The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-30
special cable Despatch TO THE Sun

Nj es an Hour-Former Record 0.66
Special Gable Despatch TO THE Sun
LONDON, May 29.-The Atlantic, the
American three masted schooner yacht
owned by Wilson Marshall, under COM
mand of the redoubtable Capt. Barr has
lowered all records of transatlantic sailing
yachts and has won the rac e for the Kaisers
cup.
She finished between the lighthouse on
the Lizard and the German cruiser Pfeil
anchored due south, at 9I8 p. NJ. Her
elapsed time was IL days hours minute
and her average speed an hour 1915 knots
for the 5000 miles sailed.
Her last days weather was in striking
contrast to her first. 1t was fit day to
welcome the conqueror After a wet night
and misty early morning the Channel rolled
with long, heavy swell under brilliant
sun and blue, cloud fecked sky.
1t was pity that light five or six knot
breeze replaced yesterdays fresh blow over
the last fifty miles of the Atlantic's long
voyage This robbed her of the distinction
Of making the run In twelve days. but two
records are hers-the whole passage and the
run for one day, when between noon May %
and noon May "a she covered 34l miles.
When THE SUNS steamer, Lady Of the
Isles. drew up close to the Atlantic's
weather quart err, to throw her line and to
receive the log of her memorable voyage
q. smiling. we'll satisfied faces greet ed those
gSSh the steamer. But it was long before
this that the Lady of the Isles gave her
her first welcome with siren.
The black hulled schooner made an in
spring picture as she headed straight for
the stake boat, with her three towering
masts carrying reaching jib topsails, a
square sail, a balloon main topsail and a
working mizzen staysail in addition to
her ordinary working canvas From
Bishops Rock, the southwest extremity
OF the Scy Islands, off the chief of which
the Lady Of the Isles lay last night ehfecting
improvements in The SUNS Marconi in
stallation tho Atlantic made course
practically due east 1t was irritating to
see her move so slowly during this portion
OF t'io run, when an eight knot breeze would
have brought her home within twelve days.
but instead Of freshening the breeze
slackened
Finally the Lady of the Isles ran up to
her and megaphoned first congratulations
to her and exchanged cheers. Then thu
steamer drew close up on her weather
quarter and exchanged greetings at a dis
tance of forty feet Mr.. Marshall laid
down his megaphone and laughingly as
sured the correspondent that he had seen
no competitor since leaving Sandy Hook,
which was almost literally true.
Having taken aboard the log, which
Yves soon on its wireless way to the shore,
together with some private messag es from
Capt. Barr. the owner and other passengers.
the Lady of the Isles ran ahead. thus ia Gill
Eating the working of the wireless tele-
graph. Then she regaired touch with
the Atlantic, keeping close to her and oc-
casionally exchanging conversation with
the victors until they crossed the finishing
line within biscuit toss of the German gun
boat Pfe.
As the gun doomed tho Lady of the Isles
started the congratulations on her siren,
and the whistling was taken up by some
half a dozen steamers assembled in the
neighborhood. while the Atlantic, burning a
red flare, made her ghostlike way up the
channel in the dim blue light of a perfect
evening As she covered the last few miles
the breeze fell and the sea fattened. The
Atlantic was making about three miles an
hour when she finished.
The Atlantic's performance has been
great eye opener for the local experts of
the coast to which the Lady of the Isles
is now steaming They laughed at the
idea Of the victor arriving on Sunday morn
ing. The skipper of the Lady Of the Isles,
who ia an experienced old salt. set out both
Yesterday and to-day in i'll disguised pity
of the correspondence hopes and expecta-
TONS He had almost to run into the At
lantic before he could be convinced.
PENzANcE, May c9.--Wilson Marshalls
schooner Atlantic in winning the ocean
race for the cup presented by the German
Emperor eclipsed all previous records
established by yachts for the passage from
Sandy Hook to England, in addition to
making the record days run. The reports
received from liners the last few days had
not led any one to expect that she would
finish so soon. The steamer Lady OF the
Isles, fitted with Marconi eq ipment
and in charge of Capt. Beckerlog. left
Pepzance on Sunday at O'Clock and slowly
steamed down the Channel. keeping in
touch with the various signal stations on
the way. She made for the Sicily Islands.
There being heavy swell she put into
port TO complete and perfect the wireless
epparat g.
Following a wet night the morning broke
Nth thick haze. obncuring everything at a
distance less than mile. At O'Clock a
Eght southwest breeze gradually dispersed
the fog. and later vesse! doomed up In the
ofing which proved to he the Atlantic.
She was abreast Bishops Rock at 9:37 A. NJ.
and soon after had the advantage OF the
food tide running eastward.
In the lightest airs she stood up the Chan
mel, with the wind over her starboard quar-
tar. The sun was bright and powerful,
eating the heart out Of the wind, and at
-four o'clock the Atlantic was but little east
Of the Longships lighthouse. Under a
cloud OF canvas and with the aid OF the
food tide she made slow progress, the
wind being hardly. sufficient to keep all