The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-04

,r pole. boom and Ean. and performing
the Thousand and one little duties Incl
dent TO preparing "a gl-foot flyer for the
start of race
Three straight to-day was the morn
ing greeting Of everyone connected with
the Columbia. From T. -. Morgan To the
humbl.st stoksr on the Park city every
on, believed that % would o.. all over but
tho speeches hy this evening.
sir Thomas Cheerful.
over ON th- Erin Sir Thomas showed no
signs of having lost heart. and his cheer
tuI example inspired the rest Of IN, party.
Thee was stl a chance. though "a slim
one. To- bs sure. and the gallant .rishman
was not the one to let hope staEuatc So
long as n stiff wind was blowing aud
there remained foot Of the final course
to %, sailed
CoIors flashed ont or Sir Thomas Lip
tons fleet promptly al o'clock Long
before the Shamrook's crew had eaten
Breakfast aId got TO work Strengthening
things up ON the challenger and e, ttiuE
everything IN shape FOR final effort TO
I give as sharp "a tUssle 20 the American
flyer as the British boat was capable of.
I. everything WAS made taut and tight. for
race iu "a stid breeze.
a man was sent aloft To- the tip Of the
, toDmaSi just before o'clock. To See that
{ everything was clear and smooth. and
[ aftcrward the sailor climbed out on the
/ sTreader and worked for a minute on the
Z gear there The Shamrock began hoist
ing heT mIinsau al $50. while stiU at an
,hur. much TO the surprise of everyone
aboard the Columbia. and it was evident
that the challenger intended to move out
60 the starting lire under her own sail
( Tho CoIumIia's tug. the Wallace b. Flint
had Ugit,I :uto the bay OF the Hook. ana
soon was hobbiuE up and down alongside
the Columbia in the choppy sea.
At $40 the Columbia took tow and
/ started for the mark. The Shamrock
/ fooled the sharps again 10y taking her tow
at SIS and passing cut around tho p3in;
I Of the Hook stan in tow. She ran close
7 hauled behind the Lawrence. with her
mainsail 20 starboard and the wind al her
/ tail
The wind had now fresh,ned an. II
appeared much stronger out to sea thau
/ In the Hook, and was ru,liu- u1 IitIo
waltecaDs ovt from shore IL was very
-usty and blew in streaks over the floo~
. n. the ocean.
-'y The time the TWO yachts were past
tho Hook and away for the l.ghtship. the
Judges boat, Navigator could be- seen
heading out for the Hook closely fol-
. lowed by tho press tug. Unity As vet
D1 other craft Of the big observation
feet had appeared.
IL was half an hour later before the
. revenue cutters and patrol boats came
sharply through tac Narrovs and bore
out toward Tho starting line. The leaders
. OF the excursion fleet were close al Their
1 heels soon the Narrows were clottsd
. with boats Of every sort, large and small.
I under sail OF putting out steam. lean-nos-
I 'a private yachts. and broad thrce-deczed
I excursion boats They swept in "a stream
. through the NaTrows and spread out ia a
{ sprint Tor the starting mark All sea-
. roads led % where the big yachts were
, To- start away and boats appeared 20 De
/ coming from an points along the shore.
/ It was rnc autumn morning for royaI
sport and everyone appeared to think
/ that today would be the last contest OF
/ the preseu; series.
ShanIrOck's New NIainsaiI.
! The maiEsaH run up on the Shamrock is
/ one not before used in her races hsre.
. II wrinkled badly al FIRST bat by the
tim= the Hghtship was reached X was
. setting sIIeHdidiy,
/ The Navigator. the committee boat.
1 passed out al g-25. followed shortly bv the
( guard boats and the first boats Of the
. excursion fleet soon after passed through
7 the Narrows.
Shortly before 10 o'clock enc Columbia
hoisted her maiusaiI and soon after dr0p-
ped her tow.
when The Columbia drew near the light
. ship she hove around. 20 the west of IT,
. and hoisted her mainsau- Meanwhile the
/ Shamrock had passed her and hung about
iu the ueighborhood. The judges boat
had arrived az the lghtshio almost as
soon as the two yachts. Both yachts lay
10 iu the wind for "A time before shaking
their tows. They had reached the start.
ing line 10y 10 o'clock and the excursion
feet was stiU strung out along toward
the Earrows.
BY 1915 both boats Were standing on
and on and around tho Hghtship viii
UainsaiIs and club to-saiIs up.
The wind was stil going msrrily wh,r
lhe committoc boat took up her position
To- tho south Of the IiEhtshiD and hoistct
n signal. the letter go. indicating thai
the course would be- fifteen miles south
southeast TO lceward and return.
largest Club TopsHiI set.
Neither Captain Barr nor Captain Svca.
more seemed 20 fear the wind. for each
set his 30 I. or largest club topsaiI
though yesterday afternoon Sycamore 30
a wind Of the same strength. had invited
Gulle criticism Lecaus- he did not arpar.
/ entity make tho best use of the cloth al
his disposal He used No. jib topsaiI
while Barr was using his No J. and dis
. tIuctly lost ground iu the sec0ud leg.
The excursion fleet had by this time be
gun 20 gather Lac.> of the line. and IL Wa.
fully as large AS on any Of the pr.cediul
days
Shamrock set her jib. slipped off h,i
/ t0U. a.d got under way at 1922 O'Clock
The Columbias togsaH was set f,u
minutes Iat,r. and she then lay to- unit
tho preparatory signal was fred. Thor,
iaUp,arod 20 have been considerable trou
he aboard the American boat with h,l
! topsau, ana al her men had been work
ing hard tC get the sail set successfully
l. and without wriukiing Tho ShamrcrI
stood or quite a distance from fhe mark
and ais" lay in The wind a few min
/ ut.s before the preparatory signal In.
Shamrock moved up toward the line III,
J Columbia then set her jib and staysai
and got under way
THE REPORTED CHALLENGE.
Nothing Known of the Alleged CIyd,
Syndicate.
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