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

and soon went away on the tug He received received
many Congratulations the able ana por heard
tbat he was present and there was crowa to ,ar
him all the time. and many an o,u satr W ~ the
nsted in getting a glimpse OF the owner VI ''
Shamrock -,.o,,o, tor, ono Of the
Erin party as the entertainment gEeNn, IT, ~ Ron
lonhurst Park the previous evening py .H1' The
5amn an ora sryf6 nn table made in the shape Of
n shamrock and thirty guests sat down. ~, vi tbe
The Erin party consisted Of Sir Thomas Upton me
prIrco aonoid de Crov the Prince Reginald 9s
MaGkav Of Edlnburgh william Gibson, Of t L9no
Gnn 83tber guests Of Mr. benjamin were JHdgS
Horace Russell Mr.. McCarter. Mr. Bea each Mr.
Doremus. Mr.. Schenck Mr. Saxon. NJ Th f. IN
Mr benjamin jr.. Professor Tritsch. MI. bl''" anu
Mr. Williams is president Of the rar8e6 hf
had chartered a special train for the oct tdS,i,
There was fuli negro minstrel troupe to entertain
the guests with darky melodies ana dance races anu
Mr. Birch sang new song about the Cup i"0'
NARRowNEss OF THE FIN.
The Shamrock showed an extreme thinness In her
An keel. where the top OF II IONS me upr w.
body THE London Tines" said that there was
eigbteen inches here between the plating. and that
an ordinary man could descend into the fin. ms
may he true but every one agreed That il any
one could descend through walls so close together
The fin descends to a great depth below the upper
body II seems TO be deeper man ina - +, -
kyrie III, and after the thinnest par oI i,,S
passed II swels out gradually 10 IN" Iedu mn.
below. on side view this fin seems perfectly
fat but viewed from aft It IS seen to swel 10 q
Considerable width. This width. which was gfea',-
EST in the bulb Of the lead mine. was propiar0l!
somewhere about thirty-siX or forty lnches ne
dockmastcr McGillivary said the ground niochs
were six feet long the bottom but ne uG r no,
remember how long they were on the Top. lurS
b.veled in to the top. perhaps more thi," ~" =
feet and the width OF the Shamrock letn cou..
not be safely guessed at by this method. vi c!UI
no outsider was allowed down into inc moor oI INV
dock and measurements could not be taken.
The lead bulb rounds away from Us thckesI par
sc
the top is more than thirty feet long. pernal,s,
as much as thirty-three feet long. iarl %. IT.
probably continues up under the owes Pa aooE
Of the bronze. The bulb Is rockered on ltS "Hot
the lowest part being about seven or elEhl IT,. ~.
from the after end and the forward pltt 81 I1S
bottom being two feet higher than It's lowest pa' -
The rudder has a large superficial area. Botn Il
and the stern post separate bronze c1S.
as is also the stem. II was the genera In.
pression that the lead in the fin weighed , ELra al
dcal more than eighty tons, as stated III E"S'""'
lately. .,o ,no,,cbt that Fife
nd M sufficient reason for going 10 ll' y 49,
60 rocv which was observed over inc prouul''io'
- tho shamrock There are points Wn'rr thc ~
eign of tho Defender has perhaps pe'H
on but the general design Is the same n t'"u
a., down of the frames into the mn ana me -
nning TO the keel plate that holds up Ihe Eau a.