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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., SEPTEMBER 14, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1844. THE WITATCIIIORI) OF T1fl1i; WI. L. Now, when the race is jnut bezin. With all its warmth anl ;e:. And twice the needful gifts ami poxers Are trembling in your bread. While Fortune beckoni juat before. While Hone is in 'he van, Resolved with all your strength and soul To do the best yon can: The best you can! The time will come When that will seem too small Ambition scarcely worth the paiu. So grievous is its fall: To pick the scattered fragments up? Accept the altered plan? It almost needs a hero's heart To do the best 3 ou ca :! Dangers and downfalls lie in store For every soul alive, And life, in truth. is not a case Of three and two are five. But trust mie. h- and only he, Is wiser than Ithe rest, Who puts his shoulder t-> the wheel And simply des his best. Some chance is always left at hand. If not the chance we sought, And none can tell what good may fall From the least deed or thought. Then take the troubles as t hey come, Acquit you like a man, Accept your part with all your heart, And do the best you -an: -Dora Read Goodale, in Independent. fH E86OE OF THE SERSON -We met by chance." Sauntering over the sands at the seaside. at a sudden turn round a cliff, we ran plump against each other. The gen tleman, not at all discomposed, lifted his hat and apologized. I, with my breath nearly knocked. out of me, conscious of looking flushed and awkward, hurried away. I was 17 and susceptible. It was mortifying to be presented for the first time to the notice of so elegant a genleman under such awkward circumstances. Involuntarily I looked back. He stood just as I had passed him. look-ig after me. Suficiently vexed t, siake myself, I hurried on. As I came back an hour later, the sands were dotted with loungers, but I saw nowhere the stranger. At dinner I contrived to have a meok at every face that came in, but. I did not find the face I was looking for. I had made my toilet with es pecial zefe.rence to correcting any unfavorable impression of the morn-, ing. Elegant strangers do not, fal. year. f bonnet had only not tilted over my eyes in that ridicu ious fashion, and it would not, if I habeen taking the lady-like pace to whi..mY M sister Mabel so con stantly exhorted me. Mabel had made a good match, and she was quite determined I should do the same. Mabel was very handsome and sty lish looking. Her face had been her fortune. I don't think I was plain, and I tried to be stylish to please Mabel, but I hated it. I had a little fortune, too, besides my face. Mabel and I were only half sisters, with the same father. My mother had left me some diamonds, an~d other handsome jewels, besides a lit tle money, enough to marry me well. Mabel said, and she had taken ime in hand for that purpose, as soon as she was married herself I was too romantic to like the idea of marrying in so practical a fashion. 1 would not stay in the parlors this evening. Having once made their circuit I stole away just as they - were beginning to dance. I went to my room soon. I heard my sister's step in the passage. andl I slipped through the window to the piazza, which was at this hour usu ally deserted. I had left the key oai the outside of my door. so that Mabel came right' in. Fortunately she did. not look upon the piazza, but anathematizin;1 me as a "careless creature," I heard her go out and lock my door, taking the key with her. I was laughing softly to myself, when an oddly familiar voice close beside me said: "Good evening." I whirled with a start, to behold my acquaintance of the morning. standing in an attitude of almost mock humility before me. '"He is laughing at my vanity," I thought . "He is certainly very pre suming to address me withoutben introduced ." big I wished to return to my room, but the window-sell being rather imore than one good step above the piana floor, such a proceeding would hiave involved a sacrifice of dignity that i was not prepared, under all the cir cumnstances, to undergo. So I stoo I still. --I am afraid I intrude," said my companion, and when I lifted my would be cool eyes to his mine fell under the smiling audacity of the other's. It was necessary I should say somnething. What should i e -' believe the piazza is not private property," I said superbly. I knew he was laughing at me and at that instant I remembered soe of Mabel's despairing comments con erning me that very morning. "I believe not," was the response. and my companion, with a grave in clination turned and slowly left the piazza. I climbed back into my own room, ready to cry with vexation. How I wished I had stayed in the parlor and made the acquaintance of this elegant look stranger in a legitima te manner. Of course he would have sought an introduction to me. I dazed not go down now. Presently Mabel returned; I hoped, to make me go back to the parlors. 