Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-02
READY FOR THE
BIC YACHT RACE
,truggle Between Columbia and
Shamrock for Americas Race.
BEGINS TUESDAY MORNING.


The great contest for the Amorloa'a
40 has awakened unusual interest this
rear I'm the event which will decide
sbethor or not Great Britain has built
yacht that can take from this country
he Ancrioa'e cup, which was brought
rcr from Britain forty-elght years agu.
md which no Britishcr has tpcn able
% take back for a single season os yet.
This yenf. however. our British cousins
mink Sir Thomas Upton has a boat
hat will do Il: ana as for Sir Thomas.
,c has bceon an cminently auocoaafui
nan IN everything he has undertaken.
mat HE boat IL a rood one. none can
louht; and that the Shamrock has a
lurprise In storm for yachtmcn here,
many people believe. The Columbia al
% b. "a good boat, and her owner and
iulldcrs as well ~ those familiar with
Ter calling qualities. are confident Of
ier ability TO retain the Americas cup
nom the possession Of the cnterpriaing
nfltlsh tea merchant who II making
very reasonable effort TO capture Il.
The first race " scheduled FOR tomor-
.ov morning. and the conclusion OF that
md succeeding races viii come In time
% give the "Newe" tho results on tho
vcnlng 81 the day the contests occur.
10 that our readers viii Eot the cnrii-
II reports Of the great event. Bcsido-,
he publication In detail u what trans
draf boz the races, bulletins Will be do
Iaycd. giving results Immediately up-
ncintoly upon their receipt by tclc-
yhaph
n IL announced In the Associated
Pres. dispatches from New York today
hat the Columbia Shamrock races will
- Witnessed by a throng vastly larger
han that which hna attended previous
,5nicsts Tor the famous cup, and yet
b. racers will have a clean course, ow-
hF 10 federal supervision OF tho
,5urca Nachtsmen are coming from
ID parts of the United statea Tho
Sect of private pleasure yachts u larger
han ever before known. In fact near
D every steam yacht In the American
M IL now anchored In the vicinity OF
New York. and pretty much all OF
American soclcty that ~ not afraid OF
pa slckncsa will be- afont tomorrow.
About go NJ Sir Thomas Lipton's SYM
pathIfcrs arc booked for the Firth
avenue hotel
There la not the sllghtcst doubt that
hire times me- many people will SEQ
he contests between the Columbia and
the shamrock A. ever before saw an
International yacht race. The English
visitors who have come are far greater
% number and more distinguished than
ever came Tor that purpose before.
Nearly nll ~ the Rueats Of Sir Thomas
Upton on board the Erin will be from
ENGLAND. tho bcet known Of whom Ia
lord Charles bcresfurd who In accom-.
panied by Lady Boroaford. Among the
siher guests are Lord Mimic. governor
general Of Canada. and Lady Mimic;
Hon Charles Russell. OF England. and
Biz Henry nurdott. Prince llanJltHlnjhl
md all the English visitors In his team
vii be the guests Of Sir Thomas t0mor-
TOW.
Friends OF Sir Thomas say that he
rally expects to take the cup back 10
English waters, and that the prcllmln-
ary work OF the two boats has added
to hh confidence az to the result. Leav-
ing aside the consideration of what
Columbia can do In reaching. II II con-
tcded that she can run before the wind
~ matter what its weight. like "a blue
winged teal that the gunner has missed.
Whatever Shamrook'H relative speed
may De in reaching. the Columbia II
beuet Tor beating and running, and os-
peclMly Tor running. even though the
Wind blow ny 10 Is knots. In fact.
Culumbit can run better In any Wind,
iof ahv has less water surface, and she
Il 20 aluucd that she rises forward
Tather than hurles when she " driven.
A TO the courses TO be laid there are
three races In which the yachts must
beat % miles TO windward and run rs
miles before II. The other two courses
are around triangle, whcrsin 10 miles
q each leg are TO be covered by reach
ING, DO The Columbia gets three races
70 her liking, whore the shamrock has
two races TO her liking.
The races may be sailed, as they have
been whore tho wind rose above thirty
miles un hour. The races Will be
started In any wind under which the
Yachts can carry a rolled mainsail and
10, ana that means weather In which
hlne'ttuths Of the oNcurnlonlatH viii be
glad 10 iind shelter under Sandy Hook,
Both the Columbia and the Shamrock
Ncru dry locked some days ago, thor
oughly scraped and cleaned, and put In
ne best condition for the contest They
WI be measured today by Official
treasurer HyHlop, OF the New York
Yacht club, one OF the conditions Of
ne lace for the cup II that the yacht
hal challenges shall cross the ocean or
come from whatever country she IN
s.ifA WI Nor hMN hNAhNNls II AlN ANAhll-
pa 10 the victor II IL thought Il Will
D. many years before another try II
made for u. II the shamrock Wins
mere viii be a challenge for II imme-
qnlely ana the ynchtsmcn u this
country, viii send over TO England a
yacht Ia bring back the cup as soon
a. one can be built and match ar
flngod.
since the Columbia was launched on
yuhe Goth, number OF mishnpa have
heiallen these boats.
Ihe most serious Of these foll 70 Co
IHmblNH lot when the New York Yacht
guhe annual cruise on Newport she
hau her steel mast broken when Tar
head ot the old Defender The sham
tock has been aground m these waters,
me just escaped collision twice, and has
ptcn the victim OF numeroua small nc-
vacni1 but she N now IN the most per-
tot condition, aH ~ her rival Column
UuL Both are lying at their docks IN
hihklyn, ready for the battle which
70 begin within a few hours,
10th boats have been well tried out,
~ lncy have not been found wanting,
The Bttlsher had an lnslguihcant
u,uih or two with the old timer Britain
,ua on the other side, and beat her by
many minutes without an onort an
wlequate test OF her speed. on this side
We mas heen out In the lower bay a
nuWbor OF times during the past six
Nv'h and on occasions has shown mar
N,llhs speed and wonderful capabilities.
lho Columbia has had many moro