New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-09
INITIAL.
THE DELAY IN ANNOUNCING THE FOR
EIGN RACING SCHEDULE OF THE
COLUMBIA.

COLUMBIA.
Apparently the only thing that delays the an
nouncement OF the foreign racing schedule for the
Columbia is the question as 10 her ability 20 give
the requisite time allowance TO English yachts
built under the girth rule An English calculation
has just been published In regard 70 the expected
contests between the Shamrock and the Bona and
II Is said that the green challenger FOR the Amer
icas Cup will have give the smaller craft which
was lately owned by the Due d'Abruzzi. hall an
hour in A hfty-mile course over a thirty
course. which is the Americans are most ac-
customed TO- the tine 10 be given by the Shamrock
10 the Bona would be three-hfths OF thirty minutes.
namely eighteen minutes. and as the Emperors
Meteor has proved herself In the last summers
racing to be amply able 10 give the Bona her time.
II Is thought that the Shamrock would have a still
easier task with the Bona The Meteor IS now
pretty well In years the lives Of crack racers
are considered. and she has always been considered
about a match FOR the Nalkyrie III Moreover. X
was under yawl rig that she showed the Bona
the way round last summer-an astonishing per-
formance she the only craft record
that apparently I'D better under yaw rig than
a cutter. When the Shamrocks working head can
vas has been cut down and set neared nboard TO
make her a more weatherly craft and able 70
head up betted. Il is expected that she will be a
decidedly different boat in windward work than
she was here and 1t is confidently expected that
she will be able 10 look after the Bona and the
II the Shamrock do this Il IS certainly going
70 be much easier for the Columbia to come into
the same game. In the usual stiff English breezes
the Columbia can perhaps average about ten min
utcs better than the Shamrock in windward and
ieeward courses. II the Shamrock Is not improved
by subsequent alterations In the last race here
the Columbia would probably have beaten the
Shamrock nearer twelve minutes than six Il the
westerly slant and the big cubtopsail had not
pulled the green boat up many minutes toward the
finish. The actual win on corrected time. was
six minutes and thirty-four seconds but II the
had finished I'VE miles further back in the fifteen
Inile peat II mlsnt cave nsen double mat. mere
fore y may fairly be said IN conservative way
that under all such conditions as were then pres
eut the Columbia was in actual sailing eight or
ten minutes better than tho Shamrock.
Consequently the argument IS that II the Meteor
and more modern Shamrock can do so still easier
and that task which is well within the ability of
the Shamrock IS practical walkover for the
Columbia. The yacht that is much more likey TO
l. watson 4. preParnE tor Dnar les Day h9se
Of good shape but she will not have the structural
advantages thar HerreshoG and Thorrycrof
give in providing a good model with the torpedo
boat construction in light and strong metals. Re
port says that she will be built of wood. which
necessarily means that she will start out with
In calculating the chances Of the Columbia at
tention has been called the fact that the short
enlng UP of the lead must mean loss Of power
power. and that the working Of the girih rule is
sn no nea as @ss1 pSa I rer
tain price Moreover II has 10 be remembered that
that thus they have IN any case to buid such
deep craft that tho differences between them and
in England seems 70 be that the Columbia can get
away with everything in sight
THE CRAFT AND THOSE WHO SAIL THEM
The light draught schooner Attaquln de-
signed by B. Crowninshied FOR c. II. Jones has
had satisfactory trial In a cruise 70 West Fall
mouth and was expected 70 leave FOR Norfolk
few days ago.
The fast yacht Hoodum. which was formerly
owned BY A Il Higginson. Of Boston is now with
the yachtsmen Of the Inland Lake Yachting As
ISOLATION. where she was matched recently against
the Aurella and the Wizard. The sailed
on Lake Nnreionka and the Hoodlum in
c. L. Orr-Ewing NJ P. the owner OF the big
English racing schooner Rainbow. has decided
rig her three masted schooner and 10 take
her a foreign voyage. Built for racing IN light
winds she could in moderate breezes hold the Bona
say she could not do So though OF course 81.
could always reach through the little Bonas lee
when +, blew.
Yachtsmen in England are looking forward 10
the revival Of the big cutter racing in England
next year through the order that Mr. Rose has
given Watson for ninety footer The certainty
tina, the Shamrock Will be placed in commission
brighter and the reports Of the Coumbias coming
have caused a general wish that they be verified
as soon IS possible.
Ii Is said that the racing schooner Amorita will
be sun further improved this winter Her skipper
Captain Dennis. says he can make her ten minutes
better. The great Increase in the Amorita's speed
last summer. which enabled her 70 win the Astor
Cup for schooncrs as against the Coonia boat for
boat. without time allowance. was partly due 70
the fact THAI he took Of $500 pounds from her up
per works. chiefly from the bulwarks and rigging
all q which was carefully weighed after removal
o. Is If |4l n k4r k-af and
this treatment practically made a boa; Of her
He now proposes 20 give her hollow steel spars all
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