Defender's Race

NEW York, Sept. 12.- The regatta committee of the New York Yacht club has sustained the protest made by the Defender in Tuesday's race. An official statement is made that bcforo arriving at a decisión the oommlttee endeavored to bring about a mutual agreement bel ween the respectivo yachts to resail tho raco, but each preferred that the committee houlil pass judgment on the protest. Tho fcttur sustaining tlie Dof onder' s protest is addressed to C. Oliver Iselin, and is as follows : "Dear SlR:- We beg to acknowledge the reccipt of your letter of yosterday, protestlng Valkyrio. We have given the matter our careful oonsideratton and believe that the foul occurred through the miscalculation of tlie distanco betweea the two yachts at a critical moment. F rom our observation, sustained by that of others who were in a good posltlon to see, we flnd that the Valkyrie, in eontravention of section 2 of raclng rulo 16, boro down upon the Defender aud fouled her by the swing of hür main boom when luffing to straighten her courso. We also 3onsider the Defender allowed the Valkyrie sufflcient room to wlndward to pass clear of the committee boat. Your protest is thereforo sustained." The sustaining of tho protest gives the race to the Defender. Tlie racing rulo tho regatta committee referred to in lts decisión reads: "A yacht shall not bear away out oj: her ceurse so as to hinder another in tackingto leeward." Never Was so Much Excitement. The yacht races for the America's cup of 1895 will remain in history as the most exciting that ever took placo up to this dato. Not that the capabilitios of the boats have been so evenly matched as in some other races, such as the second race of the Puritan and Gvnesta series and tho Éhird between the Vigilant and. Valkyrie II, but in the enthusiasm which has prevailed among the peoplo from the very time that the match was made At no time since Valkyrie arrived in this country has the excitement approached the degree to which it rose yesterday, excepting the times when tho winner has crossed the finish line, or rounded a mark, or somefching liko that, when sho displayed hor superiority actually in a race. Tho unfortunate oolliaion and its attendant incidents have kopt the public in a fover, so to speak, that has not been cquallod. Englislimen Feel Badly Treated. .Everybody was anxious to know what the regatta committee of the New York Yacht club would do about the Defender 8 protest and having learned that the decisión was in the Defender's favor, they were furthcr stirred up by a report that Lord Dunravon, considering that he had been unjustly treated, had determined tö withdraw his boat and go home without another race. This was, however, a figment of the brain of somebody. But that the English party holds the sincere opinión that it has been badly treated ther can be no doubt. Lord Dunraven's frienui aud advisers on the City of Bridgeport, the Valkyrie's tender, were all curt In manner and reserved in words. Oplniong on the Decisión. The fact that the races would go on was I established by the romeasurement of the yachta, which was done last night by J electric light, the reason being that the ! Britishers had determined to reduce the j racing length of their boat by discharginsr load ballast. As to the decisión oí the regatta committee, everybody had au ' ion. Of course most persons upheld the committee from patriotic motives, if ' nothing elso. Thore were a good many, however, who championed the Valkrie and her causo. There were others who ' said that the committee ought to have priven the race to the Valkyrie böcause the . Defender could beat hernnyhow,and a i dict favorable to the Englishman would ' have no other effect than tomake-necos sary one more race. Cases, However, Are Not Iclentical. "While thinking the whole matter over old timers recalled the action of Sir ard Sutton, the owner of the Grenesta, who : raced against the Paritan in 1885. It was remembered that the Purrtan accidentally but certainly fouled the Grenesta at the start on the flrst day of the match. Wlion ! the committee sent word to Sir Richard ihnt the Puritan had disqualifled and that he could sail over the course j alone and win the race, he replied that he did not want to win that way, he wanted ' a race and not a walkovor.