The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-17
START OF OCEAN RAGE DELAYED UNTIL TO-DAY
DENSE BLANKET OF FOG CAUSES
 DISAPPOINTMENT.
Crews Unable to See Two Hundred Yards in Any Direction-FIeur de Lys Run Down by a Scow and Has to be Drydocied for Repairs-wfl be Able to Start To-day.

10 ckdrE Io-uass New York, May 16.-Eight of the
 eleven yachts which had been entered
 for the 5000 mile race across the At lantic ocean for the 5000 cup offered
 by the German emperor lay snugly at anchor within the shelter of Sandy Hook tonight, the start of the race having been postponed on account of fog. A dense blanket of binding mist hung all day over the Hook and the sea outside, and at midnight there was no sign of better weather for tomorrow. The smallest yacht in the fleet, the little American schooner Fleur De Lys, owned by Dr. Lewis A. Stimson, of the New York Yacht club, was run down by scow in tow while the yachts were at anchor in the lower bay before day. light to-day, and so damaged that re- pairs were absolutely necessary before
 she could have started in the race. pr. Stimson and his guests were on board the yacht and asleep when the scoW ripped away portion of the yachts bulwarks. She was promptly lowed in to Erie basin where the damage was repaired. Dr. Stimson announced that he would be ready to start in the race tomorrow.
 Though the starting committee had announced that the boats would be sent away unless the fog was iInpene-
 trable, the conditions were clearly dangerous, for part of the time the
 crews were hardly able to see 200 yards In any direction. There was a splendid
 sailing breeze outside the Hook, but it
 was dead ahead, and to have attempted to send the yachts away in it would
 probably have resulted in collision as soon as they began to beat to windward.
 The start of the race had been set set for 2:15 D. nn., but at that hour only
 six of the racers lay at anchor within the Hook and tugs and excursion boats
 were slowly gathering to get a look at them. They included the British ship Valhalla and the American schoon-; CTS Utowama, Atlantic, Thistle, Hilde-
 garde and Endymion. Those still ab- sent were Lord Brassey's British top sail schooner The Sunbeam, the Amer jean barque Apache, the German
 schooner Hamburg. the American yawl Ailsa and the FGeur De Lys. The Sum
 beam, Apache and F'leur De Lys had not joined the fleet at nightfall, having
 remained at anchor in the upper har- bor On those which awaited fair weather everything was trim and fit, several Of the American craft having half a dozen extra dories and life boat or two and many extra spars lash
 ed to the deck.
 The government tug Vigilant with
 Commander Hebbinghaus of the Ger man navy, the emperor's official repre-
 sentative, on board joined the fleet and
 two excursion steamers heavily loaded with passengers, and a dozen tugs cir cled about among the racers as they
 lay at anchor, while their passengers cheered American, British and German craft impartially, and their bands sal,lt- ed with the 'sWacht Am Rhein," Rule Britannia" or Yankee Doodle.' Cap, tain Charles Barr was on board the big three master Atlantic, and his spendid record of victories on American cup de- lenders, together with the fact that the yacht is known to be able and speedy, led many to regard her as likely winner. 85 4, la s8 The fog held thick all morning, lifting only occasionally, and giving the crews a glimpse of the Hook and the Jersey shore across the bay. Shortly after p. m. the Hamburg and Ailsa arrived and joined the fleet. At 5:10 the com mittee boat went alongside the Valhalla
 and notified the earl of Crawford that
 the race would be postponed until to- morrow. The nimble sailors quickly manned the yards and slowed sails. Other yachts were notified by the com mittee boat and were quickly snugged down for the night All were expected
 to be at the starting point tomorrow, not excepting the Fleur De Lys.