Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-06
1ELBGRAPHIC.
IaE YACHT RACES
,,rnnen.s Of tho Challenger aud
The Defender.
,.,,v,rrD rmE ALLOWANCE


49,. yoRy, sept. 5.--'rhe EDe"ing
80, 4, wss learned this evening
~ s'..,r.mep,s Of the Defender
''n ~ ,,.,o made Just before she irisl
v.,s and have bcsn carefully guard
49, ~, ,ns committee eincs they we're
tI" .,sa.iallow Les water line
n1' No IS feoi; sail area, l2lsO
Hs., feet; racing longth, lOOlO ioo''
Tr,,vudiclte owning the beat were
',,,l,aei and concluded to make
s,,iI,b,er, a. she was appa'onily sIih
~ 60. in n heavy blow. The new
- sas therefore shlppul shu helte'
I'm fitted ~ tue place Of mo "ooaen
vbich had been IN usriup 10 tbe
.,s,sBt time d. tue nfst lTiAl races Il
'.ropulafly believed lhat the feasDh
',,tbe change Ia the mast was the
l,ctipgU OF tue old one, anu that the
80 ia much heavier ana stronger,
MI matioT ~ fact, II Is llghier
"a psunds. The Cnaugr IN the
~ was fot the same reason, rs the
~, was thereby lightbnvj 60
nsI,. Be.lues this, tue water tank,
- ,,uk. do1ts, bulkhunus Aud some
~. a,oring will bO taken out to
U.btsn hef eth further, aud II Is
H'ssdsnlly expected that her racing
,,',.uf.mrnt. on Saturday viii be a.
Lstd water line, length, 50 Oj feet;
ali Afra, n, 100 square Zee; racing
i,a,tb. gg.p5, The Deiendor's strip
',ng b,s, Is stated, about been com.
,i,tsd but tho work on tue NHlgyflo 10
I'M going on. 1he closets, stove aud
unnecessary floor have been taken out,
srJ Whsn she II nlated for Mr.. HyT.
~. gofk on her thoro will not DO a
,BpstHuous ounce on her Eyen hor
how md stern have been plhuud u0Wn
10 bring her within ninety. Ell.
mates u her measurements haNo
Issn made, based on all the nguroE nj
bspd. and ~ the same estimates on
ibs Defender were but u fraction Of nn
inch out, the following may he A.
,lusd to he nearly o1uolusively:
Lead Wator lius, length, % ieeii sail,
area, 1850 square ieoi; racing length,
l00.sO feet.
According, therefore, TO tho actual
measurements OF the Defender and
The estimated measurements Of the
Valtyflr, tho allowance given by tho
challenger 10 the Defender IL about
tueaty.elght seconds on thirty nile
c5ufe. A. tho Nalkyrio may be
tthe less than ninety feet on the lead
water llue, It 10 probable that allow
Ancu may not exceed twenty-five sec
0uda There IL n proyision In the
Agreement that any exchanges Of lead
water line over sixiy-nine feet shall bs
counted double In estimating tune al
1Eincr, but as both boats are more
lbin the longlh, they are about equal
20 tha, respect. The Nigilanl, by the
sins time gets one minulo twenty
seconds from the Defender, and there
ifsis not IN any RAGS IN which the De-
fender started.
sstufdsy's International yacht race
will be the occasion Of an innovation
10 The means Of transmitting news OF
The plogteis o. tho cOntest between the
champion boats OF England anu
Amefiou, which will mark n long step
Toward 10 the business Of reporting
Aquallu sporting events. Up TO this
TINE the accurate aud speedy reporting
o. such an event as a yaont race nsv
bet attended with great difficulty.
watchers statiOued at points of van.
hse near tho course laid out fUt the
yachts have given the public on suor g
tue earliest Information obtEiuabls Of
The progress OF tho races, following A.
us'lthey could the various maDouvers
oiIhe yachts aud estimating ~ closely
~ might be the distance which sspAr-
hlei the yaohts. When 10 IN recalled
That observation In this manner Ia at a
distance, sometimes Of as much a.
hilrrn VI twenty mil0s, and ihst often
log aud more frequently a hszs OF
sIiuels the view, the difficulty OF nc.
clfAiely reporting yacht race may
Dc realized. 10 has In number Of Ia.
stances been impossible for ~ newi-
paper " givd accurate Information np,tC
ihe times ui crossing tho starting line,
turning the stake boats and finishing
Tue race, until reporters VINO had bteu
detailed TO follow tho yachts on board
tugs could reach land ana COmmuni,
cate with their pagers, mttimte o
mater Of an hour " more. Now,
however, tho public u both the Oic
Aui New worlds are to have prompt
anu accurate information Of the yRch
Iaaces between the Defender and tn,
hhkytie III, gs 10 tue prugfss'
,Liuush tho enterprise Of tn,
commercial Cable company. Thu
company steamer, MaokRy. Bennett,
Nhllay submarine cattle 10 the race
Iho end Of the CAbls VIII he Ou boar.
anu tpecially connected with Euplsn,
hnu France through tho company
main caOls landing a. Couey islaud
Inc Postal Telegraph company W II
hltl have an office on board the Mncl.
sy'Eennol, suu will forward telegram
70 all points ~ tho United States au,
Canada.