Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-07
29.1O SECONDS
Is All the VaIkyrie Ill Will
Allow the Defender.
Was Expected by All That Time Al
lowdnce Would Be Greater.
Betting Nearly All on Defender at Odds OF
10 10 7 and 8.

| NEW 1Ork, sept. The New y ork
Yacht Club house was the scene of much
activity, this evening The club house
was crowded with members and the merits
OF the big racers were discussed with con-
siderable animation by the yachting
sharps.
| At 1856 P NJ, Mr.. Hyslop arrived at
the clubhouse. He was ushered up stairs
to Sec. Oddie's Office and at once turned
over his measurements
| Shortly afterward Mr.. Oddie came dow
stairs and announced that Lord Dunra
ven schallenger would have to allow the
Defender 20. 10 seconds.
The assemblage present expressed con-
siderable surprise at the figures. as it was
generally believed in yachting circles that
the difference in time allowance in favor
of the Defender would be / "a to . minutes
and consequently there was some disap-
| pointment when the announcement was
made.
| 1T will take pretty stiff breeze to
| save us at that rate" said one member
| jokingly.
"Oh.w don't need the 80 seconds, said
another yachtsman, Let US make her a
present of it. -
The regatta committee expressed them
selves as being perfectly satisfied with the
| result OF the measurement, and several
| members declared they would be better
! pleased if both yachts went to the line on
equal terms.
Mr.. Hyslop's official report is as fol-
| lows:
Length on ioadwater line: Valkyrie,
| SO. IS; Defender SO. 45.
From outer end of main boom to for
| ward point of measurement: Valkyrie,
1894; Defender, 70. So
Length extreme of spinnaker boom:
Valkyrie, 78. 81; Defender, 70 SO.
Length Of main gait: Valkyrie, So so
Defender. 81 90.
Length of topmast Valkyrie, So % Is,
Hats; Defender, 81. AZ is, 1891.
Height of upper side main boom to
| taffrail halyard block: Valkyrie, l29. so;
Defender, 125. AS.
Square root of sail area as per rule:
Valkyrie, l14.14 Defender, 11226.
4 Sailing length as per rule: Valkyrie
l01. 40; Defender, 10O.36. 80
Time allowance 80 10 seconds.
On the eve of the contest betting has
become quite brisk. English and Canadian
money has been held back for better odds
than have been offered. Small bets have
been made varying from 3 to = on the De
fender, but in large amounts the odds have
been to ) and 10 to Z. The latter WAS
the latest figure, tonight at the New York
Yacht Club and the hotels.
On the Stock Exchange it Is said that
S36 900 was placed. +. T. Adams placed
$1,000 on the Valkyrie at odds of to 10
The wager was laid Tor an English client
The betting opened and closed to 10
with wagers in the interim at to 10
The Valkyre end of the betting has been
taken principally by Canadians
The weather outlook for tomorrow
favors the American boat. Local Fore
| caster Dunn says
The conditions most likely to prevail
tomorrow, will be favorable for the con
test There will be brisk wind from -
TO IS miles an hour. 1t will come at first
from the northeast. shifting to south
| easterly quarter. 1t Is bound to be an on
shore wind. The indications are that the
sky will be overcast nearly oil day There
| may be possibly light showers, but 1t is
not likely that there will be any heavy
rain
Yachtsmen and mariners who have
| records rs prophets, agreed substantially
With the government weather sharp. They
said that all signs indicate a good wind
coming In from the ocean, and as such
| wind generally brings swell with it, the
yachts will have a bit OF sea to contend
with in the thresh to windward which is
mapped out for them
Tomorrow, therefore, promises to be a
Defender day. 1t is only the most rabid
rooter for the Yankee boat, however who
claims that defending the cup is easy, this
year Yachtsmen who have seen the
Dunraven boat both in dry dock and I'M
der sail, declare that the Englishmen have
better chance for capturing the cup than
they have ever had before.
That the contest this year is to be race
of well matched boats is so generally con
coded, that greater interests in the results
prevails than in any of the former interna-
Jiunal contests.
The hotels are full of people and New
Workers have made An early return from
the summer resorts to witness the strug-
gle. 1t is estimated that 80, 600 persons
will witness tomorrow's race Sixty-five
excursion steamers are advertised to leave
this city and others will start from
Brooklyn, Newark, Jersey City and other
points.