The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-22
GOOD WIND IS PROMISED
FORECAsTER SAYS CONDITIONS WILL
BE FAVORABLE FOR RACE.
Sir Thomas Upton Confident sham
rock Is the Better Boat Except i'm
Calm-Britons Blue.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22-The wind at
Sandy Hook at midnight was from the
southwest, twelve miles an hour. The
weather was clear and the sky cloudless.
Indications are that the wind will hold
through Saturday
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Forecaster Emory
at the Weather Bureau to-day sent out
the following forecast for the vicinity of
the yacht race course for tomorrow:
''The weather Saturday over the race
course will be fair to partly cloudy with
fresh southerly winds, probably shifting
to southwesterly.'
Sir Thomas Upton. his captains and the
crews of his fleet at Sandy Hook, We're
by no means disheartened to-day Sir
Thomas was optimistic as usual and
cheerfully explained that yesterdays race
was not conclusive. while Capt. wringe of
Shamrock III, was as good natured and
hopeful as ever. All appeared to believe
that there would be a different story to
tell If the next race were sailed in a fair
racing wind. 1t was pointed out by an
ofhcer OF the Erin to-day that Shamrock
III had never been exceedingly fast in
drifting. The only race i'm which Sham
rock / ever beat the challenger was sailed
IN little better than a calm, and in many
cases under similar conditions. Shamrock
Ill had been unable to drop it's pacemaker
until the wind increased to five knots or
better, after which il showed a remarkable
increase in speed. Tonight the friends OF
Shamrock III were hoping for wind that
would enable the boats to sail the race an
hour within the time limit.
Sir Thomas said:
Il have not lost hope in the slightest
The conditions yesterday We're the worst
L have ever seen off Sandy Hook. I have
been here since June, and we never had
anything so bad. Ii was purely a matter
of luck. The Shamrock got no show from
the wind The Reliance was getting all the
wind she wanted to foot away from us
with, while the Shamrock was lying with.
out a breath. Whenever we did get
breeze lost no time in making up the
Reliance's gain, but the luck never LASTED
with us. As & matter of fact. the Sham
rock came about to come home, seeing Il
was hopeless to continue when she was get
ting no wind. The Reliance'S sails were
full when our sails were lying limp
Sir Thomas passed the day in entertain
ing the Earl and the Countess of Shaftes
bury, Colonel and Mrs. Sharman-Crawfort
md Adjutant General and Mrs Corbin
BY the invitation of General Corbn tn,
whole party visited the Sandy Hook prov
ing grounds and witnessed a test of the bi.
guns
Late i'm the day the party boarded tn
Erin's launch and started for trip up tn
Shrewsbury river.
If Lieutenant Commander Isam Takeshira
of the imperial Japanese navy, can carr,
out his plans Japan will have a yacht il
the next contest for the Americas cup. TIL
commander, who came here to see the strug
gle between Shamrock Ill and Reliance
declares he will interest financial men il
his country to prepare at once for the build
ing of racer to enter the next interna
tiOnal races.
1--WE can build just as fine a boat a
either America or England he said. AN
| you may be sure that at the next interna
| tional yacht races you will see the flag O
Japan flying the winner"