Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-10
TERRACE TODAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE VALKYRlE WEATHER
The Engshmen Are Still in Good Heart-The Start Will Probably Be From Sandy
 Hook Light Ship

New York, Sept. 9.-Lord DnnraVen will make his second try for the Americas cup tomorrow. His fleet footed Nalkyrie will meet Americas champion, Defender, in a thirty-mile race over a triangular course. It VIII be the second in the series of international races and it will take three winnings to decide whether the blue ribbon of the sea remains here or goes to England.
 Unlike Saturdays contest, which test ed the qualities of the yachts on two points of sailing only, the race tomorrow will require them to show their ability on almost every point. If possible one leg of the course will be to windward so that the yachts may have beating to windward, running free and reaching with the wind on the quarter. The wealth CT predictions seem to favor the British boat. whose best work so far has been observed here in light winds and a smooth sea.
 Local Forecast Officer Dun says: ''The weather tomorrow will be gener- ally fair. About the only change, if there is any, will be the temperature, which may be a trif1e cooler. The wind will vary from light to fresh breeZes. That is to say it may blow from six to eight miles an hour and from the south east. It is very probable that the day
 
 sight and nothing to indicate a disturb ance."
 In Saturdays race while the five to seven knot breeze prevailed for three quarters of an hour after the start the Nalkyrie made gains on the Defender. The rough sea threw her back more than it did the Defender. but the British boat plainly had the better of it. When the wind freshened little she ceased to gain, and when 1t grew to be nine to ten e,f. the pace set by the American boat. Should the sea be smooth and the wind six to eight miles an hour, as the weather prophet says, there may be less hilarity in the crowd of sight-SeerS than Satur- day. Judging from what has been seen of the two boats when they have been near each other, the Defender has no walkover, and unless there are good, stiff breezes tomorrow and Thursday the American boat will not win three straight races this year. There was a good sail ing breeze today, and the wind tomor- row may prove much stronger than Farmer Dun has mapped out The Brit - onS are by no means discouraged though the Americans in the excess of their pa triotism are shouting that the cup is safe.
 The fleet of excursions steamers an nounced for tomorrow is nearly as great as for the first race, but the unprece- dented attendance of Saturday is hardly to be expected. Extra efforts will be made to keep the SteambGats at dis tance from the racers, and after the press comments on the subject the yachts will probably not experience so much ln- terference. The start tomorrow is to be made from the Sandy Hook lightship, unless the committee decides to change to another location at the last moment.
 American money was offered at to l, but the BritiSherS were shy.
 The Defender and Valkyrie went out for d sail-stretching spin this afternoon, cruising about in the narrows and lower bay for three hours. Valllyrie was the first to get under way at about o'clock Defender followed a half hour later. There was no brush between them. though at one time, standing on even tacks, it looked as though there might be a little impromptu contest. A thick haze which had hung over the bay in the morning cleared away somewhat in the afternoon and a light Southerly breeze increased to a sixteen mile clip, and un- der it the yachts bowled along at good gait closely watched by many onlookers from the Long island and Staten island shores. Their white spreads of canvas stood out in the sunlight against the varied blue of sky and water and formed a picture of rare beauty. Defender car ried besides her plain lower sail the clubtop sail she used in the race, dis tinguishable for its,extreme Whiteness.
 Valkyrie dispense6 with hers The Britisher's sails set perfectly. Defender seemed to be trying a newer forestay sail and jib and they fitted her miserably. The leech shook in a manner that must have irritated so fastidious yachtsman as Mir Iselin. The club topSail also both cred Defender in raising At the carly part of the spin when the air was light and water smooth, good deal Of com ment was excited by the fuss Nalkyrie made in the water with her bow. De fender made almost no disturbance for ward.
 On the Americon yacht were MT. and Mrs Iselin, Woodbury Kane and Nat Herreshoff. After she stood off and in the narrows for a short time the Defen- der was headed over to the anchorage of Mr w. K. Vanderbilt's yacht Valiant lying off Stapleton, s. I. A launch which was put off, took Mrs. Iselin from the Defender and took her aboard the steam yacht. Later coming up the bay both yachts were running free but neither put out their spnnakers. Defender anchored off Bayridge at o'clock.
 Mr Iselin said that the spin had been satisfactory and they were ready for the second race. The difficulty with the club topsail was not q matter of any moment, he said. When asked about the head sails and their unseemly shaking and if they would be changed, he replied, "Ne'n throw them away, that's all." Valkyrie reached her anchorage near Defender, shortly thereafter, and Lord Dunraven. MT. Kersey and MT. Ratsey were taken back to the tender City of Bridgeport. MT. Watson was not around today Captain Cranfield said the boat was in satisfactory trim.