Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-11
5sThe Columbia and Shamrock Never
left the Horseshoe Yesterday.
THE OLD ,. SALTS RIGHT
They Took NO stock In the Weather
Burean and Predicted that There
would BE No Kace-The sham-
RsSS.ysi rocks owner Promises Two Races
Il wooix ON sho o.hor side-Anoth-
err Attenpt Thursday.
tBy Telegraph to virsinlan-Piiot,

IBy Telegraph to Virginlan-Pilot.5
@ New York. October 1o.-Hard luck
continues to pursue the big single
sttckegs. On the three days last week
when the yachts made attempts to SAIL
Hight, fiukey winds left them stranded
On tho course when the time limit eX-
s pfred. To-day a fog bank prevented
them from even leaving their mooring
buoys inside the spit Of land which
forms Sandy Hook at the entrance to
the lower bay. This was by far the
most dismal fasco to all. City and bay
were done up in grey swathing cloths
s of impenetrnble mists when the yachts
! men jumped out Of bed this morning to
get q look at the weather and there
was gloom and dismay along the water
front.
The old salts shifted, saw the mist
wradths and shook their heads.
fy Nothing doing on the ocean to-
day." was their verdict
OLD PROPS A DECEIvER.
But the weather bureau, with SITS
scientific meteorological methods. had
predicted fair weather with freshening
winds for to-day. and few chung
vainly to the hope that the weather bu-
reau representations would turn out
true for once. OF course the poor, mis-
+ guided public went like lambs to the
slaughter. They backed Uncle Samuel
weather oracle nnd put to sea- But not
in such numbers as last week. Many
of the sightseerS who witnessed the
three flukes at an average cost per f1uke
of from five to twenty-five dollars, had
lost their interests and 1t will take a
race to restore It.
RACERS TIED UP.
Meantime the racers lay tied to their
Dig buoys inside the Horse Shoe. The
fog had let down it's blank gray cur
talns all around them. The circle OF
4 Vision was barely 200 yards in diameter.
The yachtS were as completely shut off
from rhe rest Of the world as if they
mad been inside n big circus tent.
RACE DECLARED OFF.
Shortly before IL o'clock the commit
tee boat, which had gone outside to
take a. last look around, returned and
reported no indications of a change In
the weather, so the formal announce
ment was made that there would be no
race to-day. Aboard the Erin, the
Engiishmen were in, the dumps. A
nuke or two they could stand, but such
beastly luck crushed them. Some OF
Them have engaged passage on the
oceanic, which will sail tomorrow,
and consequently they viii go home
without having seen race. Sir
Thomas, disappointed as he was, main
tanned an outward show OF good humor.
BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR.
.-,"I thought you clever Yankees could
do anything he shouted over the rail
to some OF his newspaper acqunint-
ances, "but YOU don't seem able to pro-
pitiate old Boreas. When you come
over on the other side next year to
bring back the cup, I'll guarantee Won
at least two races a week, and more
II You want them"
THE NEXT RACE.
Shortly after o'clock, after consult
Ing with Sir Thomas and Mr.. Iselin, it
was decided to abide by the decision of
yesterday not to sail a race tomorrow
The next attempt, therefore, will be
made on Thursday, and thereafter daily
until the series is completed. Later in
the day, 1t cleared up. and though the
weather bureaus prediction OF a fresh
breeze was not realized, there was
enough air stirring for the Columbia
{ to hoist her sails and make a Is minute
spin to try her new club topsail and
see how her newly cut mainsail fit.
Both were pronounced perfect by the
experts.