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veriest landlubber could not fail-to observe It.
From hundreds of lips came the words:
"Well? No wonder the" Shamrock gets a big
time allowance"'
The Reliance 6eeroed to^j£ower far above her
rival, and to overslpdow not only with her
physical presence arid majesty/but. in the minds
of many of the spectators; with* a sense of com
ing triumph which was inseparably connected
with the very evident bulk and strength of the
American yacht.
But if Shamrock 111 appeared inferior in
strength she made up for It in her grace and
beauty. She nas well been called a "big little
►hip.' Her fine and dainty lines and the perfect
fit of her suit of pails produced an Impression of
quality that could not be overlooked.
"Charlie" arr was at the Reliance's wheel as
the observation fleet came up. Beside him stood
"Nat" Heneshoff, the designer of the defender.
tits hands clasped carelessly behind him. C
Oliver Iselin, the managing owner, stood near.
and others on. the yacht besides the crew were
Newberry Thorne, Woolbiiry Kane, Dr. Mona
han. W. Butler Duncan, jr., and Hugh McGil
downey. who represented Sir Thomas Lipton.
Captain Wringe bandied the Shamrock's
wheel. He wore no coat, and the bare in
formality of Ms suspendered shirt contrasted
oddly with. the spick and span attire of the
American skipper. William Fife, the designer of
the challenger; Colonel D. F. Ncill, Sharman-
Crawford, vice-commodore of the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club, and Robert Bacon, representing Mr.
Iselln. also stood on feck as the Irish flyer lazily
rode the swell, awaiting the racing hour.
But there were many members of the observa
tion Beet worthy of inspection on their own
account. .Seldom, if ever, lias there been so
much Boating elegance gathered at any one
i.iace in this country, or, indeed, in the world.
Conspicuous among these were Sir Thomas
Upton's steam yacht Erin, flying the flag of the
Koyal Ulster Yacht Club, and the Shamrock of
her owner. The guests of Sir Thomas, among
them the Count and Countess of Shaftesbury,
the latter of whom named Shamrock 111, and
their host, were gathered on its decks.
Marine palaces were on every side. Of course,
the Corsair, of ex-Commodore J. Pferpont Mor
gan, carrying the cup committee, cams in for,
much attention, as :tlso did Commodore Bourne*
flagship Delaware, bile W. K. Vanderbilt, jr.'s,
turbine flyer Tarantula, which ha- a record of
26.75 knots an hour, was the fastest thing
In sight. H. H. Rogers'f Kanawha, P. A. B.
W!<3ener'£ Josepliin-; and a score more steam
yachts, representing an Investment of millions
of dollars, attracted the .attention of all be
holders while th fleet awaited the event of the
day. Conspicuous for -.-./■ as well as .
were th" Moiiinoutli, which flew the flag of the
New-York Yacht Club, and was occupied ex
clusively by members of that organization and
their friends; tho Fall River liner Plymouth,
■whose tiers of decks were black with humanity;
the Richard Peck, which disputes with all
comers the npced supremacy of the Sound; the
Thomas Fatten, the huge City of Savannah and
th*- rntir^ squadron of revenue cutlers which
hailed all (he v.ay from Bath, Me., to Phila
delphia. The dispatch boat Mayflower carried
Mr. Moody. Secretary of the Navy; Mrs Theo
fen Roosevelt and M -■ Alice Rooseveit, and
fl»>w tlie Secretary's anchored flag, white <''■••'-
ernor Odd] watched the fluke from th- steam
yacht Eileen.
QETfI THE WINDWARD BERTH.
Th* BreparaCery gun waa tired from the re
< Xh-. ieator at 10:45, after
X R P" had been flown, which,
preted, mean'
The coarse will be fifteen miles to windward
and return, south-southwest."
At the same time the tug John J. Scully start
ed off with the l«g to lay the coarse and fix th*.
outer mark, and was followed presently by the
eiiideboat Coastwise.
When the preparatory gun boomed both
yachts were on the starboard tack, loafing along
easily come distance f> leeward of the com
mittee boat, and the breeze might have been
lazily making four or five knots an hour. The
Reliance was the first to come about, which she"
•lid fust before the warning gun cracked, 10:55.
Shamrock 111 followed her promptly, and the
Reliance, running- before the wind, passed to
•westward of the lightship, gybed and stood for
die line just after the. starting gun roared.
Wrtage In the mean time, had run back be
tween the committee boat and the lightship,
end the instant he got behind the line he tacked
ana crossed before the Reliance. But, though
♦he Shamrock crossed first, Barr had obtained
the windward berth, and he held It thereafter,
despite all Wrlnge's efforts to dislodge him.
