New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-14

m effort will be made 10 test II luliy "' -.
s,.aar1od It is understood that the steel n,'s'
.r.- construction will not be used AT ali III
49,, en- roces unless the hollow mast no" D''"e
,,sod again proves a failure In the preliminary 80
Tho new racing mainsail Of the COLUMBIA VIII ~.
tain little II any. more canvas thah the o''
to used. ~ Ill 90 Sir
,-,,,os 1inton's plan Of having all spare ana *
oh,,ge epars on a big barge at Sandy hook. inV
,al,,. of this plan IS that great deal can "e
changed nj short notice II the weather S,'"
.,s ~ hofnq heavy the Shamrock can discard her
119foot boom and take on her l05-foot spar WIN
itor eaN I'm few hours. Notice OF such
changes can be given to the Regatta COMMITTEE II
necessary and a remeasurement may, II hec'9-
sary be made: but there is apparently ho'h'"S III
the rules to prevent this being done.
Fvon II the Shamrock carried away her mann
mast she could when the races arc run on after
nate davs be I'm racing trim on the next schedueu
roce day 1t is said that the spare steel mast OF
the Columbia would be too long to be carried 0"
the tender St Mchaels so that 1t VIII not De sur
prsing II this and smaller spars TOT Shai!'r
rnainsau be found on a barge at Sandy HOOK Tor
tho ,ee Of the Columbia when the Cup races come
off. As IT is now. the Shamrock appears to have
some advantage I'm her preparations Tor the race
and I'm possessing second sized mansa ana spars 70
go on at a moments notice. I'm case the weather
hardens down to stay down Unless the columbia
sail lately dsusod be cut down and be provided
with spars TO fit Il can hardly be said that the
defending boat is fully prepared as the chal-
lenEer.
THE COLUMBIA AND HEAVY WEATHER.
In this and In one other way the chance Of having
continued hard weather during the challenge races
seems 70 have been overlooked to some extent by
those who have prepared the present defender or
the Cup. There has been further preparation lately
I'm the addition Of Internal ballast to make the
yacht stand up better to her work. but at first the
chief thought seemed to be to prepare for high
speed in light weather This aim has certainly been
satisfactorily attained. and the boat Is wonder
and witch in the weather for which she Is built
but Il is said that Mr. Gselin should not put all his
eggs in one basket and should not forget that the
Shamrock has seemed to be the best equipped boat
that ever came here for the trophy. and Is appar-
emily furnished for varied weather better than the
Columbia
The shamrocks breakage Of her gaff yesterday
has cast suspicion on all her spars made In SINH
lar way and with the same metal alloy. The acct
dent has shown that materials are not necessarily
the best because they bear the brand Made IN
England" The breakage yesterday occurred under
such easy conditions and the gaf doubled up IKE
Jackknifc under such small provocation that IT is
safe to say that this spar would never have been
brought from England II Sir Thomas Upton had
remained while longer on the other side TO test
his racing sticks while still within days san Of
the Woolston Iron Works. whore some Of them
were made.
MR. IsELINs EXPERIMENTS
sir Thomas is doing now while 1900 miles away
from home. that which Mr. Isen has been hgur-
ing at for the best part Of three notwithstanding
untrlcd spars and different metal formations and
cevices that have never been tried before Mr..
Iselin also began slightly on the light side. but
through breakages arrived at better estimate OF
the materials being used, and was thus able 20
order what the boat required. He Will have a
powerful and comparatively light mast within can.
81 he does not use II. And probably II t.
safe to say that his topsail spars main gan ana
boom; bowsprlt and iopmast VIII be sutlcien,y
fgI lsf no got ALLY d d
Yesterdays breakage. and what is known of the
shamrock gui,k departure rom Ensand rs,o
knows practically nothing OF the large quantity
Of metal spars which he now has here for use
about 10 be- SPARED all with cylinders Of the
han bdeg Worn away by the Jaws S Of the ra9
white metal is seen which is exactly similar IN
broke YESTERDAY There IL reason 10 believe that
every one Of the spars intended TO be used in the
plee and utter failure OF one important spar yes
terday cannot fail TO raise doubt as 10 the whole
iris doubt may rot be well based The oth Ter
spars such as lnoSe Tor the topstt, o9~S4 SnI
both mnsts may Dc better adapted 10 90 theIF
work than the gaff The larger spa,rs VIII p pa
broken I'm light winds when the mainsheet is all
held firm nj lis inner end. the whole OF its out
board length straining against the topmast shroud.
mast shroud there - "A tremendous strain on No.
which most racing skipper. try 10 avoid II posi-
toward slowness by not stacking away the main
SAN as far they would like, rather than risk
this danger 10 the gar.
FORTUNATE THE SPAR BROKE NOW
As It g. Sir Thomas is 70 he congra tuated thai
the spar broke now and not in ono OF the final
races He can easily get a stick made 10 take its
place and the only wonder At the present moment
is that men OF such extended experience as Ho-
garth and Wrnge could have been careless Of a
eaG which they must have known required me
best possible nursing mat gan was Z btI'fPu-
bic lake before u was ever tried. on Tuesday .
the first day il holsted on the yacht II
bent and wggled and did the snake act every time
n pull taken on the peak halyards. as the
new sail went up for the first time II tnen
| caused much wonder that spar that wigeled Ike
sportsmans long fishing pole could he expected
10 40 the work mapped out for n. But at ina
time II supposed that the spar might ~"