Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-11

than SHE did. but as a matter OF fact
Nalkyric was good to windward all
the time she was going ahead. ~ 1851
the Defender was the FIRST to come
about. and she did II In very slow.
siovenly. careicss manner. occupying
no less than "a seconds, NallSyrie fol-
lowed her opponents example quickly
and continued to race us boat out for
q Gun should race.
Al this ntnge OF the game Defenders
friends looked very blue. They were
sure that thu Defender would loac the
race, but they did not thlnl; their cham
piou should do better than she was
doing. They were willing to lose under
the circumstances. but they were unan-
lmons In snylng Defender should make
all the nght she wax able. which She
certainly did not appear TO make, not
even blum at doing.
During the latter part OF the heat ont
20 the mark Defender did better point
Ing but her jlb WAS Shaking good deal
OF the time. \ lsi0 the yachts came
around To port, AMI ut i2:2A back again
20 starboard ON which tack they were
both able to make the first mark. where
their time was taken as follows, Val
kyrio, | hour % mnutcs a. n1conds;
Defender. hours l minute 3h seconds.
So Il will be seen that Nall,yric led
out to the last mark by minutes 81
seconds, ~ Valkyrle rounded he set
her big balloon jib topsuil aud took la
her jlb That big front sail nllcd ag-
nlfocntly, and drew With GOODNESS
knuws how many horse power. The
Defender rrants watched ,vitn ,,u moi,
evss Ia 500 N thrlr rn,nriic ,0si,iJ gst
ber bnIloou I'M tnnsau rh,,, v.n.oh
TO mud out II Defenders rigging had
been weakened as much as they reared.
Alas, Defender was only able to run
i'r,,cr sr,s,t W "o '.,,it h,',
,a,,,3 ,, ,,,',.,, ,,t, ~ "t
,,,''I -, pnS's,. II, W" wv ,
,,t,,s ~, ~" ~; Ne'
e,n,.d V,,il,,,, ei, Su ~, ,'',S q, w
w. ,,ii'N;s W. .' w W 'p n XXI.
~ o"nuyn on hrl lutSs.ag. IN lhls
.t k ~, w W. ','i.u t'et','uvr iNfVnAulSu
" a. l'un ~ 10 tSHN .ilNl u =, uIVs'
~ ~ eu ,'s ut"pu 'eAVn tne
1870 i"Hi,r1u 'He AeVonu hlath HA
i6hpWsi N"ihEIlt; ! noul % minutes
~ a,s"l'uS, Del'nue' "o"fs hlh-
u'S W seVpnus,
Wv tnN VIM Hlu Hnllt ~ 10 SCUM
WeSt ny south, uhu aipWsd down 10
e'Eht nlIes an hour. the last 'tg was
py eollnhss uliee'loh horthwest ny
west hali west' ana sheets were nauled
are so thht the vessels would meet The
breeze npehn. ~ soon ns the boats
mug p9tn my 'helf eourSf Tor nome
belenuer WIN her SOUND ilsglng TO
MlluMetu' pehAh 10 fuprlly pNHihaul
NaihHIle
nalkyrie TOOK IN her balloon lip top
san ana repih,ed u win peuy. she
also SET balioon stay, but do what
sne Woulu the Srlpple oNethtuieu neI
IN reaiig ilulvuipus munner nho
gained on the lsnsuHh boat 70 i9st that
Wneh w nnlan wah roaenou NaNyrie
Mns Vh's wv i,linu.os anu 10 sucu, .
aieuu I ,i ntNlis b"iv o'cr wv
stnn''ns ~" w n,'u W. nts
t5.t ,',,,t,,f Vieii,,l,i, 40, No.,
,',, ,,, 70, ssat,,,,,,
ys','i ,sat,,,J ~ non,,,h n,,i
nj, -.
a ,,n,tar or e,c, ,be ont,, ,t,,o n,
which ihe ,,easc,s bnd tbc same nnlls
ssi ,,os an tbe nina Lon md durInp
~, H., nas,oaar catndd onc r,in,,tc
MA ssvnyteen seconds The few cham.
niora ~ ihe icnglisb boat who arc loft
ran"ot toniabt ind any eonsolntion i'm
m ncbicysmoni ~ their ship todny.
frhn Watltv,ic ,yon Nv one minute.
atStoen seconds ON elnpsed time. nnd
after deductinr 2a secondn, which she
| allows Defender by A seconds.
snnh Ia n brief outline of the race.
/ The real story is known only to those
/ v,l,o watched Tho fcht. Saturdays race,
| thc nrst OF the series. was decisive,
| none could tell what Nalkyrie might do
under otier conditions.
IL was feared that after the mlHhnp
me contest would prove so unequal az
/ 10 loso lis intoreet but 1t was this
/ very accident that gave the English
man a nnhtInE chance against De-
sender todnv. with "A strong breeze
nnd n hlgh sen FOR the third race,
/ Vniitvrie may do better. but at ali
events she had the distinction OF crosH-
Inc Tho home line In advance OF tho
VSnkee bont-thc nrst In a quarter OF
| a century. Only one other bont flnlsh-
| Cd closer TO Inc winner than did De-
sonda,. todnv and thnt was VnlItyrie II.
in het. race with ViEllnnt in 1898, when
,n,,v seconds only ssnarntod the racers.
n md been the generally expressed
,,,sh ibat nunraven would win one