New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-18
ATLANTIC IN THE VAN.
OntfOots Other Yachts in First Ten
Miles of the Race.


ship bark. 4 barkentine and yawl, form
ing the feet Of eleven yachts racing for the
Kaiser's Cup. sailed into the night for the first
DAVIS run of the long three thousand mile strug-
Gle from Sandy Hook TO the Lizard. Never
has such a nondescript fleet of vessels started,
without time allowance, in a Transatlantic
race Of such international importance this
one. where the trophy to be won is the gift of
2 monarch. and where the contest is a battle
of uncertain length with the elements.
Although starting third in the race. the
schooner Atlantic, owned by Wilson Mar
shall. Of the Larchmont Yacht Club, and
handled by Captain Barr, nearly mile in
the lead one hour after the start. The yacht
had then travelled only miles, close
hauled on the port tack If she could keep up
that gait and gain mile in every hour, or
twenty four miles a day. she would more than
fulfil the predictions of her admirers by beating
The Others nearly if not quite a whole day in
the long run. At the time the conditions
Of wind and weather are almost sure TO enangS
daily. and it is hardly to be expected that the
Atlantic viii have it all her own way.
The remarkable feature of the Atlantic's per-
Torrance thus early IN the race was that in
taking first place she had ''outfooted' the crack
racing vawl Ailsa which had crossed the line
6rs+ In a head wind and sea this yacht has
always been able to point well and to travel
fast. but il is evident that the Atlantic, under
rhe. Barr regime, has been improved to be able
10 defeat the Ailsa easily.
AN UGLY STORM IN PROSPECT
There was cutie an easterly roll on, the
weather was thickening and the barometer fall
ing with drilling rain, while the yachts were
disappearing on the eastern horizon. Old mari
rers on board the press tug Eugene Moran de-
clared that the yachts We're bound TO encounter
an ugly easterly storm last night. Be that as
il may, there was sign of shortening sail on
any OF the yachts. although the breeze was
freshening every moment
Not satisfied with his berth in the wake Of
the schooner Hildegarde. Captain Loesch of the
Endymion put his helm down and let the yacht
come about to the starboard tack at 30 p. m.
The last seen of her she standing in tow
ard the Long Island shore. The Fleur de Lys,
the Thistle and the Sunbeam were next, in that
order and the Apache, Utowana and Valhalla
away astern, the two latter having made
grievous error in crossing on the wrong side of
the line for which they had been recalled, and
compelled 10 lose an hour in recrossing.
EARLY SCENES ON THE YACHTS
There were busy scenes of preparation
board the yachts lying at anchor in Sandy Hook
Bay in the early morning hours. Decks were
washed down. boats were dashed and fags
hotsted by eight bells. and soon after up went
shes mainsai Of the Fleur de Lys, to be
Followed by the mainsail on the Ailsa The
rrsgs Of the Gloucester fishermen, lying nearby,
took a keen interest in everything done on board
the F7eur, de Lys. for some of their old ship
mates were on board the yacht. They got under
way later and followed the F1eur De Lys to sea
after the start, keeping near to her they
could until dark.
The Apache's srnokestack was unshipped and
dashed on skids amidships, between two boats.
Her other boat was dashed bottom up on deck,
and she had besides three dories nested the
starboard side. All the schooners and the yawI
Ailsa rad their hawse pipes plugged and their
side lights covered with wooden shields.
The German schooner Hamburg the first
TO leave the bay. She was towed straight out to
the Sandy Hook Lightship. arriving there
1915 O'Clock Her sails>were hoisted the
way out The Ailsa left at 1915 o'clock in tow.
She was followed by the ship Valhaa, the Sun
beam, the bark Apache the Utowana, the
Thistle, the Endymion, the Atlantic and the
FIeur de Lys. The latter yacht was the only one
that sailed 70 the starting point. Sails We're
hoisted while the fleet was the way the
starting line at sandy Hook Lightship. At that
time the wind east. The weather began TO
thicken again. and it looked as if there might be
return Of the fog.
Against the tide the yachts made slow prog
ress TO the lightshp, and they had little time FOR
HlGnCeuVTlng at the Inc, IoI udIulS Ildd al
dropped their hawsers and made sail when the
preparatory gun was fired, the committee boat
Nieilant having anchored about five hundred
yards east Of the lightshp. Ten minutes later
The warning gun was fired, followed in five min
utes By the starting gun
START A PRETTY SPECTACLE.
Because of the light wind the start was rather
tame from a yachtsman's standpoint, but it
= rretty spectacle withal. 1t to be expected
mat such expert racing shippers as Charlie
Barr OF the Atlantic; Lem Miller, OF the Ailsa,
Jim L,oesch of the Endymion, and S. VI. Mar
sters Of the Hndegarde. would be close to the
line when the signals were given, and so it Vas
that the Ailsa was first away, with the Hide
garde close under her lee and the Atlantic COM
ing fast between them both, Barr clapping on
Lofb staysaiIs and a pig jib topsail just before
she crossed the line.
Loesch, with the Endymion and Peters. with
the Hamburg, crossed the line next, beam and
beam, the latter yacht moving so much fsster
than the Endymion that it caused some OF the
yachtsrnen 10 exclaim. Look out for that boat;
she can travel Both were carrying staysails
and lib topsails Commodore Robert E. Tod, at
re wheel of his schooner Thistle, sent her across
The line close under the lee Of the HAMBURG
with all sails set that would draw.
For some reason the shippers of the snip val
haIla and the schooner Utowana misuhoerS'ood
the sailing instructions at the start when were
10 BASS between the committee boat ana lhe
Sandy Hook Iightship. leaving the latter on
the starboard hand Both these big-and IN ms
l,zb. t,raaza ,,p,rieldy-Vessels passed Out