The sun., 1903-08-21
GREAT CROWD OF SPECTATORS
,r TOOK A MIGHTY FLEET no
CARRY THEM TO THE RACE.
hundreds on Folks who Wanted to Go Left
Behind when the Excursion Boats de-
partsed-'The Yachting Cap Universal
SOME OF the Graft That Sailed Out.

The biggest excursion fleet that ever
followed yacht race went down the bay
yesterday morning loaded to the gun
yales with all sorts and conditions of men,
women and children,
The prospect of unlimited passengers
., from $50 to S. a head tempted many
of the steamboat feet plying between the
potterv and nearby shore resorts to aban-
don their regular trips TO carry passengers
- ,be race In addition to the craft fam
,lar about the harbor many of the Sound
eco, and OF the coast wise steamships car
-ied folks down the bay.
On nearly all the boats the number OF
,ickets sold was limited" the advertise
,rents said but to the crowd on the Bat
,srv sea wall who watched the feet drop
ming down 10 the Narrows il looked as If
tbere was standing room only on most
of the craft And even then several thou
sands nj least had been left behind. Many
~ these we're people from ont Of town who
had come in by train relying on being able
N get aboard at the last minute.
Ticket holders began to gather at the
n;ers as early as $50 o'clock, loaded down
with h n h boxes. marine glasses and UNI
brellas Some, In anticipation OF drifting
match, carried fishing rods and bait. II
semed "a II every pair Of binoculars In
town had been pressed into service. Next
to the Yachting cap. pair Of glasses slung
over the shoulder seemed to be the most
popular badge Of the real racegoer.
All the excursion boats made an early
tla; ~ q n, ,1<
and their final stopping place. the Battery.
before 30
The Grand Republic. leaving the Battery
at sl5, diminished the waiting crowd by
several hundred, and was quickly followed
nv the Coney Island lines two boats. The
william Storie, the AL Foster, the Angler
and the John Sylvester all got away before
$50 but there were still hundreds of dis
appointed ones left behind at the pier
when the last boat had cast Off
Down the North and East rivers the big
fAllows came dodging ferryboats to join in
the rush for the Hook-the Plymouth, the
Richard Peck and the Shinnecock Of the
Sound fleet the big City Of Savannah, the
New Brunswick and the Maine Steamship
Company's Manhattan. The City of Lowell,
the Edmund Butler the Montauk, the Isabel
and the Thomas Patten were also crowded
With racegoers.
The members of the New York Yacht Club
we're on the Monmouth; the Plymouth
carried members of the Larchmont Yacht
Club and their friends, for whom part of
he vessel had been reserved. and huge
crowd of excursionists; the members OF the
Atlantic Yacht and Crescent Athletic clubs
we're on board the Taurus, the Seawanhaka
Corint hian Yacht Club folks were aboard
the Gay Head, and the Knickerbocker
Yacht Club had chartered the tug Dewitt
Y. WINS for the day. All the best known
\ ggs in the harbor and many from Bost on,
Providence and Philadelphia had been i'm
pressed int to the excursion service.
Then there were the Presidents yacht,
the Mayfower flying the flag of the Secre-
'ary Of the Navy; the Dophia. and the
police boat Patrol In the yacht feet
Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin was probably
the most conspicuous. Ex-Commodore j.
Morgan had on board his steam
Facht Corsair several members of the club.
ESollding tho members OF the Committee
Sn Cup Challenge,
H H. Rogers's flyer, the Kanawhn, was
conspicuous, as were George Gould's tur-
Dine yacht Emerald, W. K. Vanderbilt's
turbine yacht Tarantula, which can steam
nearly twenty seven knots an hour Com
Tnodore Frederick G. Bourne's Delaware,
Col John Jacob Astor's Nourmahal, w. B.
I,eeds's Mona. c. X G. Billngs's Surf.
Frank J. Gould's Helcnita, Howard Gould's
Niagara, Eugene Hggins's Varuna James
J Hills Wacouta. j. Rogers Maxwell's 8
Kismet, Elbridge T. Gerry's Electra Clar-
ence Mackav's Colonia, Edmund Randolphs
White Heather, Walter Jennings's Tusca-
rora. Lloyd Phpnx's Intrepid, August
Belmont = Satellite, f. c. Benedict's Oneida,
Charles W. Harkness's Peerless, Cornelius
Vanderbilt 3 North Star, Daniel G.. Reid
Rheclair, Isaac Stern's Virginia, Clement
Taurus, p A B. Wideners Josephine,
Francis L. Leland's Safa-el-Bahr, Joseph
SticIinevs Susquehanna, F. l.. Osgood's
Tillie, Henry Clay Perce's Yacona, F. NJ.
smiths Iaouli, F. A. Schermerhorn's
Free Lance. Charles Fletcher's Carmina