New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-04


half 81 mile 10 the good ana far 70 Ninowaro-
After that she steadily drew away. and the
wind began 20 freshen. so that Tor the first time
there seemed chance that the race could be
finished.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE SHAMROCK
There was no doubt about what was the
trouble with the Shamrock. Time and again
Captain wringe pinched her up until her BABY
sibtopsan shivere6 IN the breeze. But she sim
ply would not begin 70 eat into the wind as the
Reliance was doing. when that became plain
gil the yachtsmen knew that it was al over
but the shouting
And 50 IL vas The Reliance gained on every
tack and finally Captain Barr thought it was
not worth while TO pay any further attention
20 the Shanrock's course. He therefore sent
tho defender along about her business. and II
lacked 20 minutes OF O'Clock when she rounded
the outer mark. At once the big ballonjib float
"a out over her bowsprit. A minute later the
spinnaker beilied in the breeze. and the Re-
hanoe was of for home. The Shamrock was ii
minutes behind the flying defender when she
turned the buoy, set her balloon and spinnaker
Hne settled down 70 a stern chase. The breeze
was stIu steady at about seven knots. and 1t
was plain that unless something most uneN-
pecteo happened the Shamrock was a badly
beaten boat and the Americas cup races were
over The unexpected happened. all right
enough. but luckily the result vas not AZ
sected
roc SHUTS RACERS FROM VIEW
The Reliance may have covered about seven
miles Of the fifteen that constituted the run
home when the watchers on the press boat
observed q phenomenon. The Shamrock began
10 disappear from the top down. Her lofty top
mast seemed shrouded IN thin gray smoke, which
sUrled downward in vreaths and eddies through
fr- -~sr1- he oh
and beheld a thick bank Of low living fog creep
sng slowly in from the southwest Before the
breeze that bore t both racers took in their spin
makers hauled their mainsheets fat, and the run
home had become p reach Scarcely had this
Tnsn9uvre been observed when lol there was no
Shamrock any more. The fog had swallowed
Re- ID and left not q trace.
one by che the few vessels on the windward
bow Of the Reliance began TO retire from view.
soon they All had Joined the mysterious invisible.
five minutes later the Reliance had no clubtoP-
sal Then her Fan faded away. In thirty sec
onds tho fog had eaten up her headsails. She
hsd shrunk 20 the proportion Of white streak
On the water one moment and she was not
even white streak. She was nothing al all,
The spectators stared uneasily into the all-ob-
.iteratiug white wall that was now advancing
stealthily upon them. In five minutes they. too.
we're engUlfed Then all hands abandoned the
racers 10 oblivion and cautiously made for the
;irhtship. The air was vibrant with the roar OF
whistles. but no vessel could see any other Yet
by enc they made the lightship. looming
cautiously out Of the great white veil one after
smother. and warning each other With voices
trszen yet timorous.
THE ERIN NOT At TIE FINISH.
Yet not an Of them reached the hghtship The
captain Of the Grand Republic evidently re-
solved 10 take no chances with his passengers
sud turned tai. 10 the fog in favor OF the city,
FOR his vessel was not at The finish line. Appar-
emily Sir Thomas Upton. too. experienced sud
den loss Of interest in Cup races. for nobody saw
the Erin after the fog set In. and the Irish baro-
net did not see his yacht after the white wall
shut her from the sight Of the feet.
There was long and anxious wait about the
lghtship Aboard that craft the giant foghorn
roared hoarse warning every twenty seconds
or 50. The Navigator uttered few staccato
blasts occasionally o guide TO the racers.
Every few moments there came q from
new direction as some beatcd member Of the
feet steamed cautiously out of the white blank.
Grim. black shapes doomed slowly from nothing
ness into palpabillty as the lost sheep stumbled
The fog settled thicker and thicker as the
night drew near. II was not possible TO see two
hundred yards away IL 2 question IN many
minds whether the yachts could find their way
home. Everybody waited. listened and strained
his eyes trying in vain 10 penetrate the mys-
ferv Of the fog. suddenly out Of that great
white nothingness lowered great gray shape
IN another instant Il revealed itself a yacht.
Reliance Reliancei" shouted a hundred
Soices. and little cheer went I'd.
THE RELIANCE AT THE FINISH
on she came. suishing through the water AZ
wonderful speed. AS Barr put her up a trife. 10
make the line. her balloon sheet was eased of
and the huge sail Tapped noisily ripping of =
sound like the noise OF huge paddle wheels Il
created queer impression. as if the big boat
vas doing al that was in her and Vet vas
grumbling sulkily that she should be compelled
10 90 Il under such adverse conditions.
STILL on she few. every soul aboard her stand
Sag rigid and motiOnless. Captain Barr at the
wheel, as Qulescent as marble She might have
been manned by statuar5l for all the life her
crew exhibited There was nothing for them
10 DO The Dig bird with the great white wings
VAS doing II all. grumbnngly. 10 be sure. but
Nlth irresistible power. And SO she shot over
fhe line coming fast out OF the vast gray wall
OF fog, true and straight homing pigeon
Through the darkness 20 its cote.
The entire fleet saiuted ia chorus and the
Corsalr ran up a cloud OF Stars and Stripes on
Jnssts. trsffrail and jackstaff as the victorious
9aCht came into the wind and lay rocking 81
ease on the loag swell. So thick was the fog
that the tug Guiding star. which came poking
her way IN sool after could not find the Re
lance until word had been passed 10 her from
tire committee boat from Yacht 10 yacht that
fhe sloop vas awaiting tho tug OF the iightship.
WAIT FOR THE SHAMROCK
Then followed long anxious wait for the
Shamrock. She not expected for fifteen
minutes since she was a; least that much be-
hind when last seen. but when twenty. twenty
i've and thirty minutes passed and still the fog
oi1 not give her Up. II plain that she had
missed her course. Finally. just as the regatta
committee was getting worried. a dim mountain
detached itself slowly from the whiteness that
Jay thickly al about i was the Shamrock but
she was Tar leeward Of the line-So far. that
she was beating back 10 81 under rnainsan club
rcpsaI and jib She ha6 overshot the line 70