The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-05
BOTH SIDES SATISFIED


With the Showing Made BY the
Columbia and Shamrock, and Roth
Confident OF Winning TO-dAy,8
Race.
NEW YORK, Oct. i.-c. oliver Isalln,
who. with Mrss Iaelln and their guests,
Woodbury. Kane. Herbert Leeds and
Nswbury Thorne. is quartered on tho
St MIehRels. said to an Associated
Preas representative this afternoon;
II am satisfied with cOlumbIa's work
during yesterdays race but not with
the weather conditions. None OF ps
could tell where the wind was coming
from and not even the sailing master.
In all my yachting don't remember
when I've seen q hulIier day than yer
terdRy. With all that, however, we had
overhauled the Shamrock for the third
time when the race was called OF. She
could not have crossed our bow if she
had gone at that time. Our crew work.
ed well from start to finiSh.'
Regarding the criticism that the
leach Of the COlumbia's main sail was
slack In yesterdays race, the Column
bias manager said;
THAT has been fixed. 1t was q little
slack. but not enough 70 efect the
yachts sailing"
Sir Thomas Upton Is not worrying
over tO-inoTrow's race one bit. on the
contrary, when seen to-day on the Erin
he felt confident that his craft would
give q good account OF herself no mat
ter what kind Of a breeze there 10. He
wants a good fresh bre1e, however, 20
that the relative speed OF the defender
and the challenger can be \ thoroughly
demonstrated He had Just returned
from a visit TO the Shamrock late this
afternoon when seen by the Associated
Press representative. 4
Sir Thomas did not care to make any
statement about to-morrow's race, eG-
cept that the Shamrock would carry
eSnctiy the same sails as she did in yer
terday's contest and that her crew
would do their best to cross the finish
line first. The English challenger iS In
the best OF condition for the coming
race. Not piece OF wire In her rigging
nor an inch OF canvas was found to be
damaged In the least degree when her
crew looked her over this morning.
The members Of the crew are quite aS
confident rs the Shamrock's owner that
she will prove a winner and some OF
them are ready TO lay few guineas
if they get the chance.
Sir Thomas received hundreds OF ca
blegrams to-day from all parts OF the
world, congratulatlng him on the
splendid showing his boat made In light
air against the defender:
In speaking about the manner In
which the course was kept clear, Sir
Thomas said:
''I can't get over the gfeat organlza-
tlop that has been here 10 keep the
course clear. Yesterdays course was
the clearest we ever had, or ever saw
in England, and only proves what said;
before / came to America, that in all
previous races the best boat has always
won, may as well say now that the
Shamrock is the fastest boat ever built
in Britain and the workmanship was
the best that money could buy. can't
tetl what her cost was but II Is probably
more than you have an idea of. She
cost aB much ms six Vaikyries. The
estimates already given are away be-
low the mark"
The Indications at Galilee, N. T., to-
night, are TINT the wind for to-ninr-s
rows race Will be from the southwest
In the morning veering 20 sontn. win
indications OF going into the southeast
by noon. There will be quite q head
John R. Spears, the nautical expert
In spite Of the fact that a lack Of
wind prevented the yachts covering
their course within the time limit, and
in spite Of the manifest superiority OF
Captain Hogarth's seamanship. the de-
tails Of the trial show that when the
wind comes alike to both, the Columbia
easily Outruns, Outreaches, and OUT
points the Shamrock in winds from
fresh down to light,
The Shamrock will not get the cup.
Two bets on the yacht racing series
were made on the Stock Exchange this
afternoon, one at $1,000 to $500 on the
Columbia and one at $1,000 to 5000 on
Columbia