New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-11
SHAMROCK ~ RACING RIG.
CHE WILL Use THE SAILS MEANT FOR
THE CVP RACES IN HER
TRIAL TO-DAY.

rao,.s sailing tests Of the challenger Snam-
-oot uul ho especially interesting 70 yschts-
mon IN account OF the fact that the largest 'S"'
rea,her sails will 10 shown on the Foreign rao''
FOR the first time SO far All the tests nave peen
made under the canvas with which the yacht
soiled IN England and there has been lift'e TO
toll the newspaper men who have "at'hed her
what her best light weather PAGES are Il II
exnecto4 that the new boom Will set SAL 'ha'
,s about I've Feet longer on tho foot. though
nossihly tho same gan will be used The present
ean IS a very long one. and IL IS not thought
that any more lengthy one viii be sent up. No
other garf has been seen among the many spars
that have arrived FOR the Shsmrocks use, ex-
cent the big wooden one that Is only to be used
I'm case OF hroakage.
There was a lot Of work done on the vessel
on Saturday. and the crew was hard at WORK
changing the big srars There VIII now he USED
a metal topnast and bowsprit made OF rolled
Mate These are said 70 be very light ana
strong spars BY one who came over on the
steamer that brought those spars It was SAID
that they we're made ~ a special composition
called aluminium bronze though what TINS II
Is sim a mystery
The work ~ preparing for to-days sail was
NOT comple,ed Yesterday When seen on the
Erin. Sir Thomas Upton said that he had only
had one annoyance since he loft England. and
that was on account Of an Enelshman writing
10 hin, Offering him $1,000 II he would consent
~ change the name OF tho challenger from
Shamrock 10 take the name 81 some commodity
that the writer was Interested In. Il IS not far
or the mark to say that Sir Thomas has been
fairly boiling over this FOR some time.
~ he had offered ne fiooooo it would have
made no difference" he said. but what makes
ne wonder is the unlimited cheek Of the man.
Sir Thomas has evidently been reading the ac-
counts o. the tests Of the Shamrock in the morn
ing papers In these there was a unanifnity
81 opinion that in light winds the Columbia
could do quite as we'll and probably better than
his boat since those opinions were printed
work has Been fastened "a get the largest rae
ing canvas on the craft The saiimakers have
been busy or the Plymouth though II IS not
known what they are Ing. IN an! cas- I-l-I7
/ Is evidently no desire 20 have 70 cabled 20 Ing
land that on any point Of sailing or IN any
weather the Shamrock would proNa9iy De a.
feated II was uncOnsciOusly toward that IN
| dasi~a blo end that the speed Of the Shanroc K
was i-guised in the light weather salhNS "i
lasr Thursday when she made 20 appear
&c = sailing nv the wind when IN fact she vas
never within FIVE points - the Wnds eye.
! After that performance on THURSDAY me
Tribune which was the Only paper 'h"l ea'e
! the Shawrock's exact compass courses was
! careful 10 So - that y was known that the boat
| could sail much closer than she did buy II
would have disappointed good many people IN
! England to have q agreed that me relIese"Ia-
| 80 boat coui1 not point as high az the CO.
urbla For these ana many other reasons It g
! hored that in to-days tests. and especlaiy },
| made IN Hight weather. the boat VIII 10 sal"i
! g. that the newspapers may be able 70 print N
terasting stories and not mere accounts or
reaching and running which supply no gauge
for estimates The final races are now close AZ
hand ana e can make no difference so far as
can be seen. 70 have the Shamrocks PAGES
recorded az correctly rs possible II SHE shows
o. really dangerous speed and pointing the inter-
ast IN the races viii be- doubled. but Il the "a as
are disguised the newspaper men might as We'll
attend 20 other work.