New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-18
SHAMROCK STOCK RISES
Odds ON Reliance Now ONLY 5 to s..
To Measure yachts To-dou

interest In the international Yacht rae. 4.
creases as the day of the first race approschs.
and from the betting Shamrock stock sesr,s =
be in the ascendancy. Last week odds - = -
1 were freely offered on the Reliance bn+ "
terday the best odds the hackers OF the aasa.ss
would offer were to 3. Dick Brothers. Of vvHn
Street. received a commission from a well ,,ror.4
yachtsrnan TO lay $1,000 to $1,000 On the Ca
defender. ap
There We're many yschtsmen among the Vi.
itors TO the Reliance and the Shamrock on S.
day and yesterday. and it may be that b,,.s-
seen Shamrock III for the first time tba,, IS IS
impressed with the beauty OF her lines 49,
they have decided to hedge bit in their ~,
ting
An oldtime yachtsman who has OWNED a..
sailed some of the fastest slOoDs of the cent?.
board type. notably some of those designed r.
Philip Ellsworth. said yesterday after looE,u.
the Reliance over for an hour or SO and con,
pairing her with Shamrock III:
Il must say 1 am disappointed in the D..
lance. Frankly don't like her lines: thera q.
too much OF the scow about her to suit me
She's not nearly so beautiful as the Columbia
which. / am sure. would have done very mucb
better in the trials II she had been handled Il.
a professional skipper. I should not be a b,f
surprised if the Upton boat wins race or two
and she may get the Cup. for she has plenty o.
speed and stability in her makeup"
All hands worked with a will polishinz ~.
Tobin bronze hull of the Reliance yesters,-
while the mechanics finished rfvetIng the rudssn
plates and the bow plates. The yachts tousidas
were painted white. The polishing OF her upsar-
body will be finished this morning.
After breakfast the crew OF Shamrock M
under the direction OF Captain Bob Nr,nps
transferred the sails from the tug Cruizer and
after singing the mainboom and gar. henri ana
covered the mainsail. and everything was MAJ
snug about the deck. The Royal Ulster YacSs
Club pennant was hoisted at the masthead srS
it's ensign at the stern staff. The NeU-yo-I
Yacht Club pennant flew from the topnast trnrI~
OF the Reliance and the Stars and Stripes at her
stern taffrail.
At high water to-day. about D. m thu Pa
lance will be foated out OF the drydock She -
now in and hoated into the one where ShamroeS-
III is. Both yachts will then be officially meas
ured by Charles ID. Mower the measurer OF rba
New-York Yacht Club. To obtain absoluteIv
smooth water for measuring the WaterIjnss -
the two yachts, the gate Of the big drydoc,r
will probably be shut in this important opera
ton.
At shutdown last night Sir Thomas Linton had
not returned from Oyster Bay IN his steam
yacht Erin. He was expected some time In ths
night -
It was learned yesterday from exceIIant an
thority that Shamrock has been sailing All
her trial spins against Shamrock III IN a
waterline that is two feet longer than il was
when she sailed against the Columbia four
years agO-in other words, her actual WafArIina
length is about ninety-two feet. This the ex
perts say. should make her faster on some pofnts
OF sailing, and this is why the owner Is so posi-
tive that she is faster now than she was when
here before. If a race were arranged, however
between the Columbia and Shamrock l. the lat
ter would not be permitted to sail on her present
waterltne, for II Is two feet over the limit