Show SiLA AND SAIL LONDON Aug tThe Field regards re-gards the reports of the doings of the yachts in America as all rather speculative specu-lative The general opinion here is the paper goes on to say that Valkyrie IH is a dead to windward and down the wind trail will dispose of Defender rather easily if the breeze permits Valkyrie Val-kyrie to carry all of her canvass without with-out heeling to more than her deckage In anything like a lower sail breeze or even a breeze of full jib headers strength Defender may prove the better bet-ter boat especially if there is much reaching This estimate is placed on American reports that Defender is verv stiff ver str The Field declines to believe that Captain Raft kept Defender back in the trials and ridicules the idea that there wa anything unfair in Lord Dunravens courteous request to Mr Hvsop to measure Valkyries waterline water-line NEW TORE Aug 31The confer ences between Lord Dunmvem and the cup committee resulted in the Issuance Issu-ance tonight by the Now York Yacht club of the announcement below The match for the Americas cup contest will consist of the best three out of five races over courses thirty nautical miles in length with a time limit of six hours The match will commence on September 7 and will be continued1 on alternate days The races will be started off Sandy Hook lightship the preparatory signal being be-ing given at 1050 a m and the starting start-ing signal at 1 oclock |