New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-20
SHAMROCK CLOSE HAULED.
GENERALLY THOUGHT COLOMBIA COULD
HAVE DONE BETTER.


ABILITY TO REAT ~ LIGHT AIRs-To BE
prYDoc<ED SEPTEMBER IS
II would perhaps be- impossible to imagine q san
ing Yacht looking NOR, perfect than the eh"'''s''
Shamrock did when she ran the iast TEX y,
trial course yesterday. over her mug "''' -,
mirable mainsai sat the biggest clup s""'op'
sending it, spars high above the topmast uuch
ond n,,, bevond the N-foot gan while in front Of
b.r n,asA u large lux foresaii behed out round ner
loo sbrord. experimenting the generous curves %
the ib and jibtopsai that were rounding ou, ~
front and overhead This jihtopsai r'acheh
from the truck well down toward inc po"S'''
end and came well aft toward the mast
Yesterdays trial WAS In one respect slightly as
anno,ntine owing 10 tho fact that the tug Law
romeo was sent out on a course which was "ean ~
v,ndward SO that tho first Lex Of the triangle party
failed 70 show what tho Shamrock can 90 ]" "'''
ing in light airs. There was. however some ''''
b.,,ied work IN f. and the opinion Of the majority
was that the Columbia could have outSal''' "'
here .ro
Tho weather tho first part Of the day was Of ''o
kind I'm which The Tribune has said the Shain'''N
wanted practice and testing. All the sailns ""'s "
far have been more or less breezy. ''s''.'''
breezey AZ tho start aud on the first ten-mhe ''s
were Of a igh. kind bui they were MOI ''' az
fairy catsrnw kind which th" Column" I'd" ~
tatc with such surprising results ,
In This urhtost part Of tho sailing the Shanro'n
was still able to vary between three ana no.
and four knots according 20 the wy '' 80
vciuds came 10 her and -ho seemed 10 make soO"
time considering the small amount OF force d.
WORK ON
Here the attempt Was made 10y every one TO com
n,re her speed with what the Columbia n's"'
do under the Same conditions. II seems nov ,"
prohlldo that some IT least Of inc 'o'I'n'."
r.,,,ti,n for speed i'm light winds Is owing 70 her
hooirs readily The Shamrock does NOT 90 ''','
and il is "A fair belief until the contrary Is proved
that the Shamrock is called slower because sn' n'eS
NOT exhibit IA the same degree this c"r''"ins'
which the eye is prone TO accept as one "i u"
marks Of speed. Again and again the S""'n'o'N
has been criticised for being slow when the patent
logs told q wholly different story.
GOOD WORK TO WINDWARD.
on Monday. when the challenger was freely
criticised for not pointing as high IS four points
three patent logs that measured the COURSE
and all the watches proved that she actually went
dead to vindward AZ the rate of 613o2 knots an
hour almost six and three-Quarter knots. II IN"
Columbia has under any conditions equaIl'n '"s
performance the fact has never been recorded.
Sir Thomas Upton did not sail on the Shamrock
Yesterday but he and Or. Maokay. the surgeon
Of the Erin watched every move from IN" bridge
of the steam yacht The Shamrock was to~ed OUT
10 the scotland IiShtslip and Nh liz" she pfoHe
out hor Ub and dropped the to"lln' OF the Tug
Lawrence \ smaller eafopsah. the one used on
the previous day. sent al0., and stretched u
drumhead tightues-. Then Fife. Ratsey ard con-
nell went aboard the racer, and all crossed 10 the
ught~hip whore IN. Erin made the starting line
and sent on the yacht i'm the regular racing way.
a preliminary at u.3) preparatory Ar ll.35 and
tho starting signal az ll.".
Under full lower sail and second sized topsaii
the Shamrock crossed The line on the starboard
tack twenty-six seconds after tho gun. She MAS oN
pectod to beat ten knots TO windward for the INST
,o,s h5 -, Sandv Hook Ltghfshi6 and Tho third
and -
Iighiship. But some one on thu Erin had decided
Thai the wind would 60 from IT, present direction
To- Ino south and Oh mat courso the Upton tug
was sent ont The wind was then southeast ny
south but ch4neeable and nukcy while II wholly
refused 90 com. boz nom tl" south 49, "Npec u,d
Tho consequence VS. that The tue was under the
Firms Ice bow All the way out -,.. -.o 49,.
wind. and the first five mics she went 70 wind
fattened I'm as she soon went into the long port
her courses were carefully watched She vas then
heading south with occasional let-up 10 ii point
close to the wind she was lying She has never
heen sailed here al four points. and probably was
not on this occasion. though II looked iik" H.
HER SAILING DOES NOT LOOK SPEEDY.
she losgeI four or five knots here sometimes
dropping TO loss in 4 calm streak. and there was
no way Of telling how tine Columbia would do I'm
the same conditions. Iu ~. opinions Of Tho ma
iorfy of those who have had good chances 70 Judge
tho Columtias PAGES il va. thought mat the
American defender would Io better The fact IS
that the Shamrock never looks to he going really
fast tin she travelling ~ more than thirteen
knots an hour and then she IS AWAY So FAR ahead
of m" press tug that no one can tell about her.
When running from ton 10 twelve knots she f.
probably tho most deceptive boat that ever ape
peared In these waters and this shown in rho
balloon iib run from the southcriy mark to Sandy
Hook Light hip. The first part 0f the run
Their slow bur when Nh" wind hreezed mp better the
ag o one 2 no o ,o9 Inst rc T m I'M Wfen
a boat can do her work IN this APPROXIMATIONS way
she may possibly Boz just deceptive I'm iight
Weather * in good breeze.
ON mis- course he wind kept hauling slightly, and
tho balloon 'ih sheets were faftcued ait by back
hitching Wdt'ltacke on the outhoard part Of the
sheet when half tl" tailed on and this worked
Of IT, A. 215 the sail was taken I'm. The new tib-
topsail and the jill went mp In stops over the lug
forosail which was already SGT
GYBED At TIE LIGHTsHIP
sho eyhed at tho 'lghtship at 22 having made
tho eleven knot second leg in hour minutes and
40 seconds md taou tho iib and the now j'btopsah
were broken opt. while the yacht went vest south
west for the scotland Lightship on wind south
cast by south. This course occupied 3 minutes
and - seconds the yacht passing the finish at
2.N.l5
the racers courses In her beating and all times and
log records on tho Erin. aboard the press
tug. He showed his notebook, which held the same
figures - H. second us were printed Yesterday IN
Newspaper men II was learned for the first time
aItnortaiiyoy that th" Shamrock viii be dry
- and it WI. said tibet the Columbia would be IN
the dock at the same time Fifes viii ho
Vealed II he has any IN the challenger
The Shamrock will be tried tomorrow over
7 gular cup course.
THE COLUMBIA GOES TO NEWPORT.
Bristol. r. L. sept le-The columbia left here