The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-14
.4LUrEs FOR THE DEFENDER.
an After Gun as she Sails by i'm HoI-
iday Rig.

iday Rig.
/ ,-.r- York. Sept. I3.-This morning found
i Defender and Valkyrie III anchored
Hav Ridge,t the center Of such a group OF
-5,s as only an international cup race
+nrs together. Defender was decked in
. f,u dress Of colors. There was a fresh
rasze and a choppy sea and the big
single stickers rode and courtesied I'M
- their influence. The valxyrie and
Il s.r tender left Bay Ridge in tow for Erie
I}ssin at 600 o'clock.
II was after II O'Clock when Mr. Ise-
lin who had spent the nisht in the city,
md aad come down 10 the Atlantic Yacht
rub in the steam yacht Neckar, put on
in p launch to the Defender. The tug
Wallace b. Flint then went alongside
opd nut a line aboard. Mrs. Iselin was
~ The Defender with her husband.
As the yacht got under way. in tow
Gar New Rochelle, one of the yachts an
chored close by burst forth salute from
Ssr run. and the other yachts, taking the
one ioinsd in a noisy ovation that lasted
tvenrv minutes and sounded like the bonn
b4rirnent of besieged town.
vaikvrie, in tow of the Lewis Pulver,
,-~ived at Erie Basin shortly before 10
o'clock The British boat was warped in
iatween the steamship George ". Clyde
and the ship CaTnhill and her sailors We're
nut TO work at once stripping her. By
noon her topmast and much of the top
hamper had been removed.
Lord Dunraven was not present. Mr..
Clsunie. his representative, said that his
lordship would start at once for Colo
RADIO with mis- two daughters and that
Valkyrie would start on her homeward
VOYAGE as soon as she could be got in
Trim for the passage. He said that Nalky-
RE would not enter any race for a special
cup on any conditions. Beyond this he
would say nothing. Mr.. Ratsey, who was
also present, was even more reticent. II.
Maitland Kersey said that Valkyrie's sails
would be shipped TO Cowes. Her spars
would follow later.
Several members of the Americas COM
mittee and the regatta committee visited
the Madison avenue club house of the
New York Yacht Club this forenoon. No
meeting of either committee was held and
no communications were received from
Lord Dunraven or sent TO him.
A. Cass Garfield, secretary of the cup
committee. left the city at noon for New
port
Ex-Commodore S. Nicholson Kane,
chairman of the regatta committee. said
that he regretted the manner in which
the races wound up, but that Lord Dun
raven at the last moment made requests
which the committee could not grant. Mr..
Kane continued: IF we had acceded to
his request, call il no race, If at any time
either boat was interfered with by steam
ers it would be unfair to other boat if
she were winning. We did all that we pos
sby could do to keep a clear course, and
prevent Interference, but offered to post
pOne the start until the course was clear.
don't know what more we could do"
Mr.. Kane said he knew of no arrange
ment for races off Marblehead or any
other place. He said it rested with Lord
Dunraven whether he would race any
more in American waters.
Boston, Mass. Sept. 1S-The following
this afternoon form c. Oliver Iselin, who
represents the syndicate that owns the
yacht Defenders:
Brooklyn, Sept 13-Chas H. Taylor,
Editor Globe, Boston, Mass.-Many
thanks for your generous offer. 1 must
decline at present to race Valkyrie.
(signed) &C. oliver Iselin."
The Globes yachting representative in
New York telegraphed the following:
Mr. Chas. Taylor-Mr. Kersey has tele-
'phoned me that Valkyrie is being disman-
tied and that Lord Dunraven has made
formal reply to your proposition of yes
terday."
Nh. c. oliver Iselin, as the representa-
tive of the Defender syndicate received an
official notification by letter this afternoon
from the Americas cup committee that
the Defender was the winner of three in
ternational yacht races sailed off Sandy
Hook lightship, and that in consequence
the Americas cup would remain in pos
session of the New York Yacht Club. A
letter, was also sent TO Lord Dunraven
notifying him that the series of interna-
tional races for the Americas cup was
ended.