The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-09
Linton. Is considerate

Lying under the lee of Sandy Hook,
the two racing yachts were Well pro-
-tected from the heavy sea running OUT
side, but still Sir Thomas deemed it add
visable to take precautions His first
move was to run over TO the. Columbia
and notify Captain Barr OF the warm
ing that he had received from Wash
ington. He also placed a tug at Barr S
disposal il he cared to tow UP the har-
Dor out of danger, for the Irish knight
does not want anything to happen to
the cup defender any more than he
does to his own boat. Then he came
back to the Erin and instructed Cap
tain Matthews to keep steam up all
night. in case of emergency. He also
ordered everything made snug on the
Shamrock for the night.
Il want to say" said Sir Thomas,
that shall not leave Sandy Hook uTl-
til / either win or lose the cup. That Is
what / came here for, and l shall make
it my only business l hope for a good
stiff breeze next Tuesday, SO that the
boats can make a race of it, and may
the best boat win
The Shamrock's owner then returned
to the America and Joined Mr.. Ames
and his party at lunch.
Admiral Dewey will mot be able to see
Tuesdays race from the Erin. He has
so many engagements that he finds 1t
impossible to be present. and SO tele-
graphed Sir Thomas today.
With the Royal Ulster Yacht club $
pennant Tapping at her masthead and
the blue ensign OF that club at her
stern gaff, the challenging yacht sham
rock pulled hard at her moOring buoy
in the Horseshoe this afternoon. for a
piping northeast breeze was whfstEing
through her rigging, and there was
promise of more wind in the threaten
ing clouds.
Walking the deck was a blue uni
formed sailor, whose duty it was to
keep watch over his precious charge.
Shamrock Sailors Elated.
On board the Erin, Captain Mat
thews, her commander, stated that the
crew of the Shamrock, from Shippers
Hogarth and WFinge-who have proven
eonclusiveiy their skill at handling the
tiller and trimming sheets-down to the
youngest sailor, were in fine fettle and
more confident than ever that the green
sIoop, which they have all learned to
love and admire, will win the America
cup for Sir Thomas Upton.
Barring accidents, absolutely no
change will be made in the challenger.
She is now. as one would say if speak
ing of the trained athlete, in the pink
of condition, and stands ready to win
or lose upon heF merits Aef running
gear has been carefully overhauled. and
it is said, cannot be improved upon,
while her sails are simply perfection.
Sails alone never won a race, but where
the yachts are as evenly matched as
they are in this case, it may mean the
extra feather which tips the scale In
the Shamrock favor.
Be this as it may, the crew of the
green challenger are eagerly looking
forward to the next race day, praying
for a breeze that will afford a true test
of the speed of the yachts. If such a
day is granted and Shamrock fails to
win they will be the most surprised
sailor lads that ever swung on a hal
yard or reefed a sail.
In the meantime they are taking mat
tiers phiIosophieally. in the best of spir-
it's, and no one can say as yet that
their confidence in the beautiful Irish
yacht is misplaced.