The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-07

NEW I DIRK, Sept. Ono previous con-
test for the Americas cup has ever
aroused such intense and widespread in.
terest on both sides of the Atlantic as
the races between Defender and Valky-
RE III, which begins to morrow of
Sandy Hook. Not only are hundreds of
strangers in town from Boston, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Chicago and cities
OF the far West, eager to witness the
grand struggle between the two speed
lest yachts ever built, but the number
OF foreign visiturs who are here for the
same purpose has never been exceeded.
The hotels are packed with guests,
and every available excursion steamer
in the vicinity has been pressed into
service to accom- modate the thousands
OF sight.seers who will wisRess the rare
spectacle. Such big rush for the
ocean course has been anticipated for
to morrow that unusual precau lions
have been taken by the committee to
nave the course properly patrolled so
that the racing yachts shall not be in
terfered with by the excursion fleet.
The patrol force Will be in charge of
Is. s. Osbon, who looked after the re-
cent novel parade at the opening of the
Harlem ship canal, and Lieutenant
Delehanty, supervisor of the port. Col.
onel Gillespie, OF the engineering corps
OF the VI ited States army, and the navy
yard officials, are all interested In secur
Ing fair play for the racers. The com
mittee has also Issued notice TO all
captains ofexcursion boats and pleasure
craft. urging the necessity OF keeping
an absolutely clear course.
Local Forecaster Dunn in regard to
to morrow's probable weather, saws:
Taking it all in all, the conditions
most likely TO prevail tomorrow will
be favorable for the contest. There
will be brisk wind of from twelve to
eighteen miles an hour. 1t will come at
first from the northeast shifting to
sousheasterly quarters. 1t is bound to
be an on shore wind. The indie ations
arc that tae sky will be overcast nearly
all day"
Tho result OF the measurers' work on
tho yachts was q great surprise. That
Valkyrie should yield less than half a
minute to Defenner in thirty-mlle
course WAS astonishing to all the smart
people. However, when Mr.. Hyslop
brought the measurements to the New
York Yacht Club house he said that the
Valkyrie would have to allow Defender
~o'Ol ocSOuuo. IL WAS only Ql6 DuSlQoS1,
he added, to turn she measurements over
TO the regatta committe and let that
committee decide what the time allow
ance would be. Nevertheless he felt
that 29:01 seconds was the fair thing.
The committee considered the cues
ton for long time, and at 1925 D. m
posted up notice on the clubs bulletin
board to the effect that the allowance
would be twenty-nine seconds, leaving
Off Mr.. Hyslop's added one tenth OF a
second. The races will, perhaps, be
very close, but no tenths Of seconds will
separate the boats st the finish.
The load water line lengths of the
ships show only a difference OF forty
hundred his in favor of Defender, while
the length of the Defender went CON-
siderab!y toward reducing the small ad-
vantage gained on the water line The
ssil area does not show so great differ
ence as was expected. the general rate
ing OF 1908 for Defender. as against
lOl.49 for Valkyrie, showing q margin
between the boats 80 small that nobody
guessed IT,