The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-12
DEFENDER DECLARED WINNER
Mr., lselin's Protest was Sustained
and the VaIkyre Lost.
Lord Ounraven Accepted the Decision
OF the Regatta Committee and
Will Have His Vessel Ready for
io'doY's Race. To Sail
Thirty Miles.
BY Southern Associated pross.

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NEW York, September LITTLE Ro.
gatth Committee of tho New York
YACHT Club rendered decision late
this afternoon snatuiuing MIR. lse!lu's
protest against the Nniky rie aud award
Ing yesterday 3 race 10 the Defender.
Tins result was reached after delibeta.
tons aud conferences lastlnR prncti.
cnlly all day. As the occurrence wns
| directly uuucr tho eyes of tho commit
tee and was also witnessed by thuus
ands OF spectators, there wus only one
decision possible.
Every ono conversaut with racing of
yachts and rules OF tho road ut sen
| agreed that tho British yacht was at
] fault. Lord Dunravan nnd his friends.
| however, held that his boat was crowd.
ed 10y Defender aud that the accident
was unavoidable. The committee caye
each side ample opportunity to state
their case, aud took the testimony OF
the captaius Of eacA yacht aud OF
others who were on board
| Mr.. naNid Henderson,, who sn,led
on the Defender ns tho Representatives
| OF Lord Duuravcn, and MIR. J, X.
bush. who represented the New YORK
Yacht Club on the Nnikyric each re
ported on the occurrence. All the in.
,ercstcd purtlcs were at the yacht
club house until lnto III the afternoon,
with Lord Dunravcu were Renr
| Commodore Arthur GlennIe, of the
| Royal Clyde lucut club; Sailmakcr
| hatscy, IA. Maitland kerscy, Captains
Cranhcid and Sycamore. In Mir. ise
| Inns uarty were Woodbury. Kane.
Newberry Thorne, aud Herbert {.
| Leeds.
1t was 4:30 p. IN. when tho decision
was announced. 1t wns in the form OF
u reply to Mr.. Iselu's protest mud
reads ns follows:
MI. q. OLIVER lsELIN-Wc beg TO
acknowledge the receipt Of yuur letter
! oil yesterday protesting Nulkyric, We
] have given the matter our careful con
| s!dcrnilon and believe that the iuul
| occurred through he miscelcuintiou OF
| the distance between the two yachts ut
| II critical moment.
From our oi servation, sustained by
hat OF olhers. who wc Z III good posi-
ton 10 see, We tiud that the Nalkyrle
IN contraveuiiou of seclion . uf ruciug
| rule lG, bore down uptnt e Defender
aad fUuled her by the swlup of her
mllu boom when iuiiing TO strnighten
her cunrsc. Ne aIsI consider ILnt
Defender allowed Nhikyric sufficient
room to windwurd to p, 80 o.nr OF the
co minittce bont. Your protest ID, there
lore, sustained.
toignedl $ NICHOLSON EANE,
Chairmun.
lhvlSG GRlFNELI.
CHESTER GKISwoLD."
Lord Dnnraven accepts the decision
and Will have the Nalkyrie at the line
to morrow for the third of tue inter.
national races.
The regatta committee posted the
!oilowIns notice ut the house of thu
New YORK Yacht Club this evening:
10 members of the New York
Yacht Club. Your committee beg to
state that before arriving ut II decision
on Defenders 5 protest, they endeavored
to bring uhout II mutual egreeme ent be.
tween the respective yachts to resail
Yesterdays raZe, but each sprefcrrcd
thht the committee should pass judg
ment on the protest.
(Sigucdj
lHE REGATTA CoMMlTTET,
1le Defender g cracked toptnast and
starbonrd sprcuGer we're taken down.
The horn ni the spreader was broken
entirely OFT, while the topmast had ii
spiit III II about one third OF the dis
tance up from the muinmast heu6.
Another spar To take it's place has been
brought to the basin. 1t ls not a new
spur. but one made for tie CoouIa.
Capt. Noh said 1t would answer the
purpose ali right 1t weighs 4UU
pounds less than the old stick.
he damaged spreader was also taken
down. It's oUthoard end locked as
though 1t had been chewed oi The
Defender waterlIne viii not be re.
measured, but the Nalkyrie's will.
Eighteen pigs of lead, weighing one
aud one quarter tons, were removed
from her hold to day, and she will set
higher Oh the water. Probably the
dilierence III water inns measurement
VIII wipe out the twenty niue seconds
allowance. To morrow's race Will be
littten miles TO wlndward aud return.