The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-06
SOON TO BE MEASURED,
Already Betting Has Begun,
With the American Boat
as Favorite.
PLENTY OF MONEY TO BURN.
Englshmen Want Good Odds Before
Backing the Dunraven Syn
dictate Yacht.

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, Sept. 5.-Mr.
G. O. Iselin and Captain Haff decided at
the eleventh hour to-day not to take the
Defender down to Erie Basin until to-mor-
row morning. and instead they took a
short spin up the sound to Captains
Island, returning here at o'clock to-
night.
As soon as the yacht reached her moor
ings the mainsail was unbent and the rig
gers, who arrived here from Boston this
morning, went to work overhauling the
rigging. The Triggers will now remain with
the yacht until after the races are over.
Captain Half said tonight that the yacht
will leave for Erie Basin at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning, where she will be foated
into the drydock and measured, but will
not be hauled out.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 5.--The
Valkyrie III is practically ready to be
hoated and submitted to the tapeline of
the official measurer of the New York
Yacht Club. Workmen completed the
cleaning, polishing and painting of her
hull to-day. Her topsides are now daz-
cling white, relieved by narrow gold
band near the rail. Her, underbody has
loaded. An extra width of copper plate
was added above the copper already on
her keel.
Designer Watson stated that the cutting
away of the hull abaft the rudder post will
decrease the load water line about one
inch. The Valkyrie will be fioated about
8 A. NJ. tomorrow. She will be measured
before leaving the dock and will 60 for a
spin down toward Sandy Hook. She will
anchor in the Horse Shoe over night and
be near at hand for Saturdays races.
The America cup committee has COM
pleted arrangements for fleet of patrol
yachts to keep excursion steamers at re-
spectful distance from the competing
yachts. A formal appeal was issued this
evening to captains of excursion boats not
to interfere with the racers.
The betting on the yacht races is brisker.
Yachtsmen from out of town, many of
them Canadians, are beginning to arrive
at the hotels. The Canadians want odds
Oh the Valkyrie, and in some cases they
are being accommodated. Some Cana
dams stopping at the Hotel Brunswick
have placed $500 at odds of to on VAL
kyrie III. A guest at the Waldorf has
500 to place on the Defender, but he could
not fl nd a Valkyrie man around.
At the Hoffman House bet of 5000 to
$1,000 on the Valkyrie was placed with
Billy Edwards by sporting man.
Landlord Dorval of the ST. James had
$3.50 to 500 to play on the Vaikyrie last
night. The bet was soon taken. There
seems to be desire on the part of the
Englishmen of sporting turn of mind to
wait until the first race has been sailed.
1--WE know our boat is FAST" said one
of them, "but we don't know how fast the
Defender is. If it is going to be close
race, we want to have some kind of line
on the boats before we put up our money"
Commodore f. F. T. Adams of the At
lantic Yacht Club had $1,000 placed in his
hands to-day to back Valkyre III with.
In Wall street bets were made at to on
the 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 7. Adams,
who is authority on odds in the Stock Ex-
change, said to-day. 81 have $1,000 to bet
for an English friend against $4,000 that the
cup will return to England. l have heard
of several small bets of 500 to $50 on the
Defender. The prevailing odds, should
say, are 500 to SIS. think the bettors on
the floor are holding off until after Satur-
days race. They want to get line on the
boatS'