The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-14
OCEAN RACERS ARE READY.
FINAL GROOMINOS PUT FACETS
NIFINE CONDITION.

Rough weather may Discount AtiABii0a
Thances-EVeFy owner Thinks Ho HAS
Y SHOW 20 win the EmpeFOF's Cup-AF.
rangem entS for Crowd 70 See the start,
Al the yachts that are TO start In the ocean
race next Tuesday are ready Tor the contest
They have been thoroughly groOmed and are
in the finest possible shape for the race
Their owners. shippers and crews have worked
hard 70 get them Ia condition 20 stand the
storms they may encounter on the long trip
across the Atlantic and a the same time they
have got them In such shape that II they have
only ordinary weather to contend with they
will make fast time. Just what each owner
would like IN the shape OF weather IL hard
20 figure out but each one thinks he has a
good chance 10 win II he has a little good luck
some Of them want good Teaching bFeeEss
and smooth seas This, Weather would suit
the Atlantic Hamburg, Endymlon and Fleur
lie Lys. The VSlhalH, Apache. UtowanR
snd Thistle want ST. oAV favoring winds and
the Alsa would likelight weather. with Winds
from the east.
There nevcr/was n race started In which
weather was such a. important factor. and
there never was 9Iace in which each owner
was 50 conhdentfhsIhis boat had fair chance
win The c24tsst lie a very open one and
every boa,,E1l be factor in the race until
the hni <dihg line Is reached.
T.s German Emperor. who has offered tho
Sfl7es for which the yachismen are striving.
, has ordered the cruiser Pleil 20 take q position
AZ the finish This will be a great help 70
the men on the racers. and they will not have
much difficulty IN making the line which will
BE- due south Of the lighthouse on the Lizard,
with the cruiser anchored about mile beyond
the outermo-t edge Of the rocks,
The Atlantic. Wilson Marshalrs three
trasted schooner. was launched from the
dooe Al the MOrse Iron Works early yester-
DAY morning. She IL in fne racing tHm,
but come deep so sailors think that she IL
better suited for racing In waters around here
than for hard drive across the Atlantic
Her rig IL lofty and light compared with the
rig OF the other boats. II Is possible that
she will have only light weather 10 sail IN,
and IN that event she will do well. Some
wissacres shake their heads though. They
look for st least one hard blow on the way
over, and then, they think, there VIII DC
trouble All the stores are on board the
Atlantic except fresh meats and vsFc ables
which will be taken on board to-laoTrow
There will be foTty-seven men. all told, on THIS
boat and these win eat up a lot OF stun during
the trip, which may last three week
In the afternoon the Atlantic went Tor a spin
down the bay. She looked well and moved
fast under the conditions. The sal Was LOT
;ne purpose Of giving the gear flal Iest ana ,h
70 get the crew a little more familiar WITH the
boat Late in the afternoon she returned 10
o. he VV1Slhsiia. The Earl Of Crav ford, boat
vbs NM overheard Yesterday and is now
moored OF Forty-second street 10 me North
River She will tow down 10 90, Horseshoe
tomorrow afternoon and wait there for the
launched, and il Ia probable that she will have
final spin to-day and then come back 70
Bay Ridge 10 get her peTishahle stores ne
Ailsa has been practically rephnked s!nce "
was decided 20 put her in the race. II was
reported that she was leaking and some
trouble was being experienced by those IN
oft he Cant Lem Miller denied
this rumor and declared that the boat was ln
ane shape aud that he expected she would
make a fine record In the contest. GranNlile
Kane viii represent Mr.. Redmond on the
Ailsa, and he will have with him PAUL. Steph-
Commodore George LADDERS schooner
EndymioN Ia winning friends every Gay.
and many. GOOD Judges think that she has
anS Ss Lo %sS has this craft QUITE ready
Yesterday she went down the bay ana had
her oompassos adjusted and to-morTow viii
take on the rest Of her stores and then 80
down 20 the Horseshoe
Lord BrAsseys topsail schooner suneeam
he foot Of Fast Tvsnty,thlrd street, on
he New York Yacht Club station, where
Lay BrassS2 vii T sntsFtSiO their friends on
board this afternoon. ,,,
the New YORK Yacht Club station,
on Tompkinsvills are, the Thistls Fispr
Hamburg was out for abort spin yesterday
Just 20 ses that everything was all right and
the Thistle, Il IL expected will go out to-day.
Tomorrow sn the boats viii take on stores
and then BY sunset all will be at anchor In
the Horseshoe ready for the start. The COM
mittee will give the preparatory signal At
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon and atteen
minutes later the boats will be on. There
will be a large feet OF yRchts. excursion
steamers and tuEs OF the Hook whom the start
% made. The New York Yacht Club menu
bers Will be on the Cygnus and the Atlantic,
Indian HArbor and Crescent memb era viii DO
on the Sirius Tie Cepheus will take any
one who wants 10 SOC The start. The Sea-
vanhAka Corinthian Yacht Club members
viii be on the Tug Mutual. J. Kennedy, Tod
has chartered the tug Unique and will have
friends on board who are particularly IN
terested In the Atlantic. Alfred MArehall.a
new steam yacht will take care that the At
lantio gets a good ssnd-oti. Other tugs have
been chartered By friends OF tho different
racing yachtsmen. and as consequence
u hard work TO charter q tug now.
There will Also DO q large heet OF steam
yachts ont. These have been put in COM
mission earlier than usual Just fo- this race
The committee in charge OF the start hopes
that captains OF steamers VIII make VIDE
space around the starting line 10 as not 70
bother the racers. These big boata are not
~ easily handled e. racing boats and 90 want
plenty Of rNNm.