The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-06
ON hoard THE Police BoAE
No Rescues 10 Make, but Plenty TO DO In
Keeping the Excursion Fleet In Order.

Keeping the Excu-sion Fleet In Order.
The police who manned the twin-screy
steamer Aurora yesterday and cleared the wa
for the Vigilant and Nalkyrie were q disap
pointed set OF men when they landed in tn,
city last night. Not once during the day hat
they had an opportunity Of showing what the,
could do in case OF accident 1t is tru,
that they had their hands full chns
ing tugs and excursion boats which in
sisted on getting so near the competing
yachts as to shut or the little vino
that was blowing. but this was duty which
they had looked upon as merely incidental &c
the more valiant work OF making rescues
There were no rescues to be made, however
| The excursiopists absolutely refused to fall
! overheard or even to get up light which
| might furnish an excuse for the police to jump
In and do something besides shouting: cit
out. git out. fer the third time git out and
| give the yachts chance"
| The Aurora is n brand-new steamer. and was
chartered by the police because the old Patrol
| isn't much faster than rowboat. 1t was o
few minutes before o'clock yesterday morn
ing when she steamed up to Pier A. Fifty
patrolmen were waiting there under command
of Capt. Copeland Of tho Patrol and Sergeant
Woods. They were the pick OF the harbor
police. and 1t would have been hard to lind a
All wore, The regulation harbor police uni
p Sai only in having blue Snnei shirt e IN
stead Of q helmet The policemen were spread
the tn, TOP tor deck tp there were four iieboats.
two life-saving rafts. and dozens and dozens
policemen were trained boatmen and able to
use the apparatus prepared In case of acci-
dent
1t was about fifteen minutes later when In
IN to s IN
aRfh q In ian mn vahi
for the day. Among the arst to appear were i've
carrying n small hand satchel They we're the
five police surgeons who had been ordered to
Ssy s
mack. They packed their little satcheIs away
tose'SeF to talk ossr the possibility q aeei1
Mr Mx% kp % the
Police Board Property Clerk John +. Harriott.
G GGss sik t to RpSd
siensr John MeclaSe and his 0 seS. caps s
Commissioners McClave was the last to ar
rive and as soon as he was on board the haw-
away AVA IA At the stern she few the Anglican
flag while at the bow was the flag Of the Police
he eoud sae G the
nined. At his side stood Commissioner Nc.
On the top deck Sergeant Woods was in COM
mand Of the ilfty policemen. each OF whom had
q post assigned to him. Down stairs Capt
Copeland ran things in style which was ad-
laden excursion boats. tugs. and steam yachts.
they all saluted her
On reaching the lightship Inspector Will
liams found motley collection OF craft rang
ing from ocean steamers to rowboats. All
seemed going in different directions. and It
would have been impossible to start the race
In the confusion. The Aurora stea m ed through
the mass of boats and the Inspector gave each
commander to und ersta nd that no was to keep
away from the lightship and the stakeboat
until the yachts were of. and after that to keep
1t was surprising the amount OF humility
displayed by the usually beliRerent Captains.
After listening in silence to Inspector Will
liams. each would touch his hat and say re-
specially:
'.All right. Inspector"
The Aurora was the first steam er to 90 after
the yachts after the start. The rest closed
around rapidly. and the police had their hands
full tor time koeping them in order. One
big steamer. the Chelsea. chartered by the
Now York Amateur Photographers Associa-
ton. insisted on crawling up beside the yachts
The Aurora had to chase her away four times
attsm ut to furnish his patrons with an extra
good chance to photograph the yachts.
, Not one OF the fifty policemen was overcome
by seaslckness. and the big Inspector. who Is
an old sea dog. stood and smiled every time |
one OF the guests rushed to tho side OF the
boat with pale face and dlstended eyes. The |
Aurora will go out again on Saturday.