The sun., 1899-09-16
SHAMROCK'S FAST WORK.
THE CHALLENGER SAILS TWENTY
MILES TO LREWARD AND RETURN.

THE CHALLENGER SAILS TWENTY
MILES TO LEEWARD AND RETURN.
Wind Blows Seven to Ten Knots. and She
Makes Fine Speed Against It-Her Spnrs
and Rigging Are Constantly Examined
ThrouRhout the Trinl-A Now Gan Used.
In light breeze that was blowing to 10
knots an hour the sham rock sailed ten miles
to leeward and return yesterday In 8 hours and
30 seconds. Considering the weather this was
very good time She ran before the wind to
the outer mark In hour. 10 minutes and 80
seconds and beat home In hour 45 minutes
and 20 seconds. 1t was the opinion OF those
who watched the trial that under similar con-
ditions the Columbia would have been to
the outer mark In quicker time. but
would have been beaten on the wind.
All agreed, however. that race betwesn the
two CUP yachts yesterday would have been
close It must be smembered that the con-
dition OF the Shamrock now is not favorable to
her sailing her best In light weather. Her
bottom has not been Furnished aimee before
her races with the Britannia and any dirt on
the under body OF . yacht will seriously inter-
fere with her sailing in light weather while
| 1t would not initiate against her speed 80
much In good blow. The Shamrock seemed
| 10 be sailed we'll In her trial. but at times she
| was favored little. The accident on Wednes-
and every little while the spars and riGgins
we're examined TO see IL they were standing
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had been % ADDED showed the Sas % psny
It @ vas % somewhat ., hesver than the one that
.Ro SSq %nss p.ess ssfn Just as long as
lawrence hsid. the yacht. head to sSe wind
hosssd for the last i trial Sf and sa 1sa bent 0o
canvas. however. and appeared to be larger
SsSH SsP%SIs ss;, i So Dorisct1 as ali the Sham
By this time the Erin was sighted coming
hi ssES9p ssaon q sh R YORK % t GS
The towlips was cast Of ~ the sRsRrosf
Thomq' Upton. Thomas Ratsey and Jesse
sps Sads oa S Tor tfsfF tSs and
wnd hd S tn4 Ss
ses took poston vest ea' of ths rfE"hp fSa
establish line 9r tfe ~, 9acht Ih to cross ThS
soutSesstI. II. Eria sounded 4 rrepaT.tory
Capt; Hoesrth hsid UP until he thought he
oif the maipshset the yacht ran down the line;
The spinnaker pole was lowered to port and
bs he
board This time had been Judged beautifully
and the shamro crossed the line aImost az
see see What she woul ID DO o. before the wind Her
Vas Iost through the ysch, having @ only small
Ths, club topssil did not draw as well % ss i !.
aown b. % tn. s6sS %S.s o dS il. M
probable that the ballast has been shifted since
The rst eef Ave- s' miles of the run which were
legged by The presSs tug wers drnnn made 50 MIN
turning mark. the spinp ker was taken in. and
as the Yacht had run on her course somewhat;
last time; Tho shamrocf ufred By f the Erin Erin at at
hnyS sG 1sn mss m s9e
A sharp luff was made to trim sheets fiat and
Sa on hs Ps tsst
seven knots an hour The port tack was held
on the other tack In a few. seconds
hEeepng go9d sI,Send headTay while she tackled
blowing close to ten knots an hour. She
began to draw away from the tugs that were
following her 30 that they had to hustle &c
keep up with her. At $40 she went about
again and held on the port tack for eleven
minutes. when she again tackled TO starboard
This time she held on until she could fetch the
line and tackled at 3:43 o'clock. The Erin In
the meantime had steamed ahead and taken
up the same position she did for the start
The Shamrock crossed the line at 3:47:5O
having made the ten miles beat to wndwarC
in | hour 40 III nutes. 20 seconds BY the lol
she had sailed 13h miles and the average
speed was little less than eight knots an hour
As soon as she crossed the iine she ran int
her moorings where she was soon made SINUS
for the night. The work Of tuning" thu
Sham rock will go on each day now until tn,
yacht is hauled out to be cleaned for the race
with the Columbia, II Ia said that she will b.
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