The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-03

! mocri1Es and started out iu tow Of the
/ Wallace B. Flint at S:43 o'clock. The
| Shamrock did not take up her tow until
! thirteen minutes later. when she followed
( along after the American boat BY this
. time few boats. the vanguard OF the big
/ excursion fleet. appeared from the direc-
: uon Of the Earrows
/ the sun Was making Sow work NJ
/ burning away the mist. and haze sin
/ hung over the horizon. After "a time the
1 revenue cutters. keeping veil together.
/ could boz seen coming out from the direc-
/ uon Of the Narrows. BY $50 the con-
. giomerate observation fleet vas iE sight
! coming iu "a body down the harb0r. head
] ing Tor the liEhtship Off tho Hook over
I coats and wraps We're I'm evidence among
/ the eNcursionists. FOR the wind had a bite
/ To- f.
/ Out 10 the Starting Line.
! Ehe two yachts moved cut To the start
| Ing line az smart pace They were
ahead of the foremost Of the excursion
/ a,vt, with thy clear sea on every side. The
( judges .uE, Navigator. was one OF the
Hrst boats 90 pass the Hook steamIuz by.
l headed for the Iight-hip. az $50 O'Clock.
The stfkeboat and the committee boats
passed out by the Hook about $50 and
! saa fleet Of excursion steamers. yachts.
au3 patrol boats followed.
TIE wind kept dropping until. at 10
p clock. il reT stored only twelve miles an
hour The sea was still heavy and choD9v
and the wind had yeered more 20 the
| "orth- Incoming vessels reported that the
sea beyond rh, bar was rough. ana some
I ni the sNpger- thought that IL would
make trouble r tae racers. The Erin
hnisJed anchor at $3.50 o'clock. but remain
ed m tho Horseshoe until 1910. when she
started for the lightship.
Columbia went into the wind shortly
after j" o'clock when stiu more than a
mile from the ughtshIp and hoisted her
big maiusaH. The Shamrock was tovyrd
some distance beyond the Columbia be-
| fore her nose was pokcd iIto the breeze
and her big sheet Of canvas began 10
] creep up. The observation feet was now
streaming past the Hook after the TWO
yachts
The racers We're well ont 10 the light
I ship before the vanguard of the great
excursion fleet started down through the
Narr0ws. closely followed by a pictur-
esgue swarm OF white yachts and mis-
c,Iaacous craft
When the steamer Victor arrived at the
Hook with the guests Of Sir Thomas Lip
/ ton. they had an exciting time in being
transferred i'm small launches from the
transport 10 tG, yacht Eriu. The sea was
cHoFPy and the small boats tossed about
in "a threatening manner
The club toUsau hois-eG 10y the Co
lumbia was "a muca smaller one than she
. carried in previous races By this time
tine wind had hauled li;tIe more to rbe
uorJh-ncrJhwest and, while stu blow
ing steady had apparently decrease ia
velocity. though not enough 10 cause any
apprehension
Tn, Columbia set the club topsau at
lo-l5 O'Clock and the Shamrock soon had
her own club topzail up
Signal for the Course
Ten minutes later the boat navigator
set the signal for "A triangular course.
This was followed by both yachts getting
their h-adssils up. Shamrock got under
way first and headed Tor tho immediate
n'iEhhorhood of the starting line. The
Columbia soon followed her
Both yachts moved along smoothly in
the fat sea- Though the wind had de-
er'as'a somewhat. brisk breeze was
sta blowing slightly more from the
north than earlier I'm the morning. It's
velocity was twelve miles