The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-04
Squarely Beaten in a Good
Breeze on the Clyde Course.
BY BRITANNIA AND AiLSA.
Dismay of the British aehtsmen,
Who Had Built High Hopes.
They Are Now Sure That the Ameri-
cas- Cup VIII Be Taken-The New
Yacht Heels Over in a Breeze. and
Dips Water Where Her Competitors
Are Steady.

Hunters Quay. Firth Of Clyde. July J.
The challenger for the America cup,
Nalkyr.e III. started this morning in
the race for the Muir challenge cup. her
competitors being the AEsa and Britain
MIA. To the dismay of those who had
bllT great hopes on Lord Dunravcns =
new yacht, the Nalkyrie was sqUarely
beaten in a good breeze by both the
Ailsa and Britannia. The britannia beat
1he new yacht by minutes 10 seconds
corrected time. and the Aiisa defeated
her by minutes 80 seconds. irrcluding her
time allowance.
The Valkyrie heeled over a great deal
In a fairly stiff breeze. and with her
working topsal had her lee rail under
water when the Britannia and Ailsa were
carrying their club topsaiis and gcsslg
along much sitter. This was on the
reach back TO kilcreggan on the second
round, and consequently il Is not aston
is'nirg uhat the yachismen OF Great Brit
ain are not 50 SanglFirse they were or
bringing the Americas cup back TO
these shores.
The Valkyrie III. in the race today
allowed the Ailsa minutes % seconds,
and she allowed the Britannia 4 minutes
seconds. When the starting gun was
fired at l0:3O a. m. the Britannia and Ali
"a crossed the line almost together. With
the Nalkyrie a couple of lengths behind.
Early as il was in the race il was evident
when the yachts passed Cleech lighthouse
that the Nalkyrie was making poor
showing. The three yachts, however,
raced in fine style from kelmorle toward
the mark boat off Ascoga. Isle of Butte,
which the Britannia rounded one minute
ahead of the Ailsa, the latter being half
a minute off from the Nalkyrie. There
was very little change from that time
until the yachts reached the kilcreggan
mark boat No. on the first round. Up
H--t
steadily falling behind, and she fell still
more perceptibly on the beat home after
rounding the Kilcreggan boat mark.
The breeze increased slightly in strength
after the yachts started the reach to
mark boat No. 2, off Skelmorlie. on the
second round, and il was soon found nee
essary to take in the Nalkyrie's club top
sail The Ailsa and Britannia. however.
held on to their club topsails and stood
up nicely to the wind.
There was little change In the positions
of the yachts when the Skelmorlie mark
boat was rounded on the second round,
but the Valkyrie had dropped further be-
hind. The procession in the same order
continued to markboat No. 3. which the
Britannia rounded mile ahead of tie
Ailsa. which was still leading the Valkyrie
by about two miles. The Nalkyrie stood up
badly on the subsequent easy reach TO Kill
had lost ground which she never regained.
and only half-hearted people doubted the
Britannias victory.
The yachts passed Cloch lighthouse on
their way TO kilcreggan on the second
round in the following times:
HMS.4 HIM. 5.
Britannia IA 10 V Naikyrle ILL.,. z:zsDl
Aflsa 2.1o;Jl
At this stage of the race the Britannia
was looked upon as being a certain and
easy winner, barring accidents. The
yachts reached back to kilcreggan on
the second round in strong breeze. The
Nalkyrie. seeing that she was still fall
ing astern on her competitor. set her
working topsail In order to improve her
speed, but she heeled until her lee rail
churned the water. while the Britannia
and Aisa. still holding on their club
topsails, were bowling along s2lendidly
and standing up much sitter than the
challenger. In this order the yachts
rounded the Klcreggan markboat and
stood away for home, with the Nalkyrie
hopeiessly beaten by both the Britannia
and Ailsa.
The following were the times of the
three big yacnts at the finish:
HM-S HM.S.
Britannia ... 2:5s 81 Valkyrie Ill. 2:5945
A1lSa .-......-. z.ot'fi
Therefore. according to these figures.
the Britannia beat the Vaikyrie by min
utes s seconds actual time. and by z min
utes 10 seconds corrected time, giving the
allowance of minutes 9 seconds which
the yalkyrie grants her over a ffty-mle
course. on the other hand the Aiisa beat
the VaIkyrie | minute IS seconds actual
time and by minutes seconds with her
time allowance of . minutes 20 seconds.