New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-15
YACHTS READY FOR RACE.
RECETVE FINAL TOUCHES
ImericaH Craft to Start IN DoUer to.
HehgoIand Contest.


committee boat off Sandy Hook Lghtship. an
,oyncing 10 the captains of the eleven yachts
entered FOR the ocean race for the German En-
srors cup that they must cross the starting
rns and begin the contest fifteen minutes later
II vas decided yesterday that five Of the
vaehts that are TO compete in the ocean race for
.bs Kaisers cup, would also sail in the race
ron Dover TO Heligoland. for the additional cup
orsre5 by the German Emperor. The entries for
,ris race close on May %. when these yachts
s-e racing across the Atlantic. so the owners
have entered them now. They are Wilson Mar
sbalrs Atlantic, George LADDERS Endymion,
Henry Redmonds Ailsa, Edward CoIe1nan's Hill
6egar1e and the German syndicate schooner
rsmburg. The others will not enter.
All the American yachts are to be present at
the start at Dover on June II. and most of them
will 20 TO Kiel The AiIsa will enter the re-
= rstta at that port. Mr.. Redmond says he win
Start in every race over there.
ler+er. has been received by the ocean race
,o-,r'ittee from the Imperial Yacht Club regard
.rr the HengoIand race, and particularly urging
entries from the competing yacht owners. The
conditions Of the race are as follows:
r-,- au cruising yachts belonging TO any recog-
80 ~scat club, Of eighty tons and upward.
NJ ssfle5 on Saturday. Juno IT, from Dover
~ Heisolaud 10 start at Il a. m, three yachts TO
Se sailed Ynder Yacht Racing Associat tion-
@ but e s EDS & SIe 70 6a695 SaF e Be caTed eg{ 5neiE 6
Iyond the ordinary crew Of the vessel with the ex-
0e,IOI Isc5.s G to be handicapped after the manner
of vacfts for the Kings Cup at the Royal Yacht
Squadron regatta at Co"es.
While the yachts were more or less scattered
over the harbor yesterday, they were all prac-
.icaIIv ready 10 so 10 the rendezvous in Sandy
Hook Rav. Fresh meat vegetables and other
.,s,5sbab,e food VIII be taken board this
-ro-,ing. and this afternoon nearly all the
.-.,b+s will either be toved OF sail down the bay
70 the Horseshoe.
T+xss the intention OF the shippers of some Of
,re Yachts to go out for a sail-stretching spin
YESTERDAY hut the foggy weather upset their
plans. When the tug John BOuker, Captain
Jobn Hammond chartered by the newspapers.
went on q scouting expedition yesterday, the
first yacht seen Commodore George
Lauder, jr's Endynlion lying at anchor
pff Bay Ridge She looked businesslike and
Ehipshaps for the race All her large boats are
10 be left on shore. and six hshermen's dories
are nested on deck for use in an emergency.
Spare spars are securely lashed on deck, and
preventer backstays and runners are ready to
set up when needed. Captain James Loesch,
who sailed the yacht in her famous record race
across the Atlantic, when she covered the course
sn IS days 20 hours, said he going down to
Esndy Hook as soon as the weather cleared a
bit.
over on the other shore the Thistle. Com
snodnre Robert E Tod's fine schooner; the Ham
burg, owned by the German syndicate, and the
FIeur de Lys. DR.. l. A Stimsons sturdy little
Schooner, were found at anchor. Captain Peters,
of the Hamburg. said the yacht would go to
Sandy Hook to-day The Hamburg carries two
coIlspsible boats, besides some. dories. Neither
the owner nor the captain was on board the
11Irf ,VP
10 be in high spirits s,.st confident of
winning as IL they were on board the largest
1nstead of the smallest vessel in the fleet
Commodore Tod, who is his own skipper. and
who knows his ship from stem to stern and
from keel to truck. invited his visitors board
and showed them all over the yacht Two
tv-enty-seven-foot patent Ifeboats hung in the
davits and there were two smaller lifeboats, all
Of which Will be lashed on deck before the start
spare topmast and spinnaker boom were
Iashed on deck, and there were any number Of
spare sails and storm sails below. double
rsfee. which hoists with small club TO the
forefonrnasr head and sheets out TO the ends
Of the foreyard was set 10 dry. The sail is
split and roped from the foot UP as far as the
lower masthead so that It straddles the fore
stav. Commodore Tod says he viii carry in
addition 10 the foresaiI, spinnaker on the main
mast and watersail. set under the bowsprit,
Ike the Spanish caravels used TO carry The
Yacht Is ljghfed by acetylene gas. and she has
two wave-ouelling pipes in the bow. The This
lie will go down the bay to-day after her stores
are taken on board,
Surrounded by a feet Of Gloucester fishing
Fchoonere the Ihree-naster Atlantic loomed up
out of the fog in Sandy Hook Bay. Captain
Charlie" Barr said. when hailed. that he had
no intention Of getting the yacht under way until
the weather cleared. She has spare topmast and
q snare sn1nnaker boom. and several smaller
Fpars are Iashed securely anidships on each side
Of the main hatch. Chatting mats are fastened on
the quarter rails in the wake Of the main sheet.
also on the rails forward where the jlo sheets
will lead when the sails are hosted.
The valhalla, the Earl Of Crawford's ship.
was stiu living off 4sth-st in the North River
yesterday. Lord Brassey's Sunbeam and the
Apache Law off East 29d-st The Ailsa was
towed to city Island yesterday to receive her
final touches. and the Utowana lay in the North
River
While at the dinner for the yacht owners at
Delnon3co's on Saturday night Allison V Ar
rnour, OF the committee OF the Imperial
Yacht Club. received the following cabIegrarn
from the German Emperor:
Best greetings 10 yacht owners and starting
committee. Hoping race will be success ana
wishing good ana speedy cruises,
Commander Febbinghaus the chairman or the
sonlrnittee received a special cablegram from
The foreign sub-committe announcing that the
German cruiser Pfeu will be anchored at the
finish line from May 2s until the yachts nave
finished
The start Will be made on Tuesday al the
appointed hour if the weather conditions per-