The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-14

NEW YORK Oct. 13.-The winds, asleep
in their caverns and a coverlet of downy
fog drawn over the bosom of the ocean
increased the postponements in the series
of cup races by fiukes tc six. AS on
Tuesday, the yachts did not leave their
anchorage Inside Sandy Hook 1t was
useless to make another attempt IN such
weather. SO at the time for the start
the regatta committee boat poked out to
sea through the dense bank of vapor
and announced to the group of vessels
assembled about the lightship the same
monotonous story that there would be no
race today.
Everybody is thoroughly disguised The
patience of The public is almost ex-
hausted. From $4,000 people who went out
on Tuesday, the crowds have dwindled
until it is perfectly safe to say that less
than 5,cOO people were afloat today. The
outlook was so gloomy from a money
making standpoint that some of the ex-
cursion boats which sold tickets for the
series of races were trying today to re-
deem them with the intention Of aban-
DOMINIC them altogether.
PATIENCE EXHA listed.
The repeated postponements have worn
out the patience of the committee and
the owners of two boats. Sir Thomas
Upton and Commodore Morgan each had
a company Of invited guests on board
their yachts and it is very desoIate for
the hosts as pell as their guests to lie
quietly at anchor within the drearv sand
spit, with nothing to look at but the walls
of fog.
Inc delay is wearing upon the crews
of the yachts. For more than ten davs
they have been keyed up to the racing
pitch and they are beginning to feel the
effect of the strain.
Experts estimate that the big club top
sail the Shamrock showed yesterday for
the first tine contains about 500 more
square feet of canvas than the similar
sail of the Yankee boat. Add to this the
excess of sail area Of her lower sails. as
shown by the official mea eurement. and
the foreigner is capable of spreading.
something like 1,200 square feet more can
vas to the wind thar Columbia III light
airs, therefore, the Shamrock must have
a great advantage, and the patriots are
Wh1stl1ng for a spanking breeze that will
prevent the he listing of these slzyscra nins.
sails and bring the two boats down to
even terms in the matter of canvas.
Another attempt will be made to race
tomorrow.
NO WORK ON YACHTS.
No attempt was made by the captains
to put sail on the yachts today. EVERY
thing was made ready, however. to begin
work at moments notice. All hands
were ordered ON board beth yachts soon
after breakfast and sharp watch was
kept on the weather
II anything the fog was thicker than
Yesterday morning, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the excursion
steamers ana committee boats could lind
their way to Sendy Hook 1t took the
committee boats fully an hour to return
to Sandy Hook bay, where tire Yachts
were lying, because of tine dense fog. Az
soon as the yachts were sighted the COM
mlttee again declared the race off for
thes benefit of the owners, and upon re-
ce1vinS their word that they would race
. tomorrow they hoisted the signals an
nouncing that fact
Previous to all this, at 1925 t,e rac.
had been called off by mutual consent of
Mr. Iselin and Sir Thomas Lipton. after
a brief conference between them on the
Erin, they not knowing at that time
whether the committee boat would find
It's way into Sandy Hook BAY fer some
hours.
One Of the Columbia's wooden cInb TON
sail yards was cut in half lengthwise by
carpenters Oh Sandy Hook pier this
morning, the Intention being to hollow it
out and make it lighter.