The record-union., 1895-09-06
THE AMERICAS CUP.
TIE RACE WILL BE SAILED TO-
MORROW.
yvaeers on the ResAlt in Favor of the
Defender-The Valkyrfe VIII be
Floated This Morning.

New YORK, Sept. 5.-Valkyrie III.
is practically ready to be foated and sub
mitted to the tapeline of the official
measurer of the New York Yacht Club.
Workmen completed the cleaning, poll
ishing and painting of her hull to-day.
Her topsides are now q dazzling white,
relieved by narrow gold band near the
rail. Her underbody has been given a
coat OF black varnish and potleaded. An
extra width of copper plate was added
above the copper already on her keel.
Engineer Watson stated that the cut
ting away of the hull abaft the rudder-
post Will decrease the load water line
about one inch.
The Falkyrie will be fioated about s
a. NJ. tomorrow. She will be measured
before leaving the dock, and later in the
day will go for spin down toward Sandy
Hook. She will anchor in the Horse
Shoe over night and be near at hand for
Saturdays race.
Ihe Americas Cup Committee have
completed arrangements for fleet OF pa
troll yachts TO keep excursion steamers at
respectful distance from the com peting
yachts. A formal appeal was issued this
evening to Captains of excursion boats
not TO Interfere with the racers.
The betting on the races is brisker.
achtsmen from out of town, many Ca
nadians, are beginning to arrive at the
hotels. The Canadians want odds on tho
Nalkyrle, and in some cases they are
being accommodated. A guest at the
Waldorf has 500 to play on the Defender,
but tonight he could not find a Valkyrie
man around. AT the Hoffman House q
bet OF 500 to 81 900 on the VaIkyrie was
placed with Billy Edwards by sporting
I4an6lnr6 Dnrual of
had $l90 to 500 to play on the Valkyrie
last night The bet was soon taken.
There seems TO be q desire on the part
of the Englishmen of sporting turn
OF mind to wait until the first race has
been sailed. I'VE know our boat is fast, E"
said one OF them, but we don't know
how fast the Defender is. If ii is going
to be close race we want to have some
kind OF line on the boats before we put
up our money!
Commodore E. +. T. Adams of the At
lantic Yacht Club had $1,000 placed in
his hands to-day to back Valkyrie III.
with. In Wall street bets were made at
2 to l on Defender, and several at even
money. After the measurements are
known the betting will be livelier.
II have heard of very few bets on the
yacht races" Broker Frederick L.
Adams, who is an authority on odds in
the Stock Exchange. said to-day. 81
have 81 900 to bet for an English friend
against s., coo that the cup will return to
England. | have heard of several small
bets of 500 to $50 on the Defender. The
prevailing odds, l should say, are 500 to
s75. / think the bettors on the floor are
holding off until Saturdays race. They
want to get line on the boats"
Oliver Iselin and Captain Half decided
at the eleventh hour to-day not to take
the Defender down 10 Erie Basin until
tomorrow morning, and instead they
took short spin up the sound to Cap
tain's Island, anchoring her at o'clock
tonight. AS soon as the yacht reached
her mooring the mainsail was unbent
and the riggers who arrived here from
Boston this morning went to work over
hauling the rigging. The riggers will
now remain with the yacht until after the
races are over. Captain Haf said to-
night that the yacht will leave for Erie
Basin at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,
where she will be hoated into the dry
dock and measured, but will not be
hauled out.