With a whoop and a roar the entire fleet got
under way, and slowly, with ever widening
lines, followed the racers. The official starting
time was as follows:
«hamr©-k 11.-01:14
Jt«ltanc« 11:01:47
They made a long tack of the first one— sisr
TRiles or more. The Reliance slowly drew up on
the Irish yacht, and at ll:2t> Wringe made his
first confession of weakness. He lowered his
Jibtopsail and sent up a smaller one. Barr, on
the other hand, was content to let well enough
•lone, and did not alter his rig:.
Just at this time it began to get thick in
toward the Jersey shore, and In a few minutes
a. pray wall of mist and rain proceeded to shut
out the observation fleet on that side of the
racers, so that they became entirely invisible to
th* spectators on the other side of the yachts.
"Everything in the big fleet was made snug for a
blow. Awnings were furled, and those who
could sought shelter !n the cabins. At 11:40
the rain squall struck the eastern line of ves
sels. Thus far the yachts had escaped the rain,
tut a few moments later it had overtaken them
and they were driving along In the midst of the
downpour. The breeze freshened with the rain
to something like seven or eight knots an hour,
and the racers heeled over so prettily that their
crews were transferred to the windward side for
the first time.
RACERS AND EXCURSION FLEET IN RAIN.
For half an hour the rain fell heavily upon the
fleet, and the racers. Twice the yachts disap
peared entirely from view in the driving storm
and once it was five minutes before they reap
peareJ. thrashing vaguely along like two dim,
driving Flying Dutchmen, seen indistinctly
through the Emothcr and the foam. The two
long lines of steamers were almost blotted from
view, only the distant smoke from their funnels
nssuring the beholder that they were still there.
Some of the spectators on the big steamships
had rather a bad half hour of it, as the saloons
and cabins would not nearly hold them all, but
at 12:10 the rain was over.
The longer the Shamrock made the tack the
more the Reliance gained, and si 12:19 the chal
lenger's headsalis fluttered as she came about
for ihr- first time and passed under the stern of
the defender. Captain Barr followed suit in a
minute and a half, and then began the game
that lasted all day, until the Reliance's lead
became co great that It was obviously useless
to co!:-. M it. Unable to point up to the wind
as closely as the Reliance. Wringe would put
the Shamrock further off the wind in the en
deavor to work out from under the lee of the
Reliance far enough to come about and cross
her bows. But whenever the Challenger came
about she found Urn American still to the
windward, and nothing to do but to try it
ever again. It was .-, los'ng game, but, under
the circumstances. .Wringe-had nothing to do
but pit keep on' it;g ;-. for l^rr would not
>t him go. When liit f wo -yachts came about
on the second 1 n.-k fVom the Jersey coast it
looked as if the Reliance were- half a mile ahead
and some unknown distance -to the windward.
All tbl» time both skJppers had been making ex.
periments with their Jibs, without any apparent
result, and the wind had again fallen to its
lazy four or five knot gait.
Both yachts slatted along on the starboard
tack without enough wind to fill their mainsails,
■while the long roll from the eea spilled a good
ly portion of that little wind from their sails.
Half the time only the headsails were drawing,
and long shivers of emptiness ran up and down
the huge white wings. Soon afterward the
breeze seemed to haul a bit to westward, bo
that both yachts stowed their jibs and head
sails and broke out balloon jibtopsails, as the
beat had become a reach by that time. The
observation fleet had now 'reached the outer
mark, and were lined up to await the racers.
There was much consultation of chronometers,
and all hands agreed that nothing short of a
miracle in the way of wind could avert a fluke.
After the Reliance had come about finally for
the mark she seemed to catch a good slant of
wind, and her sails filled for the first time in a
long hour, during part of which the Hooding
tide actually seemed to carry her astern. There
was a goodly outburst of steam salutes from
the waiting tugs and steam yachts, and the
rival wireless companies ticked off th^ tidings
through the clouds in sharp staccato. The com
mittee boat at once stood back toward the Hook.
Part of the Beet followed as tho Reliance laid
her course for home, and the rest awaited the
Shamrock's arrival. The latter, however, seeing
that thf> Reliance could not finish, came about in
her v. ake as soon as sin met her, van up her
signal for a tow, and the race was over.
In five minutes the gray sky was black v itli
the smoke of a hundred furnaces as the stokers
piled on tho coal for the homeward run of forty
miles. Th*> race had been one more to add to
the ancient and honorable list '>f flukes, but the
day had its consolations to the partisans of the
American boat, for the Shamrock had been
worsted in supposedly Shamrock weather.
To-day will bo devoted t<. getting- the racers In
trim for another attempt, and to-morrow yester
day's race. Bfteen miles to windward or4eeward
and return, will be resailed.
OX X. V. YACHT CLUB BOAT.
Experts Soon See Superiority of the
Reliance.
About. eight hundred members of the New-
York Yacht Club and their friends vent to the
yacht race yesterday on the steaer Monmoutn.
which left the pier at Rector-st. and the North
River at 9:15 a. m. The steamer has boon
chartered for the use of the club's members and
guests for the entire series of races by the club's
regatta committee, consisting of S. Nicholson
Kane, Newbury D. Lawton and Edward H.
