New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-17
now SPECTATORS SAW II.
4 DISMAL START BUT A MOST SIT HING
FINISH.
THE REPUBLICS PASSENGERS REWARDED
FOR THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND
ENTHUSIASM

thev we're there deck just the Same. i''J WIZ
going down 70 the starting line, too The weather.
u,bat mattcred that? Fluke a race to the finish,
tbev were going to see II. Meanwhile some nlmoe
minded mathematician counted heads anu an
nounced the result sixty-nye or THESE "''
were women.
l. was a dirty drlzzy Job that the decKhahoS
had I'm hauling In the ropes. Everything was oir'y
AID drizz;v for that matter. Tho fog seemed now
~ gather all the thicker. u was dlsmdi wan
that the whistle gave when the DoaV o'e" -
push off into the river. When II heane" "'""
stream a fleet Of tugs set up shrek IN utter
ridicule And from somewhere, no matter wnere |
but away off down the Bay, came at Intervals '"'
vhoop Of some deridng foshorn. ,
Various excursion craft were seen 10 s'"' oO''
and 10 port. Their decks looked as empty as "
a winters sea had washed over them Anu ''V''
prettv pieces Of bunting that had been strung up
from mast 20 mast-how limp they huhs' i"e'
looked like a washing pinned up 70 dry no Danos
were playing They had been left pehihp' VIM
wanted 10 hear a band on a morning IKE '"'S
II was no time for merrimcnt Indeed II Se'"''i
more like a burial at sea than an INTERNATIONAL
sporting match.
Al the Republic neared the Narrows she crowd
cd shoulder to shoulder with J. Pierpont Morgan
Corsair and the Niagara, OF Howard "ou''. AZ
though each these vessels foaed me req an" ouo
remnant Of the Ncw-York Yacht cub they were
barely recognized by the passengers Of the Re
| public Enthusiasm was ~ TOO 10" an eoo eve" u
| recognize tn best Of friends.
COULD HARDLY BELIEVE IT.
..vheu. there's a wind picking up exclaimed one
veteran member as he pointed to the smoke or
torpedo boat which was sinking by Inc oacN
cloud hung in the air Ike big sooty wad OF c's'o"
| batting.
cant you 500 that It's moving" he again asked
| still pointing at the smoke.
~, .e.n ,.o- created ovitb an outburst OF laugh
Inc speec" "d' s'ee''' WIN ga
ter
Six bells struck as the Republic swung in view Of
the sandy Hook Liehtship and the tug Luckenoach,
which mark between them the starting nne' IN
minute more '"e "'S' t,'" ,ol',nlis and
o'"er cr1'l rose me o, ~ ,he foo their
,"e '"a'''''N ~ .. ,,.,,,r,,,nd vyitb
"'''7 S'"'' ''- -" '- go. ',|7,. .,.,il.d the
e4''''r oD''"''. @"ol' '''' '"'.e a,uh, -
D'6 cru" ''f'"" W. Wv go. nh,, rad
her green body the blood Of the bartender VINO n"u
yenturcd up from his stronghold. boiled over.
"I'li l.t yousi ri bet ,oas,' he shouted. Sure,
g., 49,. 49,. ,.l,. .t 10, rcro tor one on the
but she's fone lady she IS "o 'e' one VI" '''
Shamrock Amt she c"rker
oforseG o1er TO- me holder Of the stakes
iorAeo over TO "'' nue. VI ',,' -, ,..,
mined up again As he looked around at the rest
,bro ,,,s ra,er a word In reply and he smiled tr-
me- was
umphant.y
Ana mere was VIM - ... ra,rod 49,,
"'I' l"' oi IT, 80" W .., ,,o
and the two boats swept across TIE S''' ''s mr.,
no e'' 'r,1 10, , sq The soeenele Of those two
.f-..s
yachts sranperlng away nee" 10 h''A l"' " f"'e. 40
TO every otner sense "u' ''' Se'.. ~ u.s., a.
',o , an instant and went chasing after on
BE- J.t ~ fh. Republic everybody was at the rail.
Everybody vas pointlns. Everybody was taking
: ENcIybOc c0id e@t.au g ,l''. X, es. ,o md
" heh ,'e 49, rerfnp the hesf Of The
: CAV ''t-''' 'ii'~ ,.boe. ,,n showed him 10 he
D'I,' ~ ~ Kim oo,llv ninrhod voing ma n
o Il H''''o. - ef ,.af-fc1af 'rra latter did moi
; III !" y.'.'.' ~ ol +, was hard 70 teli his fac
@Ilr" "' ,'afstroa+ a. he handed over a small
r tl'i' '.bi.G .sar9ad IA have grown too heavy &c
+ ! p"rrrvr'' "'''~'
il I'M
- With every turn Of the yachts the spirits o
I ,bo o, hoard went no ii notch Age made nc
D. difference now. Indeed the OLDEST were inc I'VE
20 lost I would have been hard to tell what WOull
=, '....s ., .,,ss Jolly M rirers mad not IN.
Il nave "'pi'"' ~ =. ,.tt, ,,... ,,,i,,,, s,.
became lost more and more 10 the eye Ter s5 gI"d
x ual disappearing m me MIST served do So'' .
II check to the enthusiasm ,,,
Il boat the Republic came To a standsth Inc rae
a vas that she had blown out AL her steam thtonsl
IS nor whistl. Everybody on board OF her came 10
standstiu also for the same reason. Nothing cou'
he more 10 the occasion, therefore. than 70 eat
some hung back 70 see no" long II would taKe 70
the shamrock make the turn and then came III
m each with watch IN hand and each with dlhtreh
le reckoning. ,,o,.., Wv. .,o, rho race
!, "Oh. what's the difference We've got 'he iaNV
sa,a one SnI sn with bofh wings out ike