The evening times., 1899-09-30

NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-The big parade
did not stop work on the Shamrock at the
Erie Basin drydock yesterday, except for
a moment. The crew were busy all day
getting the underbody smooth and clean,
and only stopped while the warships were
passing the bay. The men seemed to be
impressed with the enthusiasm with which
the excursioaIsts greeted Admiral Dewey
and the cruiser Olympia, and they cheered
as the ships went by although they We're
some distance from the line of the parade.
The tug Lawrence took part in the fes-
tivities and carried the big Shamrock flag
which was heartily greeted.
The bronze bottom of the challenger is
becoming very clean under the constant
work OF the Furnishing machine. BY to-
morrow night it will be as smooth as II is
possible to make any metal. The lead at
the bottom of the keel received another
coat Of paint yesterday and it Will be
painted again today. The top sides which
are made OF an alloy of aluminium have
received the first coat of green. They will
be painted again and by tonight 1t is ex-
pected the yacht will be ready for floating.
There was not much to relieve the monot-
ony yesterday at the Brooklyn navy yard
drydock No. 3, where the yacht Columbia
lies bolstered up, until late in the after
noon when Captains Hogarth and Wright,
and Sailmaker Ratsey, OF the Shamrock,
appeared on the scene and were made ac-
ouainted with Capt. Charles Barr, of the
Americas Cup defender.
They were taken on board by Captain
Barr and Mate Allen, and went down into
the basin TO have a good look at the
Yachts underbody. When they finished
their inspection all they would say was:
she is a fine boat" Now that the Colum-
bia and the Shamrock are in the dry dock
il is easy to see the difference in the two
models and make comparisons. IL would
nave been more interesting to yachtsmen
if the yachts had been put IN the same COCK
as was done when the Nalklrie came over
here. but Colonel Iselin did not want this,
and so got permission 10 nave The Column
bia sent TO the navy yard. Sir Thomas
Linton suggested that as there was SO
much interest being taken In the TWO
yachts il would be a good thing 10
dock them together and charge a small
fee to see them and the money obtained
in this way should be given TO some popu-
lar charity.
The Columbia is regarded by all experts
as having the better model. Her lines art
easy ana fine, and if she does NC win the
races il will be a great surprise. Iht
Shamrock's bow is thinner than that o
the Columbia and the forward oyerhant
Is not so long. On deck the Columbia II
at least FIVE feet longer than the challen
ger. and both have practically the SAM
water-line length, having been built up Il
the limit, 80 feet.
The Columbia's balance is easy and th'
line OF the underbody runs almost
straight line 10 a point under the mas
and then in an easy curve TO the bottom
the I'm She is cut away more FORWARD
than the Shamrock and the fin OF the chal
lenger is much longer on top than that o
the defending yacht
On account OF her easy lines it is though
thai in light moderate weather the Colum
bia viii prove 10 be the better boat, bu
with the power that her model shows N
Shamrock it is thought, viii sail better i
q stiff breeze. The approximate dimension
of the TWO boats are as follows;