Wales.
It is the established custom of the club to pro
vide a steamer for use of Iho^c members who
do not go to the international races in their own
steam yachts. Many of the members prefer to
go with the crowd on the chartered boat, and
they invariably have a good time in company.
They have been seeing the yacht races for years.
They are enthusiastic men and are well versed
in yachting lore. Their collective judgment of
the merits of the rival boats and of the way in
which the boats are sailed is therefore valuable
as the Judgment of experts.
Although yesterday's race was a fluke, it
served to convince the club members, appar
ently, that the Reliance is the better boat and
that Sir Thomas Lipton will not lift the Amer
ica's Cup this time. From the start to the
finish yesterday, except when the rain hid the
yachts from view for half an hour, hundreds
of glasses were pointed at the racers from the
decks of the Monmouth, and every point of
sailing was observed and criticised. When the
rain passed and the white sails were seen glis
tening in streaks of sunlight more than a mile
away, the clubmen were quick to see that the
Reliance had gained a good lead. Then, to the
time the wind seemed to die out, and the beat
to the outer mark was slow and wearisome, the
constant remarks heard on the Monmouth were
that the Reliance was getting further a.nd fur
ther to the windward of her rival, that she was
outpointing and outsailing the Shamrock, and
that If there came wind enough to finish, the
race the Reliance would, win by a greater mar
gin of tim than marked the beatings given by
the Columbia to the other Shamrock?
"It's the same old story." said one cf the
veterans, "the American boat is the better boat."
"This reminds me of the way the old Volun
teer walked away from her more beautiful rival,
the Thistle," said another. "Certainly the pres
ent Shamrock is far handsomer than the Re
liance. In fact, she is the perfection of beauty
and grace. And she goes fast, too. But the Re
liance, with ugly looking nose and sails that do
not seem to fit right, gets through the water
faster and points better In the wind. "
"I wonder," remarked one of the younger
members of the club, "If it will be possible after
to-day to get any betting on the result?''
"Not on your life," said a companion. "After
to-day you couldn't get a decent bet if you were
to offer 20 to 1 on the Reliance. The only bet
ting will be on the number of minutes the Re
liance will beat the other boat by, or, perhaps, a
long shot on the result of one race, on the
chance of a breakdown by the American boat."
Everybody on the Monmouth was so sure that
the race a would be called off when the Reliance
was nearing the outer mark that the cheers
for the American boat when she turned the
stake-boat lacked some of the usual heartiness.
A bank cloud that looked as if it might have
considerable wind in it was nearing the fleet at
the time, but the weather "sharps" on the Mon
mouth said there would be only a bucketful.
They declared that if the Shamrock held to the
stakeboat she would be beaten at the turn by
half an hour. "Watch her," several of the club
men said, "and you'll see her turn back before
she reaches the mark." They were right again,
and a laugh soon went up on the Monmouth as
the Shamrock was seen to gybe and follow the
Reliance without getting within half a mile of
the outer mark.
The Monmouth proved to be a good roller in
the heavy sea near the stakeboat, and many
women on the steamer sought stateroom? < n
the way home, however, the fteamer showed
her beels to most of the other boats in the fleet
and took' her passengers to the Re^tor-st. pier
within an hour and a half from the time the
race was declared off.
Thomas Byrnes, the former Chief of Police,
was a guest on the Monmouth. He declared
before the race started that the American boat
was bound to win. Former Police Inspector
Alexander B. Williams, who is a member of the
New-York Yacht Club, left a sick bed and de
fied a physician, in order to go to the race on
the Monmouth. Ex-Police Captain James K.
Price, at one time known as "Williams's shad
ow." was with Williams on the steamer.
"While the wind was fluky," said Commo
dore :< . eon of the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht
Club, unn of the Monmouth's j • : i .- ng< re. "and
not the kind of wind to judge a y"acht by, yet it
Is quite clear that the Reliance outclasses the
Shamrock."
"In windward work th. Reliance is by far
the better boat, and outclasses the Shamrock
that is, as far as we could judge by to-day's
sailing. I'm afraid Sir Thomas will have t.i ret
a better boat." said Frank R. Perm, of Cincin
nati, owner of the steam yacht Enterprise.
"The Shamrock does not and cannot hold ■■
candle to the Reliance. She is in every way
outclassed," paid F. E. Silliman, of th* Bridge
port Yacht Club. S
CROWDS SEE CONTEST FROM SHORE.
The spectators of the yacht raco yesterday were
not all on the boats which followed tho racers to
sea. All the points of vantage along the Jersey
coast and at Bay Ridge and other points on Long
Island bad their quota of spectators armed with
Held glares or telescopes, or content to view the
rivals with their own unaided .-.-.-
spite the hare and the swarm of boats, the Me
sloops could be plainly seen from the beaches at
Asbury Park and Long Branch, where the good
lead of the American boat was greeted with en
thusiasm.
