St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-19
VALKYRIEARRIVES
TRIP ACROSS THE BIG POND
MADE In TWENTY-ONE
DAYS.
GREETED BY THE DEFENDER
CRAFT OF ALL KINDS GIVE THE
CUP CHALLENGER A WARM
WELCOME.
GREETED BY THE DEFENDER
MAY BE LABELED DANGEROUS,
Say the Reporters Who Have
Been Fortunate Enough to Get
n Peep at the Yacht.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Thousands
OF people were on the lookout today
for the arrival of the Valkyrie III,
and the British racer did not disap-
point them. At 1915 p. m. news came
over the wires that she had passed
Moriches' life saving station. Soon
afterward there was a scene of COM
motion in the harbor. Craft of all
kinds were gotten under way to meet
and welcome the foreign visitor.
Among the first of these to get in
motion was the freight steamer City
OF Bridgeport, with Lord Dunraven's
representative in America, H. Matt
land Kersey, and large party of
friends aboard.
Vigilant, in tow of the tender Aero
naut, and Defender, towed by her
tender, the Hattie H. Almer, We're
seen fastening to welcome the for
eign yacht. The larger vessels went
away outside of Sandy Hook, but the
little fellows did not have the cour-
age to venture far into the choppy
sea. The schooners and larger
they saw that they would have to
give up the opportunity of seeing
the English boat. Moreover, sew
eral tugs were sent out by the news
papers, and most of these got close
enough to the visitor to give her a
becoming welcome. The fleet Of YES
sells was the largest that ever sailed
to meet an incoming yacht.
VIGILANT AND DEFENDER.
Vigilant was lowed down through
the narrows to Sandy Hook, passing
Quarantine at about $50 p. M, and
dropping anchor in the Horseshoe.
Defender turned westward on leav-
ing the dock, and went up East river
and thence to New Rochelle It
was long waiting for the boats
that went to meet Valkyrie, and
for the crowds on shore, for the
whole afternoon wore away without
a sign of her. The dock at Quar-
antine was crowded with people
when at $3.50 the word was given that
the English craft was heading toward
the upper bay.
At 9:45 Valkyrie, in tow, slowly
passed quarantine, and was boarded
by the health officer. The cup chal-
lenger looked trim and neat in the
glimmering light. On her decks
were apparently all the members of
her crew. Hearty cheers of well
come were exchanged with the En-
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formalities having been complied
with, Valkyrie continued her journey
up the bay. Off quarantine Valkyrie
was boarded by representative of
the Associated Press, who obtained
the following
STORY OF THE VOYAGE:
Capt. w. w. Cranfield said: eve
left Gourock on July II with a full
crew of forty-two men. After leaving
ran into a fresh northwest gale ac-
companied by high seas, which blew
hard for twenty-four hours and then
moderated. On Wednesday morning,
from northwest to southwest and it
blew hard for five days, when the
weather moderated to a light south
west wind, which lasted up to Cape
wind which carried US to Sable island
when the wind became light and left
us becalmed at times, and lasting
up to our arrival here. We sighted
Shinnecock light at noon today and
at $50 this evening, when twenty miles
west of Fire island, we were taken in
tow by the World tug c. P. Ray
mond, and here we are. We made 3,016
miles in all, and one dsy only made
about seventy miles. We never car
ried away a rope or yard throughout
the voyage"
Valkyrie looks a monster; when you
step on board of her you can almost
fancy yourself on an ocean steamer.
Her beam is simply immense and she
spirit, for her ketch rig is very short,
quite a little spar, and her mastS are
splendid sticks; in a word she may be
labeled dangerous"
Valkyrie will anchor off Liberty
island for the night and will be taken
to the Erie basin in the morning.
Valkyrie's time of passage was twenty
with the runs of Vigilant and Valkyrie
II. can be made from the following:
Valkyrie II. sailed from Cowes on
Aug. %, 1885,, for New York and ar
rived Sept. q, making the trip in twen-
ty-nine days and eighteen hours.
Vigilant sailed from Southampton
April Ii, 1895, and arrived at Bay
eighteen days.
Valkyrie II. sailed from New York
May 5, 1894, and anchored in the Clyde
May Is, and in Gourock bay May 81.
Time of trip. twenty-eight days.
Vigilant sailed from New York June
/, 1894, and arrived at Gourock June
16, making the trip in fifteen days.