The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-03
YACHTS MAY
RACE DAILY
NEW AGREEMENT REACHED RE-
GARDING THE RACES FOR THE
AMERICAS CUP
WILL TRY IT AGAIN TODAY
Weather Forecast Is for n Spanking
Breeze When the Big SIOOps
Meet OF Sandy
Hook
OVER THIRTY-MILE TRIANGLE

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-Yachting en-
e thnsiasts and the general public are to-
night expecting most exciting race
tomorrow between the cup defender Co
lumbia and the challenger Shamrock II.
They base their high hopes on the
strong wind blowing tonight, and which
the local weather prophets assert is like
1y to keep up fer twenty-four hours or
mere. The Washington weather bureau
adds to the expectations, which it is
hoped will be realized, by holding out
promise of a strong breeze off Sandy
Hook. The bureau says:
Fresh northwest winds and fair
weather for tomorrow. The winds
ought to hold good throughout the
day
The contest between the two yachts
tomorrow will be over thirty-mile tri-
angular course the same as that at
tempted on Tuesday. Under the condi-
tions of this, the second race the yachts
will be sailed ten miles on each of the
three legs of the course. 1t is the in
tention of the committee tonight to sail
the first leg to windward, which will
make the other two a broad reach and
a close reach, provided the wind does
not shift.
At Sandy Hook tonight everything is
ready for tomorrow's race, and if the
weather predictions prove tue the
yachts will have
PLENTY OF WIND,
perhaps more than they want At 9:2O
tonight the wind shifted suddenly in a
squall from south to northwest and be-
gan to blow hard from that quarter. At
10 o'clock it's velocity was thirty-six
miles an hour
While it was a quiet day, with the
yachts lying at their moorings inside
Sandy Hook bay. the officials of the New
York Yacht and Royal Ulster Yacht
clubs had busy time of it in comply
ing with the request of Sir Thomas Lip
ton, backed by the assent of Mr.. E. D.
Morgan, of the Columbia, that in future
the races should be held on successive
days, not counting Sunday. In addition,
there came the request from Mr.. George
/. Watson, the designer of Shamrock
II, for remeasurement because of his
intention to take out ballast before to-
mOrrow's race. On the first proposition
an agreement was finally reached be-
- tween the challenge committees of the
TWO clubs for race every day, but ,(al
the second Mr.. Watson after further
considering the matter, decided to let it
drop, and the yacht will sail tomorrow
with exactly the same amount of ballast
which she has carried in previous races.
This will not prevent Mr. Watson TAX
ing out ballast at any time he may
wish, which, of course, the club is will
ing to. have done at any time If, how
ever, after tomorrow's race Mr.. Watson
decides to take out ballast, it is prob
able that there will be no race on Fri
Gay, as under the new arrangement
either yacht is at liberty to decline to
race On the next day. This will be seen
in the agreement which was drawn up
and signed this afternoon, which is as
follows:
MAY RACE DAILY.
The agreement determining the condi-
tions and governing the races for the
Americas cup, as agreed upon by the
committees of the New York Yacht club
and the Royal Ulster Yacht club, are
hereby modified as follows:
strike out clause beginning, THE
Sept. q, 1901, and substitute the follow
ing: The races shall be sailed on the
following. dates until the series shall be
completed: Sept. 26, Sept. %, Oct l and
Oct. 8, 1901. and each following dav ex-
cept Sunday; provided however. that
Immediately on the conclusion of the
race Of Oct. 8. and of each subseouent
race, the regatta committee shall in
quire of each contestant whether he is
willing to start the next day. and should
one day shall intervene before -starting
the days race. The Sunday shall not
coGnt as such intervening day.
For the New. York Yacht club,
Lewis Cass Ledyard, Chairman.
For the Royal Ulster Yacht club
R. @. Sharman-C Crawford
Vice Chairman
nc proposition for race on consecu-
tive days came from Sir Thomas Lip
ton, and as Mr. E. D. Morgan at once
7fafi
Ulster Yacht club went to the New
York Yacht club this forenoon and had
conference with Commodore Ledyard
AL that time there was no other mem
Der OF the challenge committee present.
but telephone messages were spnt
around and the meeting adjourned n
Commodore Ledyard's office in Wall
street. Here the Upton representatives
met Secretary Oddie of the club. as well
as former Commodore E. NJ Brown
and the matter was Thoroughly dis
cussed. The agreement of two years ago
was gone over and similar one finally
drawn and signed late in the afternoon
About noon it was learned at the club
that those in charge of the Shamrock
desired ito: shift some ballast, which. of
course. necessitated plans for meas
uiement, ..
Whether this plan of removing ballast
from the. challenger was made with a
fview of decreasing the stiffness of the
boac or cutting the water line-a matter
OF rev nches-so as to gain in time
allowance could not be -ascertained.- Mr..
Watson came up to the club about 2
O'Clock, but found none Of the officials
in the building so he left immediately
He admitted, however, very frankly
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
in a thirty-mile race Much of this al
lowancei was due to her great sail plan.
as her water line measurement is al
ready some inches shorter than the Co.
luE1bias