'nder her triutnphantconvoy, I t bought I could survive the ordeal .1 d I was rather anxious to try. 3)abel had a headache, however, !)d ha- come away from the parlors for the evening. She scolded me sOme, but said nothing about my going back. Instead, she subsided into a gossiping strain, afterward re proving me sharply for being so care less with my diamonds, which lay as I had tossed them upon my toilet table. "The hotel is full of thieves." she s-aid, emphatically. "Half these gen flemen we see hera live by just such chances as your diamonds. You must let me take them, Bessy, and keep them for You." For reply I silently returned the jewels to their casket, put that in my trunk, and locked it. Mabel shrugged her shoulders, but she said no more. I was a careless creature, as Mabel .;aid. In proof thereof I retired that night and left my door unlocked and ny key in my trunk. I waked some imB in the middle of the night and :iaw. by the dim light, a form kneel ng beside my trunk, and in the act of unlocking it. I had some ado to keep myself from screaming. I had a vague idea, however, that such a proceeding would call to life a pistol or a knife. ' There would be plenty Df time for this cool intruder to se ure my diamonds of whose locality he seemed well aware, and to make off with them before hindrance could come. Cool intruder, I say, for he was by no means noiseless in his operations. I think it must have been the noise he made in opening the door which waked me, and he fumbled at the !oc.k of my trunk in a perfectly audi ble manner. He seemed to have. some difficulty in getting the trunk open. Imagine my dismay, when seem ingly getting out of patience at last, he rose to his feet and gave the lid a resounding kick, that caused the refractory spring to loose its grip and expose my treasures to his hand. Now, I was very much attached to my diamonds. I could not lie coolly and see them depart without making an effort in their behalf. However, I was just about to speak, just about to make a wild appeal to the wretch's generosity, when he, having groped hither and thither through the trunk in the most as .tounding manner, muttering to him self some curious expletives, sudden ly reached the burner and turned up the gas. showed him-me! I don't know which was most con founded. He swept the room with dancing eyes, and vacated it very abruptly indeed, but I could hear him softly laughing in the passage, r I fancied so, probably at the ridiculous figure I must have been, as I sat up in bed, my face like ashes with fright, and my head bristling ike a porcupine's back. I got up presently, and locked my door, and saw that my diamonds were safe. Then I lay down again, but not to sleep any more. So this was the end of my romance. Mabel had said the hotel was full of thieves, and I hid only a most un looke:d for chance to thank for hav !g saved my diamonds. Such an elegant man, so hand some; ah, me! In the few hours leep that finally came to me, I Iremed that I was promenading the beach with my midnight visitor, and that I had just discovered that I had only a waterproof cloak over my nigh t-dress, and had forgotten to take my hair out of its pins. I dreamed that the stranger was making love to me in that absurd rig. I was angry enough with my dream when I waked. I went down to breakfast in anything but a pleasant humor. The first face that my eyes fell upon was that of the stranger. Ridiculous? I should think so. I believe I turned pale with surprise at his effrontery. To dare to present himself there, after last night's pro eediogs. He did not meet my glance at first; his eyes were dropped demurely to his plate, as hough he had seen my look coming, and so chose to meet it, but I fancied [ could see that silken mustache; twitch slightly. He dared to laugh t me still! I averted my eyes im mediately, and did not once look toward him again. Later in the day my sister and I went for our bath, and while we were in the water. Mabel confidently in formed me that just the match for me had come at last. "Hie arrivedl night before last, dear, but I would not say a wvord till I was perfectly satisfied as to his ante edents and belongings," she said eagerly. "He is rich, and from one of the finest families, and can't bear the sight of a fashionable woman; so you are sure to suit him, if you half try." I said nothing and MIabel went on. "You must have seen him at breakfast. The handsomest man at our table. He sat half way down, and I saw him look at you several ins-a gentleman with curly hair, and such funny eyes."I I turned my face towards my sister with a start of recognition. 