The sun., 1903-08-30
GALE PREVENTS THE CUP RACE
prIEaNrE AND SHAMROCK RE-
WAN SNTGLY AT ANCHOR.
xs,,bcr side willing to Risk Yacht and
Perhaps Life I'm Foolhardy Contest
viii sail Tomorrow and ON C0nsccu-
,iye Days untlI a Decision Is Reached.

The eaptcrly gale blew hard all Friday
,i,bt. arl outside Sandy Hook there was
hir sea running yesterday. II was rain
inn hard, too, and at times thick banks OF
,or rolled in. so that the siren on the Hook
was screoching frequently.
DurinC the night the wind blew at times
q, TO 40 miles an hour, and Mr.. Iseln and
NJ, H. NJ McGildowney. who Representa-
,he Shamrock decided early in the morning
that il would be foolhardy to attempt TO
race the two big single-stickers under such
conditions.
The ,gatta Committee we're at the club
house in this city before o'clock in the
morning, where message was received
from the Hook notifying them of the de-
cision of the yachtsmen, and the committee
Al once called the race off for the day and
then sent out notices as fast as possible
TO keep he excursion steamers and yachts
from going down the Bay.
The scene at Sandy Hook was dreary
one The wind howled in from the ocean,
and the seas dashed over the strip of sand.
The racing yachts were safely anchored
in the Horseshoe, and each rode out the
storm beautifully. The Shamrock l. housed
her topmast and had out two extra cables
in addition to her moorings. The Reliance
and Shamrock III.each had out two anchors,
and so had the tender Sunbeam, the house
boat Nirodha and the tug Cruiser. The
Reance's tug, Guiding Star, was moored
alongside the dock and on that tug and on
the Cruiser everything was in readiness to
go 10 the rescue of either yacht should it
be needed
The Erin. with Sir Thomas Upton and his
friends on board. Went up to the city early
in the morning, and Mr. Iselin was taken
up on the tug Navigator, which had been
sent down to the Hook as soon as it was
announced that the race was off.
In the afternoon there was a meeting of
the challenge committees of the Royal
Ulster Yacht Club and the New York Yacht
Club, and 1t was agreed to sail the race
tomorrow, and If the series should not end
then to race every day until it is ended.
After the adjournment OF the meeting this
announcement was made:
Through mutual agreement betwee the
challenge committees OF the Royal Ulster
and New York Yacht clubs, the next race
will be sailed on Aug. 81, 1908, and the mate
will be continued on consecutive days
(Sundays QUO until three out of five races
have been determined.
The weather being heavy this morning
out at Sandy Hook, where the two yachts
were lying. ard so thick that there would
have been much difficulty in picking up
the mark Messrs. Iselin and McGildowney
informed he Regatta Committee at the club
house at o'clock that they were not pre-
pared TO race. The event was then called
of. and notices were sent TO the different
club stations and news agencies.
THE steamer Taurus Iron Steamboat
Company has been chartered for the use
Of members and their guests to accompany
the race on Aug. 81, 1903. She will leave the
foot of West Twenty second street at $50
o'clock and will land there on her return
Tickets issued for yesterday for the Mon
mouth viii be good on the steamer Taurus
tomorrow.
Special signals:
When a yacht has crossed the finish
line the committee boat will hoist letter N
DO YOU assent to a race Tomorrow The
yacht will answer with letter C-Assent; {;
letter D-Negntive.
Should each display letter C the COM
mittee boat will set latter l., There will be
race Tomorrow which signal will be
repeated by the patrol fleet"
This ie the first time In the history Of the
Americas Cup that race has been post-
poned because the weather was too heavy
for the yachts. 1t would have been
foolhardy to attempt to race yester-
day, and it e very doubtful if the yachts
could have held their spars. II is more than
likely. too, If they had started. that sone
of the sailors on the racing boats would
have been washed overheard and drowned.