The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-15
MAURITANIA COMING FASTER
GENTS ENPEsT HER TO DOCk
ar . A. ". FRIDtI.
Head Wind. anal iiraNy seas Cut Her
speed Down az f,rIt 90 II III Miles
Avn Hour Passrnsrr. ta sta, on Hrr
~ Nisht New start saturday. ~. ".

>a.,tlr I4h'e Despatch - The SrS
loSpoS, dec IA wireless m.'-,Sage
from III. Cunard steiner Mauritania.
which H. seeking to max" u record voyage
To New York and back 70 Liverpool.
say- thar from noon y,'Sterda To noon
TODAY she ran S3s miI,- Her average
speed was h-tw-,.n - and - knots Sh.
had thea coy cred "A total Sii~tanc. OF / sTJ
miles.
IN. Mauritania had been running he
hInd her schedule According & an earlier
wireless Dies atch received by the tunaEd
agents tn. vessel was /. J'D miles east of
Amhros.. hght>hip ~ IL - clock last night
The despatch said she had encountered
: adverse weather.
A calculation shows that up Ia the
time mrut on"d IN" Mlur"tania had then
averaged only ~ knots an hour II Wal,
figured that -h" would have To average,
4 ~ knots an hour fnrl the -trir. round trip
1 IN order to accomplish her twelve day
/ task and the betting when SIN. -aIl.d was
that she would succeed.
Tn. Cuna RIDER Maur.tanla. hus,ling 10
make the -wIi I"-t round rrIp at any liner
, thar has ever Clraved tn" Atlantic. may
not get her nO-.. inside SANDY Hook unit
close 10 O'clock Tomorrow morning
but III" will b.' dOck.d just the same a.
III. line cannot AFFORD tn risk u..'snI ION
! by POSSIBLE" fog an the bay after she
anchors NJ Quarantine Sh. viii HAY. the
I distinction Of being the only passenger
B carrier from Europe that will have dock,.d
after > o'clock IN the morning II H.
Possible that she may do thu trick a few
minutes b,tOr. :. Dut IN" IMPRESSION AT
/ tn. office OF the line last night VIA that
she would get IN too late Ia make u worth
while for any passenger 10 leave III. ship.
The. intent ION Of the line In "a have all the
passengers remain on board 80 that the
customs men Will not be- kept up until
after daylight few inspectors will be
al the pier Ia take the d-rlarar ions of the
very faw passengers who may decide To
land
/ Word came Yesterday afternoon from
! the ship that she had met ierC. head
seas and gales and Capt Turner was
shipping cr'--t- over the bows IN his effort
To MAX" pace The days nun az noon
. yesterday was 63S miles TN the nautical
DAY ended AZ noon ON Tuesday the best
. ms, turbin. could do was 5lS miles, which
means mighty heavy weather AZ noon
On Monday ~h,. had logged ~ miles
despite the Conh.rS She j. bringing ~
first cabin ya-seng.rS 20 second cabin
and 81 -rseiage In IN. first cabin are
: n larg. number who are making the round
| trip purely for sport and IN. glory Of
having made. the -wlf's-r SOyag. across
tbs. Atlantic on record a. u surely will b."
: Thu. number OF first cabin passengers
that will go back ON tn" Mauritania after
IN. takes on her coal III phenomenal Tim.
and = ready for tn" Trip az g O'Clock on
Saturday evening wall be more than it1
which j. u record for the season She wilt
hay" IN her second "anln more than ~
! pa~-.ng.rS and NOR. than 'SI IN her
/ : .-rag. IN. majority Of IA. -'-erag"
pa>sengsr~ are English. scotch and IRISH
who want - spend rhe holidays AZ their
! ,li home.