The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-06

ton. What were you saying about
about
u wasn't saying anything about any
thing, but now that 1 think OF ii. what
was the reason that the Shamrock per
formed so indifferently in the first race
that tone was a failure?"
Well I know the reason, for l got IL
from Clancy at the time. 1t is pretty
technial. but, barring that. it j 5 easy TO
understand II was a case eff British
easygoing carelessness on the part Of the
Shamrock plant-good enough sailors, you
know but needless. oh, beyo,td imagi-
nation. Not just one case of H.. but two
or three-Clancy explained the whole
thing to me. In the first pl;ice. when
they came 70 set the anchor wa tch IT was
a Waterbury. and they lost twp minutes
in the winding. and that took of tho
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 match. all
right enough but they round they hadn't
any anchor It had been left 8 | the Wal
dorf by some oversight, and they had 10
throw over ballast to make up for It.
Also. they had to remeasure til I boat and
that shortened her BY an irrh- j do
not know why. but Clancy doesl An inch
is not much. that end does mol arrive at
the home-stake as early as II you'd II X
were an inch longer and OF coutse. IS you
can see yourself. even that Cciald lose
race. 1t didn't in this case be, muse there
was lot more inches that cd not ar
rive In time. but the principle. is sound:
you can see it yourself
Yes. it looks SO But thts' lost the
second race. too-the first real race How
does Clancy account for thstF
Difference in seaInanship, he says.
That and other things Ace hents and
one thing and another"
Did the Shamrock have Accidents =
she had one that lost hel, 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 sail. you know. 1 don't
know which one il is. but thiik Il is the
tail one that bows out like asshirt front
and gives the yacht such a dressy look
The other one Is the balloozs Jih. which
connects the barhoard strakS with the
f,.ttock shrouds and enables YOU 10 point
high on a wind when you couldat pos
sibIy do it any other way Fancy told
me these things.
Does Clancy charge YOU oything for
revealing these mysteries
No. he doesn't really char &c me but
make il up to him in o;h,r ways. I
LET him charge me i've dollars for telling
me how 10 bet SO as not 70 lose. lie
told me 10 bet a hundred on each boat
That was on the first race-ths one that
went TO finish II ! Von ssther bet
vas 10 give him another FIVE and Z
wen both he was 70 ger tn 50 he got
only ten altogether. because I only won
on ore Of the boats I lost q > the other
so he didn't charge me anything on that
one
Have you always been as intelligent
as you are now
Yes. I think so but souse;irnes 2ir
Rogers thinks I am failing. Ne thinks
=, is on account OF ase and sssecreptitude:
others think j; Is or account q mental
disturbance. others think Il Is. OF account
of the company I keep. but that cannot
De because I was never particular about
the kind OF people as in;ellisrnt a. / am
noz. perhaps even more
You lose YOUR way sor- ssImes IA
long sentence DC you aoisee i;7 You
remem-
~Yes. know vhs; you mean: It's rhez
! n working % t. wind'a ard sn q di1cEI,