The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
READY FOR THIRD,
Shamrock With More
Ballast Again at
the Hook.
MUST GIVE COLUMBIA TIME.
Sir Thomas Upton Unset
Sir Thomas Upton Unset
tied as to Future
Plans.

New York, Oct. 1S.-Half an hour be-
fore sunset the Shamrock lay inside
Sandy Hook, gently Juggling at her
mooring buoy. An eighth of mile away
the Columbia idly rocked on the ripple
within the Horseshoe On board the
Shamrock there was activity. Her
crew We're completing the adjustment
of shrouds and stays to secure the new
topmast that had been sent up at noon
to replace the one carried away yester-
day. On board the Columbia there was
no activity; all was quiet.
Capt. Barr leaned against the side Of
the companionway and smoked Mean
while he gazed across the water, watch =
ing the progress of preparation On the,
disabled opponent. Conditions aboard
the American craft indicated calm am
ticipation and serene confidence The
stress Of preparation aboard the Brit
ish yacht well marked the natural anx-
iety there as to the performance of the
untried spar, and the entire craft in to-
morroW's weather.
Early in the day it had been the pur-
pose of the visitors to go outside With
the Shamrock and test her. new equip
harbor from her remeasurement early
the shortening daylight afforded too lit
tie time after all had been snuggcd
SPIN IMPOSSIBLE.
The yacht Erin, with Sir Thomas
Upton aboard, after calling at Bay
Ridge, steamed down at 4.30 O'Clock TO
hCr moori3gs within the Hook. stand
i'm on The bridge, Sir Thomas observed
the LAST detail of the Shamrocl5 prep
arations and his hope for spin out
today gave way to a realiza ton Of its
ilnpossibIiity. AS the Erin slowed down
near her moorings, Sir Thomas vas
peering through his glasses toward the
Narrows, where he sighted the big liner
Oceanic bearing down, outward bodnd.
I shall go outside with the Oceanic,
said he, to bid good bye to Lord Peres-
ford and other friends on board"
DO you know" Sir Thomas re-
marked, there have come to me many
evidences OF good VIII Here, for in
stance" in selecting one from several,
is some friend, who says: Don't be
Respondent, the Shamrock may lose, but
Sir Thomas wins the respect and good
viii of millions of Americans And l
can say now through the Associated
Press to my own people and to the Am
orleans, that no man ever met the Cor
dial greeting that has been accorded
me. No man ever found more ganer-
Gus hearts, more willing hands, or more
honest men, than l have since / came
TO America"
And if the Shamrock should lose
now, how long before her owner may
appear here with another boat to lay
siege to the trophy was asked
AT LOSS FOR A DESIGNER.
"Ah that brings me back" said Sir
Thomas, ito the greatest difficulty
l have confronted here. l must be sure
of a designer | cannot design boat,
and 1 must be certain on that point
before / can talk of another attempt
should the Shamrock lose now. You
see, I am seriously embarrassed be-
cause of Mr.. Flies illness. l have not
seen my designer in over three weeks.
We took in over three tons of ballast
yesterday. We suffer because Mr..
Fife is unable to be about and direct
these matters, that none of the others
of the party here are skilled in"
rs she on her true -lne-the
line she was designed to sail on?" eve
are not sure. Her designer would know,
but he has not seen his boat since she
was first measured He is sick-un-
able to leave his room. We do not
know whether Shamrock, since she has
been in these waters, sailed on her true
water-line. She certainly is not now
sailing the same water-line as when
she sailed in the Solent. The ballast
put in Shamrock today was put in on
Mr. Flies advice"
HAS it been so placed as TO serve
the exact purpose he intended?" 1--WE
do not know to certainty. He is sick,
and we have done the best we know
how to do 1t is a most serious handi-
cap for us to be deprived of his per-
sonal direction and advice"
TRIALS UNSATISFACTORY.
Chevalier MARITIME, who is a resident
guest on the Erin, this evening declared
his conviction that the Shamrock's
powers had not yet been developed. He
expressed the view that the Shamrock
should have been tried out beside some
other swift yacht He even declared
that. could it have been accomplished,
the American yacht Defender should
have been secured to try out the Sham
rock. on this point Chevalier MARITIME
is at one with the American yachtsmen,
who have felt that the Shamrock had
scant preliminary work, and that more
rigorous tuning might have so deve1-
oped the Shamrock's strength and so
corrected her shortcomings as to have
insured a better showing.
However these things may be, there
sleens tonight in the Horseshoe crew
ofSdogeed British sailors, who will go
QUITO sea tomorrow to win or lose, and
,,itb Grim pluck. however the issue