The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-11
DEFENDER DISABLED.
J4IhrRIT,> MIN noon N
JIRES HTR COHPITTTOR.
The ucrcschon Yacht Was Game, How
ever, and Lost Only ny the Close
Score ofis seconds.

at home. hut there were many 'hu"-
sands Of persons who hlcd down 10 'he
waterfront. and embarked on 'N'i!-
thing that was going out 10 see lnc l"'''
Many OF the steamships were aa"b'i
ly oycr-cr6wdod. owing no doupt 20 tn',s
reduction in the pricc of i'Ne'a iloim .,
10 81. Down al BAY idp" iussHs
AT their a.chor-chains, lay the TWO
yachts. I'm whose performances the Woilu
is chiefly interested at present.
After Yesterdays saii-strticmnk 0plh
both sought the picturesque "n.""i u.s.
ground inside the Horseshoe. me 10"
ering mast-poie yachts iu+sen az '"'-
anchorage. like race-no"ia' t""' ''
cd anxious TO get away Nii'I ~ o""-
fast. there was tautenlhs up anu ~ s,'e
tcetinc of rigging and deck tackle. Inc
.,ir,,srs of hofh yachts looked long ana
,.,,,,stl, at the weather. The Wlnd
,,se lr6, from thc southwest ana the
fog was l.f,ine slowly. ,,. ,..a,.
Roth boats got club top-sals rea"E'
snd made preparations Tor hsht airs
ri D,fandr- was the first of the TWO
,grers 10 leave Hay Ridge. At $50 sne
,.oif line from the tug Walace D.
mint and started for the scene OF "1-
tion. .,,t.,s ton
,,,n,,fos later. in tow OF the Nhiic Slar
tug rulver
THE rAnrus oN THH YACHTS.
Foth boats got mp the mainsals soihs
I.,.. tr. .lv. pclerdcs usco her heiIe-
..toT rairsan and the snowy white
s.u which She displayed fo- the hrst
,t,.c on SATURDAY The Nalkyriee e. mann
san Was fitted far better than tndt ol
fe American boat ON the Nalkyle WIN
r.,rd Dunraven were Ar. Arthur c. 'i'l-
ri. a. Maitland kcrsey. ana j. H. l,nS',
of the Americas cup 'omnillt,'
Drrraveu's daughters ana not san on 'lo
Valfyrie to-day Ihey saw '"e '"to
,roro the deck If steam yacht. ON lne
Defender were Mr.. and Mrs. lscln, Nat
usrras.hof. woodbury. Kane, Ncwnury
rhorne. herbert G.. Leeds, and DaNp
Henderson. tle representative OF Lord
Dunraven The fleet of excursion steam
frs and Yachts which followed the racers
,.a4 smaller than Saturday. They ala not
begin 20 arrive OFF Sandy Hook hshls"p
iu much force until just before the start
A few minutes before ID o'clock the
various craft could Doe seen husilins do Vh
p, THE starting point around the light
shin While the 81 chts were monoclFr'-
irg for position the patrol boats were
xsrv valiant in warning the over eager
Contains 10 keep out Of the way. Tie
Yachts were not seriously lindoi'd about
the start. although at times IL looked as
though they might Doc.
At the turn the attendant Meet gave lhe
yachts plenty of room. Ihe warning
whistles of the patrol vessels were heed
cd and no serious interference with the
Yachts occurred az any time.
prrrNntn's PLUCK APPRECIATED.
At the finish there WAS the usual scene
of excitement. with patriotic Americans
for once salut'ng brti-hcr. Ihe ''-
fender received the greater ovation OF lhe
two. Her plucky night elected mu'h
praise from yachtsmcu. Both yachts
were towci TO Bay Ridge where they
are anchored for tonight Tomorrow "a
new top mast VIII be put into the de-
fender.
The Regatta Committee stopped their
boa, al Bay Ridge and Mr.. lsclin made
verbal protest n regard 90 the loulihs-
li~ Bush the club representative ON
the british boat. was asked by the CONF
mttee Co present his version OF th' al-
far AZ 1880 -. M, thc following mo-
tce was posted ON tho bulletin board at
The club.
TUESDAY. Sept 10th. 1896
.srhc Defender protests the Nalkyrie on
OH. ground chat She bore uoWn on her
just before reaching the starting line.
thereby causing "a foul which resulted in
fhc carrying away of her spreader ard
tne sprneus oi hcr top mast.
"TdE REGATTA COMMITTEE"
Commodore smith, of the Americas
cup Committee, said ihis evening that
ln hiE opinion fhr protest All not pe
decided until tomorrow. Speaking of
the Defender. Commodore Smith said tnat
Ais alta boo tAo llerrcsch0n boat is tre-
nondous.y sronsihoned and that the
cup ls sale.
close iockyns between the British
and American comhatauts Tor the Amer
seas Cup. in thc race of Sandy Hook
to-day. resulted in au accident TO the
american boat which spoiled the race.
Fifteen thousand persons. ON steam
s~ats tugs steam yachts. and ocean
steamers. sent up -rudn of oisappoint-
ment whom that beautiful aluminium and
bronze creation was crippled before their
eyes. Not au were near enough 60 see
what had happened but am the yachting
sharps said 90 once am accident had
happened io Che top-mast rigging. some
remarks We're made which would have
made ears tnelc had they reached the
Nalkyrle. but Lord lunravcn's boat after
foulug tho Defender was away cup-
hunting.
While no one suspects The owner OF the
visiting Yacht OF such unsportsmauiiHe
conduct as Intentionally foulng the YAM
kee yacht. yet the way he raked his
great steel boom over the deck, and
tore down the other fellows rigging. aud
then sailed away at his best pace over
the course. was NOT pleasant Co patriotic
Americans TO contemplate.
rnr crowd DISAPPOINTED.
From the FIRST every attempt 10 secure
fair play for the visitor has been made,
-Dd methods that prevail ia England
races when AN American boat cOmnctes
Ar not tried here. The boats. In jock
eyings for the line, had shown some Of
the prctticst work tnat has been seen
here and when the jocAcyng resulted In
Che Nalkyrie obtaining the windward po-
sitiOn as the TWO boats headed for the
line there We're murmurs OF disapSOint-
meut boo the crowd when il was discover
el that Naikyrle had the windward DO
stiou Both finally approached the
starting line. with Naikyrie leading and
20 the windward Of the Defender. Had
both held their courses. there would have
been no trouble. but anxiety OF the Brit
ish skipper TO get his boat over The
line first. and TO the windward OF the
enemy. made II question N he would
not cross before the starting gun sound
ed. To prevent such "a predicament. the
Xalkyrio bore away "a ,riiie and eased out
her sheets.
The main boom Of the Britisher swept
over the deck of the Defender. carrying
away the tOpmast shrouds on the star
noard side and tearing out tho jaws OF
the sproader The topmast cracked and
was badly sprung. just as the erash
came the starting signal was given ana
yaikyrio sped away Ike "A rocket. De
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