The sun., 1914-08-18

ERIN LOSES ONE MASCOT

... Inter soon after she had been |
I'll t., tne Health officer the racing
'.,,ti o.,. toW,l across the upper harbor
:. ,,. y,ri Of James Shewan K Sons at
~. ,,ot # Twenty seventh street. Brook
len ana Wis followed by the Erin. The
,,,lengtr's arrival in the harbor stirred
49,. al men nautlcally inclined and the
,,., rr.d e. Dal2ell. which towed hei.
.,s k,t busy answering salutes from
,.s.iry vessels and the Erin's flag was
.r.,,,,l, being dipped. II was not as
.,tbu..tstI, N reception as she would nave
r.csiyeJ had the cup races stu been on
~, rr,ersp.lno for this fall, hut all were
g',J 10 see Sir Thomas Liptons yacht
- i'm ,,r, because they had experienced
a rather move, and somewhat hazardous
,,l, across Oh Atlantic Gains and storms
saI h.cr encountered, sometimes the
-. -til,t like streak OF wind, at
.,t,,. she afft,l and had to be toWed
Dad twice she was hove too IN order To
r,5a ouf heavy storms Then In addition
:, mis- she lodged warships, German and
English and finally put in to Bermuda as
tho safes; port Those on boaru hearu
n, the declarations of war by wireless
from passing vessels ana occasloi'ahy
from the wdTshipS
Tn. Shamrock does not look IKE
.,.al, racing craft. She Is not dainty
and pretty ,ik, the Shamrock H. or HI
a,5 Sin, does not look as II she has been
,hattli-g with seas for more than three
weeks At first sight she looks ike pig
sc,w hghsiied and homely. Her bow IL
blum and fuli. and looked at from Tor
va-d pput % closely resembles a saucer.
TIE after oyerhaug IL short and low, ana
Nichnlsnn has carried 1t just as far as II
viii be s,r,l ,lctAble. The top sides OF
the yach, are painted green. and she mas
A white boot top. She Is much higher
sided than either Of the defenders ana
seems 20 ht much more heamy. Her length
on deck seems to he close to the length
of the Resolute. but II the Resolute were
alongside the shamrock she would look
Ike a toy Yacht What attracted most at
tentlon however. were the peculiar chan-
nels on each side of the yacht. to whlch
are attached the masthead shrouds. ines.
channels are in the water when the yach'
| heels but they are plates with thlh cages
| So that The resistance is not great
| The hull Of the yacht II In fne condl'
ti,r 4 little OF the paint has beer
washed III by the waves and some OF the
seams showed distinctly that the caulkint
had bee, squeezed out, but apart IRON
this no one would imagine that she ma,
sailed 1868 miles since leaving Falmouth
on July q.
As soon as the two yachts were warped
INTO m. ward col Duncan f. ID. Neill
who .s IN charge representing SIT Ihciha'
Linton. boarded the houseboat which nat
been .nartrrrd for the use OF the crew
This has been named Killarney and Coz
N-ilrs rrst act WAS to put the craft II
commission hy having the Shamrock MAJ
ao.styd on the stan.
4 Then the crew got busy. stores wer
taken out OF the hold Of the ShamrOcl
fh.4 X
anchors and cables We're removed. Tn
sails used i'm the transatlantic pnssag
were unbent and packed away ana theI
the main boom was unslung. The mlzz"h
boom was next tackled, after which IN
running rigging and some of the stand
ing rigging was taken of. so that Al sun
down last night the yacht was fioatin
high, showing much more white paint
she had only her bare spars standing
These will be removed to-day. Ate
this she is to be put on the dry dock an
carefully examined and then will be lai
up for the winter. but just where has nc
been settled.
The Erin will return to England A
soon as possible and will take back tn
crew Of the racing yacht, except two q
three. who will be left here to watch tn
Yacht
on board the Erin with Col. Neill wer
the Earl " llardwIcke, who Is membt
of the Royal Yacht Squadron; Comm,
dore Walter Marks of the Royal Alfre
Yacht club ut sydney; Charles Dixo'
X l., an artist of note, and DIR. j. II. Co
The Erin - In charge Of Capt. Pasco
who Was mate when capt. Matthew
had charge of tn" yacht when she la
VISITED here capt, Albert Turner is
charge Of the Shamrock ". and Cap
Porter Is the navigator In all there al
aoout 100 men on the two yachts, thirt
OF whom form the racing crew of Il
shamrock and four are Cingalese who a
as stewards on the Erin, These men wei
me picturesque white costumes Of the
native island. In addition there Is Il
Ihonhey which Sir Thomas Dewar sent
pIsfd 10 act as mascot, three parro
Nhlch lAhhrr all the time, two canar
ana Two performing birds that enterta
WIN their tricks. There were two Iri'
terriers Pat and Mike but Mike ey
utnty ured OF the voyage and left q
snip at Quarantine. He has not be,
seen since the Erin anchored and Is su
Iostu 10 htva jumped overheard al
swan ashore
,The tNo yachts left Falmouth on Ju
81 ana took seven days three hours al
NeN'y-hiur minutes tr reach Fayal, in 4
Azores. and the Shamrooks log show
-na' she travelled 255 miles in that tin
mere was rust of little more than
uaY AT Fdyal and the voyage was rosum
WIN new lpt ~ sailors on the raci
Sa'N' 'n" INST crew getting a rest r
,Ma.'orAs hog shows that she traVell
"'t miles o. s. George, the Bermudl
anu i'u@ eleven DAYS fifteen hours minu
II"n hrrUuda. fG7 miles, the time tax
TSs tAirr days ive hours twenty minut
t"e u''I days run was on July 22, VIII
V'e shamrock made 2lN miles, and t
s.o'ss' run was htty-'hTco miles. ma
vi July - ON nVe a ffrrent days (