St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-04
VALKYRIE III. PROVES HER IN
FERIORITY TO BOTH BRI-
TANNIA AND AILSA.
BEATEN OVER TWO MILES.
HER COMPETITORS START
LEAD ALI WAY AROUND.
YACHTsMEN ARE DISAPPOINTED
doDelessness of Putting Her
Agninst the Cup Defender
Openly Acknowledged.

HUNTERS QUAY, July 3.-TLe re-
gatta of the Mud Hook Yacht ,l.,l,
was started today in nice southwest
breeze, accompanied by brilliant sun
| SHINE Britannia, Ailsa and Vaikyrie
LII started in the race the priza being
the Muir challenge cup, valued at 100
| gulneas with p gUineas addsd. Eu-
| charls, Zentta, Niagara and Dakotah
! started IN the race for the smaller
! yachts. There were eight events on ths
programme, but interest centered al
most entirely il tha race for the Yachts
! above forty rating and in the contest
IN which the twenty raters took part
! The course for the large yachts was
about fifty miles in all The twenty
| raterS sailsd over a distance. OF thirty
/ miles. Valkyrie, in the race today. al
/ lowed Ailsa IN 59s, and Britannia Am
/ Is. In the twe1ty-rater's race. Dako-
/ tan was allowed 12m SOS by the other
/ yachts
When the starting gun was fired to
1 send the big yachts, at 1879 a. n
| Britannia and Ailsa crossed the line
almost together, with Va,kyriA a
] couple of lengths behind Britannia
>-he7d. The twenty-raters started in
/ the following order: Eucharis, Zenita,
Niagara and Dakotah but there was
only ten seconds difference b=tween
the time in which thu first and last of
the yachts crossed the line
The first round was completed by the
big boats as follows: Britannia, 12:45 30;
Ailsa, 12:46:37; Valkyrie 12:4S:44. They
finished as follows: Britannia, 2:56:37;
Ailsa, 2:57:+7; Valkyr:e, 2:59:45 Accord
ing TO these figures Britannia beat
ValkyTie by 3 rninut s, 8 seconds actual
time, and by minutes, 10 seconds cor
reeted time, and Ailsa beat Valkyrie
by l minute 50 seconds actual time
and by minutes 81 seconds with her
time allowance of minutes 50 seconds
In the other race, Dakotah finished
twenty minutes behind Eucharis, winch
won outright.
ASTERN ALL THE WAY.
Valkyrie was squarely beaten, in a
good breeze. She hseIed over a great
deal, and with her working topsail set,
had her lee rail under wate~. when
Britannia and Ailsa were LArry-ng
/ their club topsails and going along
5 much SITTER This was on the reach
back to kilcreggan, on the second
round, and consequently it is not as
I tonishing tina { the British vac htsmen are
not so sangu.ne as they were of bring
ing the Americas cup back to these
shores. Early in the race, when the
/ yachts passed Cloch lighthouse. it was
& evident that Vall1yrie was making 4
poor showing. The three yachts, how
ever, raced in fine style from Skslmorlie
towards Mark Beat NO g. off Ascog,
| Isle of Butte, which Britannia rounded
one minute ahead of A.Isa, the latter
being half a minute ahead OF Valkyrie.
Z There was very little change from that
time until the yachts reached the XII
eresgan Mark Boat No. 4, on the first
round. Up to this point VaIkyrie had
been steadily falling behind, and she
fell away still more pereeptbly on the
beat home after rounding the Kilcreg-
gan boat.
DROPPING FURTHER BEHIND.
The breeze increased slightly in
strength after the yachts started the
reach to Mark Boat No. >, off SkelI-
morlie. and it was soon found neces-
sary to take in Valkyrie's club top
sail. Ailsa and Britannia, however,
held on TO their club topsazls and stood
up nicely to the wind. There was lit
tie change in the positions OF the
yachts when Sl1elImoriie boat was
rounded, only Vaikyrie had dropped
farther behind. Their times at this
point were: Britannia, 1:18:33; Ailsa,
1:19:2t; VaISyTie Ill, 1:21:10. The pro-
cession in the same order continued
! to the Ascog Mark Boat No. >, which
/ Britannia rounded a mile ahead Of
/ Ansa- which was leading Valkyrie by
/ about two miles. Valkyr.e stood up
/ badly on the subsequent easy reach
/ to KfIcreggan, but she had lost ground
/ which she never recovered, and only
/ haif-he2rted cheers greeted Britannia s
victory. The yachts passed Cloch
! lighthouse Oh their way to Kilcreggan.
| on the second round, in the following
! times: Britannia. 2:24:l6; Ailsa, "a: 81;
! Valkyrie III, 2:27:Ol.
a SORRY FINISH
/ At this stage of the race Britannia
! was looked upon as being d certain and
easy winner, barring accident. The
yachts reached back to Kncreggan on
/ the second round in a strong breeze.
! Vall1yrie, seeing that she was still fall
/ ing astern of her competitors, set her
! working topsail in order to try and
( improve her speed: but she heeied I'M
! IL her lee rail churned the water, while
| Britannia and Ailsa- still holding TO
their club topsaiIs, were bowling along
/ splendidly and standing up much stiff
er than the cup challenger. In this
order the yachts rounded the Kilcreg-
gan mark boat and stood away for
home with VaIl1yrie hopelessiy beaten
by both the others.
| At the Mudhook Yacht club house
/ after the race all the yachtsmen as
I sembled looked very glum.
There is no no good sending her to
America; better send Britannia, was
the general comment.
Sufficient proof was biven by the per-
Torrance of the cup challenger today
| that she has quite fallen short of ex-
1 pectatiozls. In no point of sailing did
/ she show the least ground for proving
that she will be real aspirant for
Americas cup honors-
Capt Carter, Britannia's skipper, said
after the race that he was very sorry
fValkyrie III. lost today, as, although
he liked to run a boat TO win. yet the
hfeeling of patriotism took first place,
hand he feared that Valkyrie III. had
Ia Door chance of winning the cup unless