Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-10-21


Rival Boats at Anchor Neal
Each Other-Columbiaa at Ease but
ShamrOck's Deck u Scene OF Ac
tivity-Chevalier Martin Believe.
ShamrOck's Powers Have Not Yet
Been Developed.
New York. Oct. ia number of Sir
Thomas Lipton's guests sailed yesterday
for Europe on the steamship Oceanic
Lord and Lady Charles Beresford We're
the last to go aboard the Oceanic.
Il am very sorry to sail before the
finish OF the yacht races" said Lord
Beresford. THE accident to Shamrock
was a great disappointment to me, anG
Sir Thomas Upton has my sympathy
The races, however, are not over, and
hope that when arrive on the other side
I will hear Shamrock has captured the
cup after ALL"
The other guests of Sir Thomas who
sailed on the Oceanic We're: Hon. Cecil
BroWnlow, Halford Burdett, Hon.
Arnold Morley, L. A. N Morley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Muir, Kenneth Murchison,
L. Sackville West, w. d. Ross, Joseph
Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson
and Miss Muriel Wilson.
Half an hour before sunset yesterday
Shamrock lay inside Sandy Hook gently
'tugging at her mooring buoy An eighth
Of a mile away Columbia idly rocked on
the ripple within the Horseshoe. On
board Shamrock there was activity.
Her crew were completing the adjust
ment Of shrOuds and stays to secure the
new topmast that had been sent up at
noon to replace the one carried away
Tuesday.
On board Columbia there was no ac-
tivity; all were at ease. Conditions
aboard the American craft indicated
calm anticipation and serene confidence
Yhe stress Of preparation aboard the
British yacht we'll marked the natural
anxiety there as to the performance Of the
untried spar and the entire craft in to-
days weather.
Early in the day 1t had been the pur-
pose Of the visitors to go outside with
the Shamrock and test her new equip
ment, but, though she came down the
harbor from her remeasurement early
In the forenoon, the shortening daylight
afforded too little time, after all had
been snugged.
Yacht Erin, with Mr.. Upton on board,
steamed down to her moorings within
the Hook. Standing on the bridge, Sir
Thomas observed the last detail of
Shamrocks preparations, and his hope
for spin out gave way to conviction
of its impOsslbillty
DO you know" Sir Thomas remarked,
there have come to me many evidences
Of good will. Here, for instance" se-
lecting one from several kilograms, 'is
some friend, who says: Don't be dis
heartened. Shamrock may lose, but Sir
Thomas wins the respect and good will
of millions Of Americans And / can
say now, through the Associated Press,
to my own people and to the American
people, than no man ever met more
cordial greetings than have here. No
man ever found more generous hearts,
more willing hands, or more honest men
than have since came to America"
And If Shamrock should lose now,
how long before her owner may appear
here with another boat. to lay siege
to the trophy?" was asked.
"Ah, that brings me back" said Sir
Thomas, Ito the greatest difficulty l
have confronted here. l must be sure
of designer. 1 cannot design a boat,
and I must be certain On that point be-
fore can talk Of another attempt, should
Shamrock lose now. You see, am Sc
riously embarrassed because of Mr..
Flies illness. l have not seen my de-
signer In over three weeks. We took in
over three tons Of ballast today. We
suffer because Mr.. Fife Is unable to be
about and direct these matters that none
of the others Of our party here are skilled
in. Is she on her true water line-the
are not sure. Her designer would know,
but he has not seen his boat since she
was first measured. He Is unable tc
leave his room. We don't know wheth-
er Shamrock has ever, in these waters,
sailed on her true water line. She Ger.
tainly Is not now sailing on 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 1t been SO placed as to serve the
exact purpose intended? We do not
know to q certainty. He Is sick, and
we have done the best we know how to
do. 1t Is most serious handicap for
US to be deprived of his personal direc-
ton and advice"
Chevalier Martino who is a resident
guest On Erin. declared his conviction
that Shamrock's powers had not yet
been developed. He expressed the view
that Shamrock should have been tried
out beside some other swift yacht He
even declared that could 1t have been ac-
the American yacht, De-
fender, should have been secured, to
try out Shamrock. On this point Chev-
alier Martino agrees with many Ameri-
can yachtsmen, who have felt that
Shamrock had scant preliminary work,
and that more rigorous tuning up might
have developed ShamrOck's strength
have insured q better showing, If not
and so corrected her shortcomings as to
her success.
London, Oct. 19.-The London papers
illustrate the sportsmanlike view taken
by all sections of the English press Of
8 victory Tuesday.
The St. James Gazette says: Our re-
gret for Shamrock's second defeat must
be outweighed by our satisfaction at the
fact that the accident was provided
against beforehand. and that therefore
n6 opportunity for misunderstanding
could exist on this occasion. Shamrock's
gear reached the cracking point first;
and the fact that Columbia outsailed her
with the same breeze shows that the
American boat is the better, which 1t Is |
Just the object Of these matches to settle |
one way or the other.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: This is a
between constructors as well |
10 sailors; and the American victory was
perfectly fair and decisive.