The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-06
THE sHAMR0CK's SHIPPERS.
Hogarth and wringe Will BE in Charge and
Crack Crew VIII Man Her.

Crack Crew VIII Man Her.
When Sir Thomas Upton offered the cap
taincy OF the Shamrock to Archie Hogarth. that
well known yachting skipper agreed to take
charge condit!onally. He insisted that he
should select his own crew; that after Designer
Fife was satisfied the Shamrock was all that he
intended her to be he should have nothing moro
to do with the boat that absolute charge In
races should be given TO Hogarth. and that Sir
Ths lpSR nc be on
either Peter Donaldson or James Jameson.
sr Thomas Upton agreed to these csc
Capt IIogerth has been busy selecting
the crew and getting things ready SO that as
work OF nttne her out will take very short
time. Capt. Hogarth will be assisted in sailing
he x ROW. % o 1s so
Second Officer Stewart of Saltcoats Third ON
Ger Croeker q Rowhedse,r and Fourth 9ft1cer
the pick Of the Eng fish and scotch yacht sail
receive handsome bonus II the Shamrock
Cart HoEarth is about SO years old. rather
above the medium height. and typical. big
boned. muscular Scot, His father was one OF
west coast Of Scotland. and he trained his boys
TO handle boats from their youngest days:
Three OF these boys last year were shippers Of
Isolde. Willie was sailing p NJ Ingliss AS
tridc. and Malcolm handled Claud A. Allan's
in 1895 in the 10 rater Doris, and he renamed
in that boat five years, In 1880 he commanded
With the Yvonne iIogarth captured sixteen
winning flags, With ,,he Yseyt he won eigh-
first class cutter Ca!luna. a Fife boat. but this
yacht was not the success she was expected to
and n; in 1875 he sailed the ESQ Isolte. During the
four years that yacht was raced by Hogarth she
won lob prizes. which amounted to enougr
money to pay the first cost Of the boat.
Capt. WrinGc is year or two older than Capt
Hogarth and has had even We, longer acquanti;
part owner OF a coasting schooner. and Wringe
was born on this vessel somewhere between
hf S5 BIS
10 be good sailor, and twenty, four years az 9
gave up trading and started yachting; In 1885
tague. and after holding this place for three
years became skipper Of the Acestc; which he
In 1894 he took charge OF the 4O-rater Carina.
| which no sailed for two years, and then COM
Imanded the Asa successfully. r, When the
| brought this yacht out ahead Of her class. io
is cool, determined hemsman, and has, the
wherever there is water enough to float her
and room enough TO squeeze her through.
bs 5n to aS of the ap
Many statements have been published with
two competitors, Shamrock and hia. but.
| 30 far rs tho Shamrock Is concerned, they are
not authentic; in fact. Fife has studiously
avoided giving any information about the
| yacht, The Guesses and statements said to
| have been founded on an examination OF the
| drawings OF the Shamrock are entirely errO-
| neOus. and probably this also applies to the
reported eYawinaton Of the drawings Of
| II can. however. be taken for granted that
neither OF the yachts will be q great departure
from tho Defender and Yalkyrie II. Both Of
me competipG craft VII De built ny to the e1-
nE the contests for the cup but their breadth
and draught OF water have not been authori-
atNcly given out.
NO great advance In the form oflarge racing
cutters has been made since britannia. Nalky-
RE III. and Aiisa were built, the only expert,
ments which have been tried being In a small
| Increase In the weight OF lead keel. draught O'
| water and sail area In the case OF the Meteor
| far rs sailing in Light winds was concerned but
! tho labor and risks attending tho management
OF a main boom ~ feet long .promrted the con,
manbooms Of Defender and NalkyrIe III. In
feet long but it will be remembered
that Ne!kyrie III. was rugged as a ketch
! will probably be adopted in the case o. the
| Shamrock in Wow OF the severe weather which
| may be encountered, and. moreover a large
| cutter is an awkward vessel to heaye TO
whereas the Eetch rig is tho most comiortab lc
rig known for smuggling down in a gale Of wind
| The statement that iron or steel spars are
| TO be tried for the first time in yacht 10y the
| experiment with them in Columbia Is not cor
! rect, as hollow iron spars were tried IN Eng.
| land moro than thirty years ago. and the Ven.
cradle old Arrow in 1885 had an iron boom
! with an inside trusting. small schooner in
/ 1864 was fitted with, iron tholowl ulssts, and
| the foremost buckled SO badly that they were
| discarded"