Fergus County argus., 1903-09-09

| thirty-seyen knots an hour with her.
Why do you look al me like
that"
II beg pardon; assure you didn't
mean to. How
We'll. you mustn't look g me like
that. | am very sensitive.
Trusts an Employs.
DO you take her gait youFsplf?"
NO. il is done by one OF tbp mon
Patrick Clancy. He Is IN tho furccas,
tie. She has made as high as forty.
nine. He told me so himself"
DO you own the Kanawha?"
We'll. | wouldn't put II quite as
strong as that. But | do a great deal
of work. Superintendlng is more wor
rying and fatiguing than command.
ing.
why don't you resign?
Resign? How can | resign when
haven't been appointed. II | could
get appointed | would resign in min.
ute. Are you intemperatc? Would
you like something? So would J. Push
the button"
Talks Of Shamrock M.
What was the reason Shamrock
performed so indiirerently in the lrst
race?"
We'll. know the reason. Tor | got
il from Clancy at the time. II SIS prcl-
ty technical. but. barring that IL Is
easy 10 understand. II was a case OF
British easy-going carelessncss on the
part of the Shamrock plani-good
enough sailors. you know but heed
less, oh, beyond imagination Not
Just one case of il, but two mr. three
Clancy explained the whole thing TO
me In the first place when thcy
came to set the anchor watch II was
a Waterbury. and they lost two min
utes in the winding, and that took off
the whole time allowance and three
seconds besides-ought to have been
wound up before. of course
And then. when they got il set
there they were again-an anchor
watch. all right enough, but they
found they hadn't any anchor. II had
been left at the Waldorf, by some
oversight. and they had to throw over
ballast 10 make up for II. Also, they
had To remeasure the boat and that
shortened her by an inch. ! do not
know why, but Clancy does An inch
is not much, but il you take il OF the
front end. that end does not arrive at
the homestake as early as it would il
il were an inch longer. and. Of course
as you can see yourself, even that lit
tie could lose a race. IL didn't in this
case because there was lot more
inches that did not arrive in time, but
the principle is sound. you can see il
yourself"
But they lost the second race, too
how does Clancy account for that"
Difference in seamanship he says
Accidents and one thing and anOth.
er."
Broke Her Spinnaker.
Did the Shamrock have acci-
dents?"
She had one that lost her the race
When she turned the stake she broke
out her spinnaker. She might as well
have broken her back, Clancy says
The spinnaker is a sail, you know.
don't know which one il is but
think 1t is the tall one that bows out
like a shirt front and gives the yacht
such dressy look. Clancy told me
these things"
Does Clancy charge you anything
for revealing these mysteries?"
mo, he doesn't really charge me
but | make IL up to him in other ways.
let him charge me s. for telling me
how to bet SO as not to lose He told
me to bet a hundred on each boat If
won either bet was to give him S.
and If won both he was 10 get ten"
Value of Reaching.
Granting that we now understand
why the Reliance won in the first
race. what speciality was it. in your
judgment, that secured for her the Sec
end one?"
"Oh, reaching"
Reaching"
THAT is what did IL. Reliance is
sublime when It comes TO reaching.
Clancy says so himself remember
his very words. He said, When IL
comes to that competition isn't posi-.
BILE. she's got reach like Christian
mob with niger in sight | wish
| could see Sir Thomas. He is the
only Englishman ! have never seen
except Lord Roberts. Gallant men
both"
Il am very much obliged to you for
clarifying the races and making plain
the reasons for the Shamrock's de.
feat. There was much confusion in
the public mind before"
Goodbye"
| "Gpod-bye"