The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-03
TO RACE EVERY DAY
COLUMBIA y AMROCk on n
NEW AGREEMENT.
FfckIeness of the Weather Induces n
Decision for Daily Contests,
barring Sunda
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR TODAY
WIND STRONG LAST NIGHT AND con-
TINUANCE FORECAsTED.
All in Readiness Aboard the big
Racers-NO i'm sham
rocks Water Line.

NEW YORK. oct. 2.-Yachting enthusi-
asts and the general public tonight are
expecting a most exciting race tomorrow
between the cup defender Columbia and the
challenger Shamrock III. They base their
high hopes on the strong wind blowing to-
night, and which the local weather proph-
cts assert is likely 60 keep VI for twenty
four hours or more. The Washington
Weather Bureau adds to the expectations
which it is hoped will be realized by hold
ing out a promise of a strong breeze off
Sandy Hook. The bureau says:
Fresh northwest winds and fair weather
for tomorrow. The winds ought 10 hold
good throughout the day"
The contests between the two yachts to-
morrow will be over a thirty-mile triangu-
lar course. the same as that attempted on
Tuesday. Ii is the intention of the com
mittee tonight TO sail the first leg TO wind
ward, 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 to-mOrrow's race. and if the
weather predictions prove true the yachts
will have plenty of wind-perhaps more
than they want. At $50 tonight the wind
shifted suddenly in a squat from south TO
northwest. and began to blow hard from
that quarter: At 10 o'clock its velocity was
thirty-six miles an hour,
While IL was a quiet day with the yachts
lying at their mOOrings inside Sandy Hook
bay, the officials of the New YORK Yacht
Club and Royal Ulster Yacht Club la a
busy time of ii in complying with the re-
quest of Sir Thomas Upton. lacked by the
assent of Mr.. r.. D.. Morgan. of Columbia.
that in future the races should be held on
consecutive days, not counting Sunday. In
addition there came the request from Mr..
George L. Watson, designer of Shamrock
ii, Tor Il FemeasuFement because OF his in
tentiOn TO take out ballast before tO-mOr-
rows race On the first proposition an
agreement was finally reached between the
challenge committees of the two clubs for
q race every day. but on the second Mr..
Watson. after further considering the mat
ter; decided to let it drop, and the yacht
VIII sail tomorrow with exactly the same
amount of ballast which 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
have done at any time. If. however. after
to-morrOw's race Mr.. Watson decides to
take out ballast it is probable that there
VIII be no race on Friday. as under the
new arrangement either yacht is at liberty
Go decline 10 race on the next day.
The proposition for a race on consecutive
days came from Sir Thomas Upton and
as Mr.. r. ID. Morgan at once agreed two
representative from the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club went 10 the New York YACHT
cub this forenoon and had a conference
with commodore Ledyard. At that time
there was no other member of the challenge
committee present. but telephone messages
were sent around and the meeting adj
1ourned TO Commodore Ledyard's Of
nee in Wall street. Here the Upton repre-
sentativss met Secretary Oddie. OF the
club, as we'll as former Commodore T.. NJ.
Brown, and the matter was thoroughly dis
cussed. The agreement OF two years ago
was gone over and a similar one finally
drawn and signed late i'm the afternoon.
In the case OF the agreement two wears
ago. the managers of the yachts waited
until nearly half a dozen attempts had been
made TO sail the race between Columbia
and the old Shamrock. before steps were
taken 10 have the yachts race every day.
Under the rules 10 was necessary for the
challenge OF the two clubs 10
make this agreement, neither Sir Thomas
Upton nor Mr.. r d. Morgan being parties
10 1t. although il was made at the sug-
gestiOn Of the former.
The decision 10 have the yachts race
every day was received with good grace at
the Yacht Gu tonight, although the plan
conhicted not a little with the arrange
ments OF the members for witnessing fu-
ture races.
Another Challenge i'm View.
GLASGOW. Oct. at is said here that -
III Shamrock II ia NOT efre~a--f,r