The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-05
RULES OF YACHT RACE
To Govern the Contest Of the
Defender and Nalkyrie.
BOATS TO BE MEASURED TO-DAY.
The British Vessel 20 Allow tho Ameri-
hars Only One Minute.

New York. sept 4-The regatta commit
tee ~ the Eew York Yacht Club has an
nourced the programme of rules govern
Ing Ike ABerica's cup race. Tbs pr3IclpaI
po.Ets are as follows:
The START VIII Be made of Sandy Hook
ligatship. the preparatory signal being CIV
e. a. l9-0 j. n. and the starting signal
a. Il
Course No. I, letter C-From the start
Ing line 20 and around a mark fifteen miles
70 wineward " 10 leeward and return,
leaving the marx on the star5oard hand.
Course No. .. letter D-From the start
ing line ten miles and around the mark:
thence ten miles 10 and around the second
mark, and thence ten miles 70 the finish
line. The turning marks OF the outside
triangle 20 port and star5Oard according
as the Yachts are sent around.
The first. third and fifth races shall be
70 wiudward or TO leeward and return.
The second and fourth races shall be
around an equllateral triangle. one day
shall intervene between each racing day.
except under special agreement 4 race
postponed or not finished within the time
limit shall be decided before the next race
is taken up. The races will be started
OF Sandy Hook lightship. the preparatory
signal being made az 1880 q. IN. but 4
on the day Of a race the windward or lee
ward OF the course cannot be laid from
=
ed from some point further out 10 sea.
Although the measurements OF the De-
fender and Yalkyr!e will not be announced
officially until Friday. and possibly not I'M
ii Saturday, enough has been learned 10
make 4 reasonably correct estimate Of the
racing lengths and the time allowance
given by The challenger. The big sloop
contesting for the cup that the American
boat has held. Will give time. although it
viii not be as great as was expected. The
racing lengths estimated by a well-known
designer and expert, are 1913 for the Val
kyrie. and 100 @ for the Defender. Under
the rules OF the New York Yacht Club
this would mean an allowance OF little
less than a minute on a th.rty-mile course.
These measurements were shown 20 Capt.
Sycamore today, and he said he thought
that they would prove 10 be nearly correct.
He thought that the allowance would be
about one minute, as calculated.
The Americas cup committee held
an informal meeting today IN the Of
fee OF Commodore James @. Smith.
Afterward Commodore Smith. chair
man. and Lord Dunraven signed for
NAL articles OF agreement 70 govern the
races, exchanging documents afteTward.
The work Of sandpa pering and smooth
ing the Nalkyrie is progressing rapidly.
and she Will doubtless be ready 20 float
tomorrow night. when the Defender will
be III the ufN QuEk AT Eric BASIN, anu uDtl
boats Will probably be measured.
The details chiefly referred TO mat
tiers that have long been agreed on and
were in force during the Nigilant-Val-
kyrie race in 1855. The only striking fea-
lures of the document arc that the COM
mittee. while naming the Sandy Hook
ightship the generally understood
starting point. reserves the right to start
the racers from any point which in its
Judgment may seem to be, from the
weather conditions prevailing. desirable
location. This may mean that the COM
mittee will send the boats off from the
Scotland lightship. or send them out from
the sea beyond the Sandy Hook ship. The
committee specifies that it will put the
racers on their journey TO windward as
nearly as possible
The cup committee held a meeting to-
night and decided TO leave out Sunday as
one Of the Intervening days between races.
Therefore the first race viii take place
on Saturday next, and the second viii not
take place until Tuesday. The other dates
settled upon are the 18th, 18th and 18th.