Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-08
VALKYRIE is BEATEN.
The Britannia Leads at Hunters
Quay and Ailsa is
Second.

Hunters Quay, Firth of Clyde, July 3.
The regatta of the Mud Hook Yacht
club was started today in a nice south
west breeze accompanied by brilliant sun
shine. Britannia, Ailsa and Valkyrie
III. started in the race for the big yachts,
the prize being the Muir challenge cup
valued at 100 guineas with % guineas
added, and Eucharis, Zinita, Niagara and
Dakotah started in the race for the small
er yachts.
There were eight events on the pro-
gramme, but interest centered almost en-
tlrely in the races for the yachts above
40 rating and in the contest in which the
20-raters took part. The smaller yachts
raced for prize of flo sterling, presented
by the club.
The course for the large yachts was
about fifty miles in all. The 20-raters
sailed over total distance of thirty
miles. Valkyrie in the race today al
lowed Ailsa minutes 50 seconds and
Britannia 4 minutes 2 seconds. In the
20-raters race Dakotah was allowed II
minutes 80 seconds by the other yachts
competing, as she is barely an 11-rater
and her competitors are all about 20 rat
ing.
When the big racers put out of Holy
Loeb for their preliminary spurts this
morning in order to get their sails setting
nicely for the days racing, a nice breeze
was blowing from the southwest, causing
the Britannia, Ailsa and Valkyrie to glide
through the water in gallant style.
A Pretty Start.
When the starting gun was fred at
1910 a. m. to send the big yachts, Britan-
gether, with Valkyrie a couple of lengths
behind. Britannia had the weather berth
and she soon pulled ahead. The starting
of Valkyrie, Ailsa and Britannia in the
race today was a pleasant surprise to
yachtsmen, as it was generally believed
that none of them would race today,
chiefly owing to the fact that the yachts in
this race have hitherto been obliged to be
handled by amateur steersmen and it was
in this race last year that A. d. Clarke's
Satanita sunk Valkyrie H.. so the Prince
Of Wales, owner of the Britannia, Lord
Dunrayen, the representative owner of
Valkyrie III, and A, B. Walker, the
owner of Ailsa, were not anxious to sail
today under the same rules. Consequent>
ly they made joint representation to the
regatta committee of the Mud Hook
Yacht club yesterday with the result that
tits rule was waived and the yachts today
were sailed by their regular shippers.
The 20raters started in the fol-
lowing order: Eucharis, Zinits., Niagara
and Dakotah, but there was only ten
seconds difference between the time in
which the first and last of the yachts
competing in the 20-rater class crossed
the line
Zinita and Niagara, almost immediate
" after crossing the line, engaged in a
Eucharis get big lead, followed by Da-
kotah, on the reach to Inverkip which
Eucharis rounded couple Of minutes
ahead of Niagara. The latter yacht was
followed by Zinita and Dakotah.
Dakotah, however, finished % minutes
behind Eucharis which won outright.
1T is safe to say that today's weather
suited Eucharis admirably and / have
every reason to feel satisfaction at hav-
ing beaten Niagara, in view of the. fact
that Eucharis is not vet i'll her best trim.
Some of her gear ran stiffiy today and she
will go much faster after a few more
races
Following are times of the three big
Yachts at finish.