NKW-YGrfK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY. AUGUST 21. 190 c.
| SHAMROCK SHOWS SPEED.
CLOSE HAULED, IS FAST.
Does Xot Point So Well as Reliance
in Light Airs.
After sailing some twenty miles yesterday in
light, fluky breezes that ranged from three to
e^jht miles an hour, and which barely aver
aged a strength of five miles an hour, the Cup
defender Reliance and the challenger Shamrock
111 were compelled to abandon their first race
in the match for the possession of the Amer
ica's Cup.
During the four hours and three-quarters In
which the yachts sailed, the Reliance demon
strated beyond peradventure that she is a won
der in ltght airs in going to windward in a
heavy swell, and that Captain Barr has lost
none of his cunning in coaxing breezes from
their hiding places, for during the last two
THE COURSE OP THE SHAMROCK IS SHOWN'
BY A DOTTED LINE AND THAT OF THE
RELIANCE BY A CONTINUOUS LINE.
hours of the contest, if it could be dignified by
su'h a name, the Reliances was moving all the
time, while her rival, Shamrock 111, v\as often
becalmed. If the race had ended officially at
the outer mark, the Reliance would have won
by something like six minutes. v
The British yacht had a lead at the start of
thirty-three seconds. It is interesting to know
how tint.-. as the sailing of these splendid
yachts during the early part of the rac<\ and
how long it took the Reliance to overcome that
slight lead. They stood to th* southeast on
the starboard tack after the start— Shamrock
111 for one hour, seventeen minutes and forty
fix seconds; the Reliance for forty-t^'.o seconds
longer. They had sailed in it three knot breeze
for twenty minutes, then through a heavy
Bquall of rain, wi?h an Increase of v md to per
haps seven knots at times, and yet the Re
liance was not more than three lengths to wind
ward of her rival when they both came to the
port tack— the Reliance for twenty-five mta
ind Shamrock 111 for twenty-six min
utes. Here the Shamrock v as still within a few
lengths of the Herreshoffi yacht. Their n^xt
tack of twelve and thirteen minutes, respective
ly, v.as almost a repetition of these condition?,
except that the Reliance v.as slowly but surely
going to windward of the challenger. But It
was not until the last tack to port of twenty
six minutes each that the Reliance mad* her
most decisive gain.
DECISIVE GAIN OF THE RELIANCE.
After each of these tacks Shamrock 111 had
gone through the lee of the Reliance, Captain
Wringe giving her a good full, but it was at
th^ expense of losing ground in the windward
v.oik, which is, of course, the crucial test of a
yacht sailing in a race.
The sails of the Shamrock ■were not handled
as smartly as those of the Reliance when it
came to shifting them, but both yachts were
sailed superbly. The nautical sharps agree that,
v.hile the Reliance proved herself the better boat
in yesterdays race, Shamrock 111 has shown
that she possesses speed that may develop in a
race where the wind is stronger and the water
smoother.
The Reliance left her moorings early and ar
rived at the Sandy Hook Lightship— the starting
point— in tow of the tug Guiding Star at i«:4o
a. m. She cast off rive minutes later and filled
away on the starboard tack, the wind at that
time being from the southward and of not more
than four knots' strength. Her largest club
topsail was aloft. On her deck, besides Cap
tain Charles Barr, who was at the wheel, were
C. Oliver Iselin, Captain "Nat" Herreshoff,
William Butler Duncan, jr., Newbury Thorne,
W'oodbury Kane, Dr. Monahan, Herbert C.
Leads and Hugh McGlldowney, the latter rep
resenting the Royal Ulster Yacht Club.
Shamrock 111, in tow of the tug Crulzer, ar
rived at the lightship at 10 o'clock. She cast
off a few minutes later and filled away on the
starboard tack under jib. staysail, mainsail and
clubtopsail. Captain "Bob" Wringe held the
wheel, and beside him on the quarter deck stood
Robert Bacon, representing the New-York
Yacht Club; Vice-Commodore Sharman-Craw
ford, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club; Colonel
D. F. D. Nfcill, of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club,
and William Fife, jr., the designer. Sir Thomas
Lipton was not on board.
As soon aa his guests had been transferred
from the Fteamer William Fletcher to his steam
yacht, the Erin, the latter steamed out from
Hook to join the ;jreat fleet of yachts
and excursion craft then steaming at full speed
tor the starting point. These Included the
Bidewheelers Plymouth, Shinnecock, Grand Re
. Thomas Patten. Angler, Gay Head,
Sirius and Taurus. The three last named
were chartered by the Seawanhaka Co
rinthian Yacht Club, Fandy Hook Pilots Beebe
and Devere and the Atlantic Yacht Club. The
New-York Yacht Club boat v\a« the
Monmouth.
