The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-11
BOREAS AGAIN PICKLE
NO RACE FOR THE AMERICAS CUP,
OWING TO DENSE FOG AND
NO BREEZE
ALL HANDS ARE NOW ANNOYED
Even the Confident Britons Begin
to Chafe Under Repeated Disap-
pointmeHts-COIu Takes n
Fiffce Minute Spin to Test New
SaiIs-Shnmroek Tars Eager for
"a Big Slow ana n Decision.


saiIs-shnmroek Tars Eager for
Big Slow ana a Decision.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Hard luck con-
tinues to pursue the big singiestickers.
On the three days last week, when the
yachts make attempts to sail, huky winds
left them stranded on the course when
the time limit expired. Today a fog
bank prevented them from even leaving
their mooring buoys inside the spit of
land which forms Sandy Hook at the
entrance of the lower bay. This was by
far the most dismal tiasco Of all. City
and bay were done up in gray swathing
clothes of impossible mists when yachts
men jumped out of bed this morning 10
get a look at the weather, and there
was gloom and dismay along the water
front The old salts saw the mist wraiths
and shook their heads
Nothing doing on the ocean today"
was their Verdict
Bat the weather bureau with its scien-
tific meteorological methods, had predict
ed fair weather with freshening winds
for today, and a few chung vafnly to the
hope that the weather bureau prognosti-
cations would turn out true for once. OF
course the poor, misguided public went
like lambs to the slaughter. They back
! ell Uncle Samuel's observatory and put to
sea, but not in such numbers as last
week. Many eightseers who had wit
messed the three fiUlzes at an average
cost per fuke Of from s. TO SIS had lost
their interest, and it will take a race to
restore il.
RACERS READY.
Meanwhile the racers lay tied to their
big buoys inside the Horseshoe. The fog
had let down its blank gray curtains all
around them. The circle of vision was
barely 200 yards in diameter The yachts
We're as closely shut of from the rest
of the world as if they had been inside
4 big circus tent The gray water match
ed the gray mist. and blotted out sky and
sea line. The sun tried to pierce the
gloom. and once or twice it's dim out
| line, looking like a shining silver dollar,
could just be discerned through the haze
There was no wind to lift the cloud of
mist that literally settled on the water
II anything the curtain seemed to grow
denser the time for the yachts to get
under way approached. It was manfestly
impossible for the yachts to put to sea
in such Weat her
Sir Thomas and Mr. IseIin had agreed
together not to sail unless the fog lifted
and there was reasuna ole breeze So
the bis stoops lay idle Z their raCorfngs
The crews loafed about the decks with
nothing to do but loaf. The prospects
fer race were never at any time good
enough to justify them removing the
covers from their mainsails Around
them lay the bottle holders who attend
upon the fighters Of the deep. tenders
tugs and steamers. The C0rsair was with
in hailing distance or the Yachts
Through the mist came the tal!ine of the
bell Of the hook. sounding its warnings
to the mariners, While in the distance
were the fog horns of the excursion
steamers as they came from the bay out
to the starting line
RACE DECLARED OFF.
Shortly after Il o'clock the committee
boat, which had gone outside to take
a last look around, returned and re-
ported no indication of a change in the
weather, so the announcement was made
that there would be no race today. Soon
afterWard the excursion fleet, when had
been drifting around in the vicinity of
the Hook, got wind of the decision. so
enc by one they began to appear in the
y
! like phantom ships. At 1870 a great
/ number Of them We're sailing around
the yachts. Big steamers. like the
Grand Duchess. the jefferson. OF the Old
Dominion line; the Plymouth. City ct
Lowell and Monmouth, p,owed their way
through the smaller craft in tn = st
reckless fashion, saluting the yacht, and
keeping their bands going in a vain en-
deavor TO make their passengers te-
+ir3or
their money.
Aboard the Erin the Englfshman were
in the dumps. \ fiuke or two they could
stand, but such beastIy luck crushed
them. Some of them have engaged pass
age on the Oceanic, which will sail to-
morrow, and consequently they will so
home without having seen a raca. Sir
Thomas disappointed as he was, main
tanned an outward show Of good hui
NOR
81 thou;-ht you clever Yankees couIi
do anything" he shouted over the rail
to some of his newspaper acauaintar ce-
but you do not seem abe to propitiata
/ old Boreas. When you come over OF
the other side, next year, to brig back
the cup. I'll guarantee you at Ieas. two
races a week and more if you wait
them.
Shortly after o'clock, after consult 1g
with Sir Thomas and Mr.. Iselin, it was
decided to abide by the decision o. yes
terday, not to sail a race tomorrow
The next attempt, therefore will be
made on Thursday, and thereafter daily
until the series is completed
FEEBLE SUNSHINE.
Half an hour after The excursion fleet
had started for home the sun struggled
through the gloom for few minutes but
the effort seemed to have been too much
+! for the old boy, and he went back Late
/ in the day, however it cleared up. and
though the weather bureaus prediction
of a fresh breeze was not realized there
was enough air stirring for the Column
bsa to hoist her sails and make a fifteen
minutes spin to try her new club top
sail and see how her newly cut main
sail fitted. Both We're pronounced per-
feet by the experts, and she went back
to her mornings, where all was maze
snug for the night.
The steam yacht Erin left the Horse
shoe for the city with Sir Thomas Lip
ton and his guests at / :35. She returned
to her anchorage at 5 p. m
Nothing was done on beard the Sham
rock today. Her sail covers wsre not
even taken off and the crew RENAME
on board the tender until O'Clock, when
Sailmaker Ratsey, with his assis AM, J.
NJ. Conne.l, and some Of the Shamrocl1's
crew. went to Atlantic Highlands to
spend the remainder of the afternoon
There seems to be a growing feeling
of confidence on board the Sh mrock re-
garding her spars, gear and sails Some
members OF the crew when al ed if any
alterations were to be made in the
Shamrock's sails said with a srnile
eve are always ready to go when the
other boat is. Our sails are all right.
and all we want now is a good stiff
breeze. If we can beat her in light