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THE SHAMROCK III. ARRIVES
New Cup Challenger Made the Trip
in l6 Days % Hours.
NO MISHAP ON THE VOYAGE

6no "as 1o"eu Ihost OF tHe way ny tho
Steam Yacht Erin-shamrock I. Right
Behind, Towed by a Tug - The Upton
Fleet Gets a Fine Reception in the
New York Harbor.
New York City.-Welcome to Sham
rock III. Courtesying over the white
capped waves off Sandy Hook with 4
grace that fascinated watching yachts
men, Sir Thomas Lipton's cup cha!ien-
ger glided into port. She was in tow
of the steam yacht Erin, but the con-
Meeting hawser trailed slack, as under
jury rig and mainsail and staysail the
new Shamrock skinned along.
Right behind. not half a mile away,
came Shamrock I. in tow of the Eng
lish ocean-going tug Cruiser. In COM
parison with the new challenger she
looked like a fishing smack. Where
the Upton racer Of four years ago
pounded and spanked the seas until the
spray flew the new boat swept over
them like shadow.
The passage was made from Gou-
rock, Scotland, in sixteen days and
twenty-five hours. the feet anchoring
off Tompkinsville, Staten Island, at
1920 q. nj. The yachts were towed
most Of the way across the Atlantic
The 15G men who manned the yachts
and their conveys are all well. and
there were no accidents to mar the pas
sage.
The new challenger Is q far hand.
somer craft than either the Shamrock
I. or II. She looks not unlike the Co.
lumbia above the water line, and her
beam seems greater than either Of
those yachts. She tOws easily, making
very little broken water at the bow
and leaving a clean wake.
From Sandy Hook to Tomplinsville.
where the little feet cast anchor, Sham
rock III. and her mates secured tu-
multuous welcome. Early morning eX-
cursion boats. crowded to :heir guards.
footed their whistles like mad. Their
passengers cheered and waved hats and
handkerchiefs. Outward-bound steam
ers and host Of tugs and launches blew
their whistles. sailing craft dipped their
colors, while men and women crowding
innumerable rowboats cheered Justify.
All the way from Sandy Hook to
Staten Island the steam whistles Of the
Erin and the Cruiser were never idle.
Grouped on the decks Of the two
Shamrocks stood their crews-lithe, ac-
tive lads. who grinned and ducked
their heads and once broke into a roar
of cheers.
Cannon doomed from the Staten ISL
and shore and soon the fleet hove to
off Tompkinsyille and dropped anchor.
Captain Mathews told brief story Of
the voyage.
"We sailed from the Clyde" said he,
"on May % at p. M. and reached
Fayal. in the Azores, early in tie morn
ing of June 8.
"The weather up to that time had
been perfect, but sailing from Fayal
on the afternoon Of June 4, We ran
into bad weather with strong head
winds and heavy sea. There was
a regular southeast gale blowing on
June 12, but 1t did not trouble us.
"Of course. the two races were pretty
roughly handled, but the hawsers held
true, and there was not bit Of trouble.
1t was the usual thing, you know
really a most monotonous trip. quite
dull. you know"
At 1890 o'clock. when the Erin was
100 miles east Of Sandy Hook, the
operator Of the wireless telegraph sys-
tenn on board the Erin succeeded in
raising the Coney Island station. Cap
tain Mathews then sent the following
message to be cabled to Sir Thomas
Upton:
"Fleet arrived safely Sandy Hook.
Experienced rough weather during
voyage. Shamrock all right. Wireless
working we'll, 100 miles.
MATTHEW'S"
The reply to this message was re.
ceived on board the Erin by wireless
from the Coney Island station at $50
q. M:
"Delighted receive good news. Con.
vey to all officers and men nv best
wishes. hope they are I'll we'll and
fit as fiddles. Upton"
Later Sir Thoma Linton cabled the
following greeting to the feet:
"Congratula tions to Captains Math-
ews, Wringe, Bevis. Walters and every
man upon good seamanship and safe
arrivals. Upton"
AS to the cha:.ces of Shamrock III.
In the coming struggle for the Cup,
neither Captains Wringe. Mathews nor
Charles Bevis, who Is in command Of
Shamrock l.. desired to be quoted.
They We're eager for news o. the Reli-
ance, however.
On the following day the two Sham
rocks were towed to Erie Basin. to be
put in thorough racing trim. The first
Of the tunins-up races between Sham
rock III. and 1. was scheduled for June