New-York tribune., 1903-06-10
YACHTING.
The Rekance's ,Narrosc Escape-Fog
4gain Prevents Race.

III luck to follow the New-York Yacht
Club It's plans for racing the Cup yachts Reli-
ance. Constitution and Columbia have gone all
astray by reason of the miserable weather condi-
uons encountered off Sandy Hook Fog reigned
supreme again yesterday. and there
1t was not formally declared off. for the com
mittee boat could be found anywhere in the
vicinity of the ghtship
1t was indeed exasperating, after all the elaborate
preparations made to get the yachts and the crews
tuned UP to concert pitch" to have damper
thrown on both days racing by the strange pranks
of the fog. On Monday while 1t foggy in the
Horseshoe. where the yachts lay AT their moortngs,
outside at the lightshp. where the committee boat
was lying. waiting for the yachts to come out, the
weather was clear that could easily see
couple of miles Yesterday the conditions
versed, for when the yachts hoisted their sails
soon after and got ready to go out to the
nghtship 1t clear enough at the Hook. while
offshore il was thick weather
August Belmont gave orders to get the Constitu-
ton under way at los D. She went out in tow
of the tug E. S. Atwood Captain Richard Wray.
They met fogbank five minutes later. and turned
back again. Then it quickly cleared. and they took
fresh start for the nghtshp. followed at 1:3O by
the Reliance. in tow of the Guiding Star. and by
the Columbia, in of the Union.
Out through Gedney's Channel the big sloops
went, ploughing their way through the easterly
swells. doing plunging at times. No hard
pounding done by the Reliance. as some had
expected She travelled over the easily,
splashing a bit. but only throwing spray and light
water from her bows For time both yachts, un-
influence of the fresh southeast breeze, ran
up the tugs. until mainsheets were Stacked of
and the wind spilled out of the sails.
Straight ahead was a dark fogbank, into which
the Constitution had disappeared. The starting
point Sandy Hook Lightship. could not be seen at
all When the Reliance and the Columbia had
reached a point about mile east of the whistling
buoy and the Iightship's fog syren could be heard
dead ahead the fog shut down thick that objects
could not be seen one hundred feet away. Taking
the negaphone Mr.. Iselin. OF the Reliance shouted
TO the captain of the Guiding Star TO turn around
at once and go back to Sandy Hook.
This order was given not moment 100 soon Ior
accident to record that many think would have re-
suited in the sinking of the Reliance with all on
board.
out of the gray veil of fog, right ahead Of her;
as the press tug De Witt c. WINS kept on toward
the ghtship traveng the same t6e rsnt T black
hull and four yellow smokestacks of one OF the
LirpAst ocean liners a1oat the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse She was lying at anchor broadside to the
channel. her great length-650 feet-presentlng
solid barrier at that point to the course OF any
bv puttine the tugs wheel hard over that she
cleared the steamers stern. Coming at the rate
tremely doubtful if the Reliance being toWed on a
short hawser, could have sheered clear OF the 1e
steamer. If she had struck. the collision would
have been hard enough to sink her Immediately.
Bells ringing at the bow ana stern OF tIe
steamer, but they were not hearo "li'ii TIC 'oe
on the way out to sea the yachts met the Anchor
ing spars of Shamrock III and Shamrock on deck
They could be seen plainly. slowed Just inside tne
dipped her colors in salute TO the yachts and the
passengers on deck cheered them ..
h71ovs in the Horseshoe bv o'clock They are to
start this morning if the weather is clear IN the
Over the Americas Cup courses, and under the
same starting conditions