The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-15
YACHTS WAITING FOR START.
ROC KEEPS TIE OCEAN RACERS
AT THEIR MOORINGS.

are 10 start Tomorrow IN the race ucfOos
the ocean had any idea Of going out for q
sail Yesterday they were disappointed. A
,hiok fog hung over the harbor and the
boats had to keep 10 their moorings, 1t
was wet, cold and unpleasant, and under
such conditions yachting Is not all that
Il might be- The weather gave the yachts
men an idea though OF what they may
,Ipe drrng the next two OF threa weeks
on the Atlantic and those who have been
6guring on strong TO fresh breezes may
he disappointed, and with such weather
"A that which New Workers we're treated 20
Yesterday the RAGS will be an open one.
The Atlantic kept at anchor in the Horse
shoe all day. Capt, Barr, who IL on board,
had expected that he might have the boat
out AMI 50 get a little more acquainted
with her II ~ .sible the Atlantic will
90 out to-day, Jut some tins will be taken
IN stowinz away fresh provisions and
taking on ice and water.
There seems 20 ce some dissatisfaction
on hoard this boat, which does not help Ter
chances Of winning The chief trouble
seems 10 Re too many cooks, and Cspt.
Barr has not had a free hand. Things
we're so serious last week that he threatened
10 leave anil let Capt. Pagel, his assistant
take charge Of the boat. The Atlantic is
not in the shape she should be, according
10 all accounts. She has not had sufficient
trials for Cap, Barr ami his crew to find
out all the moods and fancies Of the boat.
Under these conditions II Ia impossible for
a captain to get the best out OF his boat
Then Capt Barr's wife has been III at her
home in New London, and 30 seriously that
on Friday Capt. Barr decided 10 quit. MIRA.
Bar !, better. according to a telegram
the captain received yesterday, and many
OF the troubles on the Atlantic have been
smoothei away, ami 50 wien sle sails
Capt. Barr will be In commani and will
have everything TO ga = about the way the
boat is 20 be handled
The Sunbeam, Ailsa and Apache are still
At anchor Of the New York Yacht Club
station At the foot Of East Twenty-third
street They will 60 down to the Hook
to-day. and it is very probable that Capt.
Miller will take the Ailsa outside for a short
spin. Just to see that everything Ia all right.
She was lowered OF the dock on Saturday
afternoon and towed around to the Fast
River az once. The Valhalla Is anchored
in the North River on Tompknsville are
the Thistle, FleuT de Lys, Hamburg and
Utowana, and the Endymion is of Bay
Ridge To-day after the stores are on
board all the boats will be towed TO the
Hook and then wait for the start
The Hildegarde was to have left New
London in tow Of the Gertrude on Saturday
night. but it was 80 foggy that she remained
in harbor until yesterday morning Then,
although it was still foggy, the tug started.
She will go direct TO the Hook, and should
reach there this morning Capt. Marsters
hes the boat in fine shape, and his friends
at New Tendon gave her a good sendoh
A big floral horseshoe was given TO the
captain it is ? feet inches high.
eamecock was given to the captain. too,
ly an admirer, which is 10 be the mascot
for tie Yacht Mr.. T.. r. Coeman, the
owner Is on board
The race will start at 2I5 O'Clock to-
norrow afternoon and the yachts will
cross a line between the Sandy Hook Light
ship and the committees tug
The owner will be on board each yacht
except on the Aisa. Henry S, Redmond,
who owns this boat. cannot spare the time,
and Granville Kane will he his representa-
tive. With Mr.. Kane will be Paul +. Ste
phenson and Henry Scott Rottenburg
Capt Lem Miller is in charge OF this boat,
and she carries a crew Of eighteen men.
The Apache, owned by, Edmund Ran
dolph, has a crew Of forty men. Capt. j. H.
Mcdonald is in charge, and the mates are
j. X. Gibson and f. S. Estes. Mr.. Ham
dolph's guests will be Royal Phe ps Car
roll, r. Burnside Potter, W. Gordon Fell
loves, Joseph Hartman, Ralph n. Ellis,
Stuyvesant Leroy and DR.. Watson B. Nor
rs
The Atlantic has crew Of fifty men.
Capt Charles Barr Il her skipper and he is
assisted by Capt. Pagel and Capt. John
Barr, who sailed the Thistle in the cup
races Of 1887. Wilson Marshall. the owner
Of the yacht, will have as his guests DR..
T. B. Downs, Fred NJ. Hoyt. II. A, Bergman,
Corton W. Smith, L. B. Ostrander and
C. B. Seeley.
Capt James Loesch is the skipper Of
Commodore George Lauder, Jr. :, schooner
Endymion. This boat has a crew Of twenty
six men, and Commodore LADDERS guests
will be John r. BuChan, DT. n. c. Roland.
Jasper Roland, Richard Armstrong and
Richard Sheldon.
the feet. She is owned by Dr.. Lewis A.
Stimson. and his guests will be Elliott
Tuckerman and J. B. Connolly. Capt.
Thomas Bohlin il the skipper, and his mate
Is Jacob Cody, formerly Of the Coronet.
The Flerr de Lys carries a crew OF sixteen
men, many Of whom are, like her captain,
Gloucester fishermen.
The German entry in the race, the
schooner Hamburg, Is not owned, as many
think, by the German Emperor, but by
syndicate Of Hamburg yachtsmen. Adolph
Tietiens is the representative owner and
with him are Lieut.. Capt John Tietjens
and Mr.. Piconelli. Capt, Peters is the
skipper and the crew numbers twenty
tight men. The boat was purchased by
the syndicate after the Emperor had paid
a visit 10 Hamburg. While there he re-
marked that Hamburg ought 10 be repre-
sented in yachting by a good yacht, and said
he would not visit the town again until IL
was. Tho syndicate was formed and tho
British schooner Rainbow purchased. Mr..
Netiens thinks that the Hamburg has a
good chance 10 win the cup.
Tie Hildegarde is owned by z, r. Cole
man Of Lebanon, Pa. His guests during the
race will lie Frank Platt, Dr. Robert De-
comte and A. r. Barker. Capt s. n. Mar
sers il the skipper, and his mates are Saun-
ders and @. Miller There are twenty
four men in the crew.
The Sunbeam Ia owned by Lord Brassey,
and his guests will be Col. HarboArd and
Me or A. Pakenham. Lord Brassey navi-
gates bis own yacht, but his captain is
r. c. s. Achard and the Sunbeam ceTTies
crew Of twenty mine men.
The Thistle, owned by Robert Z. Tod will
lie sailed by her owner. Mr.. Tod has four
mates, all Of whom are competent men and