The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
PREPARING FOR THE BATTLE.
Weather Conditions Perfect tho Flyers
Leave tho HorseAhoe.

Weather Conditions Perfect as tho Flyers
Leave the Horseshoe.
AT $50 o'clock yesterday morning the Sham.
rock hoisted her mainsail and jib and casting
off her mornings in the Horseshoe sailed around
the point OF Sandy Hook and stood out for the
l.ightship Her tug the James A. Lawrence.
followed as closely as possible, but when the big
sloop struck the fresh breeze that was blowing
from the northeast she left the little tug far in the
rear The Columbia started out from the Horse
shoe at nine oclock in tow Of the Wallace b. Flint
She hoisted her mainsal after leaving her moor
ings and as she rounded the point Of the Hook
sho cast off the tow line and broke out her lib
There was n swell on from the eastward the legacy
from Fridays storm. The waves rolled In and
made a nasty sea Of IT, The wind was strong
showing itself to be OF nearly fifteen mile calibre
White caps dotted every roller and the prospects
OF fine old race were brighter than on any OF the
two previous race days
The sloop Nigiant was seen away out beyond
the Sandy Hook Lghtshp under mninsaI and
iib. The breeze was so strong that she had housed
her topmast There other sail boats playing
around the Lghtshp, but none of them dared
show a topsail In her run out to the mark the
Shamrock stood up like major, while the Column
bia hceled a trine Both threw the waves from
their bows in clouds Of spray. The further out
they got from the Hook the more fuss they kicked
up. The Shamrock was two miles ahead OF the
Columbia at GAO o'clock as both were sailing out
TO the starting line. They had the wind abeam,
and neither showed any inclination to make moro
sail than thoy carried when they rounded the
point Of the Hook.
EARLY WEATHER CONDITIONS PERFECT.
The newspaper tugs which were early on the
scene wallowed in the sea and oil had their decks
wet to windward. There was not cloud in the
sky and the haze predicted by the weather sharps
was not visible to the naked eye. So far il was
a grand day for yacht race. and not one man
Of the lot would have bet that the yachts would
not be able TO cover the course in quick time Al
$50 the Shamrock reached the Lightship She
went to leeward OF it and then headed off before
the wind with her sheets still close hauled Hell
taysail was up in stops. The set OF auxiliary
spreaders made on Wednesday for use in heavy
weather not fastened to her mast She
only sailed quarter Of mile beyond the Light
ship; then she wore around and iourneyed back
after which she laid up in the wind.
The Columbia came bowling along abreast Of
the Regatta committees tug. Walter A. Lucken
bach, Her decks were wet away aft OF the mast
from the spray thrown up over her bows She
reached point about hundred yards to the lee
Of the Lghtship and then she went before the
wind TO where the Shamrock was loahng The van
guard Of the steam yachts appeared on the scene
shortly after 10 o'clock and with II came the rev
cnue cutter Manning Lloyd Phoenix s auxiliary
yacht Intrepid OF the first to join the colony
around the Lig htship, She came out under spank
er,gan ,opsail foresail iib and fying-i ib Away
of coming around the point of the Hook was seer
the first bunch Of excursion steamers
SOUTH SOUTHWEST THE COURSE
At 1918 the Columbia sent up a working top
sail in stops, and at 1920 the Regatta Committe,
signalled the course from their tug. The flag.
said ID f a., which meant south southwest /
was to be run before the wind TO a point abou
eight miles of Elberon, and was practically tn,
same course that had been set on Tuesday, wher
the iTst attempt was made to race The guild,
boat steamed off a half mile to leeward and ther
waited for the log boat to along but the latte
Wns delayed and did not start about her business
until few pinutes before the yachts crossed tn