New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-21
ONN.T.YACHT CLUB BOAT.
Enperts Soon See Superiority of the
Reliance.

About eight hundred members of the New
York Yacht Club and their friends went to the
yacht race yesterday on the steaer Monmouth,
which left the pier at Rector-st. and the North
River at 9:15 a. m The steamer has been
! chartered for the use of the clubs members and
guests for the entire series of races by the clubs
regatta committee consisting of s. Nicholson
| Kane. Newbury D. Lawton and Edward H.
Wales.
1t is the established custom of the club to pro-
vide steamer for use of those members who
do not go TO the international races in their own
steam yachts Many of the members prefer to
go with the crowd on the chartered boat, and
they invariably have good time in Company
They have been seeing the yacht races for years
They are enthusiastic men and are we'll versed
In yachting lore Their collective judgment Of
the merits OF the rival boats and of the way in
which the boats are sailed is therefore valuable
as the Judgment of experts.
Although yesterdays race was i f1uke, It
served to convince the club members, appar-
/ entity. that the Reliance is the better boat and
that Sir Thomas Upton will not lift the Amer
! icas Cup this time. From the start to the
finish yesterday, except when the rain hid the
yachts from view for half hour. hundreds
of glasses were pointed at the racers from the
decks Of the Monmouth and every point OF
sailing was observed and criticised. When the
rain passed and the white sails were seen glis-
tening in streaks of sunlight more than mile
away, the clubmen We're quick to see that the
Reliance had gained a. good lead. Then, to the
time the wind seemed TO die out, and the beat
to the outer mark was slow and wearisone. the
constant remarks heard on the Monmouth were
that the Reliance was getting further and fur
ther TO the windward Of her rival, that she was
outponting and outsaing the Shamrock, and
that II there came wind enough to finish the
race the Reliance would win by greater mar
gin of time than marked the beatings given by
the Columbia TO the other Shamrocks.
It's the same old story said one Of the
veterans, the American boat is the better boat"
This reminds me of the way the old Volun-
teer walked away from her more beautiful rival
the Thistle" said another Certainly the pres
ent Shamrock is far handsor2er than the Re
lance. In fact. she is the perfection of beauty
and grace. And she goes fast, too. But the Re
lance, with ugly looking nose and sails that do
not seem to fit right, gets through the water
faster and points better in the wind
4 wonder" remarked one Of the younger
members of the club, if it will be possible after
to-day to get any betting the result?'
Not your life" said companion. After
| to-day you couldn't get decent bet if you were
/ TO offer 20 to l the Reliance. The only bet
ting Will be the number of minutes the Re
lance will beat the other boat by or, perhaps, a
! long shot the result Of one race. on the
chance of a breakdown by the American boat"
Everybody on the Monmouth was so sure that
the race would be called off when the Reliance
was nearing the outer mark that the cheers
! for the American boat when she turned the
stakeboat lacked some Of the usual heartiness.
/ a bank cloud that looked if 1t might have
considerable wind in it was nearing the fleet at
| the time, but the weather "sharps" on the Mon
mouth said there would be only q bucketful
| They declared that if the Shamrock held to the
stakeboat she would be beaten at the turn by
half an hour. Watch her. several of the club
men said, "and you'll see her turn back before
/ she reaches the mark" They were right again.
! and a laugh soon went up on the Monmouth as
/ the Shamrock was seen to gybe and follow the
Reliance without getting within half mile Of
the outer mark
/ The Monmouth proved to be a good roller in
/ the heavy sea near the stakeboat and many
/ women on the steamer sought staterooms. On
! the way home, however. the steamer showed
her heels to most of the other boats in the fleet
and took her passengers to the Rector-st pier
within an hour and half from the time the
1 race was declared off
Thomas Byrnes, the former Chief Of Police
was a guest the Monmouth. He declared
peloIe the race started that the American boat
was bound to win. Former Police Inspector
Alexander :. Williams, who is a member OF the
! New-York Yacht Club, left a sick bed and de-
! ned physician, in order TO go TO the race on
the Monmouth. Ex-Police Captain James K
Price at one time known as "WiIiams's shad-
ON. was with Williams on the steamer
While the wind fluky," said Commo-
! dore MolesoD of the Royal ST Lawrence Yacht
Club, one of the Monmouths passengers and
not the kind Of wind 10 Judge a Yacht bv VET II
! IS quite clear that the Reliance outclasses the
Shamrock"
I IN NlndWard work the Reliance is bv far
/ the better boat, and outclasses the Shamrock.
that Is, as far as we could judge by to-iav's
sailing. I'm afraid Sir Thomas viii have to est
a better boat said Frank r. Perrin of Cincin-
matt. owner of the steam yacht F,nternrisa
The Shamrock does not and cannot hold o
candle TO the Reliance. She is in every wav
outclassed,' said +. z. Sman of the Bridge
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