New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-02

| If yon can make your eye disregard that extra
foot and half Won will find very little differ
enco between them In the matter of hisc power
UPPER HULL OUTLINES SIMILAR
To test This both boats wore visited and arcu-
rate drawings taken ~ the centre section of
both. the froohoard being disrcgardcd IN both
sketches. u seomed curious, but it was fact
that far tho ego could guide. there VAS
not a pin ~ choose between thu upper hull out
lines on the two boats Of course the sham
rock is larger boat with greater beam, but a.
| far could i've seen the curves Of her c"ntre
section are precisely tho same ae tho Column
bin In proportion tho bigger boat i0 NOT in th's
region ht more IN the water than tho column
h'a, ard she viii skim the surfac" in almost
precisely the same way. In this region She WI
disodeA only little moro water than the sum
mer boat This has an important bearing oil
light weather sailing and It certainly sneSe7's
chat the Shamrock may do better On light days
than has been usually supposed
This has been we'll known by the Shamrock
people all along. and # has formed basis for
their belief that the challenger viii win M any
weather. But the truth could not be learner
10y outsiders until descent could be- made into
the drydock Newspaper men have had no
points explained to them 10y Mr.. Fife. Yes'or-
to about the Shamrocks power. He said
you writer's have all been wrong from the
first about the heavness Of the ShamrocKs
bilees and the large amount of water they were
supposed to displace. have seen the Columbia
and 7 tell YOU the Shamrock is not bit more
i'm the water than she is The Shamrocks high
sides have fooled you all Underneath She Is
Just as fine as the Columbia I'm her midsmp Sec
ton. though Of course, our boat Is much deeper
in the fin and i'm the ballastng than The Amcr-
can boat Again. the tumbe-home I'm The sides
of Tire Columbia is not seen here and We have
q lot Of supporting side to lie down OH when We
have got To lie down.
sHAMROCKs WORK n LIGHT AIRS.
As the speed Of the Shamrock in the hghtest
airs is unknown i'm this country, those points
become important in their bearing ON TN" pos
eimIities Of the coming week. In the last month
the shamrock has never had a very light air TO
sail in in her trials. The least speed She ever
made as told by the log on The press boat was
ar the rate Of about four miles an hour and the
majority of those who were present thought
she ought TO have gone much faster and thar
the Columbia would have travelled much hot-
ter There was no way Of gauging this. no way
Il coming TO any definite opinion with certainty
and IL was said The next day in these columns
that there was Il large opening for deception 'h
the fact that the Shamrock never careens to TIE
same extent as the Columbia, and consequently
gives the IDEA that she IS sluggish in light airs
Tie same criticism was made whenever the
Shamrock sailed in moderate winds In these
she Invariably seemed 10 be taking things easy
II il were not for the obstnacy OF the argument
set up by three patent logs The true sped OF
the shamrock would never havo been reported.
| ho~ ID
quarterly broezos she did not have the appear
ance OF going fast, and she is the most decep-
tive boat that any one could imagine. Even
when she made the best recorded time 10 wind
ward namely G7302 knots, nearly six and three
| orarters knots dead to windWard an hour. She
| was not pointing high. and She was criticised
| q good deal But not after her time for the
| whole beat was reckoned To the surprise Of all.
II was then found that she had broken all the
printed records. and the Shamrock stock took a
sudden boom.
The Columbia may have done as we'll as this
but the fact has not been recorded, The best
record az present At hand is that Of her wind
ward beat with the Defender off Sandy Hook In
July. when she did the ten knots IN one hundred
minutes and forty seconds which Is. say six
knots dead to windward hour There is here
n difference Of nearly thrce-quarters Of a knot
n be accounted for between the two boats, and
It may be accounted fer in this way. that IN the
latter part OF her beating the Columbia had the
wind falling light.
SHAMROCK A DANGEROUS BOAT
Another test that showed the Shamrock 10 he
dangerous boat was made between the sandy
Hook and Scotland lghtships where tho dis
lance IS measured at four and one-eighth Knots.
Here the shamrocl, did the distance, with the
,f-
utos and ten seconds After rounding the light
ship she headed up into the wind for the best
part Of minute (Which rather spoiled the flm-
ing). and then returned 90 the outer hshtsiup
in nineteen minutes and forty seconds, with the
wind one point forward Of ahtam ana lu
troublesome Cross sea into which the press tug
was tumhlinC heavily. This speed showed
slightly over thirteen knots an hour. II WAS the
boats first performance I'm which the record was
certain. and ir was an eyoopener for the Amor
lean press end also for tho English newspapers.
n large number Of which reprinted The Tribune
n is to be regretted that the Columbia was
never subjected to the same close examination
IN hor calling 40 The Shamrock has been SIR
'rhCmas's craft has never made a move that mas
NOT been watched and recorded This was NOT
Objected ~ .u any way hy Sir Thomas Upton.
Ilc took a natural pride in having tho boat show
what she could do and he has been Kind in
| rraisiue reports which he knew 70 be- correct.
| Am times and courses and sreods were car"fuI'F
recorded on the steam y3cnt trln. WhI'u l'l
! lowed the Shamrock as closely as the press tug.
/ and Sir Thomas was always aware when The r"-
| ports wore right ard when they we're NOT
NEVER SAILED CLOSE TO WIND.
Tn order ~ get the exact courses on which the
| Shamrock vas sailing bv the wind the press
tug was placed right in her wake SO that the
racers direction couid be- read straight of The
| carnvas. in the pilot house If The tug This vas
! tho only vax IN which the direction ~ the 0'nd
could 100 exactly aecertaned when the boats