Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-18
YACHTS RACING FOR
THE EMPER0R'S CUP
Splendid Fleet Of Sailing Vessels
Now on Three Thousand
Mile Journey
AMERICAN BOAT IN THE LEAD.
Atlantic Was OF First and Quarter
OF q Mile Astern Was lawl
AIlsa--lnurcst In London,

New York, MWy IA splendid feet
OF sailing yachts swept across starting
limo at Sandy Hook lghtship at lg'lj y,
m today and, with the quconly American
schooner Atlantic leading the way, head.
ed out Of tho broad Atlantic ocean on a
race of 5000 miles to the English coast
for u 5000 cup offered by Emperor WI.
liam Of Germany when lutt tcon, as
they vanished into the mist they wcro
strung out IN a llno Nix miles long, haul.
Ing southwcstw0rd and pointing aa near.
~ as possible 10 u wind that was dead
ahead,
A quarter Of mile sstcn u the At.
>lan,lo was the unoiysfoui American
ynwl, AIlea, which was huyhg q hot
brush with the German schooner Ham
burt while all three Of the leaders woro
slowly dropping the phlladclphln e0h9on'
holder of tho transatlantic yachting rec.
ord Amoe, mile astCw Of the Allan.
Vic ana more than half q milo nsiorn OF
the l9ndymion woro The. Thistle and Flour
de lbs strung out bohlnd were the
American bark Apache, tho British TOP.
sail schooner sunbeam and, llyo mil y
aNtorn Of tho leader tho American thocs
mnelod schooner ulowanu, Bnnlnk NJ
the rear was the llrltlnh clipper ship Cal.
halla These two had been delayed by a
bad start
Lcldcn tkics, loW.hongng, msl.ladon
clouds and moderate east wind were
the unfaYorable conditions under witch
tho great ocean race was started ana the
three biz yquarc'rlggod vessels Wcro
handicapped AZ tho ,Noly START lor, ~
beating to wlndward IN n light cir their
spreading courses ana hulRiug topailY
were not 60 be compared WITH the hhld'
il,,lnR fore and an canvas Of the trim
Weather prophets declared II not ,ln.
likely that ho racers were IN for u day
or two moro u moderate head winds, "
tho forecast b. fulfilled, nothing hut hQlf
| q. gallo Of wind from ptlern VIII save the
big Nalha)la from defeat
Despite the loworlng weather condl-
ogoncous feet was inspiring, After ne
postponcmont OF the day before tho
| yachts lay IN their nnoh0ragoS within lhr
| shelter Of sandy Hook last night Tho
fog Of tho day previous had lifted. con
eldorably, hut NJ, hung low ana obs
scurcd Tho vision beyond u few miles
GERMAN SCHOONER HAMBURG,
The German schooner Hamburg was tho
| first 20 leave tho anchorage ANA pass out
through pcdncys channel Tho Valhalla,
Alsa and Thistle followed and before
| through the channel toward the llghiship
and pass the stranded Cunnld llnor Ca
| ronla, whose passengers crowded the rails
| TO witness the procession,
The committee boat Win Commander
HcbhInghnus Of tho German navy. Com,
mandcr II II, lIosloy " the United
states navy, oliver w. Cromwell, Now,
| bury y, Lawion, H. Dob PatOons. and
Edward u Wales. Of tho New Yoll
Yacht club on board, anchored one'olgh,l
| Of a milo east Of sandy Hook llghtshiI
and established tho ttarilng line between
| thom shortly after II o'clock,
| a ilcct Of yachts and thips began TO as
| somhlc As the racers began 20 arrlv,
| they were towod 10 tho north ana wind
| ward on the starting Inc Most ~ the
| echoonors, soon after reaching the start