Document No 2466: RACE AWARDED THE DEFENDER MR. ISELIN WAS GENEROUS

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AUTEUR : New York Herald

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EDITION : 1895

DATE : 12 Sep 1895

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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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