Morris tribune., 1895-09-11
VILLAGES IN RUINS.
Turkish Soldiers Continue Their Work Of
Destruction in Armenia.

Turkish Soldiers Continue Their Work o.
Destruction in Armenia.
HIGHLANDS OF THE NAvEsINK, N. J..
Sept. IA cloudy sky and smooth
leaden- looking sea over which light
southwest airs were sweeping gently
was the outlook from here at 6 a. m. A
few stray yachts, fishermen and small
coasting craft We're to be seen at anchor
inside Sandy Hook, but the contestants
for the Americas cup, the British chal-
lenger and the American champion,
Valkyrie III and Defender, were absent
from their usual mcorings, having passed
the night almost within biscuit toss OF
each other. off the Atlantic clubs an
chorage at Bay Ridge.
The Britishers, not much discouraged
by the defeat which their yacht met
with on Saturday last i'll light to
stronger breezes and a heavy sea, have
shifted some of her ballast from aft for
ward at the suggestion OF George L..
Watson, her designer, and have given
her {; good trial spin since the last heat
of the battle for the cup therefore they
confidently expected her to show up in
better form at the second race.
A Triangular Race.
The race Oh Saturday was beat Of
Is miles to windward for the first leg,
and broad reach of 15 miles, intended
to have been run home. The second
race was around triangle, 10 miles to a
leg, 80 miles in all, starting from Sandy
Hook Hghtship and with the first leg a
beat, if possible. With the wind hold
ing from the.southwest this would be
possible, but the yachts would have to
run very close to the Jersey shore to
turn.
Weather Slightly Improved.
Off shore at 7:30 the wind was only
blowing at four miles an hour, but this
was an improvement on the light airs OF
the earlier morning. However, there
were breaks in the clouds here and there
at intervals, which seemed to hold a
promise of better weather as the
day wore on. These favorable
conditions continued until at s o'clock
the sun began breaking through the
mantle of cloud in earnest and the wind
came breezing up from the southwest
until it was stirring at the rate of six
miles an hour But off shore it was
still very thick, it being impossible to
see much further north than the end of
the Hook and Scotland ightship could
only be dimly seen.
Valkyrie at S:42 could be seen follow
ing Defender through the swash chan
mel with her mainsail set and in tow.
Defender at the same time was passing
the end of the Hook. There was no
change in the weather conditions and it
was fully as thick off shore as it had
been an hour before.
At 1850 a. m. the preparatory signal
was fired and the yachts began the usual
jockeying for positions. The British
yacht blanleted Defender, but Defender
worked out from under her lee only to
be again blanketed, and the yachts
crossed the line in the following official
times: Valkyrie, 11:O0I3; Defender,
11:01:15.
At 11:O2:3O, after short tack to star
beard, both boats came about and
stood directly towards this point
on port tack. Both boats were headed
for this point, Defender to lee
ward and seeming to point trifie high
er than the Valkyrie.
Shortly after the start Defender hoist
ed protest flag, and the protest was
allowed, it being believed here that Val
kyrie fou1ed Defender during the luffing
matches. It seemed from here as if one
of Defenders shrouds was injured, but
nothing definite could be made out, and
Defenders topmast hung on well.
va1kyrie Gained Some.
At 11:43 they were not more than a |
mile and half off shore, and Defender
was sailing along nicely without the aid
of her jib topsail. Valkyrie seemed to
be gaining trife on Defender. She
was getting better breeze to wind
ward, Defender being in soft spots, and,
while Vallyrie's jib topsail did not set.
well, yet it helped her considerably.
The excursion fleet was giving the
yachts all the room they wanted, and as
there were not over a hundred vessels
of all sorts aboEt the racers, they were
not in any way interfered with.
The wind at 11:55 was very light and
the excursion fleet was still doing finely, I
keeping from half to three quarters of q
hile from the racers.
The SCENE presented by the racing
yachts and the accompanying fleet was
q grand one. 1t was possible from here
to look down directly on the decks Of
both yachts. Captain Half could be
seen sailing Defender for all there was
IN her, and Captain Cranfield was doing
The same for Valkyrie.
Both boats at II 80 We're standing off
shore on the starbOard tack and De-