The evening times., 1901-08-26
THE SHAMROCK GOES OUT.
Captain Sycamore Gives the Chal-
lenger a Trial Spin.
Apparently No EEort Made to specd
the Upton BOat-The Action OF
the Yacht During Her ProEre-~
to the sandy Hook LIEhtShfp


the Upton BOat-The Action OF
the Yacht During Her Progress
to the sandy Hook LIEhtship.
NEW YORK. Aug 25-There was a
good southwesterly sailing breeze during
the early morning At daylight the wind
came from the northeast. Il gradually
calmed down and NJ $50 there was only
a light air The weather was fine. a light
! haze lying over the water. Shamrocks
crew had washed deck and gone 20 break
fast on their floating hotel the steamship
Porto Rico. The Erin-s launches had
been ashore several times during the
morning for fresh provisions and the
mails. The yawI Ailsa has been lying near
the Shamrock fc- some DAYS. The steam
yacht America. came down last night
and anchored near her. ready to follow
the green boat when she went out.
At 1870 the Shamrock set her working
gaf topsaH and. under short tacSs. con
tinued out through the main ship chan
mel At 1910 the steam yacht Erin came
out and Joined the Shamrock The sham
rock at IC.45 was sailing under nainsaH.
working gaT topsaiI. forestry sail. jib.
AID baby jib topsaI
The challenger did not show quarter
the heel that the experts had predicted
OF course. the fact that she DID not have
her big club topsaH set was to some ex-
tent responsible for her stiffness, but her
behavior this morning convinced yachts
men that the challenger viii not be any
more tender than the two Herresho6
yachts The yacht held directly Tor the
Scotland IightshIp until 1879 when she
lutfed in toward Rockaway. Captain Sy-
camore kept her by the wind on the star
board tack for five minutes and then bore
of on the port tack toward the IightShlp
again. The Shamrock held the wind but
a few minutes, however. when she Iuffed
and stood over toward Rocka way once
more. She looked wen into wind. but in
this respect she showed no s3,Ueriorfty
over the Columbia Her sails dJted per.
fectly. with the exception Of two long
wrinkles in her mainsau near the throat
Her kites fitted beautifully and held all
the wind that could be crammed into
them
At l0.@5 those in charge Of the Irish
yacht gave up luffinE. and with sheets
lifted to starboard she stood out for the
course over which her older sister sailed
10 defeat two years agO-
At 1l-I5 the wind had fa:tened down to
about six knots and il had hauled Just a
trife TO the northward- The Shamrock
was then standing up as stin as a church
She moved easily through the water and
there was just the slightest feathery fuss
Cd
wave at all. but then the water was not
rough enough 10 get a line on what she
viii do when things are gusUy outside
The yacht arrived or the Sandy Hook
ughtship at u-55, having been under way
just one hour and forty minutes. The dis
tance from the point Of Sandy Hook 70
the Sandy Hook Hghtship is eight miles.
but Captain Sycamore was not trying 20
drive her Having arrived abreast Of the
Hghtship the baby jib topsaiI was hauled
in and a No jib Jopsail was sent up in
lis place This was at noon.
The yacht held along on the port tack
with this kite until 12-l5. when she hauled
IL in again and stood along under her
lower sails FOR a few minutes At I2.Ig
she broke out her baby I'D topsaiI. sJiu
holding on the port tack. Captain Syca-
more was evidently u0t trying to get
much speed out Of her az this time
The challenger began 10 run into lot
Of soft spots at 12-29. and her sails tiut-
tered badly The wind did not seem 70
have velocity OF more than three or
four knots
After idly tossing about under her
working topsail, maiEsau, and lower kites
for about three-quarters OF an hour a pig
reaching jiD tCpsau was broken out at
l2.45- 1t hung as HstIessiy as a great wet
blanket, however The wind did not seem
strong enough to shake IT, The yacht
was stM holding on the port tack. but
bearing on farther to the eastward. She
was not making much headway-