The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Committees Final Instructions for Z
Conrses and Start.

Courses and Start.
New York, Sept 5,-Defender Is eX-
pected to leave New Rochelle late this
afternoon or early tomorrow morning
and both yachts will be measured some
time after noon tomorrow in the Basin
outside of the dock to the westward,
where Volunteer and Thistle were meas
ured
time as Defenders, shows that she
gets time allowance of / minute and
20 seconds from Defender, so she won
mono of the races which were sailed to
a finish by the new boat.
The final instructions of the commit
tee for the courses and start are as fol-
lows:
Courses-Starting from Sandy Hook
1ightship, first race to windward or
1eeward and return. Second race,
eQuilateral triangle. Third race, to
windward or leeward and return.
The starting-line and compass bearings
to be announced as early as practica-
BILE. In every case the course from
the starting-line to be laid to wind
ward if possible, from the Sandy Hook
lghtship. In case the course as re-
CURED by these conditions cannot be
made out from Sandy Hook lightship,
the regatta committee may provide
some other suitable starting-point, and
in this case the preparatory signal will
be given about half an hour later than
\
lightship.
Length of Courses-The courses shall
be, as nearly as possible, thirty nauti-
cal miles in length.
Start,-The starting signal shall be
given at IL "a. M, and this time shall
mot be changed, except as follows: ID
BY the regatta committee, as describ-
ed in the preceding paragraph, for
changing the starting point. (0 By
the regatta committee in case of fog.
(3) In case both yachts consent to
postponement, in which case the re-
gatta committee shall determine the
time of start. az In case of accident,
as hereinafter provided. The prepara-
tory signal shall be given ten minutes
before the starting signal, and, in case
of change Of time of start, prelimin-
AIRY signal shall be given fifteen minutes
before the preparatory. At the start
ing signal, yacht may cross the line.
The exact time at which a yacht crosses
the line during the succeeding two min
utes to be taken as her start, and the
end Of that period as the start of one
crossing after it's expiration. If a race
is not started at half-past one p. m.
the regatta committee shall have the
right to declare the race postponed for
that day, but no race shall be started
after p. m.
Time of making race.-Any race in
which the elapsed time of the yacht
finishing first exceeds six hours shall
not count, and must be resailed.
The sailing days have been fixed as
follows: Saturday, September 7; Tues
day, September 10; Thursday, Septem-
Der II, and, if necessary, Saturday,
September IA, and Tuesday, septem-
Der IT.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
Saturdays race will be the occasion
of an innovation in tba means Of
transmitting news or the progress of
the contest which will mark a long step
forward in the business of reporting
aquatic sporting events. Up to this
time the accurate and speedy reporting
of such an event as yacht race has
been attended with great difficulty
Watches stationed at various points of
vantage on the coast near the course
laid out for the yachts have given the
public on shore the earliest infor-
NATION obtainable of the progress of
the racers, following as best they could
the various manoeuvres of the yachts
and estimating as closely as might be
the distance which separated the craft
as the race progressed. When it is re-
called that observation in this manner
Is at a distance sometimes of as much
as fifteen or twenty miles, and that Of
ten a fog and more frequently a haze
obstructs the view, the obstacles in the
way of accuracy may be realized.
This year the Commercial Gable COM
pany will lay a submarine cable to the
scene of the yacht races. The end of
the cable will be on board the steamer
Mackay-Bennett, and specially con-
nected with England and France
Through the company's main ocean
cable, landing at Coney Island. The
Postal Telegraph company will also
have an office on board the Mackay-
Bennett, and will forward kilograms to
all points in the United States and