The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-27
TUGS ESCORT VALKYRIE
GEORGE COULD TRIED TO HAVE 4
 BRUSH WITH THE CHALLENGER.

The vigiIant Was on Hand With New
 Suit of Clothes and Was Ready for Hours
 for Contest-vallsyrie May Take an
 Early Sail To-day-yigilant Anchored
 Near Her.
 New York, Aug. 26-valkyrie III. was escorted by a fleet of newspaper tugs when she went down to Sandy Hook this afternoon. It was expected she would to-day take her first spin vas, but she disappointed many by anchoring in the Horseshoe and re- maining there. Among the disappoint- ed ones was George J. Gould, who went down to Sandy Hook on the Atalanta, and was transferred to the Vigilant. The way MT. Gould lowered about until nearly night fall gave grounds for a suspicion that he wanted brush with
 Valkyrie III
 The Vigilant has on a new suit of clothes, and no finer has been seen on any yacht in these waters, this year at
 least. The sails were all made by
 Sawyer. The mainsail had cloths running from head to foot, the four outside cloths being newer than the
 rest of the sail, indicating that it is one
 of her old mainsalls enlarged. The
 jib, ,staysail and clubtopsail fitted per-
 fectly. The jib was without the club,
 which has distinguished the Vigilant from Defender all summer. The baby
 jibtopsail afterward broken out had
 five battens in it and set as flat as a
 board. The work of bending the main-
 sail progressed slowly on the Vallky- rie.
 MT. Ratsey stated before leaving the
 Erie basin that the mainsail could be bent in forty-five minutes. Instead of that the crew worked at it three hours. Then at 5 o'clock the halliards were manned and the sail hoisted. It proved to be a handsome piece of canvas and of enormous proportions. The forty men seemed to have all they wanted to do to get the throat and peak of the gaff well up. The sail set well except at the foot. There was considerable fullness from the mat, two-thirds of the way to the end of the boom. The sail seemed six feet longer at the foot and four feet taller than the mainsail of either Vigilant of Defender.
 Sailmaker Ratsey examined it close ly and made notes for trimming down. MT. Kersey viewed the sail from a naphtha launch. He afterwards went on board the City of Bridgeport, which arrived and anchored. The Valkyrie then dropped her anchor and dismissed l the tug Pulver. At 5:45 the mainsail was lowered, and all hope of a sail to- day was abandoned. The jib and stay sail were on deck ready to be sent aloft, | but the nlainsail was the only canvas put in place to-day. Whether the peo- pie on the British boat were influenced in giving up the proposed sail by the presence of the newspaper tugs or the actions of the Vigilant is not known. It is we'll understood that Lord Dunra- vens people prefer a spin when no one ! is looking and with no boat like the Vigilant about to get a line on the cup l hunter.
 In all probability Valkyrie III will | take a sail early tomorrow. At o'clock the Vigilant returned inside the Hook and anchored near the Valkyrie 1 for the night. The Vigilant is in better | shape than ever and the sails used will l probably be employed in the next trial race Tuesday. The Defender is ex-
 pected tomorrow, and will make hel
 headquarters in the Horseshoe.