The sun., 1899-10-09
Columbia and then the topmast was run down
inhida the hollow atael mast.

At o'clock the wind was blowing between
thirty and thrty-hve miles an hour. Sir
Thomas Lipton then became bit worried.
The tug Lawrence was away and he had moth
| Ing to stand by In case anything happened to
| the yacht. DR.. Maokay went ashore and tele-
| phoned to the city TO try and find out when the
Lawrence would return. but falling In that. he
| ordered another tug to go down to the Hook.
| There was not any fear but that the yacht
would weather the storm all right. as she was
| In q safe anchorage. but 1t was feared that
some vessel might drift down on her and cause
| damage that would be serious Just now. After
dark the searchlight Of the Erin was start ted
! and the light was kept on tho Shamrock and
| Columbia all night.
The Winslow. one OF THE Suns tugboats.
arrived on the scene early in the afternoon and
| q reporter visited Sir Thomas Upton on the
Erin. Sir Thomas said:
1T seems stYange that we cannot have a
there is lust the wind we want This viii look
last Friday, and then when the race was sailed
yachts oyer the ecarse @ s within The time limit.
Now to-day there is gale and y Is said that
Sore Il WON'T bo% out Sf before ep NEXT ext tuesday
and that we have no 70, more nzTlSs ~,
the result OF the trials as far as they have gone.
win that Cup. The Shamrock has done well in
sn that ss ss " sS Dc W
do better. We sEs ali confident q that, W.,
pre tRs Rsst s n HON as xaod IN %oreg Che
Dc Martino and ,sir henry Burdette., Lord
ds; n az sr nSy Hsnry
to the city during the afternoon to dine with
Capt. Matthews OF the Erin chattsd about
Saturday trial with the reporter for The sun.
He said that some q the criticisms made
during the race were hardly correct when they
were analysed.
Fpr dsn Hsars h sss sd s shs tSrpnS a
and get In on the shamrook,s Weather. The
overlap. Capt Barr shouted for. room and. Of
shamroqR, however. at once % pulled lIi out and nd
soon had the weather position again"
Colum bia and stand In shore when he had the
Colnnbla beateni" asked the reporter.
the tack in shore was made. and she tackled to
coax the Columbia after her For q time the
the Shamrock and bringing up better breeze
gained considerably. Atthe start there seemed
though. but 1 can't see why there need be any
When tTS ashtS are s9hg to 81 of
10
did not do Il. however. and Capt: Hogerth set
his small jib topsail instead OF the balloon In
yslEyrie business There need Be- no Jockey.
aS When AZ the % flrst % leg is to . wndward and % the
boats try for the weathsr position. u Capt.
r.ady or to
week there will be all the wind that e wanted
.h What d2es Capt Ben Parker think about
"Hs thinks that tho shanlrock's chances are
The Wallace B. Flint the tug that attends to
the Columbia. arrived of the HOOK at 5 o'clock
She She 81 stayed aged there for a short time and then
went off. but returned later In the evening.
hs shs rial on G
Ss ,sh. ss I'll ss Ssy s and e. a Sa4
those on board had nothing 20 say about the
their opinions about the two boats. but they all
agreed that the shamro w Mas the peat ooat cat
race races "ao Would Hfs be Very very eose @ ~ 1 "' '4'
Commodors Clarence A. 4; P9stley Of the Larch-
Bo to bs than shsm
breeze e the Shamrock is able, to turn the tables
on the American boat and does very well
indeed. Whether she will do as woll in a good
breeze is yet to be seen;
days trial it seemed to me that Capt. Barr did
very we'll on the Columbia and took the honors.
1t seemed to me that the COlum Dla ola D6tt6f
work on Thursday than she did on Saturday.
She seemed to be bothered by the sea moro
than the Shamrock. The challenger 10 a
beamisr boat and did not roll so much as tho
Columb bia. The Shamrock has been surprise
to me. expected she would be faster than
the Columbia whom off the wind and that the
Columbia would beat her in windward work.
The results Of the trials SO far have proven Just
the opposite"
Com modore Frederick 7. Adams OF the At
lantic Yacht Club said: Sir Thomas Upton
has given US a surprise and he seemsto be as
much surprised as any one. The Shamrock
appears to be the better boat in light weather.
She can boat the Colum bia in turn to W ind.
ward in a light breeze. Perhaps we shall all
be surprised again when the wind blows
strongly and find that the Columbia will do
better than the Shamrock. Tho yachts are
very evenly matched and the race will be close.
This series OF races promises to be the most
remark able In the history OF yachting in this
country and perhaps In the world"
Gen Thomas l.. Watson said: The Sham
rock has certainly done very well and she may
win the Cup. but l still have faith in the
Columbia and expect that whom the wind is
strong enough to send the yachts over the
course within tho fiVe and half hours allowed
the Columbia will prove to be the better boat
and that the CUP will stay here"
T. Fleming Day said The Shamrock l
think will beat the Columbia In the series.
She has shown that she can turn to windward
better than the American boat and she ought
to win in any weather. She is batter handled
than the Columbia and her sails fit much bet
ter. The Colunbia's sails are great handi-
cap to her."