The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-12
BREEZE Is In DOUBT
THERE MAY BE ANOTHER DISAP-
POINTMENT IN THE INTERNA-
TIONAL YACHT RACE
COLUMBIA RULES AS FAVORITE

Little Betting Has Been Done, But
the Odds Favor the American Yacht,
With Few Takers-Crew of De-
fender Are Confident of Defeating
the ChaIIenger-Sir Thomas Upton
as Cheerful as at the Outset.
NEW YORK, Oct. II The outlook for
race between the Shamrock and Column
bia tomorrow is none Of the best. Even
the hitherto optimistic weather bureau
would not promise a breeze. The rules
call for a start every week day from
this time on, so there Is a possibility of
the fate OF the cup being decided this
week
Looking as fine as two fddes tuned up
to concert pitch, the Columbia ana
Shamrock lay quietly at their moorings
all day, with their tenders close at hand,
and tugs standing by for call. During
the early morning hours the fog was
even thicker than on Tuesday, but when
the sun came up toward noon the fog
cleared away under the influence or
light breeze from the south-southwest.
Many fog bound Atlantic liners which
had been waiting for hours to cross the
bar passed into the harbor and up to
quarantine. Among them was the White
Star ship Oceanic, which rounded the
southwest spit soon after 1:3O p. m.
The cover was taken off the Columbia 9
nainsail just before noon and it was given
a thorough overhauling and drying. The
new club topsail was also looked after,
| and the running gear was inspected fore
! and aft.
| Speaking of the new club topsall made
! for the Columbia since the last race and
set on Tuesday for the first time, Mr..
Iselin said:
| Yes, it is larger sail than any or
the others, and 1 am pleased with the
way it sets. Whether 1t IS larger than
any of the Shamrock's L am not prepared
to say. You who see the boats under sail
from the distance ought to be able to
tell that, for l have not seen the sails Of
either boat from a distance"
COLUMBIA CREW CONFIDENT.
The utmost confidence in the American
yacht prevails among her crew. Many
of them have WagerGd q months wages
on her, and all agree that she cannot be
beaten.
Just give us a breeze like we used to
have at Newport, on some days." said
one ''and we will show what she can do.
Those who think she is just a light
weather boat will get left, that's all. The
harder it blows the better the boat will
go, down the wind or any other way, it
does not matter, so long as it blows
a good, steady breeze from start to finish.
1,a
but we shall beat her, just the same'
Capt. Barr has little or nothing to say,
hut he, also, the sailors say, has no
thought of anything but making the Co
lumbia cross the finish line first in every
race.
Capt Nat Herreshoff says less than
any enc on board, but he never let's
chance go by to improve the yacht in
every possible way.
Sir Thomas Upton was a cheerful as
usual, full of hope for a breeze tomor-
row, and full of confidence in the Sham
rocks ability to lift the cup.
There she is said he, with show Of
pride in his voice and gesture, as he
pointed to the green beauty lying peace
fully at her buoy, nothing has been done
to her since the last race and nothing
needs to be done She is all ready to
start when the gun Is fired"
WEATHER. CONDITIONS.
Weather conditions at the Horseshoe,
where the fleet of yachts and tenders Is
lying, were nearly as depressing today as,
yesterday The incoming brought a fog
IKE that of the day before, although less
dense, which lifted slowly as the day adj
vanced. Not breath Of air was stirring,
ana there was no sign of breeze until
the early afternoon, which was the drear-
lest part of the day. On board the de-
fender and challenger close watch was
kept through the mist for vessels, but
aside from this and the ordinary routine,
there was little for thu crew to do OK
cept to wait for the morrow and hope
for a wind
AS the morning advanced the fog lifted
and at noon there was hardly more than
a haze on the horizon. About 1 o'clock
the first breeze of the day came up from
the SOUTH light and hardly more than
enough to make ripple on the water. In
the afternoon this increased, although 1t
was never more than enough to move
any except the smallest boats One of the
boats Of the Erin, fitted with a leg-of-
mutton sail. set in English style, was
sailed in midafternon by one of the Erins
petty officers and Sir Arnold Morley
around the Horseshoe, in and out of the
fleet, attracting attention from the IN
usual set Of the sail.
The sail covers on the big yachts, taken
off at midday, We're replaced about mid
afternoon, Columbias men being the first
to do this. The day was dscouraging
and Mr.. Iseln voiced the general feeling
when, on board the tender st. Michaeis,
he said 1t was fortunate that no race had
been scheduled for today.
No work on sails or rigging was done
on the American boat On the Shamrock
none had been attempted on other days.
C. Oliver Iselin said the new club top
sail and the main sail were both salts
factory, so far as he could tell, and no
more change had been made in either.
He said. further, that practically no
changes had been made on Columbia He
denied that any trouble had been expe-
rienced with the bob stay and stated
that the work on that had been merely
painting.
This one is not galvanized" he said,
land we have to paint it frequently That
is the reason for the work of the sailors
on it."
In response to a question Mr. Isein
said Designer Herreshoff would sail on
Columbia in all of the cup races, as he
had sailed on the trials already held and
would add his experience and knowledge
of the boat to that of Capt. Barr.
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