New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-28
CRUISERS BACK IN PORT.
ALL INTEREST CENTRED IN THE RACE
TO-DAY BETWEEN THE CREWS.

MONEY AND GLORY TO RE RowEp FOR ny MEN
FROM THE NEW YORK AND THE crNcIN-
malta HOT STRUGGLE EXPECTED.
After two days trip at the cruisers New
York Cincinnati. Raleigh and Montgomery returned
TO their anchorages of Tompknsvile. staten Island
late yesterday afternoon. The ships on Monday
forenoon steamed TO point abou. sixty miles
southeast OF Sandy Hook where a target was set
anoat and small arms practic" was had by the ar
feron- division Of the crews. The men proved
ihemsclvcs good marksmeH. AMI the officers OF the
squadron were highly pleased with the efficiency
they exhibited The 70. OF Tuesday interfered with
the CUR practi.o bu. early yesterday morning the
crews had session % torpedo work. ana at 10
O'Clock the start made for the return trip. anr
the nect passed Sar!y Hook at noon.
All the talk among the mer on tho ships Is now
ahou; the boat rar, which postponed on ac-
count ~ the latenes Of the Of the cruisers
and beraus- al The stake money Of the Cincinnats
men had not beer put ur AZ yesterday was pay
day on the neat the money trouble will be settled
b, this m0rnlne The Cincnnatrs mea have raised
S.oc, II f. said. and this sum will be sent to the
flagship earl, this moruing where there WI be no
DELAY !u covering o. Then the race vii! be assured
Tn. rar. Will h- row,d I'm tn" afternoon. the time
original sct 20 q m. having been change. All
the arranccm.nis have beer completed. and Abel
Davis the coNswain Of the Ncw-lorks crew. says
his mon VIII bc read, for tho struggle al I p IN.
Bob" White. who wi. steer the Cincnnatls BOAT
SAYS hi- crew viii ho ready a. the sam" time ana
thcf. is ever, prospect tha' both crews MI kno"
the, h.4~ bc.i IT, race bcfor" they return to their
ship4 The cufic.s viii be- towel 10 point about a
mile below Fort Lafayette. and The course IS TO be-
four milo siralght-a"dy. NJ stream. ms VIII
Irln- the finish AT IN, auchorag" ~ the Meet. ana
fns- Tim. IS cNp,c,c.. as the crews VIII have the
flood uIr wlth them boz their pa through the Mar
IDWH
Narc thar s. 80 has already been posted on the
result OF the contest and II s. thought thdt th"r'
wlu he . much larger sum chang" hands when the
'r.w which has not yet been beaten In ten red
r,cr /. inclined 10 insist that there vii be no neei
FOR the services OF a referee but IN" men OF the
smaller ship are 'out Tor blood. and not only want
/, wln this race for the money directly up. hut 10
get bnck some Of that lost in the disastrous "N-
ue-im~nf made 10y the Ralcighs crew AZ Hampton
roads early last month While II Is acknowledged
that the nAgsnlps would rather lose the
money involved than the prestige or being an un.
b.atrn crew and realize 10 the run thit thrre VIII
IA. 4, -pcraie effort made 10 do them. there IL
a, erin Of satire tn" frccs OF all hands ~hen the
suge.stion Is made that the Cincinnatis men may
cnrry away fame and money on the rush upstream
The hest place to the start VIII be from me
ramparts OF Fort Hamilton. The pier on the Gov
ernment prop~rty At the fort VIII be a good place
from which 10 view the first mile OF the Strugglc.
u.hil. the Rroiklyn shore up 10 yellow Head w.ll
| cover the three miles before tho finish. on the
staten Island side the VIII be In view from the
| irhthous. below Fort Wadsworth TO the hnlsh, OF
| Tompkinsvill'