Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-09-14
TELEGRApHIC.

man Meyer were drowned
 NEW YORK, Sept. S-Defen der won her name in truly American fashion
 esterday, finishing far ahead of the En- yglsh challenger, Valkyrie H., and ciy. ing every evidence of outclassing the Dunr8ven boat in almost any kind of weather. There were strange features connected with the race for the America's cup, not the least being the general doubt expressed during the first fifteen miles of the course as to which was in the lead. It was nip and tuck from the first glad signal and until within a short distance Of ths mark, and then Defender caught the breeze and to the delight of thousands simply sailed away from her rival. From that moment she went on increasing her lead to the end, winning by the surprising margin of minutes and A seconds. Such work as this in what is denominated Vaikyrie's weather is calculated to satisfy the yacht sharps on this side of the water to ;heir hearts content and to lend fear to the minds of those who have hoped for z revers of American from and the winning of the cup by the Engiishmen. No event in the history of the sport ever excited the interest shown iu the race today. Since Vigi!ant beat VGlkyrie II. in 1893 the in- ternational contest has been kept we'll in miEd, and the enthusiasm display to- dayWss merely the outcome of the pent up feelings of the past year or two.
 The first of the 1895 races for the Americans cup which was sailed today over course of fifteen miles to windwar and return, between the English chal- lenger Valkyrie III and the American defender of that name, was won fairly and squarely by the Defender, but it dld look for a considerable period in the early part of the race as though the En- glish boat was the better and would cross the flushing line first. Never in the history of the races for the cup has the foreign boat shown to such great advantage as did Vslkyrie today. She got over the line first and for long time pointed higher and Outfooted the American boat. Many were the tears shed by the Yankee sharps who had counted on three straight victories for the Defender, when they saw the British CT, even when we'll pitched up in the wind, and sailing probably from half point to point higher then Defender, going through the water faster end ahead. The first surprise of the day was in the position that the Defender showed on crossing the line. Very strange to say, she was little bit wind-
 ward of tae English boat behind, it is true, by four seconds, but still wind
 ward. There had been so such said about the superior skippership of Cap- 4osv hot if hu
 thousands of Americans who witnessed only be behind at the start, but that she would be So thoroughly blenketed that she would never have show in the whole race, hut while the Englishmen did get over the line first, by about hall 6 length, the Yankee was on top of him instead of being below or underneath his wind.
 MANEUvERING FOR POSITION.
 There was very pretty manouverine for position above the line, which was formed between the regatta committee boat and another just off Seabright, N J. It had been the intention of the committee to start the boats from the Sandy Hook lightship, but when the committee got out the lightship they found that the wind was blowing from east by south and they having discretion in the matter. decided to make the open ing of the race at point we'll in under the New Jersey shore where there was romise of more wind and more desir ably beat dead out to windward. They notified the racers by signal that they would carry out that purpose and the yachts and the prodigious fleet of on.
 lockers picked up theIr traps and head ed for the New Jersey coast. It was
 :55 before the committee hoisted the sigual that the course outward would
 be east by south. According to the sail ing regulations of the regatta committee
 of the New York Yacht club, under
 was saile3, fifteen minutes had to be al- lowed to the racers to find out what the course would be by compass, before the preparatory signal was given.
 Therefore it was l2:l0 when the pre- parBtory gun WAS fired. Immediately the yac5ts, with club stopsslls, forestsy sails and iits set, began to jockey for the most favorable position. They made no short tacks in this business and when it cane near the expiration of the min> utes that they were allowed, both yachts were to the westward and northward of the lIne, both heading for it. The Val kyrie was ahead and it seemed as though she was trying to force the Defender, which was to the windward, to close up against the committee boat, so tat the latter would have to make tack before crossing. The Valkyrie was certainly pipched high up in the wind, but the Defender was almost, If not nearly as close. Yet the Defender refused to be driven out of her course and with an extra pull on her main sheet she was enabled to follow the Valkyrie until the course was begun and also to maintain her weather position.
 GOT OFF FOUR SECONDS APART
 The shippers had done their timing very well and it wls only forty seconds after the starting gun was fired, at Il :50, that the Valkyrie crossed the line. As said before, the Defender, on her oppon- ent's weather, WAS only four seconds later. As they went over, the Valkyrie shook out of tops baby iIbtopsail. The Defender people were not satisfied with so small sail on their outer stay and spread a No. ?. The wind was then blowing about five miles an hour. There was something of swell sea, but the water could not be called rough by any mrHnE.
 The weather conditions at the time were pretty nearly those that have been described as most hitting for the Valkyrie. The challenger slipped thorugh the water beautifully, throwing some spray from her bows. + is true, but surely sliding ahead of the D fender. The latter was heli very high Up, but for several min. utss was both outfocted and outpointed. IL was now the time when birth was given to apprehension of the Yankees
 Fbe Valkyrie, it was seen, was dolng the faster work, and as she slipped past the Defender, the chaps who had been bet ting On the Defender to win the match came nearly 10 an opinion that their money WAS gone. Even the most en- thuslastic admirers of Defender and Captain Half, such as, fer instance.