Show Lt 1i ALLREADYFORBlf RACE Columbia1 and Shamrock Will Sail the First Contest Today for LAmer I icas tt Cup t I M f 4 H Yachting Experts and Weather Sharps Predicting That a Breeze Will Blow Today That Will Give the White Winged Flyers a Race i That Will Be Memorable in the Long Series of Cup Events in jj American Waters th I thi i + Washington Sept 25 Forecaster + + Fore-caster Frankenf of the wcath + r caser ± + cr bureau tonight made the following + o + fol-lowing prediction or the weather + + for tomorrows yacht races + + We will have tomorrow off + + Sandy Hook light to fresh north + + to northeast winds and fair + ± 4 weather + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + New Tork Sept 25 Weather sharps i and yachting experts unite In predicting I I predict-ing that a breeze will blow tomorrow that will give the Shamrock and Columbia 0 race that will be memorable memo-rable In the long series of cup events i I weather conditions of today presage l anything this prophecy will be fulfilled ful-filled After four days of almost calm I weather 8 rattling breezo blew In from tho northeast early this morning and L at sunrise It had reached half a gale KICKING UP WHITE CAPS When the sailors of the cup yachts and their attendant vessels turned out for the lat work of preparation a thirtymile wind was kicking up the white capo in Sandy Hook Outside a heavy sea vas running and sailing vessels r ves-sels were pounding along under close reefed sails Whlls the wind died away with the sunset the weatherwise say It will 1 CAme again with the morning and that 1 all Indications are favorable for one of tho most magnificent spectacles in yachting annals when thetwo flyers go over the line tomorrow The crews of the racers worked busily today putting the finishing touches on the two yachts Tonight the Shamrock and the Columbia lie within hailing distance of each other swinging at their moorings to n good breeze In which lies the hope of tomorrows race BETTING FAVORS AMERICAN All has been done that skill and experience ex-perience can suggest and none of the principals will make a prophecy as to the outcome Only the betting shows the trend of opinion and the prevailing prevail-ing odds are 10 to 8 on the American boat In some Instances late last evening these odds had been increased to 10 toT to-T but so far as can bo learned no large wagers hne been laid A firm of brokers bro-kers was today offering 525000 or any part thereof at 10 jo 8 but had been unable to place more than a small part of this amount ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE The final arrangements for the races arc complete and the regatta committee commit-tee having the matter In charge feels assured that everything possible has been done to give each yacht a fair show As in the case of two years ago the course wi be patrolled by n fleet of revenue cutters and the yachts will have an unobstructed course of at least a mile wide I will not be known until tomorrow what course the committee will order The race IP I a fiftpenmllo run to windward f wind-ward or leeward and return |