The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-11


wina Cause . Pestpenenens.
NEW York, Oct. fa-Hard luck con-
tinues 20 pursue the b<w single sttcksrs. On
the three days lAst week when The yachts
made attempts 10 sail. light nuky winds
left them On the course when the time
limit expired ToSay fog bank prevented
them frem even leaving their moorifx
buoys inside the spill Of land which forms
the sandy Hook AZ the entrance us tho
lower bay. This Was b. far the xsoss dismal
fiasco Of all. City and hay were tcns up
In gray swathtng ctothes o< tmpenetrnhae
ntsts when the yachamen jumped cut of
bed this morning to &c; = look At the
weather and there was gloom and dism2y
ai0ng the water front Tho cid sA.ss shifted.
saw the mist wrsaihs and shook their
headA
PubHac G<ss BADLY re~asd.
Nothing doins in the ocean today" was
their verdict. But the weather bureau with
its scientific meteorological methods had
predicted fair weather with frestssniny
winds for today and tew chung vainly TO
the hope that the weather bureau prosnos-
tfcAtions would turn out true for once. OF
course the poor. misguided public vert hke
lambs to the slaughter. They backed Unale
Sans weather oracle and put to sea. But
not In such numbers as last week. Many
Of tho stghtseers who witnessed the three
dukes 1T an average cost Of from = TO IS
dollars each auke. had lost their interest
and II viii take Z race to restore It
No Wina e Lafs the Fec.
Meantime the racers lay al their buoys
inside the horseshoe. The fog had ie. down
Its gray curtains all around them. The
circle Of vision was barely 200 yards The
yachts were as completely shut on from the
rest Of the world a. IL they had been inside
. Il circus tent. The gray wAtes matched
the gray mist and hlotted out the sky and
sea line. The sun tried to bore into the
gloom and once or twice IT. dim outline.
looking like shining silver dollar could
just be discernsd through the haze There
was no wind to lift the cloud Of mist that
literally rested on tho water. II anything
the curtain seemed to grow denaer AZ the
time approached for the yachts to
put to sea- II was mAntfestly i'm
possible for the yachts to put
to sea In such weather. Sir Thomas LIP
ton and Mr.. Iselin had agreed at O'Clock
not to sail until tina fog lifted and there
was q suitable breeze So the big sioops lay
idly at their moorings Their crews loafed
about deck with nothing to do but wait
The prospect of race was never at any
time good enough to even justify them Ia
renewing the covers from their mainsatlA
About them lay the little feet Of bottlehold-
ers who attend upon the lighters Of the
deep-tenders. barges and launches.
The Race Declared o..
Sir Thomas and his guests aboard EriI
and the flagship OF the New York Yacht
Club. the Corsair. with Commodore Nor.
gan and his guests, were within hailing
distance OF the yachts The fog bsli At
the Hook tolied its warning TO mariners.
while from the distance noated In the
deep wall Of the fog horns Of the excur-
sion steamers. as they felt thsir way cut
toward the starting line Shortly before
II o'clock the committee boat. which had
gone outside TO take last look around.
returned and reported no indications OF
a change In the weather. 10 ths formal
announcement was made that there
would be no race today. Soon afterward
the ships OF the excursion fleet, which
had been drifting about In the vicinity oil
the iightship, got wind OF the decision Of
the committee, and one by one they be-
gan to appear In tho circle where ths
racers lay. looking like ghost-ships AZ
they struggled through the mist. In In
dian file. BY $50 a perfect mob of ves-
sells was milling around the yachts. Big
steamers like the Grand Duchess. the
Jefferson. the Plymouth City and Mon
mouth piowed their way through the
sUaller craft In the most reckless FASH
ion. saluting The yachts and keeping theii
bands going in a vain endeavor to make
their passengers believe they were get
ting something for their money.
Englishmen Are DisgusteA.
Aboard Erin the Englishmsn were In
the dumps. a fuke or two they could
stand, but such beastiy luck crushet
them. Some OF them have engaged pas
sage on the ocaanic, which will sa!l to-
morrow. and consequently they will &c
home without having seen q race. Dir
Thomas, disappointed AZ he Was, MAIN
tanned an outward show Of good humor
81 thought you clever Yankees could do
anything" he shouted over the rail- to
some OF his Newspaper acquaintance,
but you don't seem able TO propttiate ole
Boreas. When you come over on the
other side next year to bring back the
cup. 1 will guarantee you at least two
races a week and more II you want
them
No Racing Today.
Shortly after o'clock. after consulting
with sir Thomas and Mr.. Tselin. II was
decided 20 abide by the deci-
sion OF yesterday not 70 sail
q race tomorrok. The next attempt
therefore viii 10 made on Thursday and
thereafter daily until the series 10 com
pietei Half an hour after The excursion
feet had started for home the sun strug-
ssed through the gloom for few minutes.
but the effort seemed 10 have been 70 much
for the old boy and he went back Later
In the day. however. II cleared up and
though the weather bureau prediction OF
a fresh breeze was not reaitxed, there was
enough air stirring for Columbia &c hoist
her sails and make a fifteen minute spia
to try her new club torssii and ses how