The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-19

Shamrock, but 1t was forty minutes later
before all concerned were ready to pro-
coed with that important function Will
liam Butler Jr. and Mr.. Iselin represented
the New York Yacht club; Sir Thomas
Upton and Sir Joseph Council represented
the Royal Ulster Yacht club, the latter
also looking after Mr.. Flies interests.
Besides these Capt. Hogarth and Nat
Herreshoff, with Mr.. Hyslop, the official
measurer of the New York Yacht club,
went off In a small boat to measure the
water line. This was done with small
white stick. A plumb line is used to as
certain the angle of contact of the
water line to the end Of the oYerhang.
The line of the measurer Is then trans
ferred to the deck. One tack is driven in
the deck directly over the point where
the water line begins forward and an
other aft The distance between these
two lacks is the actual water line meas
urement of the yacht. Absolutely smooth
water is Of course necessary to accurately
measure q yachts water line, so the
Shamrock had been moved between the
steamship Remus and one of the army
transports The yachts topmast had
been sent up so that its truck just APP
peared above the loWermost cap and its
heel was about thirty feet from the deck.
Mr. Hyslop sent a man aloft in boat
SWANS chair to hold the steel tape at
the sheave hole of the mast, while he
was hoiSted up in another chair to its
heel. This measurement was all that was
necessary, for the base of the triangle
had not been altered
AT half past the yacht was cast off
and towed by a tug direct to Sandy Hook
bay.
1t was learned today that the cause of
the accident to the topmast was not the
parting Of the shroud at the nip as was
H.,
first, not being able to stand the strain
brought upon 1t by the wrenching swing
of the great club topsail spars when the
yacht plunged into the head seas. One
of the shrouds broke, 1t is said, when the
wreckage went down to leeward.
SHAMROCK SAILORS BUSY.
The Shamrock picked UP her old green
mooring buoy in the Horsheshoe at 11:4O,
the Lawrence having made good time on
the trip down from the Erie basin. Her
tender, the Plymouth, was close behind,
with Mr.. Ratsey and the other authorities
on board.
The busy cluttered deck of the chal-
lenger was in striking contrast to the
past few days. Then, save for the watch
on the deck, she was as deserted as a
country church on Mondays. Today Tie
entire crew We're on board. The white
jacketed tars could be seen hurrying
back and forth on the deck, and there
were four aloft at work on the running
gear. They had worked all the way down
the harbor. The men had worked bit
langu1dly, and they may be well excused,
for most Of them had been at work all
night. Half an hour after making the an
chorage the new topmast shrouds and
stays were set up.
Ihe Columbia's men had day of rest
The entire scene of action had been
ha fnytIt 10
was the ladies on the Shamrock who
looked out from their ease on earlier DAYS
and watched the Columbia men working
aIoIt and below and overhauling the
standing and running rigging. True, the
Columbia men made the usual examina-
ton OF the ship this morning and later
scrubbed the yachts sides. After that.
however, they rested
T. Oliver Iselin and his party left for
nome early in the morning, and it was
late in the afternoon before they re-
turned.
MR. LIPTON'S GUESTS DEPART.
A number of Sir Thomas Lipton's
guests sailed today for Europe on the
White Star steamship Oceanic The big
inner did not start on her journey for
Liverpool until 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
and she carried an unusual number Of
cabin passengers for this season of the
year.
Lord and Lady Charles Beresford were
the last to go aboard the Oceanic They
arrived in carriage shortly before the
hour of sailing.
The other guests of Sir Thomas who
sailed on the Oceanic were Hon. Cecil
Brownlow, Alfred Burdett. Ri Hon.
Arnold Morley, M. P, and Mrs Alfred
Muir, Kenneth Murchison, L. Sackville-
West, w. D. Ross, Joseph Lawrence, Mr..
end Mrs Kenneth Wilson and Miss
Muriel Wilson.