The times., 1899-07-23

cutter as might have been expected hut II
must be remembered that she was CARRYING
| only thimble-headed topsail. instead nj
lack-yarder, such as the Britannia sported.
Inc shamrock bent a jack-yarder on the
second day, but in the running work the
breeze was SO light that the tide. rather
| than the wind, carried the boats along
Neither days race gave an opportunity for
testing the capabilities of the Shamrock
| on a reach. There is, moreover a general
ieellng which is probably correct. that the
: challenger was not in any way rushed and
| that the matches, as far as the Shamrock
! was concerned, were short cruises rather
| than real races.
With the Prince of Wales on board the
Dii'dlhla' ana captain Carter, his old skip
per, at the tiller, no effort was snared 10
get as much out of the Britannia as nossiO
pie A well-known American at one of the
leading London Bohemian clubs. last
week expressed his readiness to back the
columbia at TO on up to $50. 600. II he
is sun OF the same mind he will have no
dlihculty now in placing his bets even II
MS offered odds shrink a little
An Experts Opinion.
yachting expert says: The Shamrock
is mpeh handler than the Britannia in tack
ing IN a light breeze, but as yet she has tal
no chance of showing what she is worth
IN working to windward. If the new keel
| about which there has been so much ,r,,s-
terry assists her in keeping the weather.
gauge, then we shall find that the secret of
winning big yacht races by construction
instead Of by sailing has been solved. Tho
probability is that the Shamrock tried =,
long leg or stretch would hold her own
by avoiding leeway when close hauled"
Little need be said this week OF English
politics beyond recording that the horizon
is distinctly clearer all round. For one
thing, Lady Salisbury. is no longer in dan
ger. That relieves domestic politics of one
fear of possible ministerial upheaval.
Then President Kruger is climbing down
over the Outlander grievances. Mr.. Cham
berlain has, indeed, been talking quite
peaceably this week, and Mr. Rhodes,
speaking at the Cape, has secuted the idea
OF war. II may be that Sir Alfred Milner
and Mr.. Chamberlain have together in
duced President Kruger TO promise more
than yet appears, or it may be that
the peace-loving Lord Salisbury has put a
check upon the ministerial forwards AT
any rate, the tension is distinctly less.
Whether it is at the expense of the Out
lander time will prove.
Too Warm to Talk of war.
Another factor making for peace is the
distressing hot weather, when TO get angry
is to get most uncomfortable. In ParIia-
ment it is not of war, but of grouse moors
and spanking sea breezes that members
and ministers are alike thinking
The Buenos Ayres correspondent of the
Daily Mall makes today the interesting
announcement that Dr. Hauthal of the La
Plata museum has met with success in his
several months' search for the mylodon in
the wilds OF Patagonia. In a cave known TO
Indians as the Seno de la Ultima Esper-
anza he made deep excavations, and discoy-
cred the huge bones. entire skulls. and the
powerful claws of the animal also one en-
tire hide. He removed all of the relics
10 the museum. The Indians said that the
live animal had been encountered there
up TO fifty years ago. II it still existed. il
must be on the desert islands in the Magel-
Ian Channels Dr. Hauthal also found
many skeletons of Indians and guanacos
splendidly preserved. and is determined to
explore further in the spring
Horace Walpole's copy of chesterfeld's
works, two large quarto gol-
umes. has been acquired for the nation
by the trustees of the British Musessii.
British students feared that these histori-
cal treasures would be shipped across the
Atlantic
Maurice Hewlett has undertaken to write
for the Macmillans volume on Florence
as comparison TO Marion Crawford's Ave
Roma Immortaiis."