Th- steam yachts flying patrol flags included
the Caruina, the Chetolah, the Kanawha, the
Scout and the Tarantula, th latter owned by
W. K. Vanderbiit. jr.
Other Bteam yachts at the start were the
Intrepid, the Tuscarora, the Free Lance, the
Roamer, the Bellemere, the White Heather, the
Erin, the Celtic, the Restless, the Corsair, the
Josephine, the Virginia, the Susquehanna, the
Niagara, the Vamoose, the Neaeda. the Colonia,
the L!.-.i, the Semlnole. the Oneida, the Ituna!
the Taurus, the Pharamond, the Duquesne, the
Elertra, the Gunhild.i, the Wacouta and the
Felicia.
The United States steamer Mayflower, with
the Secretary el War on board, and the revenu*
cutter Onondaga. carrying the Secretary of the
Treasury, each vessel flying the flag of its dis
tinguished guest, now joined the great fleet of
yachts and excursion steamers.
The patrol fleet, led by the revenue cutter
iSresham. commanded by Captain T. D. Walker,
began to clear a space around the starting point
as soon as the course signals were set, so that
by the time the preparatory signal was made
the yachts had plenty of room to manoeuvre.
THE START A TAME ONE.
At 10:25 o'clock the code letter "S* was hoisted
on fioard the committee tug Navigator, meaning
that the course would be fifteen miles to wind
ward and return. Five minutes later the Navi
gator anchored about two hundred yards south
west of the Sandy Hook Lisrntship and estab
lished the starting line. The course signals
"A R P" were hoisted at once, meaning
south-southwest. This was the direction of
what little wind there was. and at 10:40 o'clock
the tug John Scully, in charge of Lieutenajit
Commander W. J. Sears. V. B. N-. started to
log off the course, the guide boat Coastwise, in
charge of Lieutenant Commander H. C. Pound
stone. U. S. N.. following half a mile astern.
The Reliance, on the starboard tack and head-
Ing to the eastward, was passing the committee
boat Navigator, when the preparatory signal
was made. The Shamrock, on the same tack.
passed on the Navigator's starboard side. Both
then luffed until close to the wind, the Sham
rock holding her position well.
At the warning signal tho Reliance, having
tacked to r>ort, und crossed the bow of the
Shamrock, was reaching down the line un
der good headway.
The start, owing partly to the light air pre
vailing, and partly on account of the distance
between the yachts, was not an exciting one..
With the wind on their port quarters the Re
liance and the Shamrock approached the line
from the southwest, the Reliance heading co as
to pass to the west of the lightship. Captain
Wringe pointed the Shamrock for the middle of
the line.
At the starting gun the Reliance was within
a length of the lightship. She had passed on
the outside of it twenty seconds later, and it
1 1 :01 Barr gybed and let her come fcr the Una
on the starboard tack. Wringe had made a
bold bid to cross the line first, and he accom
plished it neatly. Finding that he could not
overhaul tho Reliance in. time to cross close to
her. ha brought the Shamrock across the line
from the southwest. As soon as »he had cleared
It ho luffed her sharply, tacked Just to leeward
of the line And shot her across, close hauled on
the starboard ta^k, thirty-three seconds ahead o*
the Reliance.
The official time of the start was:
Yacht. ii si s;
Shamrock Til It .-©1:14
Reliance : 1 :01 : 47
When the two-minute handicap gun was fired
both yachts were well clear of the line, with
sheets trimmed for their first leg to windward.
They were on the starboard tack, with the bow
sprit of the Reliance pointing to windward of
the other's wake by about half a point. There
was a long, easy swell rolling in from the east
ward, into which both yachts plunged occa
sionally, and it was noted that the Shamrock
did les3 splashing th;;n the Reliance.
Five minutes after the start the Shamrock
still held her position on the lee bow of the Re
liance. The latter had not gained on her a
foot. All hands were lying down close to the
lee rail on both yachts. Not a head except the
helmsman's was visible above the rail. The
sails on both yachts set to perfection. The
Shamrock's jibtopsail was a size larger than
that on the Reliance, and it seemed to draw
better.
While lying, or rather squatting; on deck the
crew of th« Shamrock at an order from Cap
tain Wringe trimmed the main sheet a few
feet, making her point a little better.
It certainly looked for many minutes as if the
Herreshoff boat had met her match, for pinch as
he might Bar seemed unable to make the Re
liance point any better than her rival, and the
Shamrock was not only holding, but outfootrag,
her for a lime.
SHAMROCK LEADS AFTER SQUALL.
Twenty minutes after the start the breeze
freshened a bit. Every mar. except the sheet
tenders was sent to close up under the weather
rail and made to lie down flat on deck, in such
a light breeze the all important thing being to
keep the yacht trimmed just right.
