the superior boat Inc
britannia Is easily handled. Is quickly responsive
ga a. sura 70 get the best Of II in the start
rh e., tba, we ace on this side in open
v..ters is 70 the advantage of any brush poa'
that comes here TO race us she - "a in
tx with our boat. since we nave no au'aa'a 60, "a
knou,iedee Of the waters If, however, we shouu
sail In narrow waters. as In Eng,a h io' d i
in the East River vie Wob boat because of
tinct advantage over the f'ii's" ~
our knowledge Of the waters ..das N take
Mr. Gould was asked If he lnten1eo - "a "a
i'll a, Valkvrjo III at tie Erie basin' anu ~
~. IN d. .inr he promptly replied: Il am an
American and l am not at all eager 10 '"'e'''
gate the other side
AMERICAN IDEAS BORROWED.
on the question as to the extent 10 wh'cn MI
Watson had departed from Enghsh ""u'',o'''
and had adopted American preceuen's anu 81
in Designing Valkyrie III MI "ouiu s"u,
,b,rk Mr. watson has borrowed American IDEAS
He has built to win. that OF course pe.ns , .i's
controlling purpose in the design OF inc ,nc
And he has proceeded upon the theory OF ia VIE
light winds on this side Of the Atiantic ~ i a
undoubtedly aside English trad He has pro
signing and building the Valkyrie ne ma p
ceeded wholly with an eye TO the local coi'u..io
the boat may be expected by him to encounter !"
our waters" .,,...a had dome
Mr. Could declared that the Niagafa a., nA % s,ast
well abroad and had proved hersril WY % 80,
twenty -rater on the other sde. 10 - dlad .
weatherly boat" he said and quicky ILL., nos
lie continued: 81 think that British yacn."s eniny
been improved by American yachisn,e" "a" -
over there and this in turn reacts 10, wa Ellis
American Yachting My brother iowa" a,t,ng
tina: his experience there last year ~ .ssnen,s
Il knowledge Of the waters ana III otnel ,hsre
the more learn" {. rno-
As to his treatment as a yachtsman IN Eng S
land. Mr. Gould said: II was treated wen. amu