Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-13
The Yacht Race at Nsw York Post
poned Again.
HEAVY FOG WAS on AND mo WIND
At Points Vision Was Limited to
a Few Yards.
ISELIN'S ANNOUNCEMENT

SANDY HOOK, October &c Oliver
Iseln announced to one Of the Associated
Press dispatch boats that the race was off
for today. He was returning from the
Shamrock where he had been in Cuhsulta-
ton with Sir Thomas Upton, in his launch
when he was hailed.
Early Prospect Was Poor.
The prospects for race between the Co
lumbia and the Shamrock in the present
series of contests for the Americas cup
were not bright at o'clock this morning.
THE same old fog hung over the upper
bay, though there was more life in the air
and the waters were not as glass-like as
on previous race days. What little wind
was blowing came from the northwest but
the weather sharps claimed there were no
signs of any material increase in the
strength of the breeze.
AS the morning advanced the wind SHIFT
ed to the north and then veered to about
northwest. where it seemed to be likely to
settle for the day, according to indications
at s O'Clock. The fog was then much
lighter than yesterday, though there was
enough of it to cause detection among the
yachtsmen and others whose thoughts
rested upon the two graceful racing craft
anchored at Sandy Hook. The Associated
Press observer at Long Branch reported
at am that there was absolutely no
breeze there, that it was haxy off shore
and that observation was not more than
Two uuuQ0eQ ydTQS. Gdlll0e reported that
there was no wind at that point, that the
sea was smooth and that nothingf could be
seen seaward outside of a radius OF less
than half mile.
Thick Fog at Asbury Park.
Asbury Park telegraphed that a thick
fog had shut off all view Of the sea and
that only light draft Of wind from the
north was blowing.
The Navesink Highlands at 7:30 am wired
that observation there was only about fifty
yards. with a light northerly wind blowing.
The advices from Sandy Hook early this
morning were gloomy. The observer there
said that at Z am. the fog was thicker
there than it was at the same time yester-
day. The mist was of the Scotch variety.
Nothing af1oat could be seen from the
shore and it looked at that time as If the
yachts would not be able to get away
from their moorings 20
At o'cuock the Highlands reported that
the mist was gradually being brushed
away by the sun and the strength Of
the wind was increasing. thereby raising
hopes of a race between the Columbia and
the Shamrock.
The wind at the Highlands began to die
out as the forenoon wore on and at
clock it also looked there If today
would be a repetition of yesterday. Along
shore, outside the beach, there appeared
to be quite little breeze from the north
west. but in the direction of the Hook and
unruffied
The wind about 10 o'clock was somewhat
to the eastward Of north. 1t failed, how
ever. to pick up to any extent. and at 1905
had not life enough to ripple the water at
the Highlands The weather prophets pre-
dicted that as it hauled still further to the
eastward the breeze might gain strength
by noon
For half hour after 10 O clock the wind
kept up its hauling tactics until 1t had
reached a point almost due east. With 1t
came the great bank of fog that during the
early morning hung densely oyer the ocean
outside Sandy Hook This fog WITS one of
the most dense ever seen at this point and
was so thick that the observers the
north tower of the twin light house could
not distinguish those on the south tower,
scarcely forty yards away.
The steamer Blackbird, with forty or fifty
Of Sir Thomas Liptons guests on board
put in at Quarantine at about $50 on ac-
count Of the heavy fog. They breakfasted
at hotel and amused themselves as best
they could while waiting for the fog to lift
A large number of excursion boats and
yachts also put in at Quarantine.