The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-21

from STAINS, and the sea went 10 S"'I,
breathing somewhat more heavily than
the amateur tars with brand new yachting
caps liked. II seemed remarkable to the
generation hat had seen the races of twenty
years ago tn. the splendid ships should be
able TO keep steerage way. They did, but
their shippers were ambitious TO get ont
to that far-oPf winclward mark, and they
treated the masses AAoat to an unusual
racing spectacle. That is. they lowered
their small hcadsails and Tet balloon jib
topsails, and thus continued their indolent
windward flight
Naturally this wealth OF hradsai pre-
vented them from pointing high. bat II
gave them more speed, Tho Shamrock
was first in making the experiment.
The breeze began to shift to westward
as the Reliance neared the windward mark.
Finally, when she turned, much too late
to make the home mark within the time
limit for the race, the breeze came in from
northwest, blowing about ten miles an
hour. This is what the Weather Bureau
which il sometimes iniallible, said would
happen.
AN UNOFFICIAL BRUSH
As the Reliance headed for home, close
hauled, with the breeze over the port bow,
the Shamrock, moving swifter than at any
other time of the race, was within mile
and half of the outer mark. Challenger
and challenged passed each other about
seven minutes later
No signal had been displayed from the
committee boat Navigator announcing
that the race was oil 1t was really an
unnecessary Formally. Shamrock's talent
thought SO, evidently, az she came around,
headed into the new wind, and, hauling
down her balloon. went on in the wake OF
the Reliance.
1t looked as if the Shanrock's skipper
wanted to get line on the Yankee flyer.
They forged along under the same sort Of
sail for several minutes. Club topsails
were sent down then and signals set for
tugs, which towed III. yachts to anchorage
inside the Hook.
BIG sIEAMEFs FACE HOME.
The real racing O. tl.s Gay began when
the feet of steamships yachts, tugs and
nonleRcript craft started for home The
horizon became storm-Eke with the black
vepor from the tunnels Of the throbbing
processio-,s, and the sea itself was ohurned
to s,lds by tho smashing Of paddle wheels
ard propelers. Tugboat men with grIdFes
to settle we're blowing off steam, and the
big sidcwheclers couldn't have gone faster
if they had had niggers on the safety valves.
The Plymouth OF the Fall River Liue, "a
sidewheeler. and the Richard Peck u the
New Haven Line, a twin screw, had what
appeared to tho spectators to be mighty
struggle for supremacy that lasted two
hours
The Peck WAS seve raj times in the i'm
pediug wash of the big Fall river boat.
She got slight advantage. lost it, regained
it, and lost it again. At least that's the
way the folks afloot viewed the matter.
1t looked from the newspaper tug Lucken-
bach OF If the big ships we're about evenly
PATCHED. But they belong to the same
company. and the skipper of the Peck says
he was just 4jollying" the Plymouth
sPRINTINo YACHTS.
Next in interest to the supposed race
Of the Sound boats WAS the contest be-
tween j. P. Morgan's yacht Corsair,
W. B. Leedss Mona and II II. Rogers's
kanawha. 1t was mighty pretty while
it lasted. which was less than half an hour
The Corsair didn't seem to he doing her
best, but the Mona and the Eanawha
went at it in deadly earnest. The Kama
wha, which Is a twentyknotter and has
in official racing defeated the Mona, did
the trick unotficially. She led the yacht
fleet into port.
The turbine yacht Tarantula, credited
with speed Of twentysix knots. did not
hook up to try conclusions with the pro-
pellers. She appeared to be satisfied with
dashing around. looking wicked and rakish.