New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-05
THE SHAMROCK 4 SURPRISE
Coutinred from nr-t raa"'

MT move than tort, foet from the rschf
Sir Thomas I'D not come IN board the Sh7"
rock when she was ready to sfatt tliH. Na'SeN'
Council and two more came doVn or me frh
into a steam launch. and sailed nm me ''''
lenRer hut the owner remained v'h hummer
NJ friends on the bridge ~ tho larger vessel
which vas looking fine and stately "no n'r
many nrassee shining IN tho sun ana her SIX
high copper veutilators polished 70 Distraction
uArvsAu ~or sHORT TH1s TIME
Ratsev pas very particular about having the
beautiful msinsail 10 had made so p'''e''N.
Thcre were several lar.rs holes ~ the "N''' "''
of the foot NJ tho sail that wore not hong nS''
Tbose we're over tho sfool traveller IN "n''n
the foot of tho sail is hauled out Anf. hF inc
wav thie sail Vent fully oui 80 the on" ~ '"'
traveller Yesterday, and did not hanS wv" '''
short as on Friday last Ratsey had tn''' """
70 out and lash down tho outer part that was
slack and then the sail looked AS ia' an" 81
white as an inside plastcrcd wall Of mouse
Not sound could boz heard from the Sha"-
rock in the way of calling out orders "u' "''
emily AT a signal from some one gang OF ABOUT
twenty men came tumhi'nC NJ fi"" '''V'
II they were doing the disappearing demo"
act, a. q theatre These men cleared the sheets
~ the iib and broke out the sail from 'is STOPS
ment. and the foresail was broken ont Al - ~
after the Yacht was clear Of the to"line
When Horarth put his tiller up and iet ara"
the iib the head If the boat fell away 80 qu''NS
that the shamrock seemed to he able 10 spi"' "
she wanted to.
Spectators WE'RE STARTLED
4, that moment the long talked Of challenger
for the Americas cup began her first shl'inF
g., American waters. and for the next haif MN
,,,e there wasn't word said by any one. S"e
s,uplv got Mp and busted. II any one mas ~
seen a scared coyote get over IN" pr"I.' ~
has with him an illustration Of how inc '""''
rock cleared away More than one 81 the news
manor experts was saying TO himself
Scott, What's thiso' or words IN tna' '"''
Rut he did not speak to any one else. ne ""S
waiting till the Yacht damned closer %" '"7
wind =,
Hogarth did not give them long TO Walt !"
the mysterious way that the Shaniro'NS S'"'
e-e worked the mainsai came I'M sl"h'H a.
the Yacht mffed up bit 20 take OIL some ~ '''
strain and then the men "ho had he'" ""''"
tho tho Shamrock for FIVE consecutive days got
the instruction they werc ordered to 'eceN'
They took it silently Only the Photographers
chartered The Shamrock was goire to WIND
ward like an icohoat. and almost az quietly N
spite of the sea that ioggcd the tug about
MVEY WAS TROU BLED.
A. g. McVey. the veteran expert Of me
Boston Herald" was on board The longer
| he looked tho graVer he grew. He Is s'ah'"
American. and no was eeeing something that
he never saw in any other challenge. A. last
the writer asked him. we'll what do Won THINK
Of her." McVey shook his head a number OF
times without spedkinp. and with q sad. SAD
smile sat down I'm one corner of the pilot house
He seemed to be having dreadful visions OF
being sent away to England 90 report the next
races for the Americas cup.
The tug Ellis was being driven az her top
speed but she could not keep anywhere near
the flying craft ahead. Her best speed is now
between ten and eleven knots an hour To he
safely within the mark, call her yesterdays
speed ten knots. and thu shamrock was beat
ing her a fun two knots an hour She was the
best part Of a mile ahead in the first fifteen
minutes.
EATING WIND AND KEEPING SPEED
The wind was northeast at nrst. afterward
hauling two points northerly, and the sham
rock came up from a course east 10 east-nOrth-
east. Here she hattened her head sails trihe,
and stood even closer damned then before.
one could this by watching the huff Of ner
mainsail lif;. But the hard pinching she was
getting did not let the tug Bills get any closer.
The strainlng steamer did not pull up an inch.
but lost ground as fast as ever.
The challenger altered her course AZ II IS
o'clock, when she bore away and took the breeze
| quarterly This gave the tug a chance TO cut
a corner. and both she and the Erin came nearer
10 the racer. The city Of Rome was coming in
from the ocean and recognized the Shamrock
when over three miles away. There lot
| Of signalling whstng and dropping Of English
ensigns but there was no code signal book IN
| board and the messages could not be read on
| the press boat The decks Of the city NJ Rome
were black with people. and the white hand
| kerchefs 81 the cabin passengers were soon
being waved heartily.
so TRICKS. Just SAILING
On this trip there wss no attempt 70 exhibit
any smartness I'm manpuvrins or in quick hand
ling Of sails The only intent was to set up cor.
tain sails and Try the boat in a leisurelv way
with them and on different points Of sailing
The rbheaded working rsfftopssn was sent ND
on this quarterly run This sail carries no ward
and was laced ~ the topmast. ~ assembled. hv
the man az the masthead When finally get u
filed most Of the space between the gaf and
the tOpmaSt and afterward proved good work
ing sail nv the wind.
Soon after l. O'Clock Ho9arth svhed his crat'
in SLOW easv w0y and stood for 2 while
toward The Jersey coast end then hauled up for
honevard run ~ now sent NJ q medium
sized nbtopsan and on started sheet fairly
few away from the tug In 9 northerlv direction
Then the sheofs come fiat at again and this
iiht0rsel tried On close pinch
rPFrTv PICTURE
The shamrock vac fine sight as she headed
VI fcr SANDY Hook Lieh'eh'p heAnng over -
the rail With one plank m her lac decks awasn
part IF ~ time the air off her lee bows filled
win clouds NJ mist that travelled auav m the
wind and the i've sails hard with pressure. hut
fat a. boards and drive or Inn in 'verv
,r~h ~ them