St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-09

New YORK. Oct. s.-The Vigilant and
Vdlkyrie were resting within a couple
OF hundred yards of each other IN front
of the Atlantic Yacht club house at Bay
Ridge today. Affairs aboard were being
arranged in ship-shape order for tomor-
rows race in the cosiest and most
peaceful manner, but the army of
patriots, who were close by, raised a
rumpus that should go down into yacht
ing history. There were fully $4,000 in
the long and dense lines of people who
crowded the Long Island shore in every
available point of vantage, and in the
undreds-hundreds is the word-of
boats which left the shore and made a
detour of the yachts. Some estimates
put the number of those who simply
gaZed at the racers as high as $4,000, but
the first figure is perfectly safe. Every
foot of space on shore from which the
racers could be seen for a stretch of
mile was occupied by men, women and
chlld1en, and it might be added the
women formed no small part in the
gathering.
BOATS OF EVERY STYLE
and each was loaded to her capacity.
The rowing clubs who have so many
headquarters around there sent out a
full committee of Investigation, in
singles, doubles, gigs, barges and all the
other boats they had in their houses,
and each one that could carry passen-
gers did so. Near every dock that was
accessible from the cars that brought
the throng was exhibited sign adver-
tising a ferry to the yachts" Steam
launches and tugs. large and small, com
posed the ferry system, and thousands
OF the Sunday holidayites were glad to
pay 25 cents a head for the simple
pleasure of being taken within few
yards of the great sensation of the day.
The sailors on theValkyrie opened their
| eyes wide when they looked over the
flotilla of craft that covered large por-
ton of the bay surrounding them within
radius of half mile. They had never
seen anything like it in English waters.
The populace don't show this kind of an
interest in the thing over there, even on
Sunday. In speaking of his astonish-
ment, one of the British tarS said:
BRITONS SURPRISED.
"When Eyou Americans go in for a
thing, you go in altogether. | never
before saw such crowd around a win
ner of big prize right away after
race. Here they come just to look at a
couple of boats to anchor. and no racing
in it. II you win the match you'll be a
happier lot OF people than l thought
| could be on yacht race"
Lord Dunraven telephoned the SUPER
intendent of the Atlantic Yacht club
from the Waldorf hotel, in this city,
| during the afternoon, that he would
pass the night at the clubhouse. He
will, of course go abroad his yacht early
III the morning and sail on her during
| the race, which will be over a triangu-
| lar course, ten miles on each leg of the
! three legs of the triangle. If the wind
| admits, the first leg will be laid out to
wfndward, the second reach and the
third run down before the wind.
] Those three points will be converted in
some order during the race anyhow, if
the wind holds from the same direction
through hsut.
| There may be a good wind for the
yachts tomorrow. Late tonight the
weather officials prophesied fair day
and fair breeze for Monday. The
wind will be southerly, shifting from
so utheast to southwest, and blowing at
the rate of twelve to eighteen miles an
hour. The storm which centered today
over the central valleys moved to North
ern Michigan last night. where occa-
| cia loI !, L.
winds. The barometer was falling last
night at the extreme southern point of
Florida, which may mean something
here later on in the week. The weather
experts. however, say that generally
fair weather may be expected with a
| stiff breeze.