The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-10
COULDN'T CATCH ST. LOUIS.
oIMPANIA CHASED HEB FOE s1s
NILES INTO PORE


sou,e % the Tirne Bsth SHIPS Were DoiuG %
x.ots-st. Louis . Knots Ahead At the
49,. 49,. 49, v,.,, nn..s n, the
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The race IN not always 10 the swift. Computed
BY averages tho great Cunarder Campania.
which locked at 1880 o'clock last night, made
A quicker run across the Atlantic than tho
American liner 81. Louis, which landed her pas
sengers nm hour and q quarter earlier than the
Cunardor. Mother vessel made q remarkable
run. but they engaged in q burst of speed In a
veritable race Of more than 200 miles, from a
poins eoous W rV%
the Sandy Hook lisht'hip.
=, IN, other nntn obout ? O'Clock yesterday
OF tho otner Until epous , ooooN yoe.0'
a heavy fos bank, through which shc had been
.,asm,na % thr.c-ouartsr ,neod for three hours.
when one of her ofacers on the bridge noticed
two pennnnts of black smoke far away on his
starhoard on,rter. ne Guessed that the amoko
was from tho Campania. Capt. Randle told Chief
Engineer Wall about 1t. Word went through
,na ,,,r,r. .nd .n.,
pass S"n were soon porspirins as they hadn't
since the 81 Louis passed tho N'eo''' o." e''0f'
oay etternooh-
1t was a bright sunni. morning ana az .
AZ tho MACK onru,hina nun Of he Campanin,
| that tho Cunarder, with her much greater horse
no,ror vouId ,ur.,v cain nm their shin Sho did
power "ouio surely soih oh 9 enip. o.0uN
but 1t wasn't the gain that the cunarder's COM
mander and engineer had probably counted on.
In that stretch OF about Zls miles, hnishins
abreast at Sandy Hook lishtship, the campania
had cut down tho load of the st. Louis from seven
At timos both ships ran at q 22.knot rate. and
NV, -. -.
tucket ana SANDY HOOK tnen theJ nad ever
burned before going over the same stretch Of
Louis were. anxious that she should be hrst
iis erss 'Fi knew Mn well thai in q long race The
Campania was bound to overtake the American
liner: It was easy for them e notice how stead
81 smgo iao trS Snin tSc S tunnels sas o. 1901 both s ssIps S srs% Il
volume, showing that the stokcrs were pfiing on
in the engineers department. Grimy stokert
OF duty looked from tho ports astern and de-
P Pioesd tho lack OF power in tho b. Louis en-
The 81. Louis was abeam Of Fire Island at 5:3s
yesterday afternoon. The Cunarder timed her
self az the same point Q minutes later. aboul
three miles astern. In tho run from Fire Islant
to the sandy Hook Ightship the Campani.
gained 4 minutes on the ST. Louis, which
timed herself passing that latter point at 80:
cunarder. which passed at 7:i3.
There the race practically ceased. Pilot boat
of the sailing fleet furnished q channel guide t.
both vessels. When the yawl containing tn,
pilot who took IN the st. Louis came alongside
there was an eruption OF sooty faces and arm
from the ports and the voices Of n score o
workers In the stoke hold shouted to the pilot t,
hurry up aboard. as they wanted to beat tn
BEItfsher into port
the matter and ran up the sea ladder like an &C
robat. The pilot who boarded the Campanii
was a little slower. and the result was that sh,
lost several minutes time that always tells II
the estimation Of a passenger anxious to Re
into port. About $50 elated passengers on tn
81. Louis gathered on the after deck Just as sh
flashed past the lightship and gave three cheer
for her performance.
There was no betting on either ship except OF
the days runs and on the number Of the pilo
boat from which they would receive their pilo,
Marshall Wilder was the auctioncer OF the poe
that was made on the run of the nautical da
ending at noon yesterday. when the ST. Loui
covered 497 knots. The pool amounted to sls'
and was won by w. K Whittier. who guesse
497.
The st. Louis covered the thirty:two knots bt
tween Fire Island and Sandy Hook Lightship !
? ! hour and 80 minutes. and the Campania dt
the trick in l hour and 90 minutes. The vessel
have not been In dry dock since last season
, and their hulls are very foul. II they had bee
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