New-York tribune., 1895-09-12


sssEs xhs nd & a fSd Se vsfyr f
bore down upon the Defender and fouled her by
the ns bsr of s1 Also consider ha the
Defender left the Valkyrie sufficient room to wind
ward to pass clear s or as sfaned BOAT
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CHESTER GRIswoLD
THE RULES BEARING ON THE CASE
Rule XVI. of the Yacht Clubs racing rules. 70.
fers to right Of way" and the section. No. IL
on which the ruling is based, reads as follows:
A yacht shall not bear away out of her course -
as to hinder another in passing TO leeward.
Section of Rule XVI reads:
Yacht free shall keepftea Of one close-haulsd
The rule covering disduAlihcations reads:
If yacht. In consequence OF her neglect Of any
~ these rules. shall foul another yacht or compel
another Yacht to foul any yacht, mark OF obssric:
ton, or to run aground sne sha.! DC oiSquai'e~
and shall pay all damages
The Earl Of Dunraven was quoted as having
said last night:
"a! shall sail this race tomorrow as sportsman
because have no occasion to do otherwise. be-
lieve in the ability and honesty OF the Regatta
Committee of the New-York Yacht Club. be-
ueye that no effort has been made to influence
their decision. l believe them to be gentlemen
ANYTHING about the valkyrie. yet think that Mr..
Watson has also fulfilled his engagement to build
for a boat
"I do not expect that Mr.. Iseln will offer
chance for a resail or anything Of that Sort While
II is very certain that the Americas Cup Is lost by
reason of the Valkyrte's racing showing, 1t is not
so certain that at some time the cup may not Do
carried across the Atlantic.
..The appearance Of the decision OF the New.
York Yacht Club Committee did not surprise me.
T believe that the Defender made heroic effort
on Tuesday do not think that the decision OF the
New-York Yacht Club Regatta Committee Is
based upon their calm consi icration OF the mat
ter in hand. do not agree with them
Mr. Isein is reported as having said yesterday
concerning the possibility Of resai OF the race:
II do not know why / should do anything hke
this It would not be sportsmanlike for me to
give up any advantage which had been officially
awarded me under such circumstances. l Wall
not say thing for publication"
NOT SURE JUST WHAT 1T MEANT.
Even after the Isen letter posted. tho
people who fingered about the yacht club were
not wholly satisfied and a number asked:
Does this give the race to the Defender or y
the race declared no racer
No member of the committee could be seen,
but ]. " S. Oddie the secretary OF the yacae
club. went to the committee room and returned
with the message:
"The Defender wins"
THAT settles it, was the exclamation OF many
as they left the hot hall and sought other places
TO discuss the outcome.
For few minutes after the news had been
posted telephones in the neighborhood of the
clubhouse were at premium Everybody
wanted to tell somebody else that the race was
the Defenders. 80.
RUN ON THE CLUBHOUSE
The decision relieved a great strain. for tho
clubhouse had been beseged all day by MEM
bers and people who We're not members, but
were deeply interested In the result OF the COM
mittee's deliberations. Whatever people may
have thought as to giving the race to the Eng
lsh Yacht or ordering It to be resailed. almost
every one felt that the decision was technically
lust; that is TO say If the committee found that
the Valkyrie interfered with the Defender. they
were bound disqualify the Briton. and no
other course was open TO them. Most accounts
agree that when the boom of the English yacht
caught the Defenders starboard topmast shroud
she was bearing away out Of her course, and
thus hindering the Defender from passing to
Ieeward Both yachts were the starboard
tack at the time and making for the line.
The Defender was sailing much nearer to the
wind than the Valkyrie. which was running
free with the WI I'd about abeam. The Defender
had gone to the lee of the Yorktown. and was
making good whatever she had lost by that
manoeuvre when the Engshman threw up his
tiller and ran straight down TO the Defender.
Those who We're near enough 10 see said that the
men on board the Yankee sloop shouted and
gesticulated, but the Englishman either would
not or could not keep off. She rounded on the
Defenders beam: then for few seconds the
two asprants for cup honors ran parallel. 1t
was only few seconds, though, for the stern
OF the Vallkyrie went down and shackle on the
end Of her boom caught the topmast shroud.
II these were found by the committee TO be sub
stantialy the facts Of the occurrence. 1t is gen.
orally agreed that no other decision could have
been given.
AN EFFORT TO BRING ABOUT AN AGREE
MENT
T, was the opinion OF many that the race would
be declared "off" and that another race over a
triangular course would be ordered. Ii would
appear that the committee also thought OF that,
because an hour or more after the Iselin letter
was posted the committee posted the following
notice:
To the Members OF the New-York Yacht Club:
at decision on the Defenders protest they
eudeavored 10 bring about a mutual agreement
between the respective yachts to resaii yesterdays
race but each preferred that the Committee should
pass judgment on the protest. -
~ s. NICHOLSON KANE.
CHESTER GRISWOLD,
IRVING GRINNELI.
Regatta Committee
The people who favored this course said thai
there was a good precedent In the case Of the
Puritan -C'enesta race which took place In Sep
he p,.r{ .loA
the English boat and on protest the race was
given IN the (,enesta At that time Sir Richard