'Oh. you did see him, then?" and MIabel aughei. Then I told her of the night. To my amazement Mabel began to laugh as though she would go into convulsions before I was half through:; and when I refused to go on, she laughed the harder. We had to quit the water, or she would have drowned herself,I believe. I never liked to be seen in my bathing rig, and I was hurrying away to my "ou," w hen Mabel stoppedj -Bessy, .r. Trevelyan: .r. rre velyan. my sister, Miss Winston;" ard there he was again. Wiill be back in a minute." I heard Mabel say as she dragged me away to dress, and still laughing so as scarcely to be intelhigible. She made out to explain to me that 'Mr. Trevelyan's room was next mine, and that lie had blundered into Mine by mistake the night before. "He told ine all about it before breakfast this morning. but 1 never guessed it was you. You see, Bessy, the rooms on that floor are exactly alike, and he said your trunk was as like his as two pins, even to the spring lock, and it stood on the same part of the room, of course. There's only one corner of the room a trunk could stand in, in those rooms. Don't you dare to let him know you thought he was a thief, though: promise me you won't tell him you thought he was after your diamonds?" "Indeed I shall. It is the only way I can be even with him," I said, de cidedly, thinking of those eyes that had laughed at me five times within less than forty-eight hours. Mr. Trevelyan walked to the hotel with us, and Mabel frowned and shook her head at me all the way. I did not take my revenge then, but I did in t lie evening ; and though he laughed, I could see that my shot told. Well, to make a long story short, Mr. Trevelyan and I developed a wonderful appreciation of each oth er's society in a remarkably short space of time. When people are in the saine house, and meeting as often as is only natural in such a case. it don't take long to develop that organ of appreciativeness from ever so in cipient a state. Mr. Travelyan, greatly to my sister's exultation, asked me to marry him before we left the seaside; and as he made some very pretty speeches about that morning when he had nearly knocked the breath out of me, showing that he was prepared for the worse with the better, I consented to take him on the general basis. Killed By Carrying Gold. Mr. F. R. Carter, who is in the bi cycle and sewing machine business, confirms the report that his wife, Ellen Carter, is now the heir to roperty worth about $500,000. Mrs. Carter is one of the seven daughters of Mrs. Bridget Egan, who died at Greensburg, Penn., about a month ago. Mrs. Egan at the time of her death was over nie - - . ~ elo ij-oed So a good old Irish family. Early in life she went to Pennsylvania with her husband, and for fifty years she lived in Greensburg. Her son, Frank Egan, was sent to college, and while pursuing his studies became ac quainted with -James G. Blaine. Young Egan studied law and settled in San Antonio, Texas, when that city was miles away from a railroad. The young man was prosperous. and soon owned a large amount of prop erty in the Texas city. He was taken sick, and went home and died. His mother assumed con trol of the property he left. She went to San Antonio to l'a k after her interests, and disposed of a part of the real estate. She received pay ment in gold for the property, and the problem with her was to get the gold~ home. She finally hit upon the plan of putting the metal into sacks, which were bound about her chest. In this way she succeeded in getting the money to her Pennsyl vania home, but the weight of the metal upon her chest gave her heart disease. with which she was always troubled after making the journey. Mrs. Egan paid the taxes on the San Antonio property, and now that she is gone, her daughters are heirs to about twenty-five acres of land in the Texas city. Besides this real estate, the old lady left property in Galveston, Texas; Washington, Gireensburg, Penn., and in Amherst, Canada. She never said much about her holdings, and it was not until a short time before her death that the members of her family knew that she owned any property in Canada. To all of Mr. Egan's daughters were afforded excellent opportunities for good edlucation, and some of them became expert linguists. Remarkable Span of Life. On a tombstone in Landaff Centre. N. H ., is the following inscription: "Widow Susanna Brownson was born August .3. 1699, and died .June 12, 1802. aged 103 years." This is the record of a life which took in parts of the l'ith and 19th centuries and the whole of the 18th century. As the average of human life is increasing in modern days, it is probable that some infants now living will continue to live until the year 2,000t A. D). They would then be not so old1 as are a number of persons who have died considerably exceeding a cen tury within recent years. It is likely also that the number of centenarians in proportion to population will be much greater during the 20th cen tury than it has been in the 19th. We frequently hear the span of hu man life spoken of as seventy years, and if it goes to four score it means labor, weakness and sorrow. But a still older record in the Bible makes one hundred and twenty years the natural period of human life. To that age Moses lived, and we are told of him that "his eyes were not dimmed nor his natural force abated." 