The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-09

NEW YORK, Sept, S.-The yachts,
Defender and Valkyrie, were both
measured at the Erie basin today. They
arrived at the basin about the same
time, 1920, and the VaE1yrie, in tow
of the tug Howard, the Defender nav
ing a fine from her tender, Hattie Pal
mer. Mr.. John Hyslop, the official
measurer of the New York Yacht club,
was waiting for them and got to work
with his steel tape on the water line
measurement as promptly as posi-
BILE. The racers lay in much the same
position Us on last FRIDAY. when they
were first measured, Valkyrie being
lust outside the Erie dock and the
Defender Just east OF her, within
touch.
Mr.. HysIop would not say why he
had come to make measurement, but
it was noticed that he measured the
board of the trade mark on the water
line on both ships. This consists of a
crescent painted on each side, in the
center of the line, with the end of
each downward point resting on the
water line.
It is said by several hands employed
at the basin that Valkyrie looked
Tighten than when she was fioated Fri
day. Mr.. Hyslop occupied until 2:15
in taking his measures, after which
the yachts were towed away again. II
Vall5yrte accomplished nothing else
while in the basin, she got ack her
black goat mascot. This worthy ami
NAL, the property of Dick Burke, the
wide awake Waterman on the dock,
loaned the goat to Captain Cransfield
while the Valkyrie was first dry dock
ed, but on Tuesday last, when the
yacht returned to the Robins yard, she
determined to leave the vessel and re-
turn to her duties on the dock. Burke
was very glad to see her again, for he
places high value on her worth as a
mascot, as the following will show:
Five months ago." said Dick, to a
reporter today, between sentences, in
which he informed hundreds of sight
seerS that the yachts had been in the
dock and gone away again, chat
goat came ITO me without any advances
from me. My wife and / were Just
taking care of @hree or our boys who
were very sick with the measles. My
wiIS said she would look out for the
creature for time anyway, and we
did take care of her. Would you be-
heve that from that moment our
youngsters, too, begun to get well. and
1t was only a short time until they
were all well and eating as much as
ever
Yesterday Burke saw Lord Dunra-
ven on the City of Bridgeport. Val
lSyTie's tender, and had quite a con-
Nersation with him. The goat ques-
ton was referred to jestingiy by Val
kyrie's commander, and seriously by
Burke. AT any rate, before the City
OF Bridgeport left her dock, one of
her crew stood up alongside Of Burke
at the gate and made known the lord S
desire to have the goat on his yacht
during a. race. Burke consented, but
the thrAe young ladies who were clus-
tered about their father wore long
faces as she " as taken away.
My wife will never forgive me if
they do any harm to her" said Burke,
as his mascot was led aboard.
At The New York Yacht club during
the afternoon few members were pres
ent. The only officers there were Com
rnodore Kahn, chairman of the rega +
Ia committee, and Commander Chase
chairman of the house committee.
Both of these gentlemen pretended
Ignorance of the fact that the yachts
had been renleasured. WheR Commo-
dore Kahn was assured by a reporter
that the latter did know a bit, he said:
hfNAAs L 4Ao1NC 4lo OlilCAd1
'>Did you not know the measures
Were to be retaken, and why?'
''Oh, the Americas cup committee
will have charge OF all that was the
answer.
Mr.. Kain also expressed the opin-
ion that whatever had been done, no
figures would be given out.
Mr. Chase and Superintendent Olsen
deny they had any information on the
subject and the mystery grew. Super
1ntendent Olsen remarked in a. con
versatlon which followed that if the
ships had been measured over again,
II might have been some ballast had
been shifted, but nobody dared to sug-
gest which side had demanded a re-
measurement. All agreed in one thing.
however that whafever the ao--e~ -
SIR. Hyslop's action today, there can
scarcely be discovered in any mistake
that may have Deen maue tno.,,..
ference, # any was, in the Valkvrie's
favor to overcome the decisive eight
minutes and forty-nine seconds by
which Defender won yesterday.
Mystery Cleared Up.