Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-08-09
LErrERs LON lie PEo2Le.


nsctty which has long since stripped IL
Of any desire 20 b8 masnaoimous. Is
continually deplorlng the fact that the
Hereschoifs Ia designing the Defender,
reproduced an exploded type Of racing
yacht common IN English waters, a
decade or two ago. Our cousins across
the sea have gone step farther, and
built a real Yankee yacht 10 take back
IN tho Fall, the famous r2cidg ophy
IL the American designers have In
modelling the Defender embodied tho
clean lines, the narrow beam and the
deep ieadsd keel OF tho EnRlieh Gutter
yacht Of twenty years ago manifestly
they have resurrected an exploded type
which, Ia bsc9mlng obsolete, became
any ones right TO revive aud improve
Ga the other hand In VslkyIio III ia sosn
not an exploded type OF yacht but ons
that bore the pennant Of the New 0rk
Yacht Club time and again TO victory
In the Valkyrie Ill may be recognized
the offset lesson Lord Danraveu learned
while handling VAlkyrle II In thsss
waters last year. IL cannot bs mistaken
that the comparatively shallow draught
OF Valkyrie III together ,.sh the wide
beam coupled TO enormous sail area
moan that ia next September II 10 light
Wind drifting becomes tr mpJ TO hold a
full baud
The main argument Ia the 4 iglish
critics reasoning Is that ut Is TO bs
dspl0rod that the a nerlean designers
have allowed themselves 20 fal into the
error OF believing that n loaded keel, 5sn
taks tbs place OF beau 60 insure the
required stability Now the truth Of
this atatsment needs qualifying. As the
Valkyrie Ills designers have not
fallen Into this error, thsir plagiarism
becomes more apparent than real, should
they happen to lose the race next month
10 should be remembered and It holda
true Of yschts that like causes produce
like effects. An excess of power has
Its resulting sequel IN an excess OF
speed, but only under certain conditions
In Valkyrie III aud IN Defender Is seen
this excess OF power TO a remarkable
degree, and TO what sequel has Il led2
Nalkyrie III Is already coufesssdly "a
Tender" and how far away is tho
Defender from this condition when
already Ia the light winds sailed the
heellng has been 10 great as TO carry the
rail under. So that undsr almost every
condition except that OF the alig ht est
zephyrs, next September. will with ess a
race between two tender feet
There goes against this possible out
cone the unspoken desire Of the Ameri.
can people, who, constituting themselves
the guardians OF the grand old racing
trophy, will hold TO strict accouot
those who make It a possibility, by
experimenting IN novelty Of construction
az this late day. risk It In being carried
across the Atlantic ia the lockers OF an
Enaliah yacht. The waves of the Atlantic
Ia e"eoping eoross The elites OF tho lost
Atlantis lave surgod defantly against
these shores for more than a generation Of
living w,n questioning Columbia's iight
TO weAr the coroneJ OF Mistress Of the
Yachting Sess. Types have come and
Zone but always the lRurels Of victory
have clustered around the clipper bows
OF distinctly modelled American yachts.
whore white wings swept along TO
victory In living gales and dying calms
the willing hulls beneath
Placlsg Vlgilsnt's performances during
the late races with Defender, tho excess
OF power In the latter boat has been
clearly measured I'm a gain OF less than
ten minutes Ia speed over the former
but only In light winds. Who shall say,
however. that in piping gale OF wind
such o. prevailed IN the lsst Of the trial
races last year when Vigilent was
described rs coming down the frst ride
Of the racing angle Ike g race horse any
minutes Will be given In this sort OF
trial excess Of power becomes unsvaiilng
aud mothtrly sos going abilities
{ Ike ils plaza The point has yet
20 be determlned beyond all question
Not driiting match with racing sails Of
eno mous area, but g swaJing hall
lacked with the spray OF old oosan
staggering along under piles Of vhits
canvas With tho wind shrlekiog defiance
and seeking 10 lag low the flying racers
-this f. the kind OF all around yacht
that hs1 heretoftrv successfully defrnded
tte A0ericss cup ana ths only kind that
will retain 10 here JANIS SCOTT
Wilmington, August g.