Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-12

and Nalkyrie, in tow of a tug, was half way
out to that point. ,-.-- ID
Shortly afterward Valkyrie dropped ker
tow and went along under her own sails.
AT about this time the committee boat
Luckenbach passed out and by her. and
upon the members of the committee doifing
their caps to Lord Dunraven the latter
waved his hand in answer.
.. AT so Defender appeared to have ar
!lVed very near the starting line, but VAL
kyrie was moving very slowly out to that
point, or at the rate she mad been going
during the last half hour she did not seem
likely to reach Sandy Hook lightship but
a very short time before the preparatory
signal
Shortly before 10 o'clock Defender was
within L short distance of the lightship
but Valkyrie was still a good way TO the
westward of that point ---
Excursion Noats ON Hand.
The excursion fleet, with It's accompany
ing fleet Of steam yachts, tugs, etc, was
rushing down through the swash channel
and out to the start. In addition. dozen
or more steam yachts were racing out for
the starting point of the race.
TIE WIND at 10 o'clock was west of north
and came blowing past the lighthouse in
smart puffs. The haze out to sea seemed
to be thickening. and the Sandy Hook
Ightship could he dimly seen. The side
wheeler Clermont was passing out by the
Hook, and was following the other steam
yachts.
Contrary to expectations, the excursion
feet today was fully twice as large as on
Tuesday. From Scotland lightship up
through the Narrows there was one con-
inuous lire of boats.
The patrol fleet al 1920 was already on
the ground. and back of it were the big
steamers of the Old Dominion line.
Some minutes before 1870 the committee
boat signs.ed that the course would be
sailed, ani the wind being about west at
that time. it seemed as if the yachts would
have run toward Long Beach and d beat
back. TIE markboat was then dispatched
in the direction of Long Beach. the wind
blowing about six knots an hour, far as
could be judged. at Sandy Hook lightship,
although it was gccd deal fresher here.
1t was stated here during the morning
that, althol gh the official figures We're not
obtainable, there is no change in the time
allowance of 29.10 seconds which Nalkyrie
allows Defender.
The Course East by South.
At about 1910 the committee boat sig
nailed that the course would be D. c. e.,
meaning cast by SOUTH or a run before the
wind from Sandy Hook lghtship line
with the Long Island shore, with the turn
ing mark opposite Short Beach and about
eight miles from that shore. Both boats
then commenced their tactics of jockeying
for positions. although the start was twen-
ty minutes off and the Valkyrie had not
yet set FER club topsail. Defender went
about on the starboard tack and stood over
in the direction of this place.
At l0:55 a preliminary signal was fired.
and at IL 10 second preparatory signal
was fired. After some little maneuvering,
Valkyrie not hoisting her club topsail and
meLt the starting gun was fired at IL 20
and the yachts crossed the line as follows:
The Start.
H.M.S
defender .........n 2o:2f
Valkyria ......................... IL 21 80
Na1kyrie, however, went over the line
without club topsail, and almost imme-
diately after crossing she came around the
lightship on the port tack, and seemed to
be out of the race. Defender, however,
kept on with her spinnaker, and all sails
pulling grandly, while Nalkyrie began to
signal the committee boat.
1t then became apparent that Lord Dun
raven he'd carried out his expressed inten-
ton of refusing to race any more in these
waters if crowded by the excursion fleet.
But, from here, it seemed as if the eXcur-
sion fleet had given plenty of room, and not
single excursion boat was seen within half
a mile of her today.
According to one account pilot boat 10
and according to another account pilot
boat II blanketed Valkyrie at the start.
In any case, disappointment reigned su-
preme here There seems to be little doubt
that Falkyrie from the time she left her
moorings this morning had no real inten-
ton of racing, but went across the line the
sa me time as Defender, in order to estab-
!ish a race.
The secret of the whole disappointment
is supposed to lie in Lord Dunraven's letter
published today, and in the action of the
regatta committee of the New York Yacht
Club in sustaining Defenders protest
against Valkyrie.
tI11xyric Leaves the Race.
Vo1 faL in
sails and started back on her way to New
York.
SEEN FROM SANDY HOOK LIGHTsHIP
Report Sent From the Steamer
Mnckay-Bennett.
ON BOARD MACKAY BENNETT
CABLE SHIP. Off Sandy Hook, September
12.-The Mackay-Bennett dropped anchor
at am to the right of Sandy Hook light
ship, and directly off the imaginary line
that the yachts cross in starting and fin
ishing.
At that time the weather conditions were
the best hat have yet favored the interna-
tional contests. The haze which during
the early morning hung to the bottom of
mother ocean with an embrace that was
more than affectionate defied the breeze for
a brief time, but the sun burned the haze
IN snort time, and there is now clear
outlook.
The line of purple along the horizon
melted first into delicate pink, and after
ward to pale yellow until 1t merged itself
finally into an almost clear blue sky, with
just a suggestion of coloring along the sea
line and few fieecy clouds flying along.
The fresh wind made glad the hearts of
all the enthusiasts, and little supplications
went up to Providence that 1t might con-
tinue to Increase, so that the relative mer-
its of the boats in good, stiff breeze could
he determined And it certainly looked as
If it might be so, for schooners and sloops
went flying past at a lively pace, and the
usual fleet of small boats at the fishing
banks danced over the water, throwing
spray from their bows.
he water conditions were equally as
favorable as those of wind, there being but
a very slight sea for such a good, stiff
breeze, and only here and there was there
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