3Many who now die early from contagious diseases have na tural vitality which should insure an advanced age, and will when medical science learns how to control these diseases and make them harmlesut LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important HappeningS, Both Home and Forelgn, Briely Told. The Exposition. Two hundred cues of Chinese goods, which were skipped from long 7.ng, sever al weeks ago, have artived in and are now at the grounds of the Cotton tates and International Exposition, in charge of the custom house oloials. The Woman's Building of the Cotton States and International Exposition will be formal ly opened on September 19th. The leading feature of the opening exercises will be the address by Mrs. Jos. Thompson, President of the Woman's Board. The C:hairman of the Committees will make short addresses on the work of their respective departments. An orchestra composed of twenty-five young ladies fronm the Southern Baptist College will furnish the music for the occasion and the program will be an attractive one. Newsy Southern Notes. There is not an idle mill in North Carolina save two recently purchased to be equipped. There are 175,000 strangers in Louisirlle, Ky.. it is said, attending the G. A. B. en campment, and 50,000 more are looked for. A wheat convention is in progress .at Nashville, Tenn., to see to the betterment of the cultivation and the marketing of this product. Many prominent men are present. At Little Rock, Ark., the State editors' convention organized the DemocraticBi-Xe tallic League of Arkansas, favorable to free silver at 16 to 1. - Thomas Westmoreland, sentenced to be hanged at Paris, Tex., September 13th, for the murder of Robert Green, July 15 1893 was respited by President Cleveland until October 18th. The National flag was raised Sunday with appropriate ceremonies in the presence of several thousand people at Camp Daniel S. Lamont, Chickamauga Chattanooga Nation al Military Park. The disastrous effect of the freeze in Florida last winter is shown by an estimate of the State's orange crop. which is placed at 100,000 boxes, agamnst 5,000,000 boxes the previous year. Wilson Lavender, aged 45, a blacksmith of Peerless W. Va., was run over near Browns town, W. Va.,by a Chespeake and Ohio train. His head, one arm, and one leg were severed and he was otherwise horribly mangled. He leaves a widow and three children. In the case of the prize fighters, who were arrested at Dallas, Texas, 'Saturday, Chiel Justice J. Ml. Hurt, of the CouTt of Appeals, has granted a writ of habeas corpus return able on the 16th inst. Thesi cases will de. termine tbe validity of the law licensing prize fighting in Texas. Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities. The little town of Gridley, Kas., isa wreck with not a single uninjured piguse in its con finos. Most of the buildings ai all o he AMi77ad'r orm did .- vrk. -N,p one0 wE.i~u A31 Five persons were blown to instant death and three injured by an explksion of dyna mite at Specht's Ferry, near Dubuque, Ia. The dead are: Edward Latshaw. Mrs. Ed ward Latshnw. his wife; Ray Latshaw, aged 12, their son; Matt Latshaw. aged 6,.their son; Hans Bjornstad. A boy firing at a target near the shanty caused the explosion. Labor. At Wilmington, Del., 100 women and girls, employees of the Diamond Match Co.. struck on Monday for an increase in wages. The factory was forced to suspend operations. Fires. Westminste~r church, Minnen polis, was gut ted by an incendiary lIre; loss $150,000. The congregation is the wealthiest and largest of the Presbyterian denomination in the State. Washington. The President has issued an order placing book binders in all branc'hes of the Govern ment P'rinting Oflehe-notably the Treasury --under the eivil sorvice on the same foot ing with those in the main oimee. Secretary Lamont has ordered the light battery of artillery stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., to Chickamanga to participate in the dedication of the battlelield. This will be the only battery detailed from the west to take part in the dedication, the other troops all coiing from the department of the cast. At Washington. D. C.. Benjamin F. Myers, twnty years old, was almost instantly killed Monday in a ball game. He was sliding to second base in an ameteur match when the baseman sprang into the air to catch a thrown ball. H~e dropped oni Myers. his body fall ing on the youing man's neck and disloca ting his spine. Foreign. The Trades' Union Congress at Cardiff passed a resolution protesting against Em peror William's interference with the liberty 11 the press. The Vladiovostock corespondent of the Novoe Vremyn says that 'eholera is raging in China and there are daily 2.000 deaths from the disease in Pekin. Crime. At Grand Haven, Mich., Mary I. Pierce. aged 13,who has been on trial for the murder o her mother~this morning was found guilty of mnslaughter. She was sentenced to the Indstrial School for Girls at Adrian until she is 21 years old. This Is the murder for which George Chesbro. thegirl's nephew, was senteneed to life imprisonment at Jack son a month ago. Chesbro's brother testi fled against the girl. . Miscellaneous. At