Away off to the westward a big black squall
had been making up over the land for an hour
and now it was coming out to sea. To make
his boat point higher Captain Wringe took tha
jib topsail in at 10:25, setting a smaller one at
11:30. The wind was hauling to the westward
as tha squall approached. It struck them at
11:35, There was not much wind in it, but for
an hour how it did rain! For forty minutes
it poured in torrents, shutting sill the fleet of
yachts and excursion steamers from view, while
the yachts, still on the starboard tack, carried
the same sail through it all.
At 12 o'clock the Reliance was to windward
of Shamrock 111 by about four lengths. The
latter tacked to port at 2:19. and as she ap
proached the Reliance all eyes were turned to
them to 6ee if she could cross the bow of the
Bristol boat. Just as she seemed about to do
it the Reliance came about to the same tack,
Barr placing her on the weather bow of the
Shamrock.
Then began the first interesting bit of racing
of the day. Slowly, but surely, the Shamrock
overhauled her rival. In one minute she had
gained an overlap, and in five minutes she had
passed cl>>ar through the lee of the Reliance.
The latter, however, held the better windward
berth, for Barr, with his usual skill at "pinch
ing," used every puff to place his boat further
to windward. At 12:3u the Shamrock was
nearly an eighth of a mile ahead of the Reli
ance, but half the distance to leeward of her.
Captain Wringe took the initiative again at
12:45 by putting the Shamrock about to star
board. Barr followed suit just a minute later.
Placing the Shamrock about four lengths In the
wake of the Reliance. Again the Shamrock
went through the lee of the American boat, but
she lost ground every time by not holding her
luff as well as the Reliance, for when the press
tug Edgar Luckenbacn ciossed the wakes of
both yachts a few minutes later, it was noticed
that the Reliance had a commanding windward
position that would be hard to overcome in such
a light breeze.
For thirteen minutes and ten seconds the
Shamrock was kept on this starboard tack, then
she came about, followed by the Reliance in two
seconds. It took her seven minutes to go
through the lee of th* Reliance this time, and
thru they both settled down to a board of
twenty-six minutes on this tack.
When they next came around-- Shamrock 111
at 124:45, the Reliance at 1:24:50— it was seen
that the American boat had materially both out
footed and outpointed her rival. True, she had
a little the best of the light breeze during the
tack, and 8008 after the Shainrr- k ran
streak, while the Reliance held a
that bj 1 :'.<• bad put the latter yacht more than
half a mile in th- lead.
RELIANCE FORGES AHEAD.
Both changed their Jlbtopsails at this time,
and the Shamrock's crew were much slower at
the work than those on the Reliance. The lat
ter yacht continued to gain every minute, while
tho Shamrock lay almost becalmed and drop
ping astern. At 1:45 the outer mark, with the
■team yacht Beet gathering nbout it. was In
plain fight from the d*rks of the yachts. The
breeze had hauled more to the westward sim-e
it had stopped raining at IS •''.<• o'clock.
At l "ii> the Reliance changed her working
staysail for v balloon tail.
SHAMROCK A MILE ASTERN.
Th* Shamrock was tlvn a mile astern and
•till becalmed. She took in her heudsails at
2:00 and set a balloon jibtopsall. a breeze now
coming from the W. N. XV.
Captain Barr took the hint at 2:14 and also set
a ballooncr.
Another hour passed. wnHe the committee
horns, the steam yachts and excursion boats
pitched and rolled about the lonesome white
float, with its big red and white ball, bobbing
abqut in the long swells, waiting in vain for
tho breeze that tame at 315. but too late to
send the yachts to the finish within the time
Until
With a good heol on. the Reliance finally
came for the mark in a breeze from the W. N.
W. that sent her past it at 0:37 at a ten knot
clip. And it was :i rousinp- re. ■ ption she cot
from the whistles of the assembled fleet as she
luffed around the float, her rr«w dousing her
ballooner and setting the- staysail and jib
smartly.
Off she went on the port tack closehauled. but
only for a few minutes. It was impossible to
finish in time, so as she passed the Shamrock
going in the opposite direction for the mark. Mr.
Iselin hailed the challenger through the mega
phone and asked them to <juit.
Captain Wringe luffed his boat and turned
around at once. The race was eitded f^r th«»
day. The Shimrook was fully a mile and a h^lf
astern of the Reliance when the latter rounded
the mark. Clubtopsalls were taken in at once
and both yachts taken in tow at .'?:.">»>.
ON THE BOATS, 20.im0.
Edrur.fion Fleet Carries that Xum
ber, It la Estimated.
i •!; either sklp of the long sea lane, down
which the Reliance and Shamrock 111 sailed
yaaterday, was a huge fleet of pleasure craft.
All typea were represented. Fully twenty thou
sand paosta went down the Bay on the excur
sion bo;tts. Despite th? huge crowd that fought
to get on the boats, nearly every master had
wisely limited the number of tickets to prevent
overcrowding. There were one or two who wore
not conscientious, and when the squall .struck
them most of t'ueir passengers were crowded on
one side, watching the boats, and the paddle
wheel on the opposite side was clear of the
water. One or two vessels had narrow escapes
from turning turtle.
