New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-04
1T WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
HOW THE RACE APPEARED FROM THE
STEAMER COLUMBIA.

OF the Atlantic Highlands the sea- seen from the
roof OF the pilot house the Long Branch steamer
Columbia. was in apple pie order as the rooms
OF faithful housewife. The man familiar with
the Americas Cup contests impressed with
the absence Of clutter" or crowdng. The sea
Itself seemed 10 appreciate the new way Of doing
things. for 1t flashed with extraordinary brightness
In the sunlight. ard only tossed lazly. even far
outside In place OF the old herding there stretched
out before the eve n lane" Of open water. some
said half mile broad. for the. racers. pollced by
swift moving torpedo boats. On either side of this
the craft Of lookerson moved with precision.
times three or four deep but obstructing the
sight thousands had come to witness.
Until the late afternoon. when with the dying out
Of much OF the breeze the steamer Columbia lay
lstlessly motonless. for half hours AT a time fol-
lowing the entire escOrting feet in this regard. IL
marine Kaleidoscope n living panorama that
never twice presented tho same picture. Into
conscious unprecedented evoutOns the many
boats threw themselves. Here the port quarter
would be passed Howard Colds Niagara Colonel
Payne's Aphrodite. Miss Susan De Forest Days
Scythian the great hulk Of the Miami. a parcel Of
tugs, this excursion steamer and that. Half
hour later the would all be changed. New
boats would be alongside; those seen before would
now show themselves in other quarters. Before
late afternoon came nearly every other craft. large
small had scudded under the steamer Colum-
bias lee. or been herself passed more than once
The smartest steam yachts Of American waters
SKINNED gracefully along. the pick Of excursion
steamers and the ieetest e harbor tugs were on
boats the crack revenue cutters and their aids.
the torpedo boats ;hc heetest bottoms Of the
enthusiastically on these latter as they, dashed
smoothly along. the new, daring mounted police
men Of Americas cup battles.
THE RACERS.
But first and always the racers, slim and beau
tiful. Ike race horses line Of brilliant green on
the water there. a line Of glistening white here;
both topped with great spreads OF canvas the thou
sands who had gone down to the sea I'm ships
saw only these All else but the setting OF
the play Far off as they were. these great strug-
Cling yachts fighting for wind for position, with
many a nautical trick and quirk. only half 10 be
understood n mile away. seemed ike figures IN a
panorama As the day passed It's noontme and
the light slowly faded. the play lost none OF Its
intensity or interest
Aboard the Columbia eleven hundred men and
women sat excitedy stood and watched through
out the day Though they did not know II. tins
thousand the representatives. OF other thousands
on every hand. were quite as much part OF the
story Of the battle between the Shamrock ana the
Columbia as the yachts themselves. Inc
acene from the upper deck of the vessel over the
long hours from 10 S o'clock WAS wildly impress
sive The people lined the steamers aide. pressing
close 70 the railing. But this was merely the be
ginning They perched atop Of the paddle wheel
boxes. they seated on or clung 10 me HoS
frame" and along tho braces" only men occu-
pied these adventurous but highly, preierrs.a Pc
sitions Of course for the hog frame Is me
strengthening length OF thinner that IuS a'u'N o ,o
side and above TIE upper deck OF American n'"v a.,
hav lake and river vessels OF stored uerS, one
cool headed young man aboard tir i,,t y,ben
tied himself on the thckest OF the braces JUST WIN
the steamer left her pier. He baanced a catp
stool on the brace and sat there almost min2va4,e
for the entire nine hours. smoking ho"''"'"'''''
with his eye never once Of the racers, -,.b mo,
vds,lV 'nrenonderating Some looked because Of
their trim nattiness their fashion, as II 'neH Ptue
for the day WAS the G fhe genus toneh many
were Of that nondescript class so greatly i" eN'-
dence at public affairs In America
EAGER EYES or THE YACHTS.
7, was silent crowd. moreover. much Of the
dav The frequent changes in position no" "le
Columbia I'm the fore, a little after the ShamrocK
in advance. checked all bubbling enthusiasm BEFORE
q had fully time to efervesce. Joy was too quickly
succeeded bv disappointment: the fates OF war were
TOO puzzling The very start depressed these etbe'
onlookers for after nearly three hours OF SAILING
down the Bay and waiting. Of picking OUT the up
defender and her challenger. Of recognizing lne
,,reat steam Yachts and seeing laden steamer upon
laden steamer join In their own chase, 49, ~
b.rnen was a start that was all IN iaVor OF tHr
Shamrock The challenger gave merry PAIR or
heels TO her rival. the green hull s"lried beyohu
Bn those aboard the steamer soon saw the Co
rmeia PICK up s nrI beT aroma captain Slew her
around" The steamer head needed 10 ~ rui II
~ her. SHE'S crawling up" came dehghtedly from
II was now Columbia. again Shamrock Now the
cuw'. What's the matter with The Columbia
her win; you can't beat en-" Then the amateur
nautical youth was expounding maj va wa, d sbift
OF wind 10 enable her 10 crawl down ana llsn'
point by point. Shamrock would loIse ai'%i "s o-
and the crowd would Simply peer silently 4yg1
toward the big blotches OF white on the horNoh
until again the picture changed
CHEERS FOR PHILIP.
A trim tug steamed alongside. There flew aioft
a Rear Admirals flag Of blue field with two white
stars on this tugs deck paced man In Navy
oarb The crowd saw him and they knew
Three cheers for Philip resounded over the
water. The Rear Admiral waved his hat. Again
the cheers rang out smile could be seen on tne
again hut waved his arm toward the racers; 1t
was only another way Of saying LOOK al them'
The second leg grew tresome 1t was long vino
ed The steamer itself scarcey hyHtu anu we
racers seemed To- Doe painted ships. There was no
scudding home to the stakeboat eXcitingy. 1et the
crowd would have II that me ,1u r % Tbat ST.
lbs r. we're dead winners" only 10 see the Amer-
can boat passed 1t was tack tack endless tack
OF at rapid pace the ShlinTock sSGhhns t t,rg
e fdr rome Yelled wag on the upper deck and
his Joke taken up by the hundreds was received
WIT II Is record Of the race that the Columbia made
ny vas 10 be- parioned for extracting crumb
~ comfort Her remark came when the time limit
had expired. when the race had been declared 10
race II don't care" she said. we won. We aid
Win, We won comins. down So. there"
An incident Of me dty ON 6 e 55e"tf i b ia
ofciaI Of the vessel announced that since this had
hen no race the company would allow on each
colron Of those who had bought single tickets half
the price Of q ticket for Thursday making these
cost 81 -. instead Of s..
SSH" SAID MIR. BARRIE.
Sir Thomas Upton and his party dd not come up
n the city last night. The Fifth Avenue Hotel
which Is looked upon as the headquarters OF the
English Yachting delegation. showed no abnormal
activity David Barrie Sir Thomas Lipton's repre-
so,,atlve was I'm the hotel In the evening and
~ how ha l--lnr.L