Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-13


Ending Of the Races for Ameri-
cas- Cup.
New York. September 1.-THE in
: ternational series between Defender
and Valkyrie for the Americas cup is
/ ended. On the whole it has been an
/ extraordinary series, and while the re-
suit is satisfactory to the American
people, two at least Of the contests that
went TO make up the match, were not.
| Defender won in a clean race Saturday;
in the last race she crossed the line be-
hind the English boat, but was award
l ed the race on a foul; to-day she had a
walkover. And to-day's occurrence
was all the more unfortunate, not only
because a great crowd had gathered to
witness the struggle, but because the
weather conditions were such as to
lead many to suppose that OF all days
( Valkyrie would be in her element
Lord Dunraven had said last night,
and he said it most emphatically, that
he would withdraw to-day if an
absolutely clear course was not pro-
vided lie claimed that during the pre-
yious race his boat had been greatly in
/ terfaIad with, and as everything de-
pended upon che outcome of the third
of the series. he adhered to that de-
] cisiOn 50 closely that Nalkyrie merely
crossed the starting line and then re-
tired from the contest. Defender who
was Well in advance when the handi-
cap gun was hred, continued on her
journey and went over the course well
within the time limit.
BY her three straight victories, De
fender retains Jhe
HISTORIC CUP FOR AMERICA
The unfortunate foul between Val
4 kyrie III. and Defender at the start OF
the race on Tuesday last, the awarding
Of the race to Defender, and, above all
The fact that Valkyrie was looked upon
! by many as an Outclassed yacht, all
tended to blue matters up considerably
( But. under the gray mantle Of clouds
lowering over Sandy Hook and it's Vi
sunshine. caused by a report that Mr.
c. Oliver 1selin had asked the Amer
/ icaS Gun Committee ii they had any
objection to his proposing 10 Lord Dun
raven to reSail the triangular race on
/ Tuesday. Then rumor has it that he
had received a favorable reply and that
another race was in prospect, in place
Of the one awarded to Defender on ac-
; count of VallIyrie's foul, an outlook
which could not fail to make a fayora-
bic impression among all true sports
men,
Lord Dunraven's strong denunciatior
of the interference of steamers with
the racers was looked upon in quite q
serious light. as there seemed no doubt
that he meant what he said when he
threatened 10 withdraw from the race
if interfered with to-day. His letter
on the subject is as follows:
Gentlemen-U is with great reluc-
, tance that I write to inform you that
decline to- sail Naikyrie any more un-
der the circumstances that have pre-
vailed i'm the last two races, and for the
/ following reasons:
First-To attempt to start two such
: large vessels in such confined space
= / and among moving steamers and tug
. boats, i'm my opinion. is exceedingly dan
gerous, and I viii not further risk the
lives of my men or the ship.
Second-At the start Of the first race
the crowding was so great that we
could not see the mark boat and could
not tell when we We're near the lines
and we We're much hampered by
steamers. especially on the race home
To-day on the reach home eight
steamers were to the wiudward Of me
and what was worse a block Of steam
. ers were steaming level with me and
- close under my lee. ! sailed nearly the
. whole distance i'm tumbling, broken
water and the heavy wash Of the
steamers.
To race under these conditions is, in
my opinion. absurd. and / decline tc
. submit myself to them again.
q I would remind your committee that
fOreseeing the trouble that might oc-
cur. urged upon them the desirability
of sailing Off Marblehead or some To-
calitv other than New York Bay and
b. that they refused to do so. AT the
! same time I would testify to my full
belief that your committee have done
S everything in their power to prevent
overcrowding.
The fact is that when a contest be-
tween the representatives of two yacht
{ clubs excites so much popular interest
, and attracts such crowds of people, II
tbe races are sailed in the immediate
{ neighborhood of a great city and the
dates of the races and time Of starting
are known and advertised, it is impos-
sible TO keep a course free from causes
of exceptional danger and clear enough
TO assure the probability that the result
of the match will be decided according
TO the relative merits of the competing
vessels t have the honor to remain
vour obedient servant,
0''' DUNBAVEN.
The Americas Cup Committee.
THE RACE SCHEDULED
for to-day promised to be more eX-
citing one than either of the TWO pre-
ceding. for it was to be expected that
everv effort would be made by Dun
raven after Tuesdays disappointment
10 score a victory with the boat he had
brought so far The course marked
nm was fifteen miles to leward and re-
turn. starting off the lghtship There
was some little delay and while the
/ racers were circling sluggishly around
# was noticed that Valkyrie was lack
f 49, , CON soil and was simnlV sailing