The sun., 1901-07-28
OCEAN RACE, MONTHS LONG
AN ANKRICAS AND A BRITISH SHIP
TO TEST THEIR SPEED. -

AN AMERICAN AND A BRITISH SNIP
TO TEST THEIR SPEED. r
nsiAes Trip to japan for the brilliant. Bisssse
sailing Craft Ever In Pcrs Here. sad the
Acme, . New Giant From Maias. and
TheyT Hustle for Glory and Their Fiass.
Out by Robbins Reef in the upper bay.
the big bark Brilliant. the newest and largest
sailing vessel that has ever entered this port.
lies with i.75O.OOO gallons OF case oil In her
hold and the British nag floating from her
gaf, while ashore the shipping master 70
husuing for crew to take her to Yokohama,
half way around the world. Capt. Cowlin.
shaw u Just bit anxious about that crew.
He hopes that It will be spry or can be made
40 quickly. because he intends that the Bril-
liant shant waste any time on her way 10
Japan.
Down at the Standard Oil Companys
wharf at Constable Hook the bark Acme.
equally new and nearly Us big, ID taking
aboard a trine OF 10000 gallons Of case oil.
for Yokohama also. The stars and stripes
will fly from the Acme's gan when the trg
hauls her down the bay day or two In ths
wake Of the giant Britisher. for the Acme
was built by the Sewalls up in Maine Now.
should that 500. 600 gallons Of oil aboard tho
Acme land on Yokohama pier before tho
million and three-quarters aboard the Bril-
liant there will be a fine old to do among
the sailormen in this port. And by the great
horn spoon, the Acme will move this trip.
Therefore Capt Lawrence will look over
his sailors with sharp eye when the shipping
ynaa f,tmhloa thavp ahnard nd Nth hxn
good for the lubbers to learn the ropes
apace.
Nobody's racing, OF course. and II the
sports In the Standard Oil and the ship
building folks up In Maine are putting up
their good money on the ship OF their choice
that's their lookout.
We'll get there as soon az We can says
the mate Of the Brilliant, who is Scotch
and canny.
-'Taint no time Of year for fast passage.
but We u make II soon as most folks. mebbo
q bit sooner says the mate Of the Acme,
who confesses to little sporting blood.
Capt. Reuben r. Lawrence OF The Acme,
who comes Of the family which supplied
the Commodore who commanded the frigate
Chesapeake In her great fight long ago.
and who himself. after the battle Of Manila
Bay. took the whites aboard his ship in
Cebu harbor when the Filpinos had mas
sacred the Spanish garrison. ran up tie
United States flag and stayed there look
ing for a scrap, isn't saying a word.
They are both fine ships the first Of q
big fleet the Standard Oil Company Is hav-
ing built In Maine and on the Clyde Both
are brand new: the question OF cost was
not allowed TO interfere unduly In their
construction. and therefore on the speed
which each makes on this maiden trip os
theirs to Japan hangs TO some extent tho
reputation Of British and American ship
building
Neither has yet made trip In cargo.
| The Brilliant came here from Glasgow
in ballast month or so ago and she made
| fast trip. crossing the ocean In twenty
six days from the time she set sails of
| Greenock to the time she took them In In
| the Narrows and surrendered to a tug,
which hauled her around the Kills to Bay
onne. The longest voyage the Acme has
made Ia from Bath to Bayonne.
Both ships will get away within the week
a day or two apart and both will take the
| same course. the long way around by the
Cape OF Good Hope. the South Seas and
between Australia and New Zealand to
| Japan There Is nearer way by the Straits
| Of Sunda and the China Sea. but this Is
| no time Of year for IT, A good passage
by the other route would be from i20 10
liO days. There may be a new record
when these ships are reported from YokO-
hama.
III she sails as well loaded M she does
light wen be all right" the frat mate OF
| tflt bTllIHut tOiu ON EtpOTleT.
Besides the maiden under the bowsprit
coquettishly trying with a straw hat and
with a real cut glass necktie and tiara to
| set OF her charms the Brilliant has two
mascots. There Is a husky porker known
as the Scotchman up forward who Is likely
| to be table pork soon after he sees the
South Seas and there is also Tom who
| has history
Tom is q preternaturally wise and very
active gray cat who started life on the oil
ship Comet He thought so well Of the
ship that when she was dismasted and her
| crew deserted her he stayed aboard and
was towed with her TO the Azores. where
| his former shipmates recovered him and
| turned him over TO the Brilliant. He seems
! to think even better OF the new ship than
he did Of the old, and that's good sign the
| mate says.
The Acme has feline mascot, too. Jerry
| il his name, but he IL young and nexper-
| fenced. This will be his first voyage and
the Acme's folks pin their faith rather to
Jimmy the cabin boy. who has never lost
n crap game yet and is certain that in
any speed trial to anywhere with any Brit
isher ever built the Acme has a cinch.
Jimmy has lots OF sporting blood.
The Brilliant IL 375 feet long, 81 feet beam
and 5000 tons net. The only larger sailing
| craft ahoat is the German bark Potosi.
which has never entered New York harbor.
The Acme h 335 feet long 50 feet beam and
about 5000 tons net. The Brilliant carries
n company Of forty hands all told, the Acme
a crew OF thrty-three Capt Cowlinshaw
halls from Bristol port and Capt. law
renee from Maiden. Mass. The faces of both
are known in every big port in the world.
and after score Of years of sailing each
vows that he now has the finest ship he
ever had.
Down in the Standard Oil tanks they're
betting on the Brilliant to make the better
time 10 japan, but up, in Maine and IN a
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