The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-11

minutes from tho FIRST hhrks
New YoRK, Sept. l0.-lhe committee
boat, Walter A. Lucksnbach. was on tho
ground in good season and promptly
hung up the signal which told the
racers that tho course would DO over
triangle OF ten miles to tho angle, the
first log being TO the wiudward, south,
tho second northeast by east, aud tho
third northwest by west hall west. As
tho committee boat made known tho
directions OF those in charge, the wind
dropped TO a speed Of about five miles
an hour from torce OF something like
eight miles. There was no kind OF Il
sea on, nor swell. Tho surface OF tho
ocean was most favorable to the
ValkYrie.
The preparatory gun was fired from
the committee boat sharp on the Np-
pointed time OF 1850. Coming to tho
lirst station, the Valkyre was to wind
ward aud the Defender something like
two lengths astern and to leeward. 1t
was at this period about one'half min.
ute before the starting signal should be
given, Defender oyerhaulod Valkyrie in
very rapid manner and had her nose
almost up to Valkyrie's beam when the
latter easod of and blanketed the Amor
lean boat 40 thoroughly that Defenders
baby lib top.sait and iib shook in tho
wind. Captain Hat, when he saw his
head sails shaking and the movement OF
the Englahmau in tho way OF an at
tempt to blanket him, threw Defender
hiSh up as though about to tack, or at
least to pass under Nalkyrio's stern aud
got to windward OF the Briton. The
Valkyrio was very promptly aware oil
this move and lulsi up well into the
wind They were then both almost on
the line. AS Valkyrie lHaed her boom
went smash against the top.mast back
stay OF Defender and that conclusion
was the cause OF the protest that came
later
UPPER RIGGING DAMAGED.
Tho Defender had in good seRman-
ship style held up tho rcd protest flag
whenVNIkyrio's boom intcrieredS so much
with her progress. Still, she went on
her journey, very mitch worstdd By the
CollislOn, but still gaining. Alter cross
ing tho limo she came around in about
q minute and half before tacking aud
saggud TO leewNrd so far because OF Cap
tain llal's apprehension that hor upper
s,arboard rigging would not hold, that
n good many people said that she was
on: Of tho race, and that sho had
given up.
Defender was out to race even though
a cripple, and sho wont on racing as 4
cripple 80 that the wind up OF the daY'a
business showed that tho fastest yacht
in Europe could only beat the crippled
American over thirty-milO triangular
course BY AZ seconds. AS thay stOo d
away on tho port tack tho windincreased
to eight or nine miles an hour. Dur.
ing that tack VaIkYris plainly outfoot ed
and outpointGd tho Defender who did
not dare TO run up any sail on tho jib
top.qail.
Az 1924 Defender came about to star.
board. Valkyrie followed as promptly
as though che had been racing with
fellow well met They only stood away
on this tack for about five mlnutoh then
came around together. All tho time
Valkyrie was doing tho better work in
both pointing aud looting.
During tho latter part OF tn beat ont
10 the first mark, DaiOnder did better
pointing, but her jib was shaking u
good deal OF tho time.
THE FIRST MARX.
At l2:l0the yachts came around TO
port and at 1924 back again to star.
board, on which tack thoy woro both
able to make tho first mark, whore their
timo was taken az foIIowsi ValkyriC
lgh; 67m., i39,
Defender lii; DIN, 3jA
So II will bS seOn that tho Nalkyrio
tod out TO the first mark by throa mta.
utOn aud dity.twO seconds.
On tho second log tho crippled Do
fender oVerhauled tho Briton by no o'a
than seventeen seconds. At tho end OF
this broAi roach, tho yachts rounded
tho second mark rs follows: NalkyrlO
III; 6Sm, l0a.
DoiondOr gh; 0lm, ljs
Now the wind had shifted 10 SOUTH
west by south and slowed down to eight
mtles at toHr Tho last leg was by
compass direction northwest by west
halt west, aud sheets wOrO haulOd aft 40
that the vessel would meet the breeze
abOAm. Az soon M tho boats hal both
laid their courao for homo Defender
with her sound tIgglng 10 wlndwatd be.
pan to rapidly overhaul NNlkyrIO,
DEFENDER dAtSa
Valkyris took IN hor balloon jib top.
sail and replaced itwIth a baby shO