New-York tribune., 1895-08-25

SHE rs FORMIDABLE.
THE vALKYRIEs POT-LEADED HULL HAS
AN ENORMOUS BULK.

RIGoED FOR BUsINEss-cRowDs AT THE DRY
DOCK AS UsUAL-TRIAL RACE
on THURSDAY.
The feature OF the drydock exhibition Of the cup
challenger the Varkyrie. at Erie Basin yesterday
was the appearance the English boat presented at
a little after 5 o'clock. when work stopped. and
the crack English yacht showed at mst for what
she really is. formidable adversary of the best
work American any other designers can turn
out There were even larger throngs about the
Valkyrie yesterday than on the preceding days. and
yesterday the camera man was about In full force
The Valkyrie finished yesterday enurely' SO
far as the rigging is concerned and all that now
prevents her being foated at once is the need OF
drying the potead applied to her bottom, the uh-
willingness Of her owner and captain TO doing any
unnecessary work Sunday. and the desire 10 give
the Drew little holiday after their long voyage ana
ha rd work at re6tting the boat. Toward O'Clock
last night word was brought TO Captain Crahneiu
that Mr. Ratsey. the English sailmaker' VINO ma"
arrived on the Paris. was ready to come on ooaio
and the City OF Bridgeport was sent 10 the Ame'
can Line pier after him. The crew OF the NaiKyrle
will have an outing up the Hudson To-Day Oh .ne
City of Bridgeport and tomorrow they WILL Win
the floating out of their yacht. get her sans Den.
on the way down to the Horseshoe. IAt'ie couiu
be learned aboard the Valkyrie yesterday as u
these new sails that arrived with the vessels spars
Bridgeport Captain Sycamore said. jokngy' "heh
asked as to the sails she will carry; i can I say
a word to-day; you must let us have httie up
our sleeve. you know.
Walter C. Kerr man who knows as much ae
any one In New-York about yachts. was an IN
terested observer OF Valkyrie III yesterday MI hei
says the way to look at a yacht IN the oryooe"
Is to get a distance from her. both behind ana De-
fore and then she be seen not all hidoen as
she Is when she is in the water. put WIN INV
BACKGROUND OF buildings and DOCKS ana peope'
This he is sure aids TO get proper idea OF
boats size and aspect. The Nalkyre' viewed rum
well astern ia a more and more formidable boat
When she was well pot-leaded yesterday MI Ne'r
looked her over carefully and gave 1t as MS opno
that the boat that beats her VIII Know 'ha' s"e
he's had race. Ii is only when seen IN this way
that one can obtain correct Idea or her ire
rnsndous beam and he length and size OF her
spars. AS Mr.. Kerr puts 1t sne mas d" a.
mighty rig
The preyenter backstays were got up early IN the
afternoon and the appearance o. the Vessei was
further improved by the hanging up OF the CLUBS
for the club-topsails These latter were neatly var
nished and with the glttering backlead' that maze
the vessels underbody shine no wonder the spec'a-
tors that looked at the yacht yesterday were en-
thusiastic
Another good place from which to view crack
Yacht is from beneath her, or as near 70 IL as one
may get The Valkyrie is not seen really 10 ne APP
precated until one goes down the steps OF the dry
dock and can get fairly under her. and looking up
qet some fair Idea OF that tremendous beam ana
overhan ng that have been so much talked about and
en- uttle understood The black underbody makes
her seem an steamer when seen from De-
Meath The Tribune reporter was beneath the
white painted and graceful Defender several times
while she was in the Boston drydock. on both OF
her visits there. and can safely say that Whatever
the other dimensions Of the two boats may be. the
4 ~ Nalkyrie.
| heneath are more impressive than those OF the
white boat.
| Resides pot-leading the Valkyrie up as far as
the little white line she is to wear FOR space OF
six inches below her racing rail. the crew yester-
dav paid attention to the vessels copper-sheathed
| lead keel The riveting all attended TO on
Friday and little to be done in this direction
II being taken for granted that all yachts making
an ocean passage start rvet or two Yesterday
the copper portion of the Valkyries bottom was
polished till II looked TO be non-resistant to The
water as the Defenders Tobin bronze bottom. 1t
| is said that the Valkyrie will be coppered all the
way I'D to her water line. This is still secret for
her captain and H. Maitland Kersey. who are said
to have held consultation on this subject yester-
day morning. Some yachtsmen say that this propo-
sition Is absurd but others think the idea OF giving
the Vakyre smooth and hard wet surface
as the Defnde capa @ one The dnSoc nSs en
September 4, and 6. And for what purpose VIII
the yacht require three days Of drydock just before
perfection Of condition? When the day was so far
spent yesterday that the sombre lines Of the cup
challenger could scarcely be made out. the crowd
that had watched every move made toward pre-
pairing her for coming struggles slowly dwindled
away. BY this time the Valkyre. as clean and neat
! from rudderpost to topmast as a new model in a
shop was peopled not by busy sailors. riesers and
carpenters, but by only half dozen watchmen.
whose eyes cease looking for suspicious OBJ
jects
As he left the vessels side Captain Sycamore said
that the best things for yachting sport this
wear would be the winning OF the Americas Cup
by the Valkyrle. Lord Dunraven has had two trys
! at ii now and who knows but he might give 1t up
as a bad job If he got beaten again. while IL the
! Americans lost 1t would only stimulate them TO
| build better yacht and come over for try
against us"
/ A. Cass Garfield secretary OF the Americas Cup
Committee. has telegraphed Mr.. Iseln. OF tho De
fender, and MIR. Willard of the Nigilant. that the
! Americas Cup Committee has decided 10 have the
next trial race between the Defender and the Vigi-
! liant take place Thursday next