New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-28

uoo, 7, eavo N the whole front Of the boat. where
che divides water instead Of smashing over 1t,
knifellke edge. One OF the many experts VINO were
present said I'D hate to have that hit me "he
was in swimming. I believe II would cut me III
two II the boat was going at fair speed. Inc
front Of Flies boat is a sword pracucaIE' inns
knifelke edge is not present, Of course IN me nat
ard almost horizontal part OF the forward over
hang and entrance.
T. must be admitted that some yachtsheh "e!e
somewhat disappointed In hndlng the upper oouS
~ the vessel so deep. As the water rectoeu 'he
sides Of the vessel followed IT down ana IL WAS
COON eeen that the Shamrock has a large displace-
,ort and large under water body exclusive oil
the I'm.
>,on who know the Columbia and who have seen
ber ont Of water agree that the Shamrock Is
hulkier in this respect than the Columbia. Wood
hurry Kane and Herbert c. Leeds, OF the toIuih-
hia.e amateur crew were looking a. the shamrock
,.h ~ oliver Iselin They all seemed to be well
pleased. -
Captain Dennis the skipper OF the Amorta eN-
messed his opinion. and his words Will mo an ear
IN the Yachting fraternity. He SAID. nave ho'
seen the Columbia out OF water. But don nave
81 500 her. I know from the way she sails that
~ 49, M, tho mower Of this boat. know that
~ hos not the same powerful blges, and that
she is cut away more. She Will beat TINS BOAT IN
light airs but when 1t comes 10 breeze inc Sham-
rock will stand up to her work aAG VIII ead 'he
Columbia around the course. IKE = DOd+ ~
stand I'D 10 her work. It's all very well 10 he
down. but the further your boat does SO me more
the wind slants off her sails
These were not exactly the views ~ the Column
bias people VINO present some OF these
were hoping and believing that the Columbia Will
win IN fresh winds as well as light But they did
not constitute the ma jorlty, and So far as could
be discovered the weight Of opinion among eS-
perts both professional and amateur, was that the
Shamrock would win in fresh winds.
The crew Of the Shamrock were In oaTges on
each side q the vessel They were scrubbing the
sides Of the yacht hard as they could, though
they had difficulty in keeping pace with the re-
ceding water. which exposed more surface than
they could SCRUB. 49,
bronze OF the kind largely used In England. and
called manganese bronze. The absence Of paint
from the boat showed Thornycroft's work 10 per
lection The fine work on the plating ana rivetine
could he seen. every rivet head showing the
neatness with which II had been worked.
Al 2.3o in the afternoon William Fife arrived al
the yard again to oversee the work lie went tC
the edge Of the dock and descended the steps anc
entered n dingy belonging TO the Shamrock. HI
then went all round he hull. which had at tina
time half its IN exposed. He examined the amount
of scum that had gathered on the boat since he
launching. ana passed his hand over the portions
that had been scrubbed Ratsey reached the yart
with him. but did go In the boat. and soor
went away
At 2:p Sir Thomas Upton arrived in the tn,
Lawrence from the Erin. Dr. F. Reid Mackay wa
with him, also the chevalier de Martino and otherr
! Sir Thomas saw how the work was proceedinI