Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-16

tage to practical shipbuilding. The only
practical test afforded it is opined. was that
of seamanship The present contest, 1t is
believed will develop much to the advan-
tage of sail yacht building in the future on
TIE score of speed and seaworthness.
1t is go-as-you-please contest. the best
boat wins. The race is not handicapped py
Intricate rules and regulations The yachts
will start and finish and after they leave
Sandy Hook they may go by the Indlah
ocean to get to the finish line. as FAR as any
rules are concerned. There will be no time
allowance on measurements and the time
will be taken from the firing of the start
Ing gun.
The style of the yachts varies from a
full rugged ship to a yawl, and includes
bark and three and two-masted schooners.
The race will consequently afford an ex-
ceIlent opportunity to compare the merits
of these different rigs.
Many Ready for Start.
Hundreds of craft, excursion steamers.
tugs and private yachts went down the bay
this morning, all with flags flying and some
with bands playing gayly, to be on hand
at the start of the race and to give the
yachts a good send-off with the footing OF
whistles Every boat was black with spec
tators, all prepared to cheer their favorites
Justify. At the boat landings at the Bat
terry and further up the river fakirs We're
holding up prospective passengers win
every sort of an ingenious souvenir OF the
day. There were miniature yachts sup
posed to be a model of this that COM
petitor; American, English and German
flags, gold tinted anchors. horns, bo-suns
whistles and what not. The crowds bought
furiously, and it was noted that not d
few English and German flags were sold
The day promised early to be as gala one
on the harbor has been seen since the
time of the Dewey naval parade.
Members of the New York Yacht CLUB
I'll I0yx- m
There were a large number of wealthy anu
fashionable New Workers aboard Inc SIR
u.s. likewise, sailed exclusively for members
and guests of the Atlantic Yacht Clup, IN
which the members of the Crescent iacht
Club of Brooklyn and the lndlan HaFpof
Yacht Club were included
The tug Mutual took down members OIL
the Observation-Disclosures facht Ciup.
Thousands of yachtsmen ana their iiien nus
from all parts of the country, especially
along the New England coast, had arrived
in New York this morning intending 10 see
the start A., A,,
The American boats entered are the Aalsa
a yawl owned by Henry S. Redmond, the
Anache. bark, owned by Edmund Ran
dolph: the Atlantic. a three-masted scnoon-
er. owned by Wilson Marshall; the ENJOY
mion a two-masted schooner, owned Wy
Commodore George Lander, jr.. of the In
dian Harbor acht Club; the Hildegarde,
two-masted schooner. owned by +. n. Cole
man; the Thistle, a two-masted schooner
owned by Robert c. Tod OF the Atiantc
Yacht Club. and the Utowana. three-
masted schooner, owned by Allison V. Ar
mour With the exception OF the IhlsIe
and the Endymion all of the American
yachts are entered from the New 1ork
Yacht Club. The English entries are the
Valhalla, a full rugged ship, owned by the
Earl of Crawford. and the Sunbeam.
three-masted schooner, owned by Loro
Brassey.
The German entry is the Hamburg. two
I,yyo n
dictate represented by Herr Adolph TfetJens.
Ready Early This Morning.
All were this morning assembled inside
the Horseshoe In readiness for the starting
gun, their picked crews of trained seamen
alert for the command that should send
their respective boats out for preliminary
warming up. Neither the Atlantic, Val
halla AiIsa Hamburg nor Endymon has
lost any of its prestige as favorite in the
race since the wiseacres began to talk OF
picking the winner.
For a few days the stock of the Atlantic
began to drop when 1t was rumored that
Cant Charley Barr would not be at her
helm when the race started. Capt. Bars
wife has been quite Ill, and 1t was feared
for a while that the veteran skipper would
have to remain behind a her bedside. capt.
Barr. was. however, aboard his boat this
morning Barr has also had some trouble
in running things aboard the Atlantic &C
cordng TO his liking and last week threat
ened to leave. Affairs have since been ad-
iusted so that he can run the Atlantic as
best suits him. The mix-up has, however.
prevented him from. getting the Atlantic
In, readiness for a few preliminary trials,
II is said and consequently he goes into the
race uninitiated into the moods and fancies
of his charge. 1t is not anticipated, now
ever, that Capt Barr will be long thus
handicapped.
The Atlantic is a favorite among the gen.
Il liz ,,,-iS nin l1x- hao nY
Bars reputation and among yachtsmen
because also of the boats good records
made in the New York Yacht Club cruises
and ocean races. She Is known as an ex-
ceptionally good sea boat, and has power
full amount of sail. She Is probably the
most popular favorite.
The Valhalla is counted a sure winner un-
der certain conditions. She is the most
powerful boat entered, and it is the maxim
of Capt. Samuels, who sailed the Henrietta
to victory in the first across the ocean
yacht race in 1886, that power will tell. TO
make Valhalla's power tell strong fair
wind is necessary. Should the wind drive
fresh from any point Of the compass west of
the north and south lines Valhalla is very
likely TO win the cup. AS long as lar
wind is not so strong as to force her to
furl her royal sails Valhalla can make fif-
teen knots with ease. According to the pre-
dictions of those who study the atmospheric
conditions on the Atlantic, 20 per cent OF
the winds will blow from the southwest
hala may safely be said to be second
choice.
Third Place Choice.
Third choice seems to lie between the
Ailsa and Hamburg. Both are good boats
in easy weather. but in heavy winds and
rough seas the German boat probably has
the advantage. In running into the eye
of a light wind. however. the American
boat can considerably outpoint the Ham
burg. In a race off Cowes the latter boat
averaged fourteen miles an hour. The Ailsa
in q hard blow once won the Aston cup
over a thirty-sx mile course in 3 hours, 80
seconds, and on the New York Yacht Club
course of thirty-six miles she accomplished
In 3 hours and 30 seconds.
There are some who rank the Endymion
IN third place She Is strong as a favorite,
because she has done something which none
OF her rivals has yet done. and that is the
making of a transatlantic record. The dis
tance between Sandy Hook and the Needles
she covered in ID days, 20 hours and 80 min
utes, the best yet. Her best days run on
that trip 292 miles and her poorest 144.
In three consecutive days she Travelled LOOP
miles. an average of $50 miles day. On
one of her cruises she sailed from Bermuda
to the Barbados, distance of 200 miles,
In five days. The Endymion has, however,
been beaten by the Atlantic. That she is a
good all-around boat Is the best thing that