The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-03
TIME GIVEN THE SHAMROCK
COZ UMBIA COMPELLED TO ALLOY
 HER OYER SIX SECONDS.

| SO~~ CAA AS1<1 OO4hL AS45LILL 4 v d A<AVW " HER OYER SIX SECONDS.
 Result of Official Measurement ox rho l posed the Challenger Would Have to Give Time AIlowance--Has Greater Sail Area but Less Dis First Rnco Set for II o'clock This Morning. New York, Oct 2.-rhe first race of the international series between the American yacht Columbia and the Brit ish challenger Shamrock will be sailed tomorrow, weather permitting, over 8 course of fifteen miles to windward or leewerd and return off Sandy Hook. The start Is to be made at il o'clock from Sandy Hook lightship unless 9 postponement is ordered. But no race of the series is to be started later than l2:30 ?. Ill. One of the greatest sur- prises for yachtsmen since the arrival of the Shamrock in these waters was the announcement. officially made at the New York Yacht club tonight, that the Columbia would have to al- low the Shamrock six and thirty-one- one hundredths seconds on thirty mile course. It wac generally suppos- ed by yachtsmen who have seen both yachts under sail and in the dry dock that the Shamrock by reason of her greater sail spread and apparently larg- CT hull, would have to give the Colum- bia something like a minute time all lowance over the thirty mile courses which they arc to sail It appears, however, that Designer Fife, while giv- ing the Shamrock larger sail area than the Columbia, has at the same time so constructed her hull as to give her great freeboard less displacement, and consequently a shorter water line by almost two feet.
 At o'clock tonight two of the regu- lation measurer's certificates, one show ing the Columbia's measurements, the other the Shamrock's, were posted on the bulletin board on the New York Yacht clubs house. They were both signed by the clubs official measurer. John Hyslop, and read as follows
 Dtmcnsions.
 Length on water line-Columbia, S9.66 feet; Shamrock, S7.69 feet
 From after end of main boom to forward point of measurement- Colunn- bia 1S1.62 feet Shamrock, 189.13 feet.
 From fore side of foremast to for ward point of measurement Columbia. 73.35 feet; Shamrock, 79.46 feet.
 Extreme of spinnaker boom-Co Colum- bia, 73:35 feet; Shamrock, 79.46.
 Main gaff-C olumbia, 64:95; sham rock, 67.64 feet.
 Topmast- Columbia (64:5o 1-5 off) 57.6o feet; Shamrock, (5S0s 1-5 off) 46.45 feet.
 Height of upper side of main boom to topsail l1alyard block-Columbia, 13475; Shamrock, 128.2S feet.
 Square feet of sail area as per rule Columbia, 114.s1 feet; Shamrock 1l6.15 feet
 Sailing length as per rule-Columbia, 102.135 feet; Shamrock. 1O1.92 feet
 By these figures 1t will be seen that all the Shamrock's spars except the < topmast, and longer than those of s the Columbia. For instance, the Co., lumbfa's main boom measures 10S.27; the Shamrock, 10967, making the latter spar LAO longer than Columbia's. The of the gaff show 2.65 in favor of Shamrock. The Shamrock's spinnaker boom is 6:11 longer than the but her topmast is 6.44 shorter than that of the American boat. Judging from the stability of the Shamrock during her recent trial spins off, Sandy Hook, Designer Fife has been able to give his boat a greater amount of lead ballast than at first by the yachting sharps who have predicted that the Shamrock would not be able to carry her sail. Those yachtsmen at the club tonight who heard of the measurements of the TWO yachts agree that the Shamrock will really prove a worthy antagonist 'or the tenth defender of the America's ,up.
 The weather indications, according to he special forecast sent out from this morning, are that the wind will be fresh from the northeast. f so the yachts will start from Sandy Hook lightship and run almost dead before the wind down the Jersey coast 0 a point just beyond Long Branch. According to despatch received from he Monmouth Beach life saving sta ion at 10 o'clock tonight there will be lute a heavy sea off Sandy Hook to- morrow, unless the wind moderates or hifts to some other quarter.