The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-17
ARRIVAL 0F Shamrock /.
SiI Thomas Lipton's Cup Challenger
Safely Anchored at Tomp-
kinsville.
RECEIVED AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.
Her the Appearance of Being the
Fastest Boat Ever Turned Out in
British Waters-Fears Columbia
More than Independence.

New York, Aug. 13.-The new
Americas cup challenger, Shamrock
H., lay at anchor off Sandy Hook
lightship all night, and in the morn
ing was towed up the bay to Tomp-
kinsville, Staten Island. She will be
taken at once TO Erie basin. where
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 drydock TO have her un-
derbody cleaned before her trials
outside is not yet known.
Received Lively Welcome.
The challenger of 1901 received a
| lively and enthusiastic welcome from
every craft in the harbor as she came
up the bay in tow of the tug Robert
Haddon. The shippers Of the tugs
loosed their whistles, and the New
York walled salute with her siren.
The Erin ACKNOWLEDGED the salute with
three deep blasts. 1t was at her an
chorage overlooking the field where
she is to give battle, in September,
to the defender of the cup that the
yachting sharps had their first
glimpse of the new challenger by day
light. The grace and beauty of the
lines of her slender body were mar
red by her cumbrous cruising rig,
and the litter and confusion on her
deck as her crew were preparing to
weigh anchor. But one glance was
sufficient to convince the experts that
Watson had built a much handsomeI
boat than the old Shamrock.
, She Looks Fast.
She looks the fastest boat eve
! turned out in British waters. Ont
4 of her beauties is Watson's peculia
b.. tilt of the counter. There is no fiat
). ness or tumble home along the tor
r sides, and her great overhang give
4 her the appearance of speed. She wa
= painted green like the Irish knight
-, first challenger, but the paint on tn
sides OF her upper works had bee
scraped off in many places by tn
seas she had encountered, and thes
spots showed the manganese bronz
/ of which she is constructed. Sh
raised her anchor and took the two
line from the Haddon at $50.
The Trip Up the Bay.
As she came up the bay the crew c
> the Shamrock, in dark blue sweater
and white trousers and hats, lounge
along her deck. disdaining oilskins
protect them from the dashes of raj
that fell at inter ais.
After leaving quarantine the moi:
le anG din of salutng whistles becan
$ louder. Every craft steamed as clio:
Ie as possible to get better view of II
IN boat. Hardly had her anchor hit II
IS bottom off Tompkinsville befol
r throrgs appeared on hill and pierhef
e to study her lines with their glasses
,r Was To,ved Two-Thirds of the Wa
c. Capt. Hamilton, navigating ofhct
a. of the Shamrock, stated to a pre-
in representative that the yacht h'
10 been towed. about two-thirds of Il
way from the Azores.
IT Prevailing winds south-southwe
:. gave them fair wind all the wa
4. They got in to the tail-end of ;
X easterly gale August 1 and carri
10 away two topsail sheets. That w
rf the only mishap of the voyage.
Time of the Voyage.
rs The total length OF the voyage w
3.7Gy miles, and the actual runni1
= time ii days hours and 4j minutes
- Capt. Sycamore, who is to have a
VI solute charge of the Shamrock II.
the races, gave it as his opinion tn
r the Columbia is a better boat tn
the Constitution.
nj Capt. VIM. Matthews, the commar
er of the Erwin, said: I'VE fear I
Columbia more than we do the CO
stitution."