The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-16
5000 MILE RACE.
Eleven Yachts viii Contest for
the Kaiser's Cup.
Course Is From Sandy Hook to
the Lizard.
TYPES AND SIZES.
Are Most Varied Ever Got To-
gether in One Event.
No Time Allowance Is Made for
Size or Build.
TYPES AND SIZES.

New York, Nay 16.-Eleven yachts,
flying the flags of three nations and
varying in size from an IS ton schooner
to 648 ton ship, were prepared to
start today from the Sandy Hook light
ship at 2:15 p m for a race of about
5000 miles across the Atlantic ocean to
The Lizard on the cost of England for
a cup and three prizes offered by the
German emperor. Subsequently some
of the yachts entered in the ocean race
viii sail also in the race from Dover to
Hedogoland for another cup offered by
emperor William and one at least viii
take part in the regatta at Kiel, Ger
many.
The race which will start today is no
table for the variety of build and rig
OF the vessels taking part in it, for the
great distance to be sailed and possibly
severe weather that may be encounter
ed and from the fact that it affords a
test of heavily built ocean going craft.
4achtSmen regard it as a move toward
the substitution of a more seaWorthy
type of craft in International races in
the place of the racing machines which
have contested for the Americas cup.
The Entries.
These yachts entered for today's race
The Valhalla, 64S tons, 2391h feet long,
owned by the Earl of Crawford of the
Royal Yacht squadron of England.
The bark Apache, 307 tons, 180 feet
long, owned by Edmund Randolph,
New York Yacht club.
The topsail schooner Sunbeam, 227
tons. 154.7 feet long, Lord Brassey,
Royal Yacht Squadron of England.
Three-master schooner Utowana 267
tons, 155 feet long, Allison V Armour,
New York Yacht club
Three-masted schooner Atlantic, POS
/ tons 135 feet long, Wilson Marshall,
/ New York Yacht club.
/ FTHTO-r11a SfP6 Sc1 OOnar Ia m T111r1-
tons, 116 feet long, owned by a Ger
man syndicate, entered from the
| Norddeutscher Regattaverein.
/ Two-masted schooner Thistle, 233
/ tons, 10 feet long, Rob E. Tod, At
landc Yacht club.
/ Two-mased schooner HiIdegarde,
| 146 tons, 103 feet long, Ed R. Cole
man, corinthian Yacht club of Phila-
! delphia.
Two-masted schooner Hildegrade,
4 116 tons, 101 feet long, George Laud-
er, jr., Indian Harbor Yacht club.
Yawl Ailsas 116 tons, SO feet long,
Henry S. Redmond, New York Yacht
club.
Two-masted schooner Fleur de Lis
Sc tons, Sc y feet long, DR.. Lewis A.
Stimson, New York Yacht club
Rarely has a more varied fleet in
size, rig or type of design been assem-
| bled to race in the same event. The
stately British clipper ship Valhala,
/ whose towering spars spread aloft a
cloud of canvas, is seven times as
large as her smallest competitor. the
yet the larger craft gave no time al
| lowance in favor of the smaller.
The Prizes.
The first vessel to cross the ifnagin-
ary line at the Lizard lighthouse will
win the emperor'S cup and an ocean
blue ribbon which in the estimation of
many yachtsmen will eventually rival
J fT,e ~ Hoo
Ordinarily five of the vessels-the
/ Valhalla, Sunbeam, Apache, UtOwana
and Atlantic-use auxiliary steam
power, but for the race their propel-
lers have been unshipped.
Added interest is given to the race
by the participation of the Endymion
holder of the yachting record from
Sandy Hook to the Lizard of 13 days
and 20 hours.
The faith and hopes of many Ameri
can yachtsmen were pinned to the big
American schooner Atlantic and her
/ skipper, Captain Charles Barr, to whose
clever seamanship more than one vic
tory in the defense of the America s
cup has been in part attributed.
Given strong head of beam winds, and
/ fairly high seas, the Atlantic is expect
| ed to be among the leaders, while the
Valhalla is dangerous in case of gales
In light head winds the little Ailsa
1 might show her heels to the more pow
erful craft. The German schooner is
regarded as a worthy competitor under
all sorts of conditions.
The course is approximately 5000
miles long and the yachts are expected
to consume two or three weeks in COW
/ ering the distance. In the choice of the
northern or southern route the captain
may exercise his judgment and knowl-
edge of ocean winds and currents
Whatever the North Atlantic has in
store during the next two weeks for the
big yachts at dawn this morning the
weather indications showed nothing of
a boisterous character near Sandy Hook
| llightship. The sea was smooth, the air
| soft and balTny, and while heavy mist
hung about lower New York bay 1t
was slowly being waited out to sea by
a southwesterly breeze that gave every
Indication of strengthening considerab bly,
/ before noon.
A Breeze OF shore.
Such a breeze was regarded with favor
by those on the yachts as it nourished
a hope of a smart fight for position at
/ the start and a quick run along the
Long Island shore and the southern
New England coast to the first turning
! point at Nantucket Ightship, 1876 miles
from the start Light sails were there
/ fore overhauIed and auxiliary spars,
foremast yards, studding sail and spin
/ maker booms unlashed, and partially
rugged for the setting of such kites. IN
fact it looked this morning as if all the
yachts would take leave of this country
1 enveloped in cloud of canvas. The off
shore breeze was particularly favorable
/ for the great square riggers of the feet
the British boats VaIhalla and Sunbeam
the American Apache and the big
/ three-masted schooners Atlantic and
! Utowana-
six hours before the time set for the
start the breeze had blown the fog well
out to sea. and at the same time had
worked more to the west and strength
| ened.