The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-25
TIME FOR THE COLUMBIA
WILL HAVE TO ALLOW
 FORIY-THREE SECONDS.
Result of the Official Measurement Am nouneed Last NiSht--Smaliness of the Time Allowance q Surprise-Watson
 Gets the Better of Herreshon by Keep ing Down His Load Water Ltne-The
Measurement ts.

New York, Sept. 24.-The official measurements of the cup challenger Shamrock IT. and the cup defender CO., lumbia were made public tonight at the New York Yacht club. The result was in the nature of a surprise, for it showed that the Shamrock, which is the larger boat, so far as sail area and dis placement are concerned, allows only forty-three seconds to the Columbia
 in the thirty-mile course over which the contests for the Americas cup are to be sailed.
 line length. She has a longer spinnaker boom a longer gaff, a longer topmast, and carries more canvas. MT. Watson, the designer of the Shamrock IT., by keeping down the load water-line length of his yacht, has got the better of his rival, MT. Heereshoff. The sail area of the Shamrock is larger, and by judi cious handling of his spars is only pen
  urements follow:
 C1lumbia.
 Length of load water line, S9.77 feet; length from the after end of the main boom to the end of the point of meas urement, or the end of the bowsprit, where the jibtopsail halyard block is fastened, 1S2S7 feet; the fore side of the mast to the end of one point of meas urement, or end of bowsprit, as above, 1886 feet; length of spinnaker boom, 73.3O feet; length of main gaf, 69'94 feet; length of topmast, 64.60 feet, ml- nus one-fifth-51.71 feet; upper side Of main boom to the topsail halyard block, 194.74 feet; the square root of the sail area, 11594 square feet; the sailing length as per rule, 102.355 feet. Shamrock.
 Length of load water line, S925 feet; length from the after end of the main boom to the end of the point of meas urement, or the end of the bowsprit. where the jibtopsail halyard block is fastened, 1S4.O3 feet; the fore side Of the mast to the end of one point or measurement, or end of bowsprit, as above, 7S2S feet; length of spinnaker boom, 7S2S feet; length of main gaff, 66.17 feet; length of topmast, 6S.1S feet, minus one fifth-54.54 feet; upper side of main boo into the topsail halyard block, 143.39 feet: square root Of sail area, 11S33 square feet; sailing length as per rule, 103.79 feet.
 Both boats were measured with fifty | two men on board. The difference in the sailing length of the two boats IS | 1.435 feet. This computed on the time allowance of the New York Yacht club, gives the Columbia an allowance of for ty-three seconds in a thirty-mile race. When the results of the measurement of the Columbia and Shamrock II. were told to Sir Thomas Lipton in the Erie Basin he could scarcely conceal his joy. we thought" he said, "that the sham rock would have to concede far more time All hands now believe that our chances are getting better all the time for lifting the cup. MT. Watson has shown his talent In this'
 | Butler Duncan who is to represent the New York Yacht club on the Sham rock was conservative. He did not care to express an opinion. He said the two yachts had a strong resem- blance so far as their underbodies were concerned.