The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-12
COLUMBIA THE FAvOR|TE
Little Shamrock Money to Be
Found in New York.
COLUMBIA MEN CONFIDENT
The Weather Indications for To-Day
Are Anything but Favorable for
a Racs-Mr Iselin Is Pleased
" With His New Sails.


a race between Shamrock and Column
| bia tomorrow is none of the best. Even
the hitherto optimistic weather bureau
| will not promise breeze. The revised
agreement calls for start every week
| day from this time on. SO there is
possibility of the fate of the cup being
decided this week.
Looking as fine as two fiddIes tuned
up TO concert pitch, the Columbia and
Shamrock lay quietly at their moorings
all day, with their tenders close at
hand and tugs standing by for call.
During the early morning hours the
fog was even thicker than on Tuesday,
but when the sun came up toward
noon the fog cleared away under the
influence of light breeze from the
south-southwest The cover was taken
off the Columbia's mainsail just before
noon and it was given thorough over
hauling and drying. The new club top
sail was also looked after and the run
ming gear inspected fore and aft.
Speaking of the new topsail made for
the Columbia since the last race and
set on Thursday for the first time, Mr..
1selln said:
Yes, it is larger sail than any of
the others, and I am pleased with the
way it sets. Whether it is larger than
any of the Shamrock's I am not pre-
pared TO say. You who see the boats
under sail from distance ought to be
able to tell that, for l have not seen
the sails Of either boat from a dis
tanee.''
The utmost confidence in the Amer
lean yacht prevails among her crew.
Many of them have wagered a months
wages on her and all agree that she
cannot be beaten.
Weather conditions were nearly as
depressing to-day as yesterday The
| morning brought a fog like that OF the
day before. although less dense, which
| lifted slowly as the day advanced. Not
breath of air was stirring and there
W vsas no sign of breeze until nearly
afternoon, which was the dreariest
part of the day. On board the de-
fender and challenger a close watch
was kept through the mist for vessels
but, aside from this and the ordinary
routine, there was little for the crew
to do except wait for the morrow and
hope for wind. AS the day advanced
the fog lifted until at noon it was hard
ly more than haze on the horizon
About l o'clock the first breeze of the
day came up from the south. light and
hardly more than enough to make a
ripple on the water In the afternoon
this increased, although it was never
est boat.
The sail covers on the big yachts.
taken off at midday, were replaced
about mid-afternoon. the Columbia
men being the first to do this. No
work on sails or rigging was done on
the American boat. On the Shamrock
none had been attempted on other
days.
g. Oliver Iselin said the new club
topsail and the mainsail were both sat
isfactory, so far as he could tell, and
no more changes have been made in
either. He said further that practi-
cally no changes had been made on
the Columbia. He denied that any
trouble had been experienced with the
boystay and stated that the work on
that had been merely painting.
- This one is not galvanized he said,
land we have to paint it frequently
That is the reason for the work of the
sailors on it."
In response to a question, Mr.. Iselin
said Designer Herreschoff would sail on
the Columbia on all of the cup races,
as he had sailed on the trials already
hail. and would add his experience and
knowledge of the boat to that of Cap
tain Barr.
At the New York stock exchange to-
day offers Of 10 to s on the Columbia
| found no takers. There was no money
| backing the Shamrock in the hands of
| commission brokers.
Money at the New York Yacht club
| and other clubs has found no Sham
| rock takers. and the Columbia seems
| to be the favorte yet with the Amer
| lean betters. Betting has been even.
| 10 to and 10 to 6 to-day in Columbia
| circles, but no money is ready from the
| opposition and no betting of account
| has been done. One to bet in hun
dreds was recorded at the Hoffman
a nj hap
| no reports of wagers.
In an interview with former Commo-
| dore James D. Smith of the New York
Yacht club, he said: There is little
difference between the boats, if there
| is any, and from what I have seen Of
their sailing qualities thus far should
| prefer Shamrock. For several series of
races I have been chairman of the New
| York Yacht club Americas committee.
l asked to be excused from further