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vile on Tuesday night, and she started
down in tow of the Unity early IN the
morning
AN uNpRoMIsINa MORNING.

1t was hazy sort of morning yesterday
when the yachtsmen turned out, and gave
little promise Of being any better than Tues
day 30 far as weather was concerned. The
wind was still coming from the east. There
was no fog, but the sky was creamed by
waterladen clouds. 1t was cold and TN =
pleasant. The start had been arran ged
for noon, and 80 things were lively on each
boat as soon az breakfast had been served
One after another the tugs that had been
engaged by the different yachts TO act as
tenders arrived on the scene, and friends
of the yachtsmen who had left the city
early came down on these tugs to give the
yachtsmen send-off. j. Kennedy Tod
was on board the Unique, and IN the party
was Mrs. Robert X. Tod, wife OF the owner
Of the Thistle.
Another crowd OF enthusiasts Ia was on
board the H. b. Chamberlain and brought
down Ave tons of ballast for the Atlantic
Capt. Barr at the last moment decided that
the favorite in the race would do better
II she had a little more lead. and had tele-
graphed for this ballast as soon as the race
was postponed on II esday afternoon.
There has been lots OF talk about the At
lantio not being in good shape. 50 many
alterations have been made IN the Doao
race that there has been little time for sail.
ing trials, and Capt. Barr was not at all
pleased with the state OF AFFAIRS Inc
fact that extra ballast was put on az the
last moment would SHOW tiiat there 10 sV''e
truth in these rumoIs
The Hamburg was the first Of the racers
to get up her anchor. She took line from
the tug NJ. Moran and passed out OF the
Horseshoe at $50 o'clock. Capt, Peters had
his men at work at once taking on 'he san
-ir q
German sailors worked with enthusiasm.
seemingly delighted that there was chance
of their being sent off on their long journey.
Adolph Tetjens, the representing owner
Of the syndicate OF yachtsmen wh" own
the boat: his son, Lieut. Capt. John Ilet-
lens and ,he mysterious MIR. fiConelh, VINO
has been st id to he Prince AdAlbcrt, son OF
the Empercr. stood on the quarterback,
As they passed the stranded taron a,
which Is aground on F'lynns Knoll the hn .;.
burg dipped her coloIs, and the Caronia
answered the salute. The passengers on Of,
board the Carona crowded to the rails
and waved their hundkerchiefs and hats
at the German boat, and tho band played
the watch on the Rhine The Valfalla
was the next boat to leave. She was in tow
of the John Bouker. She made II stately
picture with her yards all trimmed as she
passed out. The Earl Of Crawford, the
Hon. Reginald Boughton. Cecil North. DR..
w. Cor cid and Sir Evelyn G; Wll6raham
saluted gain, and the salute was promptly
answered from the Valhalla by the dip
ping OF her ensign, and the Earl and MS
guests raised their hats to the passengers
on the stranded steamer.
Lord Brassey's world-famed sunbeam
followed in the wake Of the Ialhalla, so
that the three foreign entries In the race
were the first beats to go out to The fighting
ground. Lady Brassey is passenger on
board the Caronia. and again the tunarder
al Hnr
Capt. A. Packenham waved to Lady Brassey
and Mrs. Packenham as the yacht vent by.
Then came Commodore Robert f. Tod's
schooner Thistle, flying the burgee OF the
Atlantic Yacht Club; The Unique had this
boat in tow, and with Commodore Tod were
Dr. Paul Outerbridge, DR.. James 7. Aver
and Poultney Bigeow.
FLEuR DE LYs DIspAINED TUG.
Capt. Bohen, like a true fisherman, dis
likes tugs, and he decided to sail the Fleur
de Lys out The mainsail was set, and then
fisherman sailor climbed aloft to snap
on the topsail sheet. He had on his rubber
boots. Fishermen are the only sailors in
the world who keep their rubber boots on
even when going up to the masthead. The
foresail soon followed, and then the head
sails went up in stops The anchor was
weighed >headsails broken out, and on the
to sea. DR.. Stimson, Miss Stimson, Elliot
Tuckerman and j. B. Connelley were ON the
quarterback, and as the F1eur de Lys passed
through the fleet Of fishermen. coasters and
pilots she was heartily cheered. -
The yawl Ailsa was the next under way.
She had line from the tug Fred. B. Dalzell.
On board were Granville Kane; Paul f.
Stevenson and H. B. Rutenduhl. The
Hildegarde was the next boat to- leave
the harbor Edward r. Coleman had as
Ieconte and 4. +. Baker, and Capt, Mar
s,ers, an experienced deep sea sailor. was
ct the wheel. Allison V. Armour's Ito
wanna followed in tow Of another Moran
tug. Mr.. Armour, John l., Mott. Jr'; and
came the Atlantic, in tow Of the Nonpareil,
and on this boat were Wilson Marshall,
the owner: Fred. M. Hoyt, Fl. A. Bergman.
G. B. seeley,, Mort on W. Smith, DR.; F. b.
Downs and L B. Gstan ndeh. The sb last ws to
towed by the De Witt c. WINS, and Edmund
Randolph the owner, had as his guests
Ralph N. Ellis, Royal Phelps Carroll. r.
Burnside Potter. w. Gordon Fellowes,
Joseph Hartman, Stuyvesant lie Roy and
Dr. Watson Z. Morris
BY this time the excursion feet Of tugs
and yachts which had left the city early
in the morning began to arrive on the
scene. f. c. Benediot's steamer Oneida
was one of the first. She was followed
May, then came Frank j.. Goud's steamer
Helenits. followed by Howard Gould's
Niagara. Among other boats noticed we're
Alfred Marshall's Ievanter, which dis
played the colors Of the Atlantic on the
iriatic stay; Rear Commodore r. A. c.
Smiths Privateer, the revenue cutter
Mohawk, Evans R. Dicks Elsa H.. Com
modore A. II. Alker's Florence; Commodore
A. c. James, Aloha, the Fri King and
Mermaid. Commod ore Frederick G.
Bourne of the New Yo rk Yacht Club enter
tanned party Of frie nds on the big tug
Edward j. Berwind. The committee boat
Ngilant, one of the supervisors tugs,
reached the Sandy Hook lightship shortly
after II O'Clock On boa rd were Com
mander H. G.. Hebbinghaus. /. G. N;
Commander H. II. Hosey, U. s. n. Oliver E.
Cromwell, Newbury D. Lawton. H. Deb.
Paraons and Edward H. Wales. the COM
mittse in charge OF the start
HAMBURG FIRST AT LIdHTsHIP.
The Hamburg was the first to reach the
lightship. On her way out the crew had
hoisted the mainsail and foresail and sent
the jibs and jibtopsails up in stops ready
for use as soon as the towline was cast off
She passed by the red lightship at II o'clock
and held on to the eastward for about a
mile and then, at II 80 o clock, dropped her
t)wline, broke out her headsails and stood
about waiting for the other boats to arrive
on the scene. The Thistle was next She
was followed by the Endymion, Aisa
Sunbeam, Hildegarde. Utowana. Apache
Valhalla and Atlantic.