The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-09
RACE EVERY DAY
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that there was something in Saturday
trial by which a line could be drawn OH
the merits of the boats. There was WING
enough for a couple of hours to furnlsn
a test, the first real test of the week, anu
while it lasted the boats were under equal
conditions, and the Shamrock did the pet
ter work That Is the reason for the rise
in Shamrock stock. She Is good In a
run dead before the wind. She is good in
a beat to windward. What she will do In
a reach is undecided, but the Impressions
are against her on this point of sailing.
Can't. Barr spent the best part of the
day on board the Columbia. Mr.. Iselin
left Saturday night with his entire party
of Corinthians, and when the captain
arose this morning it was to the task
of looking after number of the things
which Mr. lselin himself ordinarily at
tends to.
All the Columbia's sails were unbent on
Saturday ntoht but of that ito =. =, WFs
expected that one Of Tho 1s1 s.ing tasks
would be to set them again. The Sunday
trial has always been a feature up to
this time The state of the weather to-
day spoiled all hope along that line, and
the men did not seem to mind the deprt-
walton.
YACHT LOOKED BARE.
Stripped of her canvas the defender
looked very bare. She was headed into
the gale or as much of it as got inside
the HOOK, and the man forward on watch
kept under the lee. as well as he could.
Capt. Barr spent most Of his time below.
Altogether the day was dreary one.
There was nothing left for the men to do
but to loll on the tender and wish for
a breeze on Tuesday. Last Sunday they
had had plenty of visitors who cheered
the boat. Those craft were missing to-
day. The Sandy Hook boat came along
side and those on board saluted the de-
fender The Hook was deserted today
except for the newspaper boats. In spite
of all the past flZzles the sailormen on
the Columbia still feel confident of sue
cess. The presence Of the Shamrock near
by simply makes them more firm in their
belief Of victory when real trial comes.
The race Of Saturday operated as a
tonic on them all. Up to that time they
had heard SO much about their skipper
being outgeneraled that some of them
may have begun perhaps to fear that
there might be something in it. The Sat-
urday race, to their mind, however,
showed them a different phase. and every
one on board felt they would show the
English shippers yet what was possible
The men had no other comment to make
on the race. The policy of those in
charge of the defender is not to talk at
all, and the men followed the implied in,
structions to the letter.
ON BOARD THE AMERICA.
Sir Thomas Upton spent the greater
part of today on board The schooner
yacht America, as the guest Of Lieut.
Col Butler Ames. He arose early, not
withstanding the fatigue resulting from
Yesterdays race, and after breakfasting
spent a couple of hours reading the news
papers Then he went on board the
America in one of the Erins launches, in
company with Sir Henry Burdett, Rt.
Hon j. H. Pierre and Mrs. Pierre.
Charles Russell, DR.. Mackie, Mr.. Young
and Sailmaker Ratsey.
AS soon as the party was safely on
board the America left her anchorage
and under q reefed mainsail, foresail,
lib and staysail knocked about the horse
shoe for couple of hours. The stanch
old boat was sailing at her best in the
stiff breeze, and the party enjoyed the
outing very much. Mr.. Ratsey was glad
to get on board the America, for he had
heard much from his father about the
craft that came over from America to
England forty-eight years ago and cap
tured the cup that the Shamrock has
come over to lift this year.
When the America was on the other
side Mr.. Ratsey's father saw the craft
frequently and got his first ideas about
building sails that would set latter than
the type OF the English sails, which were
cut baggy at that time. The elder Rat
sey was following the same vocation that
his fathers had followed for generati tons
before, that of sailmaking, and he ad-
mired the America so much that he had
a model made, which is in the Ratsey Of
flee to this day.
When the America came to her anchor
age, at o'clock, Sir Thomas signaled for
his launch and came over to the Asso-
ciated Press yacht Wanda. After greet
ing those on board Sir Thomas first
words were:
us it not singular that we always get
a strong breeze after a race day?'
The owner of the Shamrock, when
seen later by an Associated Press repre-
sentative on board his steam yacht Erin,
said he would like to have strong
breeze for the contest on Tuesday, so that
the two boats could finish race, for
if they did not do so pretty soon he would
have to build house on Sandy Hook
He mentioned a dispatch he had received
from St. Johns, N. F., begging him to
come there and sail the races, where
there is plenty of wind and lots of wa
ter
Sir Thomas said the crew of his yacht
were as happy as larks, and they were
eager to have try at Columbia in stiff
breeze, for they were more confident than
ever Of winning the cup now that they
had shown how speedy the Shamrock
was in light air.
WEATHER WARNING
A dispatch came to Sir Thomas this
afternoon from Weather Forecaster Will
liams, of the weather bureau in Wash
ington, announcing that a heavy north
east gale was moving slowly up the
coast from off North Carolina, and that
it would be dangerous for small boats.
Lying under the lee Of Sandy Hook, the
two racing yachts were well protected
from the heavy sea running outside, still
Sir Thomas deemed it advisable to take
precautions. His first move was to run
over to the Columbia and notify Capt.
Barr Of the warning he had received
from Washington. He also placed a tug
at Bars disposal, if he cared to tow up
the harbor out of danger. for the Irish
knight does not want anything to hap
pen to the cup defender any more than
he does to his own. Then he came back
to the Erin and instructed Capt. Mat
thews to keep steam UP all night in case
of emergency. He also ordered every
thing made snug on the Shamrock for the
night.
Il want to say" said Sir Thomas,
that l shall not leave Sandy Hook until
I either win or lose the cup. That is
what [ came here for. and L shall make
1t nv ONLY business [ hO2a fo. GOOD