Aiming Urn Oral to leave their docks wera the
I'oncy Island bouts, temporarily withdrawn
from the regular service. They went out espe
cially crowded. Tho Grand Republic left the
Battery a few minutes later with as many
aboard as could be carried without overcrowd
ing. Then the General Putnam sailed. The
Richard Peck, one of the fleetest boats on tho
Sound, took out about one thousand passengers,
an-i \\u.s closely followed by the Plymouth, with
nearly fifteen hundred people. The oceangoing
steamers Manhattan and City of Savannah also
took out all they could safely accommodate.
By D o'clock the Lower Bay was rilled with
craft of all description. Where the paths of the
steamers from the two riven conversed there
were many cases where only coolness and skil
ful handling of both boats averted a collision.
The race homeward for New- York was Jed by
the Plymouth, th* Richard Peck and the City of
Havana. There was much excitement o\er the
race among tho passengers. The Plymouth
reached her pier first, but would not have done
so had not the Peck several times brought her
engines to a full stop in order not to pass her.
This irat because the Plymouth had to dock
first. Half way up tho harbor the Plymouth ran
alongside the Erin, and Sir Thomas Lipton was
cheered with great enthusiasm. A feu minutes
lat^r the ?amo thing wm repeated by Urn pas
sengera of the Richard Peck.
HOTELS FORCED TO COTS.
Yacht Race Crowds Fill Them to
Overflowing.
Crowded hotels, teeming restaurants and over
flowing clubs served to remind New-Yorkers last
night that the international yacht races were on.
At all these places there was on'.y one topic of
conversation— the race. The fact that yesterday's
race had been declared off with the Reliance show
ing up so well in what -was regarded as the Sham
rock's breeze teemed to convince Marly every one
that th* cup would stay on this side of the water.
At least, that was the consensus of opinion, fr«jn
the experienced yachtsman, who gave his views
In technical terms at his club, to the, visitor from
afar, who talked it over with fellow guests in ths
lobbies of the hotels.
The hotels are jammed. Two days ago the man
agers of tlia various bis hostelries who had made
provision for great numbers w«re almost in a state
of melancholia. Few had come), few I" I . vi even
wired ahead for rooms.
Then suddenly the avalanche of visitors de
scended. Like an army that had unexpectedly
changed its line of march the mob swooped down.
North, East, South and West, furnished its quota.
Every train, every boat disgorged a multitude who
wanted to see the race. Persons from Newport
and other seaside resorts, from the mountains and
from the country came in a body. These did
not go to their town houses, but registered at hotels
instead. They will return to finish the season
when th» races are over. From the South and
West came the merchant and trader, with his
family. He will combine business with seeing the
races.
At the Waldorf in the twenty-four hours ended
at noon yesterday. 553 people had registered, break
ing all records. The other Fifth-aye. hotels are
packed. The Manhattan Hotel has been obliged
to put cots in the parlors to accommodate all
the people who want to stay there.
An innocent latecomer dropped into the Victo
ria and wanted six rooms for six persons. He
was greeted with a sympathetic smile. He got
two rooms with three cots in each.
All the Broadway hotels were tilled several days
ago.
The big restaurants were more than usually
lively with dinner parties of returning spectators
last night. The clubs had more of a fall and win
ter appearance, with crowded lounging rooms and
corridors, than the ordinary midsummer void. To
the little groups of members who are obliged to
remain in town over summer on business, and
who gather at their clubs nightly, were added
those who have been away for tne hot months
and who dropped in for the races.
The New-York Yacht Club was a "busy place.
Many went there expecting to hear some official
comment or to see some statement given out. but
nothing of the kind happened, and members and
their guests were obliged to content themselves
with, discussing the first day's race.
•
MANY YACHTS GO OUT.
Scene of Activity at the Anchorage in East
River at Twenty-third-st.
As early as 7 o'clock yesterday morning the pier
at the East River and Twenty-third-st., where
are the anchorage of the New-York Yacht Club
and the rendezvous of many yachts going to
the races, was a scene of activity. The first
boat to leave the pier was the Navigator,
which carried the regatta committee of the
New- York Yacht Club. She moved at 7:30
o'clock. From that time, until about 10 o'clock,
some large steam yachts started away every
few minutes.
One of the earliest to go was the Privateer,
owned by R. A. C. Smith. On board was a large
party. Among those present were General
•■Joe" Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler, Captain Wal
ter S. Johns, Emanuel Conklin. of Baltimore;
H. M. Francis, treasurer of the Morton Trust
Company; Mrs. Francis, Colonel A. B. Proal,
Mrs. Proa.l, William 11. White, Colonel Jerome,
of Baltimore; Lieutenant Miles and Alfred G.
