New-York tribune., 1903-08-24
SHAMROCK IN DRYDOCK.
REMEASUREMENT TO-DAY.
Ne50 RiUets Put in ChaIlenger-She
Vas Strained an Race

In accordance with the arrangements made
prior to Saturdays race between the Reliance
and Shamrotk III the latter yacht and Sham
rock I, on board of which both crews live-were
towed from Sandy Hook to the Erie Basin early
yesterday morning for a remeasurement OF
Shamrock III. The older yacht was moored
alongside the pier, while the new one was
warped into the Boston drydock and put the
blocks. The yacht will be foated again this
morning, and she will be measured at o'clock.
1t is so unusual for a Cup challenger or de-
fender to be put in drydock in the period set
for the international yacht races that the news
soon spread in Brooklyn yesterday that Sham
rock III had been brought back to the Erie
Basin and put in the big craving dock.
Scores of visitors clamored at the gates for
admission in the afternoon, and they were both
surprised and pleased to see the challenger high
and dry in the dock-surprised that she was not
a1oat and pleased that they were able to see
the handsome yachts fine white underbody.
They did not realize that the challenger had
been damaged in any way, but such unfortu-
nately the case.
1t rumored after Saturdays race that
Shamrock III was leaking, a result of the
pounding she received in the thrash to wind
ward. The report seemed to be well founded,
for she was no sooner in the dock than the gate
was closed. She was blocked up and the water
pumped out of the dock.
This would not have been necessary if the
only requirement was waterline measurement,
for all that is needed to make that a success is
perfectly smooth water, and the drydock is the
best place to obtain it.
When the water had been pumped out it was
found that the straining to which she had been
subjected in the heavy windward work of Satur-
day had apparently started some rivets. for
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ening them up and inserting new ones.
The plate or plates in which the rivets had
started, and where the leak, if any, existed, were
in the wake of the starboard chainplates, just
at the turn of the bige, and almost in a line
with the mast. 1t said at the yard that
fore and aft steel stringer was put in to
strengthen the weak spot. The work was all
completed before dark.
Sir Thomas Upton, who was cheerful on
board the Erin yesterday. in spite of the defeat
Of his yacht. said that he had not signed any
contract in which it was specified that an
anchor and cable were to be carried on the
yacht during the measurement. He declared
that it would amount to the same thing in the
end, for whatever the anchor and chain weighed
after it was put on board, the same amount of
loose ballast would be taken out to balance it.
Speaking of Saturdays race. Sir Thomas said:
II naturally disappointed in the performance
of my boat There were some mistakes which
never should have been made, but had no idea
the Reliance such fast boat running be-
! fore the wind. and Barr is a splendid skipper"
| Sir Thomas asked whether the Reliance was
fast on a reach. and when told that she was he
said: ''Wen, then, I shall have the hardest job
on the triangular course, I suppose. Shamrock
/ III will be taken straight back to Sandy Hook
/ after the measurement tomorrow" said Sir
/ Thomas. "and I hope we shall have a good
/ breeze for the race on Tuesday"
The Erin steamed from Sandy Hook to Sea
! Gate early yesterday morning, and at o'clock
! the guests of Sir Thomas attended service on
/ board the schooner yacht Thistle, the flagship
of the Atlantic Yacht Club. belonging to Com
modore Robert E. Tod. At noon the Erin went
up the Bay to her anchorage off Red Hook. and
during the afternoon she steamed up the North
River, Sir Thomas wishing to give the Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury a view Of Grants
/ tomb.
dinner was given for Sir TIL omas last even
ing at the Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach, by
Commodore Tod. 1t was informal affair
There were eleven guests Among those present
were William Fife, the Earl and Countess oi
Shaftesbury. General Corbin, General Bates
John Wilton DR.. and Mrs. Meal and Colonel
Meal
C. oliver Iselin spent the day at New Rochelle
and the Reliance lay at her mooring in Sandy
Hook Bay. The tender Sunbeam. in charge ot
| Herbert c. Leeds, took spare gaff from the
| Captain Nat" HerTeshoff there when it ar
| rived, and he ordered three strips of stee
| riveted to it to stiffen it in the wake of the
| peak halyards.