Helena, Mont., an earthquake shok was experienced at 12:25 Friday morn ing. It lasted about three seconds and was distinctly felt all over the city. No reports of damage so far received. At 01(1 Forge, N. Y., Saturday. Benjamin Harrison M'-Kee hold his little cousin, Rus ill Harrison's daughter, who fell over the ock, above water till his grandfather, the s-President. carfie and resened her. In the Wim bledon cup rifle contest at Sea irt, Saturday. S. T. Scott. of the Engineer Corps of the District of Columbia, with the aigh score of 135 out of a p)ossible 150. heat he score of 116 made last year by Peter Fin sgan. of the Sixty-ninth Regiment. The attendance at Sheepshead Bay Race rack on Tuesday was small, owing to the rreat counter attraction, the yacht race. Ce card had hut one feature, the Flatbush stakes of the cash value of $3.000, and they were won handily by the favorite, Requital. Twenty Women WIdows. Twenty women are widows and fifty hildren fathe'iess by a disastrous fire in the )seola mini' at Houghton, Mich. Most itiful s*.rnes rebeing hourly witnessed in he vi:'inity of the shafts that have not yet ee searche.l. bcerc'le women and child en elingium to the spot in the desperate hope hat som-: loved form may yet emerge from he opening. The '-ahle of exports for the !I9e:l rear just closed exceeds thec imprk nr nver $10nO0nna0nn. WEATHER-CROP BULLETI Of the South Carolina Weather and Crep Service. Observer Bauer issued the following Weather-Crop Bulletin for the past week: The weather conditions, were, on the whole, very favorable for outdoor, seasonable work and for maturing crops. Cotton continues to be unfavorably reported from all portions of the State and rust with shedding is mentioned iin eyery report received; its growth has practically stopped, and in many places the plant has matured and is dying; a few report too rank growth of weed, and boll worms have ap peared on rich lands in Orangebuig county; bolls are opening rapidly and picking is general, except in the ex treme western and northern portions of the State, where it is about to begin. The weather was favorable for picking during the greater portion of the week. The hot sun wilted cotton badly. In the extreme southwestern por tions corn is being housed, and in the northwestern fodder-pulling is just ending. It has been too dry for late corn in the northern tier of counties from Ghesterfield westward, but gen erally late corn is filling out very well. Boiling molasses from sorghum and sugar cane was the work of the week over considerable portions of the State and the yield is reported to be of good quality and very satisfactory in quantity. The showers in the eastern portion of the State interfered with the rice harvest which is progressing slowly. There is eomplaint that upland rice is not heading satisfactory in some of the more southern counties, but gen erally it is doing well. No upland rice harvested yet. Peanuts are being gathered and the few correspondents naming this crop agree that it is yielding well. Peas are being gathered, some state that the vines are shedding their leaves where planted with corn, but the crop generally has done well. Is needing rain in a fow places. Sweet potatoes are improving very much with the prevailing hot weather, and the crop will be much larger than anticipated during the summer. Turnips are receiving considerable attention; some fields have been re sown, others are doing nicely. Late gardens are needing rain in the upper portions of the State, but along the coast winter vegetables and green peas, beans, etc., are do ing very well, except there-has been "i~t~ Too much xaa-u those sec I ands bei pred for winter oats in Lexington County. The Sheriff's Ruse. A deputy sheriff yesterday started from the Receiving Hospital with two -insane men who hid been committed to the asylum at Ukiah. "You had better take some along to help you unless you want to have some trouble," suggested one of the police snreous. "Two men I should think would be too many for you." "Not much. It is easier to take two men than one. i'll show you how I do it." The deputy led the man, who imag ined he was King of England, to ono side and confidedl to him: "Your Majesty, thatt man over ilhere,"indicating the man who thought his head was an eight-day clock, "is as crazy as a bedb~ug, and is liable to hurt sonme of your subjects if he gets loose. I want you to help me take care of him till I can lock him up in the asylum." "That's an unseemly occupation for the King of England. Bah! At tendc ant to the insane !" remarked the dis gnsted monarch. "Blut I will do it. I like adventure. You will take due prca-.ution to conceal my identity or your head will be the price of your carelessness." The deputy whispered to the human clock. "Do von see that fellow over there?" indicating the king. -'Well, he's crazy, and if you don't keep your face toward him he's lhable to step your hands and touch off your alarm. Now, I want you to help me watch him till I can land himi in the