The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-01
TRIANGULAR COURSE TO-DAY.
SHAMROCK ExPECTED TO snow
At HER REST.
rwe-mirds OF the Race win RE . Reach.
which Is the t~hailcnger's stronE Point
-Ceundence In tho Coiumbia sham
rock VIII Try q NeN Mainsail.

which Is the t~hailcnsers strong Potht
-~Coundcnce In tho Columbia sham
reck WIN Try q New Mainssil.
The race to-day between tho Shamrock
and tho Columbia will be oven n triangular
sour-e and tho supporters Of tho Shamrock
think that the challenger will show AT her
bsst In this contest. They argue that
the Shamrock hss shown by last Saturdays
nee that she Ia a little faster than the Co
lumbia turning TO windward. and they
think that with tho wind just forward
or lust aft the beam the challenger will
prove TO be faster than the American yacht
and win consequently win the race. II
there n a fresh wind. anything stronger
than q ten-knot breeze. those who favor
the Shamrock say that she will be q good
distance In the lead nj the windward mark
and that she will increase that lead when
reaching over the other two legs OF the
oourps. II 1. possible that this will he 30.
but tho~e Who favor the Columbia, and there
ere more Columbia supporters than there
an supporters Of the Shamrock. know
that the American yacht Ia very much
Ct home when the wind freshens and they
have no fear Of the result In a breeze.
The local weather bureau maxi the
following general forecast for TO-DAY:
Pair and cooler. with frcsh winds Of q
velocity Of about ten miles
The following special bulletin was issued
BY the weather bureau ia Washington:
sOd Sandy Hook. Tuesday. the weather
Win b fair with light To fresh northeriy
winds In the morning. which will diminish
IN force and become variable In the after
noon
The triangular oourss viii be laid from
the sandy Hook Lshtship, II possible. and
shs nrst leg will b 10 windward. II a wind
ward leg Of ten miles can be laid. With
the wind holding true. the other two legs
will be reaches. one on the port tack And the
other on the starboard tack: but II thu
Wind should haul or back a couple OF points,
II would make one OF the logs a run aud
s~innAkers will be carried Tn start will
b made as usual at II o'clock. but the
Regatta Committee win postpone the start
II necesmary until therc u wind enough for
he yachts. The starting signals for this
raos will he the same AZ on former DAYS
and Il will have to Ia a very light wind
that win not send the yachts around the
cour, within the time limit Of Ave and a
bali hours.
Tho two yachts were at their mooring.
al day Yesterday. but there was q lot OF
work done on each boat On the Columbia
Il was wash day and the crows clothing
~ nAnMlhk v NV tOit n VI wv -
drying In the light wind that was blowing
al day. II Ia rather tantalizing To thoss
on board the Erin To have good winds on
the Oh days and on race days TO have To
mcet the Columbia In light weather, hut
his cannot be helped The crew OF the
Columbia wsshed tho white top-idos OF
he yacht and then spent some time over
hauling the rigging Then the covers
werc taken Cd the mainsail and lmake
Ma Hathaway from Bristol had the foot
u the mAinssil cast loo-e from the end OF
h boom and some work was done again
IN the crtngle and then the head Of ths
sail received attention. The mainsail has
stretcbcd and n too big Tor the spars. To
make Il At well the gan and boom should
b q few inches longer. but there IL no way
Of l~sngtbening the.e spar- now and no
dine TO recut a mainsail, 80 a novel method
Of pulling IL out on the head was resorted
70. A line was passed through the hollow
ea6 and made last 70 the cringle at the
peak OF the sail and then III. cringle WAS
pulled out 10 that II turned inside the hoi-
low ead and 50 stretched the head OF the
call out. This viii cause the sail To wrinkle
come, but IL will make 1t hatter, and that Is
what Capt Barr wants.
After this had been done. the sall was
covered up again for the night. MIR. T.. ID:
Morgan and Mr.. Herbert {. Leeds watched
he work done for awhile. and then paid
q visit TO Sir Thomas Upton on board the
Erin. Before going to the Erin, Mr.. Morgan
aid ne hoped that there would I've a good
Wind for the race and he thought IL would
% an interesting enc: Capt. Bsrr. TOO,
'rsah Wind OF weather conditions that
;hoee on the Shamrock thought would
,elp their boat. He said the Columbia
lecded wind 10 make her sail well. a. does
he Shamrock.
The Grew Of the Shamrock was very busy.
me bronse topside- were FURNISHED. and
Asn the mainsail was partly hotsted to let
the wind dry Il out thoroughly, new
sail n TO be tried to-day. This sail hts Just
q well a. the one d~i~cardcd-in fact all
the Shamrock's sails ~ well-but u II OF
tighter texture and weighs le-s than the sail
used In the previous race. S~ailinaker
Ratssy said that y was thought IL would
Sss,sI :H NO Tor r hEs, y w 20 he .a ana 10, ,or
DAY. n change will probably be made
before the yacht leaves her moorings this
morning. A new jib was hoi-ted during
The afternoon and carefully inspected by
Mr.. Ratsey. and then some slight altera-
lions were made IN u.
Agent Herbert, representing 1loyds,
boarded the n shortly after noon and
inspected that yacht 10 zee what damage
bad been done through the Gresham hit
Ding her. He reported that the damage
was all above the waterline and RECON-
mendcd that the yacht he dry doched at
the termination 81 the races. Sir Ihomas
aid he was greatly relieved al this report,
a. he had been afraid that the Erin would
AVE to be docked at once Sir Thomas
again expressed his opinion that the ac-
cdent was ar unavoidable one, and said
hat he had written 10 Capt Walker telling
him 10.
Sir Thomas ssid he hoped that there
might be a brisk win for the race to-day.
we want a scuppar breeze, said he. and
then the Shamrock will show what she can
do. We really have great hops of win
ming the triangular race, because the sham
rock In such a good boat when reaching.
and In light weather she II hstier than
the Columbia turning To windWGd
Capt. Wrnge wa another who thought
that the shamrock should win to-day's
triangular race He said In light
weather like that of saturday the Sham
rock h the hstecr boat turning 10 wind
ward, and she showed h. that racc that
she can reach faster than tine Columbia
Ther~ were only n few minutes when the
yachts were reaching, hut the shamrock
opened n slight gap during that time In
afr-rh wind ! am onfldcn that the sham
rock will win
sDon'i Won think that in hight weather
Il H. better 20 go Ia Reward In two tscks,
captainy- asked the reporter
II certainly do" h. replied, u think
that N Shamrock had reached for some dis
tance on the home beg Of he raceon the star.
hoard tack cnrrving her balloon lib toIsail