The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-13
RACES ENDED IN A FIASC0
REGATTA COMMITTEE HAS AWARD
ED THE cur no THE DEFENDER.

ED Il III ~ VIZ ~ LII Al. LET Is-NDE Ibs
Lord Dunraven Would Not Sail the VAL
kyrie Over the Cou, se-ihe Defender
Went 1t Alone-The Englishman Bases
His Action Upon the Interference With
Both Yachts Caused by the Excursion
Fleet-General Taylor Makes Liberal
Offer Which is Being Considered.
New York, Sept. 12.-The Americas
cup races ended to-day in a fiasco.
Lord Dunraven withdrew the Valkyrie
Immediately after the start and the De-
fender sailed over the course alone
The Americas cup committee notified
c. Oliver Iselin that three races and
the cup were awarded the Defender,
and the crowds afloat and ashore
cheered the ship that sustained Uncle
Sans supremacy ON the seas and the
skipper and crew that sailed her. For
at least another year the international
trophy is ours, and in all probability
A. Will NC lilduy years pelOIe d bllllSh
yacht again challenges for the cup
In Withdrawing Lord Dunraven does
not charge any special unfarness to
his boat, but bases his action upon the
interference with both yachts caused
by the large excursion fleet.
The trouble was not caused to-day
for the course was clear at the start
when the British boat withdrew. The
objections raised by the owner of the
ValSyrie were based upon the conduct
of the attendant fleet on Saturday and
Tuesday. Lord Dunraven sent the
Americas cup committee a strongly
worded letter complaining about the
action of steamboats, and tugs, and
stating that he was not willing to con-
tinue racing the Valkyrie unless
clear course was provided. He added
that the course should be distant from
any large city Up to the time for the
start for to-day's race Lord Dunraven
Aoo lCSSiNCo llo lCply W lllS SOlull
cation. 1t was his intention to start if
ne received reply but none coming to
hand he merely went down and crossed
the line to give the other boat
chance to make the race
When Valkyrie and Defender left
their anchorages off Bay Ridge at s
o'clock this morning there was a brisk
wind coming in from a little southwest.
They were towed through the narrows
and part way down the lower bay.
The Defender had new topmast and
a new spreader UP in place Of those
broken by the fouling of Valkyrie on
Tuesday. The Valkyrie sat higher out
of water after the removal of her ex-
ira ballast. On the Defender were G.
Oliver Iselin, w. K Vanderbilt, ex-
Commodore E. D. Morgan, Herbert c.
Leeds, Woodbury. Kane, Newberry
Thorne, W. Butler Duncan, jr., Mrs.
C. Oliver Iselin and David Henderson,
the representative of Lord Dunraven.
On the Valkyrie with Lord Dunraven
were Arthur Glennie, H. Maitland Ker-
sey, Sailmaker Ratsey and Latham A.
Fiske of the Americas cup committee
representing the New York club.
Off Hoffmans Island the Defender
dropped her tow and sailed before a
fair wind down to the Sandy Hook
1ightship. The Valkyrie held to her
tug until near Sandy Hook, where she
left her tug and sailed to the rendez-
vous. The fleet of excursion steamers,
steam yachts and tugs at the start was
not so large as on Saturday and Tues
day, but every boat seemed to be black
with humanity. The steamboats,,
yachts and tugs gave the racers plen-
ty of room. The patrol vessels scurried
about and notified captains of other
craft to keep at a good distance, as
Lord Dunraven had notified the COM
mittee that he would not race unless
the course was clear. The steamers all
moved away from the windward side
of the line and there was a mile of
clear water to the west and south, and
the course to the eastward was per-
fectly clear.
AS the time for the preparatory sig
nal approached and there We're only
plain lower sails visible on the British
boat, every eye was on her to see why
she did not run up her clubtopsail and
get ready for the start. The Defender
was ready at 10:40 and was cruising
about In the clear space around the
committee boat and the lightship.
The Valkyrie stood away to the south
ward and kept well away from the
American. When it was seen that
Lord Dunraven was not preparing to
start, the patrol boats made another
trip around and the excursion fleet
moved still further away. At 1850 the
time when the preparatory gun should
have been sounded, the Valkyrie still
showed no signs of preparing for a
race The regatta committee had a
consultation and decided to give the
Englishman more time. A look over
the expanse of water to windward and
around the starting line failed to dis
close any reason for not starting.
There was ample room for the manoeu-
vering that preceded the start
The wind was blowing almost due
from the west and at a velocity of not
more than eight knots an hour. The
water was comparatively smooth, with
a slight ground swell. The sky was
clear, with only a few light fleecy clouds
here and there and the horizan was
hung with misty haze.
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