The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-02
FIRST OF THE YACHT RACES
WILL BEGIN ABOUT II O'CLOCK TO-
 MORROW MORNING.
An Emphatic Statement by Captain Evans About Crowtsing by Excursion Boafs-Any Vessels Disobeyimg Rules Will be Sent Back to New York and Hts License RcvoLed-Thc Course.

| New York, Oct 1.-The Columbia and ] the Shamrock will meet in their first
 race for the Americas cup at about II o'clock Tuesday morning, Experts ex- pect that the sight will prove q con-
 test as earnest and interesting as any which have preceded it for the interna- tional yachting trophy, wherein skill
 and judgment will play as important a part as the speed of the respective boats. The vessels will meet on Tues day over a course of thirty miles, starting from Sandy Hook lightship to
 windward or leeward, according to the
 direction of the wind. The second race will be triangular, ten miles to a leg, and will be sailed on Thursday, if no serious accident happens to the yachts Tuesday. And so the contests will al- ternate in the matter of courses every other day until one of the boats has won three races.
 The New York Yacht club officials have been striving for months to com plete their arrangements with view to satisfactory and pleasant termination of the match. Everything possible un- der the circumstances has been done to this end and if the public assists sue cess must attend their efforts. The one thing that has always proved a source of great trouble has been the crowding of the course by excursion steamers and other boats. This has been the source of endless annoyance and only this year has there been a determination to make it less conspicuous. Under the direction of the United States treasury officials rules have been agreed upon to ensure an uninterr upted course, free from the interference of outside vssels.
 Captain Robley D. Evans, United States navy, who will be in charge of the course during the yacht races, to- day gave cut statement concerning the fleet of excursion boats that will follow the racers over the course. He said that his orders would be impera- tive that no boat could be allowed to run outside of the sourse designated by the stake boats.
 "I have gone to considerable trouble in this matter" said Captain Evans, and I have received orders which I must follow. I appeal to the masters of vessels not to crowd ahead or to run ahead of the boats. The wash from a large excursion boat will greatly em- barrass the sailing of the yachts and it Is to this end I hope to have the rules in detail followed. I have arranged for guide boats and from them they can get their course. I will regret very deeply the necessity of enforcing my power in this respect, but I do say most emphatically that any boat that is run outside of the lines established for them will be immediately sent back to New York in charge of a revenue off cer. This will mean the cancelling of any license that the masters may have, and necessarily will be of great detri- ment to them"
 Captain Evans said that tomorrow he would send a copy of the rules of the yacht club as well as the govern ment laws on this subject to the mas ters of each vessel Captain Evans will go on the -.~anning tug and will be the center of the guide ships.