The sun., 1901-07-28
SHAMROCK BEGINS VOYAGE:
IooosrAMED ~ s1sAH FACET salx
s.R secgVEs A GREAT SsND-0S1.

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Bess Cspahas q Caryins the Britash
y,.s 70 viotssy OF Sandy nesk.
sp.eso, Cao,s DspsseA 10 rns SUN.
oousocK. July T.-The Shamrock IL
,.iled from hero for New York ths
mornlps. It b expected that she will
make the trip in seventeen days. The
s,ssm yacht Erin escorted the chal-
anger. Tho latter sailed at 1920 o'clock
amid great salvos from land and water.
The weather was beautiful and there were
. dns esstsrly breeze and smooth water
The steam yacht Erin carried the Stars and
stripes under her house nag. With tho bur-
no Of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club on the
mainmast
Tho challenger, under her jury mainsail.
clabtccssu and foresail. glided from her
anchorage. With the bree1e on her star
hoard beam she gybed ahead. the Erin fol-
loving in her wake The tug Neptune
With tho guests fell In close astern.
Thousands Of persons nlled the points
AZ vantage ashora Tho crack Of guns
aboard the steamship 0slatss preoeded
an outburst Of cheering and screechins
of steam whistles which made deaienins
din ashore and aHoat The horn Of tho
Erin could be heard above all a. Capt
Mathews responded to the heartinaas Of
the greeting and send-O6.
With considerate regard for the public
Capt. Sycamore. Of Shamrock IL. ran his
boat close past the pier end while all hands
stood and cheered. the people In return
waving their handkerohiefs and hatA
Among those on the challenger were
Sir Thomas Upton. Designer Watson.
J. b Hillard, R R Urs and william Love.
Ine breeze moderated after while Tho
yacht worked down before 1t speedily.
and while yet the crowds were breath
e. from giving their fareweis she was
holding past Cloch and slipping out Of
sight The Neptune accompanied the yachts
outside Cambra1-
Before Sir Thomas Upton and hs guests
left tho yacht he addressed some cheering
rsmarm to the crew. He spoke In
q similar vein to his speech last night
ct the Gourock Yacht Club. when, in re-
sponding TO q toast to his health. he
ssid that he had now practically
finished the arrangements on this side.
and In the matter Of winning the Cup the
arrsngements were entirely In the capable
hands Of Capt Sycamore and his crew.
Designer Watson. Sir Thomas said. had
done hs best and he lLiptonl was certain
hat Watson had turned out boat that
vss q credit to himself and his country.
Nr. Watson had besn inspired by Iove Of
bin profession and love Of the old nag which
the boat went to represent
SIR Thomas went on to say that there
had been some difficulties In the early tuning
up Of Shamrock H.. but all these had been
overcome and she had now been brought
to suoh q pitch Of perfection that whether
her opponent be Shamrock !. or any other
boat built on this side Of the water, Capt.
Sycamore had only to let her go and she
was able to shoot past them with the great
at casa fCheers.l
Sir Thomas concluded by saying that
whatever the result OF the race for the
Americas Cup might be- he was sure OF
fair play, and IL any favor was shown It
would not be TO the disadvantage OF the
British boat lCheersl
Sir Thomas Lipton's final words to the
crew Of the challenger were addressed to
them when she was Of Arran Island. forty
miles from Gourock. He said: You are
going on an errand in which the whole
British nation is interested. and you will
have upon you the eyes Of the entire English
speaking people Now do your best in the
contest. A better crew. believe. never
trod the deck OF a racing yacht.
We have had an anxious time but l
believe that everything Is now plain sail
Ing. Should we succeed as ] have great
hopes we will, each man will have made
for himself name in the history OF yacht
ing, and personally will recognize your
Efforts in a way that will be satisfactory
10 you. am confident that our chances are
good this time. as Mr.. Watson has given
us a boat capable Of carrying the British
flag to victory of Sandy Hook"
Designer Watson led the parting cheers
for the challenger, which sailed OF In the
easterIy breeze at seven knots speed ac-
companied by the Erin.
LONDON, July FIN reference to the re-
fusal of several members OF the crew Of
Shamrock |. to join Shamrock ii. unless
they we're paid bonus Of els the fachtsman
says paid hand is an increasing evil who
IL becoming less efficient as he becomes
more expensive. The piper attributes the
fault partly to the owners and partly to the
growth Of yachting. 1t also says 1t 10
fact that small yachts are no longer school
for training hands for the larger boats.
The small vessels used to be miniatures OF
the large ones. Now the rules have made
them merely boats in which a young fisher
man does not gain any experience which
would At him for moments notice In the
crew OF a large racer. Thus frst-rate men
are scarce, and owners are forced TO suffer
much rather than part with their expert
enced sailors.
The Ydchtsmdn points out that Sir Thomas
Upton was indifferent as to the amount Of
the bonus asked, but the spirit displayed
by the men was an unfavorable sign. which
II would be folly TO ignore. The paper
goes on to say:
II Is unfortunately no secret that the
conduct Of cup challen9ars' crews Is not
always above reproach when foreign port
is reached, and there have been several
Instances where they just stopped short OF
mufiny Snnh conduct Ia hiUhly pre IN