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about 22.OO0 feet of canvas. With the ex.
ception Of Valhalla she probably come
mands more sail power than any other
boat in the race. She has the advantage
closer into a head wind and is an exceed
ingly good sea boat. There have been bets
recorded of to / against the field in her
favor.
Followers of the Ailsa.
Another yacht which has larger num-
Der OF followers is Henry s. Redmonds
yawl Ailsa. The Ailsa is what is known
in yachting vernacular as "a good drifter."
In catspaw breeze she is able to make
Roadway. where larger boats seem to stand
practically motionless. She is particular
ly good when there are light winds
ahead. There are some experts who will
say that Ailsa is even capable of beating
the Atlantic in half a gale. She will be
skippered by Lem Miller, who is very con-
fident that Ailsa will be close to the finish
ing line when the gun announcing the
victor Is fired. Perhaps one of the most
dangerous boats in the contest, and one
whose stock has risen rapidly within the
last week, is the two-masted schooner
Hamburg, the only representative OF
the emperor in the race. She is known TO
have won many good races on the other
side and Is an all-around boat. She Is o
Watson model. but 1t is said there have
been some changes made in her since the
time when Watson knew her. AS a result
OF these changes 1t is said that she has
German admirers take strong exception TO
this statement. They say she is a re-
markably fast boat in a light breeze. and
that in quarter gale she is a hummer.
She Is owned by a German syndicate, rep
resented by Herr T1etjens
Commodore George LADDERS Endymton,
which will fly the burgee Of the Indian Har-
Dor Yacht Club must be reckoned with be-
cause of the fact that she is the trans-At.
fantic record holder. Her actual time from
Sandy Hook to the Lizard is II days, ~
hours and 80 minutes. Although she has
been beaten by the Atlantic in races held
on local waters. the matter OF 5000 mile
ocean race is another proposition. Her
skipper, James Loesch, is sailor of well.
known reputation.
Odds Against Fleur de Lys.
The odds against the Fleur de Lys, owned
by DIR. Lewis A. Stimson. are heavy. She
is the smallest boat in the race and there
are few who think she has any chance OF
capturing anything better than seventh or
eighth place. She has. however, crossed the
ocean several times and given a good ac-
count of herself. Her skipper Capt. Tom
Bohlin of Gloucester fame, thinks If he
gets the right winds the Fleur de Lys Will
show her heels to a good many of the
larger boats. If anybody knows how to
take short cut by northerly route he 10
probably the man.
Lord Brassy says that he has entered the
Sunbeam merely on the score of British
patriotism and his sportsmans love OF
yeCntlnS. lie uOeS not expect win tDe
race, but will make as good a fight for 1t
as wind and weather will permit The Sum
beam is an old vessel. built more for COM
fort than for speed.
Commodore Robert E Todd of thd Allan
tic Yacht Club will himself sail his two
masted schooner Thistle. The Thistle Is
comparatively a new boat. built in 1901,
and has not as yet had chance to make
record for herself that will compare with
records made by some of her American
competitors. Commodore Todd believes,
however, that he has not yet extracted
all the speed from the Thistle of which she
is capable. Her square sails have been re-
Gently taken from her foremost, which, It
is thought, will make her lie closer to the
wind.
The Hildegarde, representing the Corinth-
ian Yacht Club of Philadelphia and owned
by Edward r. Coleman, is possibly an I'M
derrated boat She Is two-master fore
and aft rugged schooner and has made very
creditable records in local waters. She has
been overhauled and put In condition at
New London. In a recent trial IL is said
that she logged fifteen miles an hour
The UtOwana, owned by Allison V. Ar
mour, has nothing much to her credit as
racer, although with her auxiliary power
she has won steam yacht races across the
British camel. The Apache, an auxiliary
bark owned by Edmund Randolph, with J.
H. Mcdonald as skipper, Is rated about
equally with the Thistle and the Utowana.