The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-04
uTA1KYR1E TAXES 4 SPIN.
She Made Good Time in Light Breeze
 Odds Wanted in London.

| Odds Wanted In London.
 Highlands of Navesink, N. J., Sept.
 S.-The Valkyrie went out for while in
 light breeze this morning. She left
 her anchorage at 9:15 under plain low
 CT sail and small working topsail 1 The wind was from the west and was
 about six knots when the start was
 made. Later it dropped and the yacht
 ran into calm near the Long Island shore. Lord Dunraven went aboard | the yacht from the tender City of
 Bridgeport early and 1t was plain that
 died out as it did yesterday.
 At 9:S0 the yacht passed Sandy Hook
 standing out She ran with eased
 sheet before the wind, finding 1t very 1 light, took in her jib and set No. l jlb topsail. It was not as large as a l balloon jib topsail, but was considera- | bly, larger than the No. jib topsail on | the American boats. The wind drop | ped when the yacht reached Gedneys
 channel but she drifted along rapidly ] in light air. At 10:50 she put about before reaching Sandy Hook lightship and started back. At Il o'clock she
 was becalmed and the City of Bridge
 port started out to offer her tow if
 one should be needed. The tow was
 declined but the Bridgeport stayed by the yacht She caught a slant of wind | from the eastward and headed out l toward the Scotland lightship at 11:50 I Five minutes later she got westerly
 breeze again and glided along at a bet ter pace.
 | At 11:15 a breeze sprang up from the | southeast, and the Valkyrie went about and ran with boom to port over toward Coney Island The working topsail | was taken in and a club topsail sent aloft The staysail was also lowered and jib sent up. At 11:30 Captain
 Cranfield jybed the boat and headed I for Sandy Hook on broad reach. The
 wind was freshening all the time and
 the cup hunter bowled along at mer-
 ry pace. Her course at il o'clock was | toward the Hook with the wind abeam. | The jib topsail was taken in and with
 mainsail, jib and club topsail the black l hulIed yacht dashed through the water | at a rate which demonstrated that | she will be dangerous competitor in l light winds and a smooth sea. The club topsail was not as large as the
 one carried last week and without stay
 sail or jib topsail she flew along
 at pace that made the City of Bridge l port hustle. There were no other yachts out in the vicinity of the Val
 kyrie and it was impossible to get a | close line on what she was doing, but
 1t was quite evident that she was sail I ing very fast and had power in re-
 serve.
 | At 12:15 the Valkyie signalled her tender and when the latter came up
 orders were given for the latter to re- l turn to the Horseshoe. The Valkyrie ! then eased off her sheets and ran be- | fore the wind In order to give the
 Bridgeport a start. After standing up l the bay ten minutes she changed her course and headed for the Hook. The 1 Bridgeport is a 91s to 10 knot boat, but the Valkyrie under jib, mainsail and club topsail began at once to pick her l up. The Scotch Witch with sheets l hauled flat aft dashed the spray from her bows and although the Bridgeport l was over mile ahead overhauled her
 as she reached the anchorage ground
 in the Horseshoe at 12:40, the yacht ran up in the wind and dropped an- chor The jib was taken in and the club topsail lowered. The crew were then given their dinners on the Bridge | port.
 I MT. Kersey said to-day that the Val I kyrie will go to Erie Basin this eve
 ming for her final cleaning and pot leading for Saturdays race.
 | New Rochelle, N. Y, Sept. S.--The Defender started out at Ii o'clock this | morning to again test the new set of | Wilson & Silsber sails which were set yesterday afternoon instead of the Herreshoff sails which were used in all the trial races. The yacht started
 eastward with a good stiff ten knot west southwest wind blowing and she will probably go eastward as far as Captains Island. On board the yacht were C. Oliver Iselin and Mrs. Iselin, | MT. Leeds and Captain Herreshoff. The new sails seemed to set and hold the wind better than did the Herreshoft l creations.