Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-20
THE VALkYRIE At NEW YORK.
Passage without Mishnp-Time, =:
Days 81 Hours 81 Minutes.

tNtW 10TH l5tu)
Looking little the worse for her long
Journey across the Atlantic. Valkyrle III,
the challenger for the Americas Cup.
dropped anchor off Liberty Island last
night at 1925 o'clock. Although during
her passage che had encountered plenty
OF heavy winds and rough seas, she bore
very little appearance of any rough hand
ling. as she made her way past Sandy
Hook, lowed by a tug which had picked
her up twenty miles west OF the Fire
Island lightship. In fact. she looked al
most as neat and trim as IL she had just
returned from a short summer cruise in
the home waters.
The Dunraven cutter made the ocean
voyage from Gourock. whence she start
ed. TO Sandy Hook IN - days. hours.
and 81 minutes. She covered a course OF
3,Ol6 miles, averaging a speed OF l29 miles
a day.
The Vigilant last April made 2.e34 miles,
| from the Lizard to Sandy Hook. In is
| days, hour. and 45 minutes, daily
average OF l6S miles, but the Vigllant
had more favorable winds than had the
| English cutter.
| Although the time OF Valkyrie III.
breaks no record. yet she has in many
ways cade a noteworthy trip. Clever
management and a plucky crew brought
| through many battles with stif winds
| and heavy seas the low-lying racing
craft with flush decks and little or no
protection for those on board. No Sc
! rious mshap occurred to the yacht. and
none Of the crew suffered from either
sickness or injury in any part OF the
! Journey.
The yacht was first sighted yesterday
/ OF 10 Matches
and proceeded under her own sail TO
| about twenty miles west OF the Fire
| Island lightship. where che was taken in
tow by a tug-boat at about o'clock
In the evening. and came into harbor
| in company with two other tugs and the
propeller City Of Bridgeport. which is
| 10 act as her tender during her stay In
| this country.
The City Of Bridgeport started out at
! daybreak in search Of the yacht. which II
had been estimated by careful calculations
would arrive some time during yesterday.
Aboard the Valkyrie's tender was Arthur
| Glennle. Lord Dunraven's personal friend.
| As II. Maitland kersey. the agent or
| the challengcr's owner, was In Newport
| Mr.. Glennie was IN charge OF the ar
| rangements connected with the arrival
| OF the Valkyrie. The City of Bridgeport
reached Sandy Hook at A. NJ. and
| when hailed by a newspaper boat Mr..
| Glennle In ansyer TO inquiries. said he
hardly thought the yacht would be in be-
| fore Tuesday. but he would run ont as
far as Fire Island TO see If there was any
| trace OF her.
In the mean time the French liner
| La Gascogne was hailed and reported
having passed the Va.kyre the day be-
fore, and the pilot, Thomas Leonard. who
was on the steamers bridge. said: she
ought to be In this afternoon"
About noon the City of Bridgeport re-
turned to the lghtshp and Mr. Glennie
at once ordered the tender TO put out
in the direction Of the cutter.
FIRST WELCOME.
The latter was met by the Tribune tug
! and by the City Of Bridgeport ABOUT
seven miles east OF the Sandy Hook Light
ship, and 1t was here that the nrst hearty
welcome was given 10 the English racer.
In addition to the tugboat which had
| passed her a line, the tug r. h. Dalzeil
was also lhoverng around. and from
each Of these boats a series OF lively toot-
ngs on their whistles was started. TO
which the crew OF the Valkyrte responded
by waving their hats.
! CAPTAIN Cranfield was soon afterward
| sighted, standing amidships on the deck.
| and he returned hearty greeting 10 the
shouts OF welcome waited over the water
to him from the press boats and the
| City of Bridgeport.
"Are all well?" he was asked by re-
porter at the highest sounding capacity
| Of his lungs and vocal organs.
"All well on board" came DacK the
answer
Have you had any mIshap?"
mo"
"Is the Yacht strained at alp
mot Bit" he replied.
How much OF crew have you
ahoard?" the reporter asked. to which the
genial British captain replied:
"Forty-sx.'
And with one OF his hearty laughs, he
added: "And ono dog"
on the arrival OF the Valkyries name
sake and predecessor in 1888. II VIII be
remembered that she carried mascot
in the shape OF a pigeon but II the dos
aboard the present competitor for the
Americas Cup brings no better luck
than the pigeon, the Britishers viii once
more be compelled to return home minus
the coveted cup.
Proceeding under tow. the challenger
still accompanied by the retinue betSc
mentioned passed Sandy Hook iightship
at 7:i0 and reached Quarantine at 9:t
p. NJ, when the deputy medical examiner
by special request. went on board. and
after a brief. but thorough examination
passed her. and after delay Of only
ABOUT ten minutes she was towed te
her mooring of Liberty Island. where
she dropped anchor at 1923. At no tint
during the passage up the harbor wa.
there any demonstration OF welcome. I'm
doubtedly the fact that she arrived II
the dark, and that there was some un
certainty as TO whether or not she wou,t
anchor outside Quarantine for the night
| was the cause Of this anparsnt indiRer