Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-10-03
T0-DAYS RACE
Measurer Hyslop Goes Over Both
Columbia and Shamrock.
LATTER THE BIGGER CRAFT.
Stated That the Challenger Will
Have to Make an Allowance OF
Less Than a Minute to
the Defender.

New York, Oct. 3.-The last thing in
the long chapter of preliminaries before
the actual test Of speed between the Co
lumbia and Shamrock has been done in
the Brooklyn navy yard. Official Meas
urer John Hyslops steel tape was ap-
piled to the sails, spars and racing
lengths of the defender and challenger.
and the result of the veterans labors.
when they are made public, will deter
mine which boat will have a time al
lOwance.
Enough is known of the approximate
measurements of the racers to make it a
probability that the Herreshoff boat, last
In long line of cup defenders, will have
an allowance Of less than a minute from
the challenger.
Both yachts were towed to their re-
spective anchorages in the Horseshoe In
the afternoon to receive their hnal
grooming for the first great race.
With the Dewey celebration an affair
Of the past, the navy yard was the mecca
of every yachtsman in the city. The ma
rine guard at the Sands street gate, how
ever, was persistent in its challenges.
and it was no easy matter to gain access
until the yard was open to visitors.
To facilitate the work of measurement
the Shamrock was towed from Erie basin
to the navy yard and warped In to a
dock near the Columbia, ready to enter
the drydock when the Columbia left.
The work of letting the water into Rob-
bins dock at the basin was completed
early, and the Shamrock was towed out
by the James A. Lawrence. The Column
bia was hoated in the dock at an early
hour to get her true water line, and ev-
cry sail and spar that she will carry al
any time in the course of the race was
put aboard.
HyslOp Begins Work.
All weights, including the full crew, the
riggers, sailmakers and others who will
be on board the Columbia in the races
were in their places, according to the
rules when MIR. Hyslop began his work
The measuring of the Columbia was i'm
mediately followed by that of tho Sham
rock, the same regulations being observed
with regard to the challenger as had con
trolled the measuring of the defender. AL
that then remained before the match was
the calculation of time allowance, basee
on the measurements. The results OF tint
measurement will be made public by thu
New York Yacht club.
Inc last or the many uetaiis III prePa
ration for the races that had to be ar
ranged by the committees Of the New
York Yacht club and the Royal Ulste
Yacht club have been disposed of at thu
New York Yacht clubs house. The pre-
cautions that were adopted last week tt
prevent interference with the yachts a
any time in the races and to insure nj
misunderstanding as to the time ant
| place of the starting are unusually elab
| crate.
Captain Robley D. Evans, U. 8. N.
will be in command Of the fleet of reve
nue. cutters and torpedo boats that viii
patrol the course. The rules and regu
lations that were prepared by the regatt
committee of the New York Yacht clu
for Captain Evans approval are consid
cred by yachtsmen who have made
study Of the vexatious excursion Graf
problem to cover most of the contingen
cies that are apt to arise from the pres
ence of Il large excursion fleet captaine
by overzealous shippers. The penaltie
are severe enough, it is thought, to dete
overbold sailing masters from spoilin
the race.