The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-04

New York. oct. i.-The Shamrock.
towed by the tug Lawrence. was the
first of the yachts To leave Sandy Hook
bay yesterday for the first race fo- the
Americas cup. She arrived at the
whisting buoy off the east end of Ged-
mey's channel. at 9:45. The crew began
at once TO hoist the mainsail. They put
up two battens i'm the leech as IL went
uu. and at 1905 a. m. the yacht filled
away ON the starboard tack under jib
and mainsail.
ON board the Shamrock. besides her
captains, Hogarth and Wringe, there
We're Nice-C Commodore Sharman anu
Hugh McGfidowney Of the Royal IL
ster Yacht club: Sailmaker Ratsey,
Navigator Hamilton and Henry +. Lip
pit. the last named representing The
New York Yacht club.
The CClus bia. meanwhile. under jib
ana mainsail. on the port tack, came
reaching out for the lightship at "A ten
knot cl'p she passed close under le
stern OF the Shamrock AT 10 O'Clock and
stood on TO the eastward. On board
the Columbia. besides G. Oliver lselin
and Mrs Iselin, there woe Capt. Nat
HerreshOff. Wil.am Butler Duncan,
Jr.. Capt. Woodbury. Kane. Herbert
Leeds. NewbuiN Thorne and Hugh
Kelly, secretary of the Royal Ulster
Yacht club. representing that club on
board the Columbia.
WIND BLEW Is MILES.
The wind at this time was northeast
by north. blowing about IL miles an
hour. Both yachts set their club top
sails at 10:30. the Columbia's men hand
ling their sail more smartly than the
others.
At 10:45 the committee boat Walter
IuckenbaCh, I'm charge OF former Com
modore s. Nicholson Lane. came to an
chor a cable length east of Sandy Hook
lightship and Immediately hoisted the
compass signal ID. f.. j., signifying that
the course would be southwest. Two
minutes later the Shamrock's crew
rugged their spinnaker boom out 10
port all ready To set that sail.
Promptly at II O'Clock the prepara-
tory sgnal-a blue peter-was set on
board the committee boat and two
red balls We're hoisted on the triatic
stay. At the same time a tug started
TO log off the course of fifteen miles
10 leeward. During tn, interval of fif-
teen minutes between the preparatory
and the starting signals the shippers
of both yachts maneuvered 20 the
northward of the starting line. Both
stuck close 10 the lightship and five
minutes before the startling signal the
balloon jib topsail was sent up I'm stops
on the lolumola stay. Inc Sham-
rock seHt up d NO Jp topsall ABOUT
At one minute before the start the
Shamrock was approaching the line
from the eastward. and the Columbia
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So the Shamrock had the better of the
start by 43 seconds.
As the Columbia crossed the line she
broke out her staysail and balloon jib-
topsail: The shamrock broke out her
sptruaker blossomed out to port. and
she began at once to overhaul the
Shamrock. For some reason Captain
Hogafth did not see M 10 SET the Sham-
ter the Columbia had hers set, but as
soon as "a was set. the emerald -hued
boat began to hold her own with the
Columbia, Ihe yachts being then not
ard bsam. AT l1.35 the Columbia's $
bowsprn was just overlapping the
Shamrock's starboard quarter, the lat
ter having the off-shOre berth. but she