The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-30
VALKYRIE III TESTED.
The English Challenger Barely De-
feafed nv britannia.

ROTHESAY, June 29.-The Prince OF
waless Britannia was exceedingly fortu-
nate I'm the great race here to-day. defeat
ing the new Valkyrie III on time allowance.
The thousands OF spectators who Witnessed
the opening of the Royal Northern Yacht
Club could hardly believe their ears when
they heard the announcement that Lord
Dunraven's yacht had been defeated by ,
minutes and 1s seconds.
Rothesay bay was a halo OF glory from
end to end to-day. The lotilla Of pleasure
craft, including many of the finest British
steam yachts, crowded about the starting
point near Rothesay. The Clyde Itself WAS
dotted with white sails of all classes and
conditions. The course. which Is quadrant
gular. extended from Rothesay bay around
flag boats of Mount Stuart, Largs and
wemyss bay. 1t was sailed over twice.
with an extra leg OF distance from T;othc-
say bay to and around the Largs hds boat
a distance OF fifty miles.
Valkyrie was long way OUTSIDE he Rothe-
say bay mark boat. and had the inshors
berth before the starting gun was frcI
The times of crossing the line Ucre: Ailsa,
10 hours 30 minutes % seconds; britannia,
10 n. 30 m. 50 s.; Valkyrie H.. i0 h. "a IA.
Il $. The Ailsa was almost becalmcd on
the start. Down near the Ascot shore the
wind was lively and Valkyrie secured
good lead. The first round wos Completed
tannia, h. % m. Il s.; Ailsl. I h. m.
ASS. AS she rounded the RuthesGX Gay
mark boat at the end OF the frs round Val
kyrie was greeted with cheers from the
many spectators ashore and a6oat who had
already made up their minds tAat she Was
the champion English yacht Naikyrie
fresher and the new yacht showed good
speed. The times at the Largs markooat
on the second round were: Nalkyrie. I \.
26 m Is 8; Britannia, h. m: Ailsa, ; h.
27m. 8 8. Gains and fitful breezes really made
the finish Of the yacht race uninteresting.
The Ailsa having withdrawn. the following
were the times of the two yachts NJ the
finish: Nalkyrie, h. "a m. 20 =; Britannia.
h. % m. ls $. Although the Valkyrie
MIA, the latter won the race she had =
time allowance OF m. 2 :. This made the
Prince OF Wales's yacht the victor by
Britannia had extraordinary luck IN
bringing up in the wind at the end OF the
crowds OF spectators could hardly believe
their eyes to-day when they witnessed the
nossble weaf5sr WslkvrIe a. "a ,be bs9i5t
ming OF the race showed astounding form
in the threc-mie beat The breeze was
gathering wind set in and falkyrie stepped
out in wonderful style. She quickly had
her opponents under her lee. After going
and rain caught the Valkyrie first and
though she curled up. she Travelled At a
great pace. The Valkyrie's performance
during the day certainly Justihes the
opinion that she viii prove unusually fast
in light weather. There is no doubt that
she Is far away a better boat than Britain
MIA. but how much can only be determined
by a reliable trial an a steady breeze.
The correspondent saw Captain Skaymore
aboard Nalkyrie after the race. Captain
Skaymore with Captain Cranheid will sau
the valkyrie agains. the defender. He
said: Il am entirely satisfied with Val
kyrie. She behaved simply spendid. The
mere chance that gave the race 10 Britain
MIA Is of small Importance. The defender
will need TO be much better than the
Vigilant, else the Americans cannot retain
the cup.
The racing programme for to-day COM
prised eleven contests; but the interest
centered in the race for the big yachts.
those exceeding forty rating and for the
ten 70 twenty raters. The course for the
big yachts to-day was a total distance
OF fifty miles The first prize was fs5 and
the second E25 The course for the yachts
above ten and not exceeding twenty rating
was a total Of thirty-one miles and for
those not exceeding ten rating the course