New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19
TO WINDWARD OFF SANDY NOOK.
HOW II SEEMED 10 ONE MAN ON THE SCHOONER
SHAMROCK.


SHAMROCK.
June the fourteenth-rrly first sail this srason-nnu
1 ached for II. As the dlngcy swung alongside the
celebrated Shamrock NOV "A schooner) and as We
dropped into her On bins to don sailing toys we knew
we were going % have day OF 1t. soon we were
circng round the Judges steamer In the lower r1 vi
New York Bay-a Glasses OF yachts wai'ing 4" '"o
start carcening wheeling, intermlngling Dut never
touching like huge flock of gils disturbed nj one oil
their loatng banquets.. Bunting nylnc, sails e'ery-
where steamyachts gnlore, three hundred guests oil
the AtlantIc Yacht Club on the steamer Cepheas-
same family Joe Cepheus, the inendacious ns'o"'
with OF course, the reporters on board, ana ALSO
military land that down to lcewaid the strains
Of nh old hornpipe that kept our feet going ratta|um
the deck. -
The signal TO get ready! All circllng for position.
and the minutes and seconds being counted as they
nuss.d Four minutes and ffty-nne seconds-langl
Lc, her go Let them oil 50! Inc
whole flock on wings from eagles down 10
pigeons rushing across the hne Win s'iis
natt~nrd IN and jockcying for wndward position be-
hind us tho celebrated Clara fighting 1t out Tor place
with the Wasp. the new proposed wonder Oh 'i' Her
r,shofrs our competitor the Marguerite. seeming 10 bo
outsoIling rs til ircshcning slant of Coney Island
yives MS a lead which hold till We drift with the
lido round the spit buoy and first catch the ocean
breeze On this gain considerably before IL
reaches the Marguerite; tlcn rounding the HOOK, we
strike into the ocean, where II mas been Dio"ihg III
cay.
Now came the tusslc; for our rival was rluch
Larger and longer boat than the seventy foot siaroch
and the weight was bound TO tell in the seaway. III
did Tho tide was running mt against the Incoming
sea- making the waves short and wallslded. lhey
we're almost breakers rs We beat out through 'hc'"
over tho bar which had only perhaps twenty-five h'e'
Of water on It; ard should have thought our own
sailing perfect II had not seen that the pursuing
boat WIS doing better. rs We washed down lhto
deep gully our les decks out OF sight In boil OF
foam, and We had ~ clear do"h DOM ea"IoP
snil,. the Mai gIclitc cleaIlnS one.
There where the scotland Lightship was pitching III
the ocean sea, found our eight minutes icad
had dwindod to four but 10 the more regular seas Oh
the deeper water fitted the length Of the Shamrock
better We made a long and hard hslt for first place.
md how do you like this y asked Harry Gauge
one OF tie founders Of The y. y. c.
Just what the doctor ordered replied ii. g.
Wintripchnn the wcllknown yacht designer.
No NOT IT., too healthy for a doctor TO order.
Whv.- have been yachting round here for thirty five
Yeas, and don't remember any accday with such
perfect wind and sea-"
lie was right. II fine. We had TO beat to a
buoy mile. ont IN the ocean. Clear away out to sea-
with the unilt wild saying that they had crossed
uubIoleny from tho coast OF Africa. All. the width
the scope tue diSianccslat one dime pointing dOwa
the coast ii bond 10: Cape Horn, and then, having
swung about IN n smother Of foam, We were heading
across for the coast Of France. WHAT was the use O
returning TO u harbor! No! Let her 90! let her see
The Wild Isles OF Afr1n. the HeOrdes ana the while
CHS, Of Eurlaui before Sic rc'ts. And as we sat
near the wheel The rush o. cicrvcscing waters from
the l. edecls that came Kissing M over waists and
through our shirts seemed but part Of The champagne
II he whole thing: AID The ONLY expression possible IN
hi, intoAloaion Of total abstinence boat was Let
her go to flng the wide and let The wind STAT
thr0u. "A dlppin. SHIT AID cry. Let her go-lct her
20 forcvcrw
Iut down 10 Toward painfully ncar-WaS the
other whit. schooner. landing through the bottle green
,,.tvss with her cauva- Stationed Sd AID not shF".
I'm II anywhere. Gradually she pulled ont from under
cur lee and sliced up 10 wndward and ahead ana soon
on another tack she WAS hundred iarus u "lH""aru'
carconinc toward us. showing the whole OF her wet
dncL. ana the crew Wing low under the weather rail-
"a fine a slelt a. ever was scrn-and VIC watched her
cuylously though nll,d with Der beauty as we saw
how her length helped her In spite Of the wny shc
,ue,iucs III q sea. orc Of these she h hard. Her
Mol. bowsprit was .uvcloIrd and In the h'pcfb,c
Il s.iiois. She WIS soh blrc water to the matt
Eventually somewhere On the course Tor Africa.
the Marguerite found the buoy nrst and t!en We fol
lowed rounding ~ a clurn of iIoth, and bearing
AWAY On IN. top 81 big sea, ran wing and
wing" before the wind. with Marguerite four minutes
ahead. And then We 81" her main boom j!be. ap
,rcntly l., accident or soon, FOR Il great
swing aud knocKed water ont Of wave a. II Z shOe
an eighty ioI gun nad sent II mo t's ar; We
illl pnnl.,lly whole, ana In moment we had to ilbc
also n, sight tai. IN this ga and wind. iut the
pwne. J. Roger Maxwell. one ol the best amateurs
I'm America gadc 10 mistakes and after second jibe
I, the Scotland Nghtsip. when "" hauled mp to
..nIn wind c0nr,c the pace WIS perfectly terrific.
All three top ais were drawing and the yacht seemed
10 ,ink down bodily Into ,hc water when under ihs
,xraorilnnry pressure while t." shapcc-s waves on
The bar rushed IN AZ The bow and cnrlcd over 1T the
coulter Amidshrs they covered tn. lee bil"arhs ana
ND The maintpIHiast siaysail. WOad the spur'
II, Wond The boat already her side, be faster
rim down the sheet Of that sail WAS picnic for ten
II us say 1t vas picnic becanse thore was not
too much fn In H. Zen Of Il, down On tne , lre
lr,nsi MN over H.; behind the decks r.lng high
and a, smooth plate; under our feet. but also
under water The small lee bul%arhs, 20 that there
was absolutely nOtliHs fo hold 10 but the shcet Of
hat ,all, aud II that canv1s aloft hnd Gvcn II bad
Tsp or u The Innn ai III" clcnt ma LEI II slip
m which moi even "A Cap.an Webb could live. Nor
conld We trim IN Inch OF the sal that was only
and Iaesod the end forward aud the whole crew was
# Sef0re one coFrg OF one SAL coud be made 10
Dude. This suggo,ts The pressure The boat was under
Just then he Marguerite turned the sandy Hook
buoy and hauled her wind for the SPIT. che had
not Increased her lead on Tie run In. but after she
1unroflv breeze she got away from us How she did
II don't know for were carving the largest stay
liko y railway snowpough through nvefoOt dHft.
leaving wake that could be streaming ont behind
US for quarter Of niie IN white line where ne
Yachts keel. had ground the green water to White
Rcsit-A win for the shamrock by two minutes
and fifteen .ccOnds-hcr third successive first prize this
ycar-aud Frank swan. who had been getting of good
things all day, listened To with n more marked
Interest than had been rs yet vouchsacd to him when
he said Then, gentlemen, you Will come and dine
with me-