The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-18
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salcta The trophy that spes ~ the winners
IL Q bia silver mug presented by Mr. Hoisan
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n tho winning crew said yesterday, the
trophy has M logs IN H." which fneahs
that The winners keep n for COOL.
FndRn ksllugR's twelve tanned and
hlla,arsd men werr ~ hardly crippled and
N fatigued from lack ~ sleep that some
of them were unable 10 Ret out ~ tho Gutter
witbout assistance. They had hem ruwing
continuously for fourteen hours and inter
mittsntly for i've hours. mostly against a
strong tide and nearly half the time In q
dsnse fog, with q chilly rain heating In their
facss. There werr abrnAiona on the bodies
~ nearly every tar and the hands of all
vere swollen and covered with blisterp.
A few were lifted bodily from tho boats
and carried into the old ship.
Chief Bos'n's Mate Allan ". WAX and
eeamen n. r. Becker, Lamar Cannon and
Frank Shaw had been detailed TO attend
TO the disabled when the cutters arrived,
and they had their hands full rubbing down
and b~andaging the ~victors, who we're then
put 20 bed. The twelve men Of the second
division came in only seven minutes astern
Of the winners and they, too. were COM
pletely tagged out. They might have made
q better showing, the experts said. II they
had emulated the seamanship Of the leaders
and had doused their two leg O. mutton sails
and jib in Buttermilk Channel as Kellogg
did. That might have cost them about two
minutes, but they could have utilized all
their twelve oars II they had done so. With
sticks up several oars were out Of commits
sion. The fourth division men won by
skdll rather than beef in which they were
overmatohed by the men of the second
division.
Tho cutters were started by Lieut.. Carter
and a committee Of the battalion's athletic
association from the foot Of Ninety sixth
street, North River. at AID O'Clock on Satur-
day afternoon. Each boat was provisioned
I or a day and each had the regulation sail,
two leg O. muttons and a jib. 1t was left
to the man in charge of each cutter whether
he should round the island by going through
the Kills first, or sail out throughthe Narrows
into the lower bay and, after rounding the
Spit, then by way Of Raritan
Bay 60 through the Kills. The finish Of the
race was of the Granite State. 1t was
optional with the racers whether they should
use sail or oars, or both. There was a strong
tide running up North River at the start
and the wind was almost dead ahead, 80 no
sail was carried.
Gun Captain Perkins, in charge Of the
frst divisions cutter, decided to enter the
first. The realization that there was
10 one aboard familiar with the outside
ouoys, particularly at night in a dense fog,
influenced Capt. Perkins in his decision.
He said that he expected to reach the
Bay entrance to the Kills at day
light and could then easily make his way
the Southwest Spit. The other cutters
;ook the other route. That Of the third
had very hard luck in the murk,
according to men Of other crews Of the
battalion. She fell in with a tug when her
,oxswain, Ensign Edison Raft, was trying
by dead reckoning to make the Southwest
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also lost his bearings, directed the
ensign on a wrong course.
Later he found himself at sea -four miles
Of the Hook. A favoring wind helped him
back quicker than he had gone out, but he
ost several hours which he could not make
up. The committees power launch Oneida
accompanied the cutters to the spit, which
he cutter Of the second division, Ensign
De Kay; ooxswain, rounded first
At II o'clock on Saturday night. The
division cutter was only a few min
ties astern. The tide had changed and
hey we're bucking it again, making for the
entrance to the Kills, but they could use
,ail 10 advantage. The eagerness 10 win
inspired the men Of the leading cutters,
1ot more than two minutes apart, to ex-
that o told on their hands and
arms. 1t was at this point in the race that
most of the blisters and abrasions were
accumulated.
The rival crews realized that they were
he only opes in the battle. and they were
Urged by their coXswaine as no other anna
eur tars ever have been. They responded
although the skin was peeling
rom their hands. It was not only a test
II muscle, however. Much also depended
IN the handling Of sail, and in this respect
he men under Ensign kellogg 6 seemed
somewhat superior. What they lacked in
,eef they made up in genius. m Of their
declared. Ensign Kellogg out
yeneraled his opponent and at the upper
,ay entrance to the Kill van Kul he was
everal minutes ahead. The cutters played
nip and tuck game several hours in the
Kills. each being within speaking distance
II the other, but each too busy to hurl de-
or shout compliments.
Before daylight came the cutter ahead
lad the advantage OF the ono astem In
,eing able to seethe latteTs gasolens search
light. The fourth division cutter was
ina ware what distance ahead the second
cutter was until she got close
'nough to pick her out with searchlight
avs. The race up the bay was with oars
nd sail. Only six oars could be worked
sail Was set as the mastR interfered