Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-02
Chances of the Yachts.

New Yerk. Oct. 2.-The Columbia
a throng vastly larger than that which
has attended previous contests for the
famous cup and yet the racers will have
a clean course. owing to the federal su-
pervision of the courses. Yachtsmen
iare coming from all parts of the United
States The fleet of private pleasure
yachts now in these waters is larger
than ever before known. In fact. near
ly every steam yacht in the American
list is now anchored in the vicinity of
New York and pretty much all OF Am
erican society that is not afraid of sea
sickness will be afloat tomorrow. Hun
dreds of enthusiastic yachtsmen are
already at the hotels and more are eX-
pected to-day. Many of the knowing
ones have engaged rooms in advance
at the Waldorf Astoria and the Holland
house. About 200 of Sir Thomas Lip
tons sympathizers are booked for the
Fifth avenue hotel.
There is not the slightest doubt that
three times as many people will see the
contests between the Columbia and th.
Shamrock as ever saw an International
yacht race before. The English visitors
who have come are far greater in num-
ber and more distinguished than ever
came for that purpose before. Nearly
all of the guests Of Sir Thomas Upton
on board the Erin will be from England
/ the best known of whom is Lord Charles
Beresford, who.is accompanied by Lady
! Beresford. Among the other guests $
are Lord Mimic, governor general of
Canada. and Lady Mimic; Hon. Charles
Russell of England and Sir Henry Bur-
dett. Prince Ranjitsinjhi and all the
English visitors in his team will be the
guests of Sir Thomas tomorrow.
Friends of Sir Thomas say that he
really expects to take the cup back to
England and that the preliminary work
of the two boats has added to his conf
dence as to the result Leaving aside
the consideration of what the Columbia
can do in reaching, it is conceded that
she can run before the wind, no matter
what It's weight. like blue winged
teal duck.
Whatever the Shamrock's relative
speed may be in reaching, the Columbia
is better for beating and running, espe-
cially for running. even though the
wind blow up to Is knots. In fact the
Columbia can run better i'm any kind
for she has less water surface and she
is so shaped that she rises forward
rather than buries when she is driven
AS to the courses to be laid there are
three races in which the yachts mus
be at Ii miles to Windward and run Is
miles before it. The other two courses
are around triangle wherein 10 miles
of each leg are to he covered by reach
ing, the Columbia gets three races
to her liking. where the Shamrock has
two races to her liking. The races may
be sailed, as the have been, where the
reefed mainsail and jib and that
means weather in which nine tenths of
the excursonists will be glad to find
shelter under Sandy Hook. An analysis
of the weather conditions of the 20 past
years shows that the weather is al
most likely to favor the Columbia In
deed in the past few series nothing like
half gale has been experienced on any
of the days.
Both the Columbia and the Shamrock
We're dry-docked some days ago. thor !
oughly scraped and cleaned and put in
the best condition for the contest. They !
will be measured to-day by Official
Measurer Hyslop of the New York
Yacht club. One of the conditions or
the rae, for the cup is that the yacht
that challenges shall cross the ocean or
come from whatever country she Is :.
built on her own bottom. If the Cot
umbia is the victor it is thought i. Will
be many years before another try is
made for it. If the Shamrock wins
there will be challenge for it imme- !
diately and the yachtsmen of this cuun- |
try will send over to England to bring
back the cup as soon as one can be built
and match arranged.