The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-31
SHE'S A GLORIOUS YANKEE.
THE CLIPPER sRENANDOAH RUNS
AWAY FROM STEEL BRIIISHERs,
And ner skipper, In a Tall Hat. Goes Up
to the Holland House In Firth Avenue
Much AZ Ir the Old Packet Days lsaa
Como Again-Mis Story OF tho Voyage.

And Tier Skipper, In q Tall Hat. Goes Up
to the Holland House in Firh Avenue
Much AZ ir the Old Packet Days laaa
Come Aenin-iiis Story OF the Voyage.
The Yankee clipper is not yet mere tradi-
tion. In fact, she has come to stay. as Capt
James Murphy OF the mighty Shenandoah
would have told anybody who had asked him
yesterday. when the Shenandoah got In after
very swift triangular voyage OF 200 days from
this port to San Francisco to Havre. and finally
to New York again.
This completes her maiden voyage. and
demonstrates that she ia profitable ship.
Notwithstanding the competition OF British
steel bottoms. moro capacious. more services
able. and more favored by the marine UNDER
writer. She took general cargo. including
coal. to San Francisco: carried 300 tons OF
wheat tthe largest load ever taken from San
Francisco) to Havre. and came back to Sandy
Hook in ballast.
Capt. Murphy. as skipper OF the finest Amer
lean clipper. naturally thought. like the good
old Yankee Captains OF the golden age Of our
merchant marine. that no hotel was too good
for him when he landed last evening from his
proud ship. So he put up at the Holland
House. And he was SO bluff and hearty.
and wore his tall silk hat so cnrelessly.
and thrust his hands into his pocke cts so nat
urnly that an old-time shipper .strolling in
might haye thought the good old days Of the
has gone round tho Horn twenty eight times.
made tho Shenandoah s run to the Golden
Gate not so fast, US Cart. Murphy expect
a auta ots IN SAN M rsny ys and nsd eu
to welcome him. and all the newspapers
printed pieces a bout his packet, sh" got un:
wheat. and. in comrany with the British ship
strathcIrn. sailed for Havre on Aug. ]. 1891.
Il M Ma nH hat he sSE YOU'D q pa h
say anything but the shenani oa6 got there.
month astern. The time Of the Shenandoah
was 100 days the best voyage Of the year from
There were no great daily runs on this trip.
I IhsrS n was 1ne on the yoyaG" rr3m
Every Yard OF tic 6 yaras
OF duck was pulling like a team of oxen: and
DAY. She pissed several tramp steam ships
i s %snar GFt IT, sna m sus tn! sb R. h
People Hooked from many places to see the
lhSSyely packet warp int9 heTT dock at Hayre.
not lit enVioui. as the British might light have
been. They Just climbed aboard and admired
everything. and praised the universal Yankee
The British. ship swanhida was Mt Havre.
ready to sail for. New York and her, CAPTAIN
American clipper across the Western ocean.
She sailed the day before Christmas. when the
Shenandoah was towed from her dock to the
open. There was a hurricane in the English
Channel, and only the stanchest sailing, craft
ventured to sea The Swnnhilda. which has
the advantage of steel hull. after battling
six days against tho wild weather turned her
stern to 1t. and put into Srthead. She sailed
thence, on Jan. 4. and hasn't got;here yet.
succeeded in getting out Of the Channel after
nine days fruitless lacking. Practically. she
sailed the same day as the Swanhilda. Her
time, from liavre to Sandy Hook was thirty
tue h so9 frosty yern Gsfs a q 5an
day. which Is fifty miles better, than the best
Friday. and she came within sight Of the Hook.
arrayed in the full go?y Of her sails. Just be-
fore noon yesterday. A northeast wind drove
her 2l5 miles from p. NJ. Friday until noon
yesterday.
She belongs to Arthur Sewall 4 Co. She is
he biggest wooden vessel in the world. With
the wind nstern abe spreads over 1000 yards
Of canvas on her four mnsts. Several times
during the voyage she had on all this sail.
stu sails. and when her u'n'sail booms are
attached to the main yard the entire length Of
boom is 1Sti feet. or about the length OF some
OF the old time clippers. She Is 800 feet long
and registers 3.25S tons.