New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-13
OCEAN RACERS READY.
TO-DAY
Guests Who VIII Sal ON Some ~
the Com peting Yachts.

Hot green paint from boiling caldror ar,
every crack and crevice at shutdown vas+,-f..-
on the sleek looking hull OF Wilson Nar,,,r.,
three-masted schooner yacht Atlantic e,ro-s..
In the coming race for the Emperor's en-, -
was put on by gang OF expert painters as 80
as the machinlsts were through rive.ins -,
steel sheathing over the space from which 81
propeller was removed. The paint will M, a
until it is immersed IN the water. The vsc,, =
to be launched early this morning r-,r, -
dry dock az the Morse Iron Works A. sor.s
Brooklyn. Lord BraSsey's Sunbeam which 6.
on the same dock. will also be foated tn.
propeller space OF this yacht has been closed m
by ship carpenters with wood sheatning
Mr. MarshaI's guests on the Yacht a.1an,,.
in the ocean race VIII be F. " Eoyt. william
Gardner. c. s. Seeley. H y Bergman. N-o-+c,
W. Smith. Or. F. 3. Downs and L. 3. OstraDda-
Captain Charles Barr Is to have charge In the
race. Captain Edward PageL the y,cbr.s rev.
ular sailing master, goes along TO take charga
Of the vessel when she reaches the other s.ds
The chief mate Is Captain Bars brother-Iobn
n. Barr. who for two years was Skipper OF 2
NJ. Hoyt's cutter Isolde and later Of the schooner
MurieL The second mate is Andrew Petersen.
the bOatswain. Harry Nelson. and the tvo
quarterrasters, Ole Bogstraud and Edward
OsmoHsen- William Wai5ron is the chief en-
gineer and Aubrey F'alCo1er his assistant The
chief steward is Theodore Bell. and his assist
ants. G. E. Perry, Psrcival Marucheau and
James White. William Whitecross is the caief
cook. and Robert Mitchell his assistant. There
will be twenty-foUr sailors before the mast
divided into two watches.
New running gear was being rove OF on hca-d
the Sunbeam yesterday, and the dock painters
we're at work painting her Lighthouses white
At go o'clock this afternoon the tug DaIzeI
viii tow the Sunbeam from Morse's to the New
York Yacht Club anchorage of East 2:d-s-
Lord and Lady Brassey win entertain their
friends on board this afternoon
Edmund RaHdOlph's Apache is now iyirz of
East 23d-st-. all ready 70 be lowed to the start
ing line on Tuesday. The entire Dalzeu feet o.
nine toWbOats Will De used Tuesday morn
ing. towing the yachts Thistle. Sunbeam. AHsa
and others TO the Sandy Hook Lightship and
carrying parties down to see the start Of the
race.
Edmund Randolph's guests on board the
Apache are 70 be Royal Phelps Carroll P
Burnside Potter. W. Gordon Feliowes Joseph
Hartman, Ralph y. Ellis StUyvesant lie R0v
and DR.. Watson b. Morris. Lord Brassev's
guests on board the Sunbeam VIII be Captain
Pakeaham and Colonel Hartford. brother OF
Lord Sufiield- The Earl Of Crawford's guests on
the Valhalla are 20 he Messrs. North Wilbra-
ham, Brougham and DIT CorfeId.
The Atlantic is the favoTite in the betting so
far with the EndyniOn second and the VaIhalla
third The indications are that great fleet of
steam yachts and other craft. filed with anthu-
siastic supporters of the three nations having
yachts entered, VIII go down the bay on Tues
day morning 10 see them off. Nearly al the
yachts VIII be under way Sunday and Mon
day, stretching their sails in the Lower Bay.