New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-03

abreast Of the companonwsy. showing the
point TO which tho water came on the hull This
evidently done to avoid any possible ques-
ton as to increasing the ballast in the future.
The Columbia had evidently been stripped TO
the last pound Of all interior weight Like the
Shamrock. she seemed to he floating extremely
high The usual waterne around the boat.
supposed 70 he indicated approximately by the
top Of the bronze plating. was VOL above the
| surface. and the Yacht was certain to measure
! at a minimum figure After I o'clock the big
! gate swung wide and the beautiful HeTeshoff
! racer was warped stern first out Of the dock
WHERE THE SHAMROCK GETS HER SPREAD
As she was backed up slowly past the dock
entrance there was popularity noticed that
| told OF the challenger's excess Of sail area along
| the foot Of the base lines. The spectators on
the side Of the dock noticed that when the
| Columbia came exactly even with the Shamrock
her bowsprt end and mainboom end Just fitted
! with these spar ends on the Shamrock although
| the Columbia was perhaps fifty feet nearer to
the spectators. This showed that the distance
on the Shamrock from end ~ boom TO end OF
bowsprit was much greater than on the home
| boat. How much greater this was could NOT
be calculated at the time and Mr. Hyslop's tape
| line figures are better than any calculations.
HOW SPECTATORS REGARDED THE BOATS.
The Shamrock was then warped into the dock
stern first and the gate. that looks something
like A boat. was closed. The challenger was fol-
| lowed by crowd OF people, who lined the edse
| Of the dock Prominent among these was Lord
Charles Beresford. who vac deeply Interested
in all that going on. Near him was SIT
Henry Burdett Lord Charles clad In
long black overcoat, with a deep collar Of Per
sian lambskln. He talked with those who ad-
dressed him whether he knew them or not. and
was enthusiastic over the coming race. which he
said would be a fine one and he also praised
the beauty Of the Columbia heartily. He said
that the American boat was more symmetrical
and more graceful in appearance than the sham
rock He believed. however that this due
to the white paint with which her topsides are
covered and went on 10 say that I'm his opinion
the green paint on the Shamrock made her look
bulkier. When his keen. kind, far seeing eyes
dwelt on the graceful green boat that came here
TO represent the "Old Sod they Just a kind Of
grew a bit warmer
The Chevaer de Martlno thought the Colunl-
hia was the more artistic boat Of the two but
he still clung TO his former opinion that the
Upton boat would beat her Lieutenant Tohn.
% the United states Navy was introduced 10
Sir Thomas Upton and they had a long talk
about the bronze on the rival boats. Lieu
tenant Tobin is the inventor Of the alloy known
as Tobin bronze and he said that the compost
ton that was put on the Vigilant in 1893 was
IN just as good condition now as on the day It
was put
HANK HAFF CHEERFUL.
The former skipper Of the last three defenders,
Captain Hank Half, was present to have a look
at the Shamrock, and he said that he would
the to-day. on regret being expressed
that he would not view the race from the wheel
Of the American boat he replied: That's all
right; would have to give up some time, and
might well do It now
Before Mr.. Hysop went board in the dock
yaw Mr. Moreley ashore. he not being
one OF the persons TO be on the yacht when she
IS raced, and consequently not 10 be on her
when measured. Colonel Sharman- Crawford
and H. NJ MacGilldowney OF the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club went on board before the measure
nent as they TO sail the yacht in her
races. Mr.. Cornell. the Irish amateur. a friend
OF Flies. also on deck
Mr.. Hamilton. the navigating officer Of the
Shamrock. the last to 60 on board, and then
Mr. Hyslop began his interesting work. He does
not measure these boats in the old way. with
long floating sticks and string He first
suspends a plumb line from the bowsprt,
near the stem. and then goes down into "A small
boat and takes the measurement along the sur
face Of the water from the plumb line TO the
point at which the stem breaks the water at
the water line
This distance was measured with great nicely.
with the aid Of a long, white stick. At the inner
end string was attached to each side. and an
end passed up on each side Of the Shamrock $
bow to her deck. Here Captain Hogarth took
the ends of the two strings and was thus able
70 pun the end Of the long floating stick 10 one
side or the other as the word was given. This
had TO be done. no one could get far enough
in under the forward overhang TO hold the end
of the stick the exact point of intersection Of
stem and water line. As soon the exact dis
tance between the plumb line and the water line
point Of the stem was learned it marked
correctly on the white painted stick, which was
carried on deck Then this same distance. as
marked on the stick. was measured aft from
the plumb line string around the bowsprit
DRIVES lacks IN THE DECK
Again a plumbline was used to carry this
distance straight to the deck. and when this
was done Mr. Hyslop had found the spot on the
deck that was exactly over the forward point
, Of the water line
r Here the precise point that found with
such care. Mr.. HyslOp drove in tack. and then
proceeded TO ind the after end of the water
! line in the same way. over this point. when
z found another tack was used and the distance
between the two tacks az thus put into the
deck the exact length Of the yachts load
wsterline.
Mr.. Council was down in the yawl with Mr..
H-slop to superintend the measurement a. Sir
Thomas Lipton's representative. Nathaniel
Horreshon was also in the yaWl. as the repre-
sentative for the Columbia This IS not the first
time that Mr. Hysop and Mr. Herroshon have
bee down i'm small boat taking measure
ments and when the two meet thus there is
sure to he some good yacht racing ahead
Mr. Isclin. the managing owner Of the Coiuni-
hia was watching the Shamrock from the eide
Of the dock. He was talking 10 RatSeN. maker
OF the Shamrock's sails, most OF the time lnt'i
Ratscy was called on board 10 help MAKE mp l'I