The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-11
THE RACE IN DETAIL

The committee boat. Walter A. Luck
enbach, was on the ground in good season
and promptly hung up the signal which
told the racers that the course would be
over a triangle of ten miles to the angle
the first leg being to the windwari south,
the second northeast by east, and the
third was west half-west. AS the COM
mittee boat made known the directions
those IN chargs. the wind dropped to a
speed of about five miles an hour from
force OF something like eight miles There
was no ki,d of a ssa on nor swell. The
surface of the ocean was most favorable
to the Valkyrie. 1t was noticed that
while the contestants we're sailing around
about the line that was to be mad e. that
thair sail set equally as we'll as they did
on Saturday. This was especially the case
| with the Defenders white club tNpsail.
The pre- paratory gun was fired form the
| committee boat sharp on the appointed
! time of 1880. Both yachts had baby iib
| topsils set, when after some clever man
| ouvering about the line which had been
drawn between the Luckenbach TO the
westward of the Sandy Hook li,htship
and the lightship, they beth stood down
to the line. After the shippers had per-
formed all the monkeying thaat they
made their way down to the start. Com
ing 10 to that first station the Nalkyrie
was to windwar and the Defender some-
thing like two lenghths astein to leeward.
1t was at this period about halt minute
before the starting signal Tad been givan
chat the Defender overnauled the Val
| kyfie in very rapid manner and had
her nose almost UP to the Valkvrie's
| beam when the latter eased off and
| blanketed the American boat so thorough
ly that the Defenders baby iib topsail
| and jib shook in the wind. Captain Half.
| when he saw his cad sails shaking and
| the movement of the Englisnman in the
| way of an attempt to blanket him. threw
| the Defender high up as though about to
| tack. or at least to pass under the Val
| kyries stern and get to windward of the
Briton.
| Defender was out to race, even though
| a cripple, and she went on as Il cripple,
| so that the wind-up of the days bnsiness
| showed that the fastest yacht IN Europe
! could only beat the crippled Am erican
over thirty-mile triangular course by
! forty-seven seconds.
| Afte. the yachts came about to the port
| tack soon after crossing the line, Nalkyrie
| was a good eighth of a mile to windward
and several lengths ahead. AS they
| stood away on the port tack the wind in
| creased to eight or nine miles an hour.
| During the tack Valkyrie plainly out
footed and outpointed Defender, who
| did not care to run up any sail on the
| jibtopsail. At IA Defender came abont
| to star board. Valky rie followed as prom pit
| ly tas though she had been racing with a
| fellow well met. On this tack Defender
| pointed up very well and went very fast.
| but Valkyrie did better in both points
| of sailing. They only stood away on this
tack for about five minutes, when they
came around together. All the time
| Valkyrie was doing the better work on
| both pointing and footing. There was
considerable wonder that Defender with
| out any jibtopsail did not point higher
than she did, but as matter of fact
| Valkyrie was going to windward all the
time ..she was going ahead. AT 1904
| Defender was the first TO come about and
| she did it in very slow, slovenly, care
| less manner. occupying not less tnan
twenty-seven seconds. Nalkyrie followed
her opponents example quickly and con-
| tinuPd to rdce as a BOAT out 1Or cup
| should race.
| At this stage of the game Defenders s
| friends looked very blue. They were sure
that Defender would lose the race.
| but they did think their champion
| should do better than she was doing.
cumstances, but they were unanimous in
| saying that Defender should make all
| the fight she was able which she certain
! ly did not apnear to make even u bluff at
| doing. After that the boys tried to con-
| sole themselves with the thought that
Defender. crippled, was simply going
| over the course as a protesting contes-
| tant. The excursion boats were behaving
moro generously tnan they did on Satur.
! day. They really kept away at least q
| half mile from the com petitors and re-
mained well to Ieeward all that time.
| The breeze was freshenihg from the
| south right along, aud Nalkyre being to
windward, always felt the increase first.
The same tnlng was seen as on Saturday
! in the matter of the way the boats went
through the water. The sea was far
smoother there being not SO much
| ground swell on, but Valkyrie splashed
| and threw spray from her bows for many
! feet, while Defender slid through the
| water easily and smoothly almost as a
| snake. During the latter part of the beat
| out to the first mark Defender did better
| pointing, but her jib was shaking a good
| deal at the time. At 1910 the yachts
| came around to port and at 12:24 back
again to starboard. on which tack they
were both able to make the first mark,
| where their time was taken as follows:
Vaikyrie, 1851 :43; Defender, 1:0l ;35.
So it will be seen that Valkyrie led out
to the first mark by three minutes and
ffty-two seconds. AS Nalkyrie rounded
she set her pig balloon iIb topsail AID
took in her lib. That big front sail filled
magnifcently and with goodness knows
how many horse power. The Defender
cranks watched with all their eyes TO see
if their favorte would set her balloon jip
topsail. They waited to find out if De
lenders rigging had been weakened as
much as the3- feared. Alas. Defender
was only able to run up q baby sail on
the jip topsail stay. A larger spread of
canvas would have caused too much
strain on the weakened stay. Defender
did. however, set balloon stay SAIL and
not long afterward Valkyrie followed suit
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