asylum. Then you can run right along. When the deputy left the hospital the king and the clock had locked arms and were hanging to each other dles perately. The dcynty smoked and read all the way to Ukiah, while the insane men took care of each other San Francisco Post. The Salmon Crop Short. At the beginning of this season it seemed as though the Columbia River (Oregon) salmon pack would be phe nomuenal; but the plethora of fine fish at the opening has been succeeded by a slackness in the run such as has never before been experienced on the river. A week ago the packing pros pects seemed to have utterly collapsed. Possibly the fish may become more plentiful toward the close of this montb, but this season's product will ba comparatively small, at the best. The qualitI of the salmon, however, has been remarkably good. Here-lity in llorses. When Jim Wicks, the man-eating stallion from San Jose, fell backward and broke his neck, he did the very best thing he could have done. The horse was evidently crazy, and it is well that he can no longer hand down to his progeny the crazy streak which made him so dangerous. He had ne more right to live than a wild, un tamed, man-eating tiger. The qualief of unrestrained ferocity is best checked by a pistol bullet. -San Francisco Chronile. S3IALLEST OF REPUBLICS. It Has Forty-six Inhabitants, and the Women Vote. On the route from the Italian con tinent to Caprera lies Tavolara, an isl and a mile wide, which has forty--five inhabitants. King Charles Albert of Piedmont made Paul, the head of the Bartoloni family, owner, King and abso!ute ruler of the place in 1836. For forty-six years he managed his little kingdom admirably; and, dying, he expressed the wish that the isl ~a SMALLEST REPUBLIO IN THE WOMrM. anders should be allowed to govern themselves. The experiment proved successful, and Tavolara was declared a republic in 1886, while two years later the State was formally recog nized by the Italian Government. its President is elected for five years, and its public officials give their services free of charge. Women have the privilege of voting as well as men. Once the island had a narrow escape of be oming the site of a - gambling casino like that of Monte Carlo. Cer tain British speculators desired to ac quire the place for this purpose, and the proposal was likely to be Anter tained, but the Government ultimately prohibited the sale. On the island there is a peculiar breed of wild goats whose jaws and teeth are covered with a golden enamel. It is believed that this is derived from the water on the island, which contains a large quan tity of mineral matter.-New York Press. A Curious Balance. Experiments with the hydrometre as a chemical balance have been made by an English chemist, Mr. H. T. Phil lips, and have resulted in a simple in strument that is useful for certain purposes. Gilded brass bulbs are screwed to an aluminum stem, floated in water in a glass cylinder, and kept upright in the centre of the vessel by , two arms moving on perpendicular . guide ro the guid and a movab e needle is attached to one of the guide rods. I& weighing out a defiaite quantity, the weight -is. first placed in the pan. The guide rod needle is then moved opposite the needles of the arms, the weight is re moved, and the substance to be weighed.is gradually dropped into the pan until the stem smks to the point indicated. The range of weight that can be recorded is limited, and with the delicacy, depends upon the stem of the float.-Trenton (N. J.) Amer ican. Luxuriant Hair. It is very seldom that so lux. uriant a growth of hair as that illustrated is met with in' Australia, the summer beat, it is believed, AN EXTniAORDINARYT GROWTH OF HAB. causing decay and loss on many beads. The length of the hair in our picture is five feet four inches, and its color bright auburn. The lady, who resides in Melbourne, is a native of Anckland, New Zealand.-San Francisco Chron icle. But Little Difference. The hero of Ro- | The hero of to-day. IDEFENDER THE WINNER, iN TilE SECOND CONTESr VAL KYRIE CRIPPLES DEFENDER And Wins by Only 47 Seconds. Pro test Was Entered and Decided in the American's Favor. THE SECOND RACE. In Manoeuvering for Position The V&16 kyrie Cripples Defender and Wins by a few Seconds Under Protest. Close jockeying between the Brtish and American eombi-ants for the America's MI in the sfecond race off Sandy Hook on Tues day resulted in an accident to the Americar boat whieh spoiled the race. Fifteen thou sand persous. on steamboats, tugs, stean yacfhts and ocean steamers, sent up a groar of disappointment when that beautiful alum inum and bronze creation was crippled before their eyes. While no one suspectu the owner of the viaiting yacht of such un sportsmanlike conduct as intentionally foul ing the Yankee yacht, yet the way he raked his great steel boom over the deck and tor( down the other fellow's rigging, and then sailed away at his best pace over the course, was not pleasant to patriotic Americans to: conteiiplate. The boats in jockeying for