The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-07
ARE WELL MATCHED
MEAsURER FINISHES HIS WORK ON
TIE SWIFT YACHTS

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valkyrie Allows Only Twenty Nine Sec
onds, which Result Throws the Betting
Back to About Even sIoney-Grand
Lush of Visitors to See the Grandes,
Yacht Race Ever Sailed-Of1cial Dimen-
sions Of the Neutrality-suspicious..
| New York, Sept e.-No previous con-
| test for the Americas cup has ever
| aroused such intense and widespread
interest on both sides of the Atlantic
| as the races between Defender and
| Valkyrie III, which begins tomorrow
| off Sandy Hook. Not only are hun
! dreds of strangers in town from Boston
| Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and
many other cities of the far west, eager
! to witness the grand struggle, but the
| number of foreign visitors who are
here for the same purpose never before
has been exceeded. Such a big rush
for the ocean course has been anticipat-
ed for tomorrow that unusual precau-
tons have been taken by the cup COM
mittee to have the course properly
patrolled. Indications ere that the sky
will be overcast nearly all day.
The result of the measurer's work
on the yachts was a great surprise.
No good judge thought the English
yacht would give over minute and a
half on thirty mile course to the de-
fender, yet many capable critics said
the challenger would give a minute
but that she should yield less than half
a minute was astonishing to all the
smart people. However, here are the
figures and they speak for themselves:
Defender-Length on load water line
SS45; length from after end of main
boom to forward point of measure
men 1919; length from fore side Of
foremost to forward point of measure
nent 1885; length extreme TO spinnaker
boom 1885; length of main gaff 64.95;
length of topmast 57.42; one fifth 1894:
height upper side or main boom to top
sail halyard block 125.4S; sail area as per
rule 1925; sailing length as per rule
10036.
Valkyrie-Length on load water line
$3.50; length from after end of main
boom to forward point of measure
ment 1862; length from fore side of
foremost to forward point of measure
ment 1894; length extreme of spinnaker
boom, same; length of main gan $3.50;
length Of topmast 5o.9S. one fifth 44.1S;
height upper side of main boom to top
rule, 114.14; sail length as per rule
101. 40.
When Mr.. Hyslop brought the meas
urements to New York Yacht club
house he said the Valkyrie would have
to allow Defender 29.10 seconds. 1t was
only his business, he added, to turn
the measurements over TO the regatta
committee and let that committee de-
eide what the time allowance should
be. Nevertheless he felt that 291O sec
onds was a fair thing. The committee
considered the question for long time
and at 1925 p. m. posted up notice on
the clubs bulletin board to the effect
that the allowance would be 90 seconds,
leaving out Mr.. Hyslop's added one
tenth Of a second. The races will per-
haps be very close, but no tenth OF sec
onds will separate the boats at the finish.
1t will be noticed that the load water
line lengths of the ships show only
difference of orty-hundredths in favor
Of Defender and that the length Of De-
tenders gaff went considerably toward
reducing the small advantage gained
on the water line. 1t will also be seen
that the sail area does not show so
great a difference as was expected and
that the general rating of 100.36 for De-
fender as against 101.49 for Valkyrie,
displays a margin between the boats
so small that nobody guessed it.
The regatta committee of the New
York Yacht club issued the following
circular tonight:
The courses for the Americas cup
will be laid by Lieutenant c. NJ. Wins
low, u. S. A, of New York Yacht club,
who will be in charge of the tug Edward
Luckenbach Mr.. Winslow took the
tug down the bay today and adjusted
the compas ses and tested the patent log.
Lieutenant II. Morrell, U. S. A. also
of the New York Yacht club will be
in charge OF the Lewis Luckenbash,
which has been chartered for the pur-
pose of marking one end of the line
in case the start be shifted from the
lightship. This tug will also mark the
second float in course No. and will as
sis. the patrol fleet when not otherwise
engaged.
On the announcement of the time al
lowance the betting altered somewhat
and went to even money.
The hotels of the city filled up today
with guests come to witness the yacht
races and tonight it was impossible
to secure accommodations at any OF the
large uptown hotels. The guests came
from all parts of the country, and Can
ada sent many but New England, and
particularly Boston, mustered the larS-
est number. All the incoming trains
from New England were crowded and
the sound steamers have done great
business the past two days.
Among the strangers here to see the
sontest are: Lieutenant Governor
Kirkpatrick of Ontario; Sir David Nc
Pherson of Toronto; Samuel H. Cramp,
of the Philadelphia ship building firm;
Senator Gray. of Delaware; the young
I,,l- Of To VI oh VI n
Pittsburg and many society people from
Newport and other resorts. The bet
ting is SO little as not TO deserve men
ton.
WIND AND WEATHER.
Forecaster Dunn has issued the fol-
lowing: The weather indications at
midnight are: Fair with light to brisk
winds with the sea run
ming rather high. The observers at
Long Branch, Block Island and Sandy
Hook report wind varying from ten TO
twenty miles an hour with high sea.
1t is likely the wind during the race Will
vary from twelve TO fifteen miles an
hour.
In an informal statement he says:
'The weather is likely 10 be partly
cloudy with possibly a slight shower
or two but not sufficient 10 spoil the
Gay or prevent the race. The wind
will be from an easterly direction shift
ing northeast TO southwest"
NO SIDE RACES.
Washington. Sept. General Du-
mond. supervising inspector general Of
steam yachts has sent the following
cautionary kilograms TO the agents OF
the steamer Richard Peck and the City
Of Lowell. who. IL IS stated. have ar
ranged race between these vessels il
New York harbor tomorrow;
Hope newspaper report Is untrue