The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-03
1SELIN'S BOAT LONGER.
Both Are Wonderfully Evenly Matched
Official Figures Surprise Yachtsmen-
Whole Day Devoted to Measuring
the Two Clippers Contest
ants Now at Sandy Hook.

ed in a similar manner, and after these
dimensions had been obtained, the
measurer, applied the tape from the
taffrail to the bow, to get the length
over all. After making a few calcu-
lations, Mr.. Hyslop announced the
measures.
Evidently the figure was somewhat
less than the managing owner desired
/ to sail the Columbia on, for dozen men
were sent ashore in the tender, and
going to the steam tender Plymouth
carried over to the Columbia 20 pigs
of lead, aggregating about 100 pounds
| in weight. Previous to taking the
measurements, a lot of dunnage was
| brought up from the Columbia's cabin
and put in several rowboats, as it was
the intention of the captain to clean
out from the hull all movable articles
| Mr.. Leeds stated that the lead was
placed in the Columbia to make up for
the loss in weight occasioned by the re-
moyal of the dunnage, but it was no.
ticed that when the ballast had been
| added, the Columbia sat lower in the
water than she did before.
Then Mr.. Hyslop measured her water
line again, and the length-SS.6 sc LOO
inches-proving satisfactory to the own
ers and designer Herreshoff, a "V'
shaped mark in red paint was placed
at the water line on each side of the
hull about amidships. AS soon as Mr..
| Iselin announced that the measure
ments had been finished; the crew took
aboard their dunnage and several spare
sails, the caisson at the end of the dry
dock was warped one side, and a line
being passed to the tug Wallace B !.
Flint, the Columbia was taken in tow
for her moorings inside of Sandy Hook
The Columbia left the navy yard short
| ly after 3 o'clock, and all the way down
to the Hook she received a continuous
| ovation from steam and sailing craft
| whose salutes were acknowledged by
! the dipping of her flags. At just s
O'Clock the craft hauled taut her moor
! ing on the big can buoy in the Horse
/ shoe, and a. fresh northeast wind swung
/ her around so that her bow pointed
right by the end of the Hook The
tender St. Michael came down shortly
after, and anchored near the Column
bia.
! Sir Thomas Upton. Vice Commander
| Sherman Crawford and H McGilldow-
ney. of the Royal Ulster Yacht club,
with Henry F. Lippett of the New York
Yacht club, who will represent the lat
ter club on the Shamrock during the
races then went on board with MeasUr-
er Hyslop, his assistant, and Capt. Ma
| thanicl Herreshoff the designer OF the
| Columbia.
| At O'Clock Sir Thomas Upton and
| his party left the yacht, the caisson was
| swung open, lines were cast off, and the
| Shamrock, with housed topmast, wss
| lowed away from the navy yard by the
| tug James A. Lawrence. She arrived
| and made fast to her MORNINGS in
| Sandy Hook bay at $40 p. M, receiving
salutes as she passed down the East
! river and the upper bay from almost
| every passing steamer.
Just before leaving the navy yard
| for his steam yacht, Erin, Sir Thomas
Upton called his captains, Hogarth and
| WrinGe, and gave them final instruc-
| tions about the preparations for tomor-
! rows event. which means so mucn to
| him and to them. He had evidently
| gathered from what he had seen and
| heard while the yacht was being meas
ured that she certainly would not have
| to give the Columbia any time allow
| ance, and he was correspondence
| cheer full when he came to take leave
| of his two shippers. The weather in
dications. according to the special fore
| cast sent out from Washington, this
/ morning, are that the wind will be fresh
from the northeast. If SO, the yachts
| will start from Sandy Hook lightship
and run almost dead before the wind
! down the Jersey coast to point lust
| beyond Long Branch.
According to dispatch received from
! the Monmouth Beach life saving sta
ton at 10 o'clock tonight, there will be
| quite heavy sea off Sandy Hook to-
/ morrow unless the wind moderates or
| shifts to some other quarter.
| C. Oliver Iselin, managing owner of.
| the Columbia. when seen at the navy
| yard this afternoon, said that he was
| perfectly satisfied with his boat. He
said that he knew he had very speedy
boat in all kinds of weather, and that
| he was confident she would render a
| good account of herself in the coming
| races.
! Sir Thomas Upton, owner of the
| Shamrock, was present while the Col
umbia was being measured. He said
| that without any question the Columbia
was a fast boat, and he admired her
very much; but he was also of the opin-
ion that his boat was fast, and that all
which remained to settle the question of
which boat was the faster was the com
ing series of races. Sir Thomas was in
troduced to Lieut.. Tobin, inventor of
the metal known as To5in bronze, with
which the Columbia is plated. They
Icomplimented each other on the looks of
both bronze hulls. Sir Thomas saying
that the Columbia S underbody was GER
tainiy beautiful, and Lieut.. Tobn re-
plying that he admired the Shamrock S
underbody also.
Sir Thomas was asked If the report
was true that he intended to come after
j the cup next year in case he failed to
get it this year. He said: THAT is a
1 matter have given no thought TO, my
mind being taken up entirely with this
/ years races and not next. After the
series Is finished, shall be able to form
4 NV nlaifg for another season"