The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-16

VIII DE laNOTaDle 10 All
another gun will be fred, AT. the same
time the Blue peter will be run down ana
red ball hoisted in its place. This will be
warning signal and will tell the yachtsmeh
that they will have five minutes before
being sent off on their long journey,
At PAS o'clock a third gun will give the
signal TO go and the times Of the yachts
will be taken from that gun. me race
will then be on Sail will be crowded on
each boat and trimmed to suit the weather
conditions and the eleven handsome yachts
will head for the Fire Island !'lghtshlp'
which will mark the first part of their course
Away out to the eastward will stretch the
wide expanse Of ocean and 5000 miles away
will be the finishing line. There the German
cruiser Pfei will wait for the yachts ana
make line with the lighthouse on the
Lizard.
For days and nights the yachts will bat
tie with the winds and seas In calm or
storm their crews will drive them, on each
crew endeavorng to send ms poal aGeau
70 as to capture the rich prIze onercd ny
the German Emperor THIS cup Is worth
5000, and for the next three boats to fin
jsh there will be other prizes. and for these
the plucky sportsmen have fitted out their
boats at costs varying from $4,000 to $40
600 each, manned them wit big crews.
proyisioned hein for the long journey
and braved the Unknown dangers OF the
deep.
There has been some figuring on the
race The Earl of Crawford, WI owns the
Valhalla, thinks that if the winds are strong
and come from the west the race may
be ended in nine days and that his boat can
win. The Nahalla under slicil cohditioiis
can sail 10 knots nn hour. but 1t Is not likely
that she will he favored with strong WINDS
all the way across the ocean To beat the
record the winning boat will have to aver
age ten knots an hour, ana TINS Is haruly
likely Several, in fact all of the boats
in the race, have at times sailed more that
ten knots in an hour but it Is not probable
that the wind will be steady or strong
enough to drive them across the atlantic
at that rate of speed.
Men who know the Atlantic and have
studied it's varied moods think that the
prevailing winds for the remainder OF the
month will be from the southwest and from
lpht to moderate in strength.
The committee looking after the finish
has figured that the leading boat may get
in in twelve days. and so tho cruiser VIII
take it's position at the line on May % and
wait there until four of the yachts have
finished.
After the day of rest all hands had on
Sunday. work was started bright and early
yesterday morning There was still lots
to do on each boat. There always is plenty
and the men turned to their work with
will. On each boat the sailors are very
enthusiastio about the race They are
being paid we'll for their work: They
IN such hard contest and each owner has
I ehe event !" ' Of his boat at winning,
As soon as the boats were shipshape,
boats with stores in the shape OF iresn
meats. provisions, ice and water vent
alongside the different boats and these
stores had to be slowed away. Boatload
after boatoad left the shores, and one
wondered where It all Went TO- mere are
nearly four hundred men on the racing
yachts and they can eat quite good zeal
In two or three weeks.
The Atlantic was the only boat at the
Horseshoe on Sunday nj ght, and if the
weather had been fine and clear Capt. Barr
had intended going out for sail. but it
was thick and so the yacht remained at
anchor. During the morning the square
rail was set and examined, and being found
20 fit we'll was soon slowed away.
Yesterday morning the Endymion. which
had anchored on Sunday night of Bay
Ridge. was towed down the bay, and she
was saluted by all passing craft: The
holder Of the record across the Western
ocean is great favorite with all seafaring
men, and she is now pressing the Atlantic
very close as favorite in the race.
The Hidegarde got, in from New London
kinsv1e. The fact that she was there
was announced early in the morning by
the lusty Growing of a rooster. This bird
was given to Capt. Masters by an admirer
in New London and is to be the mascot Of
the boat. Near the Hildegarcle were the
Thistle Commodore Robert Z. Tods boat,
and the German boat the Hamburg.
The little Fleur de Lys took on her stores
from South Brooklyn, The Ailsa was in
Sunbeam and Apache were of the Yacht
Club station at the foot of East Twenty
third street, and the Utowana was off
Stapleton.
In the afternoon the tug Dearborn took
a line from the Valhalla and started down
no al
O'Clock and some time later dropped anchor
In the Horseshoe. The Sunbeam. too,
went down the bay later in the evening,
and the others will start early this morn
of the guests will not board tho boats until
to-day and then the yachts will be towed
out to the starting line.
Four OF the Iron steamers will be In the
feet of the Hook to-day The Cepheus with
one crowd will leave the foot of West
Twenty second street at lO4j O'Clock and
the Battery at lll5 O'Clock The Sirius
with the Atlantic, Crescent and Indian
Harbor clubs members will leave Pier |
at the Battery at II O'Clock and stop at
Ray Ridge and Sea Gate on the way out.
The Cygnus with the New York Yacht Club
members will leave the foot Of West Twenty
second street at II O'Clock and the Taurus
will start early with fishermen bound for the
fishing hanks, and these will see the yachts
60 by. Then there will be tugs nnumera-
BILE and steam yachts by the score so that the
feet Will he large one and the yachtSnen
will have n good send-of.
The yachts viii not carry any distinguish
ing numbers, In this race they will make
their identity known by the use of the
international code of flags in tho daytime
and by burning colored lights at night.
The boats ara so different in type that
they can easily be picked out by those
Who are going out to witness the start
The Ailsa is the only yawl rugged boat In
the, fleet. She has one big mast forward
and a smaller one at the stern. She ia a
white boatland will fly at her masthea tho
burgee Of the New York Yacht Club.
The Apache ia a big black boat rugged as
bark. She has three masts and on the two
forward ones carries square sails. She will
fly the New York Yacht Club burgee at the
foremast
The Atlantic is a three masted schooner
rugged yacht and her hull Ia painted black
Her three masts tower away up In the air
and her hull is very racing like.
The Endymion is another black boat and
Is rugged as a two masted schooner. She
will fly the burgee OF the Indian Harbor
Yacht club. "A red triangle on white ground.
The Fleur de Lys is the smallest boat in
the feet Her hull is painted white and
ba hoc tun hn will Ay ha