Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-12


a white can It was lust such a day lust
such a breeze and lust such a sea as was
wanted for great race a race where there
would be no iuking.
TIE wind at & o'clock was blowing at the
the west. and with every indication of in
creasing. The indications at the same hour
we're that the race would start from Sandy
He ok rghtship. and that the run would he
to the east. the turning point to he at a
point about seven miles out at sea from
short Reach an the Long Island shore In
tbis- event the yachts would use their snin-
makers and rim before a free wind and
after turning it would he a dead heat to
winfward coming home
"iHu rHHS AWAY.
Toward o O'clock the wind fell off few
points and got around to the southwest
The breeze at $40 had died to knot and a
quarter, and the sea was almost like glass.
1t was announced at lo:l' from the
Judges noat tnat Loro DunraVen was will
Ing to sail the triangular race over again
ao'aa .oaay' 1>o sisnais were u'spiaSeu' HOW
,rhe committee boat ton minutes later
signaled that the Yachts would sail the
straieht-away course, a run of fifteen miles
to leeward toward Long Beach, and beat
back. The wind was then about west. and
blowing at six miles an hour The mark
boat was dispatched to fix the turning
mark. The course was signaled as d. C.
G., meaning east by south.
The two yachts at 1910 were iockeying
for positions. Defender had her club top
Hmt Va,twr. nniv had hs a,rnam SAL
lib set.
The preparatory gun was fired at 1855.
Faikyfie at ~ o CLOCK was coming toward
me me me Oh .he starpoard TACK, Win only
tack IN the other side of the Iina evidapti,,
intending to work over and then turn
Quickly A second gun was fired at 1:lO.
| The second gun was not the starting gun,
was announced to take place at 11:uO
Valkyrie has now broken out her stay-
SAIL and is running down for the line 1t
looks as if she had kept aWav until the
room around the starting line was iarre
enough to suit her.
III. S,...
Defender, when the gun fired at IL 20,
had the best position and crossed the line
.t =, ,.oooo WITH ~ sninn.Lar h,,,r, 49,.
a. WIZ e. sph'Nei 'ooiii ou..
Naikyrle crossed "lthout ner club topsa1l
up and with no spinnaker set. Valkyrie
came around the lightship on the mort
tack and seemed tn he ont of tho raoo
She did NOT hoist her c,nh tons.u or sot
~ sn;nneLar Sha s+artaa I"1 " IS.
t.ian I;nn ~ Sad. oath ~ .he
Ivr;e t6en si.naled The committas hn,t a."
nafendar vas GOING dead hafora ~ ,,.;,a
,,,tt sm ber s.3,s f,,i "a W .li, .ue m,ilu
RI inc md n liz,
md n1chinp about tLc st,r+ .,5 n,.s
Dunraven,s tus was alonps,da of ~. A''u
~
Valkyrfe Gave 1t Up.
Defender took in her spinnaker about
49, ., ,,,,,- ,,on,, 49, g.. -, m,
wind was between seven and eight knots
the sea moderate.
line a large schooner pilot boat, No. ID.
came drecty across ana 10 windward OF
nc oa,, AZ 81 a.. h t 81" ~a ,,I 80 80 a,
to mort and pointed to the lghtship. AS
she did so she sent up to her masthead
the ensign of the New York Yacht Club.
signifying that she surrendered the race.
After Valkyrie had hoisted the ensign
of the New York Yacht Club the Dunrav ven
tender ran alongside of her and threw her
a line. AS the English yacht started for
home her sails were lowered, and as she
passed the Mackay-Bennett she was heart
lily cheered by the latter's crew.
The men of the Valkyrie returned The
cheers, but all on board refused to answer
questions
The only explanation for the affair OBJ
tainable here at that hour was contained
in Lord Dunravens letter, and in the
! blanketng which she received from the
pilot boat just before the start
On the other hand, 1t claimed that
| Valkyrie never intended to start today,
| for she had not hoisted her club topsail or
got her spinnaker ready for crossing the
second time the tender of Lord Dunraven
ran alongside and spoke her. From that
| time she never prepared any further,
boat was not tbe % camse Of her " wtth,,raw. raw.
ing.
Howls of Derision.
Who, III, cron,d of oxours;or bo,+s bs.r-
| I'M. ,roh.h,v 15ooo ,aon,e s,u that tho
r.oe Voc anke tbcre were bowls of do
! r;sio,
Az so,., of ,,ih,, ,,,.r. hur,.d ot Dim
| ,.o,, a,,.s.->o.ht.o,, ona foa,ino saon,ad n
r,,,, vow, hi.h r. sae,red ~ he tho General
oninion thai Dun,aven did not intend 10
race when he came ont this morning.
The Ass ,ciated Press tug arrived along
| side the cable shin at 1870 and reported
| that in rerW to repoated irouiries as to his
| reason for giving m the race. Lord Dun
| raven and his Marty made no attempt to
| answe. nd left VaIkyrie's deck taking
refuge heicw
Designer Watson and Sailmaker Ratsey
answer any questions ana turned thelr