The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-09
LIVELY BREEZE PROMISED
INDICATIONS ron THE RACE on
OCTOBER O.
At Midnight Before the Sailing the
Breeze Was Thirty-six Miles am Hour
Change boz Plans.

NEW YORK. October 2-Yachung
enthusiasts and the general puDnc are
tuuiEnt eNpccur "a most exciting race
tomorrow between the Coiumbia and
shamrock They base their hisn hopes
ON tne strong wind blowing tonight and
which the local weather propnets ass
sert is likely 20 continue for twenty
four hours or more The Washington
! W Gather Bureau ADDS to the eXpeCta-
tons, which it Is hoped VIII be reanzed
by holding out a promise of a strong
breeze OH sandy HOOP Inc bureau
says:
FRESH northwest winds and fair
weather for tomorrow. The winds ought
| TO hoid throughout the day"
The contest between the two yachts
| tomorrow will be over thirty-miIe
! triangular course, the same as That at
tempted on Tuesday 1t is the inten-
ton Of the committee tonight to sail
| the first leg TO Windward, which will
make the other two broad reach and
close reach, provided the WIND does
not shift.
At Sandy Hook tonight everything
| is ready for tomorroWs race, and If
the weather predictions prove true the
yachts will have plenty of wind. At 10
O'Clock tonight the velocity of the wind
was thirty-siX miles an hour.
| While II was quiet day, with the
yachts lying at the mooring inside
Sandy Hook, the officials of the New
York Yacht Club and the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club had a busy time of it COM
plying with the request of Sir Thomas
Upton, backed by the assent of f. ID.
Morgan of the Columbia, that in future
the races should be had on consecutive
days, not counting Sunday. In addi-
ton there came a request from George
l.. Watson, the designer of the Sham
rock, for remeasurement because of
his intention to take out ballast before
tomOrrow's race.
On the first proposition an agreement
was finally reached between the chal-
lenge committees of the two clubs for a
race every day, but on the second Mr..
| Watson, after further considering the
matter, decided to let it drop. and the
yacht will sail tomorrow with ex-
actly the same ballast she
has carried in previous races. This
viii not prevent Mr.. Watson taking
out ballast at any time he may wish,
which, of course, the club is willing to
nave done at any time. If, however.
latter tomorrOw's race Mr.. Watson de-
Icides to take out ballast, it is probable
that there will be no race on Friday,
Jas under the new arrangement either
yacht is at liberty to decline to race
on the next day.
About noon it was learned at the club
that those in charge of the Shamrock
desired to shift some ballast, which. of
course, necessitated plans for re-meas-
lurements. Whether this plan Of remoV-
ing ballast from the challenger was
made with a view of decreasing the
stiffness of the boat or cutting the wa
ter line the matter OF a few inches so
as to gain in time allowance could not
be ascertained. Mr.. Watson was at the
club about 3 o'clock, but found none
of the officials in the building and left
Immediately. He admitted. however,
that he proposed to take out ballast
from the Shamrock but refused to
make any other statement regarding
it.
Under her present measurement the
Shamrock allows the Columbia forty
three seconds. Much of this allowance
was due to her great sail plan, as her
Water-line measurement is already
some inches shorter than the Column
bias IT will be necessary for Mr. Wat
son to decrease the Shamrock's water
line length by foot in order to gain
fifteen seconds in time allowance, and
although the overhang of the chal-
it is thought that considerable ballast
will have to be taken out in order to
make gain of even five or six seconds.
Still i'm races in which neither boat
seems to have the advantage of more
than a minute or two, the matter of
five seconds might become very impor-
tant. Watson will not remove any bal
last till after tomOrrow's race.