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EDITION : 1895
DATE : 12 Sep 1895 - 13:00
COURSE : 3
DESCRIPTION SITE :
NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :
LORD
DUNRAVEN GIVES UP THE CONTEST; Last of the America's Cup Races This Year Simply
a Walk-over for the Defender. VALKYRIE CROSSED THE LINE, THEN TURNED BACK
Because No Guarantee of Non-Interference by the Pleasure Fleet Was Given,
Dunraven Decided Not to Race. ALSO HE RECEIVED NO REPLY FROM THE REGATTA
COMMITTEE.
September 12, 1895- The American champion yacht Defender sailed alone yesterday in the last of three races for the America's Cup. She had what is known to sporting men as a walk-over, and in all human probability no one ever saw a more disgusted set of sportsmen than those who went out yesterday in the hope of seeing a yacht race...
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