The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-20

The local Weather Bureau to-day n
Issued the following special weather sS9
forecast for to-morrow's yacht race
=. rhe weather over the course OF S&
the International yacht race Thurs Il \
day Will be partly cloudy, with ght 8{
to fresh west to north winds" 5 s68ss5
NEW YORK, August 1e.7over the
ocean race course outside Of Sandy Hook.
Sir Thomas Lipton's third challenger.
Shamrock III, will tomorrow try con-
cluslons with the new defender OF Aneri-,$8
ca S cup. the Reliance. It'll said that one
Of the largest crowds which ever Wit
messed an International cup race will 80
out to see the initial contest for the blue
ribbon Of the sea. "A t ~ B$
Again this year as in the two preceding
series. the government will police the
course with revenue cutters. and the most
stringent rules have been laid down to II
prevent interference by the excnrsio Y
fleet with, the big single stickers.
Like greyhounds in leash the big clean-ts
ilimbed racers are Snoored to-n lght inside !!
Sandy Hook, ready for the fray to. NOR I
row. Both yachts were given their final
trial spins to-day Despite the big time
allowance which the defender must con-
cede to the challenger the friends of the
Reliance are extremely nfldent that 4
Sir Thomas Is again doomed TO Great
and tho confldence In the American boat \
is reflected In the betting. where the q
odds are two to one on the Reliance. The 81
friends Of tho British boat, on the other
hand, profess tho greatest faith IN the \
ability OF Tlfe's latest creation to INT the u
cup" ii # i5Ss
In neither OF his previous attempts to "
carry Off the mug" did Sir Thomas sail &
on a challenger, Tonight he was In doubt e
whether to sail in the challenger to-mor- Il
row. His friends on the Erin urged him
not to do 80 for fear Of on accident. ts
Is not alluring, the forecaster promising
a breeze from three to nlne knots. A II
seven knot breeze will be necessary to Il
carry the boats over the course IN tho !,
allotted time 5s
The wind at Sandy Hook at midnight
was south-south-east. eight miles an hour:
weather cloudy. a moderate sea was
running.
1t was announced at the New York
Yacht Club late tonight that g. n. lD.S$
Mower, the official measurpr, had remeas-
ured Sir Thomas Llpton's cup challenger,
Shamrock III, off Sandy Hook to-day
and that as consequence the challenger
will be in receipt of an additional alloW- 4
ance OF twelve seconds In the races, max
Ing a total time. allowance OF one mln-
ute and flfty-seven seconds, q galnst tho
nreyious estimate OF one minute forty,E
five seconds.
The new measurement revealed the fact
that n mistake had been made In measur-
ing the length Of the topmast. When i
Mr.. Mower ran his measure over ths
mast to-day he found that the throat. hills &
Hard block was three feet lever down
than his first measurement OF yesterday I
topmast greater by three feet, reducing
the size Of .the mainsailS and thus decreas-
Ing the sail area. The new neasure-#
nent brings the racing length OF tho
Shamrock III, down to 104A Instead OF
1ol.77, equal to time allowance OF twelve \
seconds . .E
FOR the first time the challenger ana
defender sailed In company Oft Sandy
Hook when both boats were taken QUE
for final trial spins, Excent when passr
ing, going in opposite directions, the two
yachts were never nearer than tnreo Hl!os
to each other, 80 that there was no oppo1-
tunity to compare them although some
observers thought that Shamrock III 5gE
heeled a little more and seemed 70 carry2s
q largre stern wave
Shamrock III. proceeded as far as th4
llghtship, tove-to and awaited the arrlvaA
Of the Oceanic. bound In. and then fol-
lowed the big liner In under malnsall ana u
lib, The Earl and Countess OF Shattes-
f,ny, the latter OF whom was sponsor fo0
shamrock III. at her launching, We're on
board the Oceanic, and as the big llner
m ssed the crew of the shamr cheered
The Countess Both OF the yachts res
turned to their moorings at Sandy Hook
after having been absent an hour ana
n quarter Their crews oyerhauled their
sails and got everything In readiness TOR
the race.
EVERYTHING IN READINESS.
During the afternoon and evening the, \
steam yachts gathered In tho Horseshoe
to follow the racers when they leATs TOR &
the starting line Tomorrow. and late to.
night there was good sized fleet at
anchor there. Sir Thomas Llpton's steam
yacht Erin came up the harhor IN me
afternoon to receive the Earl and Coun-
tess OF Shaftesbury and other OF sir
THOMAS Iipton's guests from the Oceanic,
after which shc returned to Sandy HOOK
with Sir Thomas and the party on board,
and lay there during the night,
G. oliver Iselin, tho managing member
of the Reliance syndicate. and his ads
yisers, passed tho night on board. the
Reliance tender Sunbeam, at anchor near
the Reliance,
'R'hsa asked for q prophesy Of the re-