The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-16
PRAYS FOR WIND.
Upton Talks Of Chan
ces For a
Breeze.
GUESTS GOING HOME.
GUESTS GOING HOME.
Captain Barr Is Not Afraid
of Big Top
sail.

New York, Oct. 15.-The cup defender
Columbia and the English challenger
Shamrock did not leave their mornings
inside Sandy Hook today. Not a sail
cover was taken off, Notwithstanding
the fact that the sun shone brightly a
good part of the day, and would have
afforded an excellent opportunity to dry
out what dampness there might have
been in the canvas. In fact it was
an off day for the crews of both boats,
and, barring a watch of half a dozen
men on each craft not a soul was on
board.
Capt. Barr of the American boat came
up to the city last evening, TO meet his
wife who arrived from Southampton
yesterday afternoon. He did not re-
turn until late this afternoon. The
skipper of the Columbia is not worrying
about the outcome of the races, but
says he would like to see wind enough
some day in the near future so that the
boats can get over the course inside
the time limit of 512 hours.
Naturally, Capt. Barr has every con-
fdence in his boat, for he says that the
months that he has sailed her in all
kinds of weather during the past sum-
mer has convinced him that she is a
ohpCl lOl NEooGl " Tic E1liS ISL CuIlcE.
BIG KITES NO USE.
The sight of the big kites that the
Shamrock has been displaying during
the past two weeks, especially the huge
club toDsail, does not cause the little
Scotchman any alarm, for he feels that
they will not be Of any use in a breeze
. that will move the challenger at any
thing more than snail's pace. The
=. CtOlllU1 bia e c C11ffpriTey a hif
from the many attempts to have race,
but the men would like to see a respect
able sailing breeze before the snow
flies, so they say, as they are not
anxious to handle light sails when it
is cold enough to stiffen the canvas and
rigging. The men on the American
racer have ha1 q long season of prac-
tice work. They do not hesitate to say
that the Shamrock has given them a
surprise by her showing in light
a breezes, but they do not expect defeat.
q No attempt was made today to scrub
/ the hull of the Columbia, and when
the st. Nicha4ps came up to the city
at noon, all but seven of her crew were
brought along for little outing on
shore while the tender was being
coaled.
CREW ASHORE.
Most of the shamroek's men were
ashore at Sandy Hook all the fore
noon. They visited as many points of
interest about the place as the govern
ment officials would allow. A num-
Der fished for a few hours off the point
of the Hook, but they had little luck
Shortly after u o'clock they went
aboard the Plymouth for dinner, and
remained on board while the steamer
was cruising about the bay with Sir
Thomas Upton and some of his guests
1t is plain to see that the continuous
failure of the wind on race days has
had depressing effect on them. Capts
Hogarth, Wringe and Parker have pre-
dicted that there will be no wind until
Tuesday or Wednesday, or until the
moon changes and as they made this
statement several days ago to Sir
Thomas Upton, and the forecast has so
far proven true, the opinion of these
experts is well worth consideration.
Capt. Matthews of the Erin, skip
per with equally as long if not longer
experience on the water, holds the con-
trary opinion, and says that there is
just as likely to be a stiff breeze to-
morrow as a week from that time, and
that the change of moon has been
proven by statistics to have nothing
whatever to do with the weather con-
ditions.
LIPTON'S LONG STAY.
Sir Thomas Upton, owner of the
Shamrock. is now commencing the sew
enth week of his stay on the Erin at
Sandy Hook during which time he has
been ashore but once or twice, and then
for only few hours at a time. He
admits that the past two weeks have
been rather tiresome, because of the
frequent Gains, but says that the pres
ence of many guests on race days
aboard the Erin mas been enjoyable to
ia4fn
Sir Thomas is a very patient man, but
he frankly admits that it will be a great
relief to him when the series is ended
Meanwhile, he says, all he can do is
wait for wind enough to drive the
yachts around the course inside the
time limit. He hopes to see the races
finished this week
GUESTS MUST RETURN.
The postponement of the contests
from day to day has interfered seri-
ously with the plans of several of Sir
Thomas guests, and since the breaking
out Of the war in South Africa, it will
he absolutely necessary for several of
them to return to England very soon.
Admiral Lord Berasford is very anxious
to see all the races but as he is a
member of parliament he may have to
take his departure any day now in or
der to be present at the opening session
OF I0dI DOuNs OSNCidl u tiS 6NSSto Will
sail for England next Wednesday.
Sir Thomas was asked today why he
did not sail on the Shamrock during the
races. ITO tell the TRUTH he replied,
'ny men do not want me on board.
They say it is apt to make them ner-
yous and more liable to make mistakes.
/ have SO much confidence in my men
that | am perfectly willing to keep off
the ship and know that they will do
their best to win When racing against
the Prince of Wales cutter Britannia
on the other side, l was on the Sham
rock. but since coming over here the
only day / have sailed on her was the
time her gaff broke when we were Civ
ing her a little tuning up outside Sandy
Hook,
HARD ON EXCURSIoNISTS
II do hope there will be some wind
tomorrow" continued Sir Thomas. 1T
is rather hard on the people to spend
their money to come down here and
then not see race. If there was any
way | could help to bring about a race,
YOU can rest assured | would do my
best. but no one can be blamed for fog
or lack of wind, and all can do is hope
for better race conditions tomorrow. l