Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — VICTORY FOR DEFENDER. [ARTICLE]

VICTORY FOR DEFENDER.

American Boat Captures the First of t the Cup Contests. The American yacht Defender defeated the Valkyrie in the first of the cup contests, Saturday, making the run of fifteen miles to windward and back in the excellent time of 4 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds, beating the Britisher by 8 minutes 49 seconds. The victory of the Defender is the subject of almost general jubilation, everyone being pleased with it except the subjects of her Majesty resident here for the time being and some of the chappies who turn their trousers up at the bottom “because its sloppy weather in London, don’tcher know.” A great many are inclined to think that the Britisher “isn’t in it” in th hunt after the cup, but others more cautious and conservative regard her with a great deal of respect. They remember that when the race was started there was only about a six-knot breeze blowing, and that she went through the water like a ghost under its mild impetus. They also remember that it is said that her best point of sailing is running free before the wind with her spinnaker set. She had no such windßaturday, and some are inclined to think if she had the result might have been different. The great mass of yachtsmen, however, think that the Defender is her superior in any wind that will insure a thirty-mile course being covered within six hours, the time limit.