th( line had shown the prettiest work that ha yet been seen and when the jockeying result ed in the Valkvrie obtaining the windward position.as the two boats headed for th( line, there were murmurs of disappointment in the crowd, when it was discovered that the Valkyrie had the windward position Both finally approached flie sfaring liff wfth Valkvrie leading and to the windward of the Defender. Had both held theircourse there would have been no trouble, but the anxiety of the British skipper to get his boai over the line flrst and to windward of thq enemy made it a question if he would noi cross before the starting gun sounded. Tc prevent such a predicament the Valkyri( bore away a trifle, and eased out her sheets, The main boom of the Britishers swept ovei the deck of the Defender, carrying away thf top-mast shroud on the starboard side and tearing out the jaws of the spreader. The top-mast cracked and wa.3 badly sprung, Just as the crash came the starting signal was given and Valkyrie sped away like a rocket. Defender was luffed in the wind, the top sail lowed, the wreckage removed and 'Mr. Isleln decided to continue the race. Pro bably a couple of minutes were wasted mak ing repairs before the boat continued on he course. A protest flag was displayed and the committee boat showed an ahswerinj pennant. Then the gallant Defender and ner plucky crew went in pursuit of th( British cutter. The nianoeuvres by. which the Defendei endeavored to make the Valkyrie lose he grip were especially interesting in view o the subsequent foul which they led to. Aie the Englishman had secured the muek coveted position both ba d - ward the wes . . ~eyond the u . aptan a then jibbed denly. hoping to get aroun( 3aW Ier windward on Valkyrie befor< she could o around. But Captain Cran ne"id jibbed quickly that the relativ, positions of the two boats remained un changed. Valkyrie still kept in the weather This at 10:26:00. The two boats came back on the starboari tack toward the starting line. They passed around one of the big excursion steamers and then, as time was short, bega I to ap. proach the line from its westward end, breaking out their jib top-sails as they dit so. On came the boats until only a fem seconds elapsed before the starting gun Then it was seen that Valkyrie was too nea the line and was in danger of crossing c second or two before the gun. She immed iately began to break away to avoid crossing All Valkvries sheets were slacked off at onc to spill her sails and stop her headway, :Hence camne the foul and its resulting trouble. There is of course no doubt thai the responsibility for the accident rests en tirely with the Valkyrie. THlE DEFENDER's sPLENDID TACTIcs. The Defender, with her makoshift shroud went after the Valkyrie, whic-h wa three quarters of a mile ahead, when the wind freshened to 14 miles an hour. Then De fender began to creep up on her rival. She was defeated only 3 minutes and 52 seconds on the first leg. On the second leg of 10 miles she gained 17 seconds, although she had only a baby-jib top-sail against the Val kyrie's balloon jib. The leg was a reach close-hauled with booms to starboard . This brought the strain of the Defender's sails on her port shrouds which were uninjured. and for the first time during the race, it was possible to sail her to the best of her ability. She was half a mile behind the Valkyrie when she rounded the stake boat, and, and in less than half an hour -she had cut this distaince down to three eighths of a mile. She was but 3 minutes and 52 seconds behind at the second mark. and during the last ten miles she gained 1 minute and 17 seconds which, deducting the difference of times at the start, and her al lowance, made her loser by only 47 seconds. Valkyrie finished first at 2:55:22. Defender was 2 minutes. 18 secondls behind at 2:57:40. The elapsed times were: Valkyrie 3:55:09; Defender 3:56:25. Valkyrie allows Defender 29 1-10 seconds and Valk~yrie started 1 minute 2 seconds ahead. The corrected times are: Valkyrie~3:55:09; Defender 3:55:57. Valkyrie won by 47 seconds, corrected time Defender made a most remarkable showing under the circumstances and her Cuperiority was clear ly marked on every point of sailing. even in her crippled condition. It is greatly to her credit that she was defeated by such a small margin, and had the race be~en ilve miles longer she would have been the winner, at the rate at wvhiehi she was overhauling the Valkyrie. The regatta committee will decide the pro test. It is generally believe d the decision will be in favor of the Defender. THE DEFENDER'S PROTEST SUS TAINED. Trhe Second Yacht Race Awarded the American Boat. The~ regatta committee of the New York Yahit Club. rendered a decision late Wed nesdaiy afternoon sustaining Mr. Iselin's protest against Valkyrie and awarding Tues dav.'s race to Defender. This result was r.aeh.,l after deliberations and confe.rences laisting praically all day. Lord Dunravsn a.ceptel the decision. The Aspen. 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