The herald., 1895-09-05
Starts to Be Made From Sandy
Hook Lightship
ONE DAY BETWEEN EVENTS
Challenger Will Give Time Allowance
of One Minute
Measurements Of the Boats Are Now COM
plete-Courses Are Thirty Miles.
Provisions for Variations
Associated Press snecial Wire

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.-Articles Of
agreement were entered into today on
board the steamer City of Bridgeport.
the tender of Valkyrie III, between the
Earl of Dunravcn and ex-Commodore
James b. Smith, chairman of the Amer
ica's CUP committee. to govern the race
for the cup. The details chiefly re-
fer to matters that have long been
agreed upon and were in fore . during the
Vigilant-Valkyrie race in 1893. The only
striking features of the document arc
that the committee, while naming the
Sandy Hook lightship as the generally
understood starting point reserves the
right to start the racers from any point
which, in its Judgment, may seem to be,
from weather conditions prevailing, de-
sirable location. This may mean that
the committee will send the boats far 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
wlndward as nearly IS possible. in
either sort of course, whether fifteen
miles each way. or over the triangle of
ten miles to the leg.
Rules of the Race
The regatta committee of the New York
Yacht club announced the programme
of rules govern ing the Americas cup
race. The principal points are as follows: {:
The start will be made off Sandy Hook
ngbtshlp, the preparatory signal being
given at 1850 a. M, and the starting
signal at II.
Course No. 1. letter G, from the starting
line TO and around mark fifteen miles
to wIndward or to eeward and return.
Leaving the mark on the starboard hand,
NO. ., letter D, from the starting line
ten miles and around The mark; thence
ten miles to and around the second mark,
and thence ten miles to the tinisu
line. Turning the MARKS of the out
side triangle to Fort and starboard,
according as the yachts are sent around.
The first, third and fifth races shall be
to wIndward or to leeward and return.
The second and fourth races shall be
around an equilateral triangle.
One day snail intervene between each
racing day under special agreement. A
race postponed or not finished within the
time limit shall be decided before tho
next race is taken up. The races will be
started off Sandy Hook lightship, the
preparatory signal being made at 10 80
windward Or leeward If the course can
not be laid ON the lightship, then the
race W Il be started from some point fur
ther OUT to sea. Although the measure
ments of the Defender and the Nalkyrie
will not be announced officially until
Friday and possibly not until Saturday.
enough mas teen learned to make a
reasonably correct estimate of the racing
lengths and the time allowance given by
the challenger. The pig sloop cont-sting
for the cup that the American boat has
held viii give time. although it Will not
be as great as was expected. The racing
lengths as estimated by well known de-
sgner and expert are l01. 3S for the Val
kyrie and 100.0 OF for the Defender. Under
the rules of the New York Yacht club
this would mean an allowance OF a little
less than minute on a thirty mile course.
These measurements were shown to Cap
tain Sycamore today and he said he
thought shat they would prove to be
nearly correct. He thought that the al
lowance would be about one minute as
calculated.
The cup committee held a meeting to
night, and decided to leave out Sunday as
one of the intervening days betwee
races. Therefore the first race will take
place on Saturday next and the second
will not take place until Tuesday. The
other dates that have been settled upon
are the 18th Nth and 18th.