Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-15
IS PRETTY BOAT.
Shamrock II Far More Beautiful
Than the Former English
Challenger.
GETTING INTO RACING TRIM
Will Have Her Mast Stel ped at Once
Boat Given an Enthusiastic Recep-
ton by American Craft-Made
Some Very Good Records
While Sailing over.

New York, Aug. 12--The new America
cup challenger, Shamrock IL lay at anchor
off Sandy Hook lightship liant night and
early this morning she was lowed up the
bay to Tompkinsvlle. Staten Island. She
Will be taken at once TO Erie Basin whore
she will be stripped and her racing mast
stepped. Her spars are ready and there
will be no delay in getting her into racing
trim Whether she will go into dry dock
to have her uuderbody cleaned before her
trials outside IL not yet known.
The challenger Of 1901 received lively
and cnthusia sto welcome from every craft
I'm the hurbor As she came up the bay in
tow of the tug Robert Haddor. She had
her nrst taste of the enthusiasm with
witch she was TO he greeted when two
tugs filled with newspaper men and the
steam pilot boat New York reached her
anchorage near Sandy Hook lghtship at
daylight. The shippers Of the tugs loosed
their whistles and the New York walled
Il salute with her siren. The Erin &C
knowledged the salute with three deep
blasts.
1t was at her anchorage overlooking the
field where she is to give battle in Sep
TENDER to the defender Of the cup, yacht
ing sharps had their first glimpse of tho
new challenger by daylight The graceful
and beautiful lines of her slender body
were marred by her cumbersome cruising
rig. hut one glance, however was suit
Client to convince the experts that Watson
had built a much handsomer boat than
the old Shamrock She had none OF that
asgressivenees ohara cteristic of the bull
dog muzzle of the old boat Slender as a
girl, every delicate line indicated speed.
She looks the fastest bit ever turned out
In British waters. one of her beauties is
Watson's TIT Of the counter. There is no
fatness or tumble home alongside the top
sides and her great oVerhang gives her
the appearance Of speed She was paint
ed green like Liptons first challenger.
She raised her anchor and took the tow
line from the Haddon at $40 She flew
Sir Thomes' private signal n green Sham
rock in yellow field from her masthead
while her consort, the Erin carried the
ran1e pennant at her main peak the Amer
lean flag At her fore and the British naval
reserve flag in which were worked the
colors of the Royal Ulster Yacht club,
astcrn
Captain Mathews and Captain Sycamore
were not much more communicative this
morning than they were last night and
said little except to reiterate the state
ment that the weather had been fine and
to furnish newspaper men with the leg
showing her daily runs No statement was
offered as n the distance tho Yacht was
towed by the Erin but it il believed she
was towed fully two-thrds Of the way
although the articles Of agreement provide
that the challenger shall only be towed
during Gains at intervals between brecz-
es"
She sailed from Gouroch July 9th at
1890 H. m The total length of the voyage
was 2. 7sS miles and the actual running time
"A days hours and * minutes. She an
chored in tho Azores from p. m, Aug FL
to $40 p. m, Aug. I'd. Her days runs were
Sixteen miles; aGo 2G7, ~; 2S4 276. ~; ls6:
psi, 90; 2jl: 2G7; $50 2i7; 225; PAL
Capt Sycamore, who Is to have absolute
charge Of Shamrock II in the races gave il
a. -fa.,,