The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-11
WANTED TO RACE TO-DAY.
rxCHT OWNERS WILLING BUT THE
COMMITTEE DBMURRED.

| The Fog Was Too Trick ana There w"
No wind Yesterday, so tho Columbia
and Shamrock Did Not Appear Mt the
| starting Lise-Another Attempt To BE
Made Tomorrow to Sail First Race,
which Has Been Feur Times Postponed.
The yachts Colum bia and Shamrock did not
| get n chance to do battle Yesterday, because Of
| a conspiracy OF z"phyra and mists. They Will
| make another trial tomorrow. They lay all
| day at their moorings In the Horseshoe their
talent we'll knowing. from the signs in tho sky.
| that there was no chance OF getting a breeze
| outside the Hook with force enough to carry
| the racers over the thirty mile course within
five and half hours But eIcursionists
aboard fifty craft or more. with faces hopeless
as tho sunless air. all sailed seaward to the red
| Lightship and waited until 11:2o o'clock Tor
| the yachts to come out.
Tho first vessel to reach the starting place
was The SUNS tug Winslow. There was no
| horizon in sight. A faint blotch OF coppery
| brightness showed that the sun was wasting It's
efIulgence on the unarpreciative side OF the in
verified bowl OF vapor There was hardly enough
, air to lit pcnnants and Jacks and ensigns from
STATS. and the steam and smoke went straight
up from tunnels. contributing bit to the gray
ness Of the aspect Presently ships of tho
fotilla began to emerge from the mist as II they
had been moulded from it's particles by necro-
ovs of themselves. at first; then they slowly
materazed in all their symmetry. or shape
lessness. and steamed indolently through the
long. laziy pulsing. crestless swells.
The white squadron OF revenue cutters. led
by the Manning. were out early. With them
came the torpedo boat Porter. Later the
steamers La Grande Duchesse. Colum hia. Re-
public. Dolphin. Monmouth. Richard Peck.
Shinnecock. Gay Head. City OF Lowell. Cyg-
nus. Myes Standish, Grand Republic. and
Mount Hope gently rolled and courtesied to
the swells about tho LiGhtshp There were
not more than half so many vessels on hand
as at the failure on Saturday. and some had
only n score OF passengers.
After wait OF half an hour some folks began
to get out fishing lines. Other folks said things
about weather prophets. The mists were Just
as thick as at first and there was no moro OF a
breeze when. at IL % o clock a gun doomed
from the committee tug Walter A. Lucken-
bach. and she hosted the NO Race" flag. a
yellow cross on a red field. Other craft
also sent up the signal. and half the fleet fol-
lowing tho lead OF the three Luekenbach tugs.
bounded in toward the Horseshoe All hands
wanted to get a nearby view of the slim green
and white racers. Tho bands on the steam
boat. played Irish airs for the Shamrock and
Yankee tunes for the Columbia.
Sir Thomas Upton and c. Oliver Iseln both
wanted to make another effort to race to- da y.
but the Regatta Committee decided against
them.
At IL O'Clock. the time fixed for tho start oil
the roce the fog had lifted enough to nermit
one to see n mile to the eastward. but the view
toward Sandy Hook was obscured beyond hall
| that distance. The wind was coming from the
| north OF west and was very light. scarcely trav-
| ellinr faster than three miles an hour. 1t had
La,,t 81 81 Il,
| morning
| Ancient mariners and others who ver,
| eboa I'd tho various craft which ware Tossing
| about the Sandy Hook IiChtship were OF the
| oninion that the fog would lit before 10 q,
| ,,o,oot and that , s,ronper breeza vouId Of in
| hut tbev were doubtful whether II would be Of
| suf,cient mower to send the racers over the
| course within the prescribed limit.
At12.3O O'Clock the haze had been dispslIed
nv tho ann which shone ont brightly but so IN,
| "a tho wind want IL wa, inst as the old sea.
fsrinp men said there was not enough OF II tc
,nswer,be purpose OF the challenger and de-
| f.nder
u,,tba stort haan n,Ja tba ooursa ror,l
| b.y. baen "a tho eastward and tbe Yacht.
would have had n run Of fifteen miles alops
| ,h. .ou,n sbor. y, Long Jsl.pd With . b.o
| bact 70 IN. Iiphtshin
Wbsn the Eer,tts Committss sipnaI,ed ~,
| r,co tina tbreo tupboats employed nv thos,
| omc;.,s tho W,Iter NJ and Fdg,r +
Iuckenbacb. ran close together from tn,
! Ii.bt.bin n the Horss.hos wber. the Coin M,
| hio and shamrock had remained At anchor al
tho morning
Tbs creus n, the racsrs vere eniovino Thai
dinnsrs the foreign soilor, on the tsnder ply
month and thu near IsIs man on tho a.
Micbn.Is The bip ,loops vers dessrtod .,v,
| Tor t,.o MAN I.,t On zach boat m ,ot ,s x,tcb
man The coyers w.rs ON ths main.ails aa,
| ,ha roe..Is .,ent at THAR roorir1s as tbor,,
Inducing in n Yacht rae. was furtberest from
their intentions
The Narsbin Corsair with CommodoreJ Pier
mont Nors,n On hoard was .nchorad a fur,op,
70 tbs north NJ tho Columbia Will. the Erin oy
which Sir Thomas Linton vns entertaining
lorg. n,rtv NJ guest. was stationed n ou,rt.
| ~ n miIa ow,v,ron, tho shamrock Tia com
r,ittoe,s mo. nusb.d tbeir wav into thu cantr,
| ot,ho COLONY 1, tho Uorsesboe and dronne,