Smith.
The Aquila, owned by William P. Eno. had a
large party. Including Admiral Winfield Scott
Schley and Mrs. Schley, Samuel Taylor and Mrs.
Taylor and Mr. Rose.
The Wacouta. owned by James J. Hill, was In
charge of Mr. Hill's son, J. M. Hill, the owner
not being on board. The party consisted of Mr.
Hill's son-in-law. Mr. Baird. and Mrs. lUtirJ
and people from St. Paul.
The Hiawatha. Colonel Julius Fleisch
Mayor of Cincinnati, owner, had on board Mrs.
Charles Fleischmann, the colonel's mother; Dr.
and Mrs. Christian Holmes. Miss Anna Fleisch
mann and Mr. Foster.
Other yachts leaving the pier were the Onedia.
K. C. Benedict, owner; the Idler. James Garland;
the Neaera, Charles A. Gould; the Sapphire,
Thomas X, Pierce; El Reba, Henry Dowling.
of Plttsburfe; Baa 11. E. K. Dick, with Mr*.
Dick and a party from Philadelphia; the Diva.
Edward Eyre; th«» Icuue. Frederick T. Stevens,
of Buffalo; the Marguerite. Isaac Af Emerson,
of Baltimore; the Bmbla. John T. Williams, of
Stamford; the Surf. C. K. O. Billings; In Bell
mere, Samuel Shaw; the Alpair. E. D Trow
bridge; the Colonia, Clarence Mackay; thf \v n- a
der+r, Henry A. A. Taylor; tho Akela, Wtnskm
8. Pierce; the Norms, W. B. I> ■■.-. ttv- Fre<-
Lance. Frederick Augustus Bchermerhorn, and
the Virginia. F. W. McCuUough, of Norfolk.
BETTING ODDS CHANGE
Backers of the Reliance Offer 3 to i
•with Few Takers.
After the results of yesterday's race the b#t.
ting changed to 3 to 1 on the Reliance. Ther,
*a« practically no Shamrock money in *3?
Arlh,?. « but th Shamrock backers wan 2u
year 2 , M an - ~ ho tton the Canals Cup t&,
bef Sl ftv!* lpper of the Irondeqnelt. offe-ei to
SnlSirr ce a n c. lha^ the Sha^rock would „£
no one to cow it " S#S5S r having
no one to cover it v^^ivci. na\mg lound
Betting in Wall Street yesterday on the v» ht
races was heavy, i t vaa est'^ted th a V*
amount wagered footed up $10,000 or mcr- o*
the curb alone. The ruling , d ds were 2^ on
the Reliance. Son,, of the individual b*t« *•«£
as follows: A C r.irvnn. o
KSa£
x.un •*«» aga.nst 91.000 «
Philips. Anne. * Ne, msn $1 ft ™; *
the Reliance, and fan even that Shamrock !!!
wo i d win one race. with Edward Wvr-n"
Charles M HI 111 l ■ bet *X to $lcJ? on
the Shamrock with \\>nn Brothers, of Chi a«,
William G. Gallagher made several bets of MS
to $100 on the Shamrock.
M '" CromwelTToT Strong. Btvraai & Co. O '
fered $1,000 to $400 on the Reliance. On the*
Stock Exchange H. A. Harrison bet Wreaa
Brothers $1,000 to .«_•...■. that the Shamrock
would lift the Cup. F. H. Brooks took another
bet of fNMI to $1,000. Allen. McGaw & Co. tak
ing the bigger end on the Reliance.
The Street took much more interest in the racs
than in the market. One was about aa exciting
as the other. Business was deadly dul!. so manr
traders being at the race that there was a
marked falling off in the volume of transac
tions from the previous day. Even some meet
ings of the Stock Exchange committees were held
on Wednesday, so that the members con get
away yesterday. In an almost entire absence
of financial news the news bureau "s'.ips," whicli
are issued every few minutes of the business
day. were largely given up to bulletins of the
race. Sometimes fifteen or twenty of th»»
"slips" would come out ii succession containing
nothing save the story of the yachts.
Besides these bulletins and the afternoon
papers, the brokers were kept informed as to
the progress of the contest by wabbly efflg!«»
of the yachts, which haltingly wandered acres*
Broad-st., on a w ire from a news acer.~y la tfct
Edison Building, and by two flags on th\
top, of the Manhattan Life Building. A whit*
flag represented the Reliance, and a green en«
her rival. The relative distance th? boats wen»
apart was shown by the positions on the pole oi
the flags.
On the bulletin board in one largo brokerage
office the following appeared in th« morning
10:oC'i a. m.— Sea active and strops;. Very triad.
Some movement noted in the yachts.
tfea9*j a. m.— Blue peter hoistej.
11:067* a. in.— Shamrock ahead by th«s Sr3t quota
tion?.
ll:09?i a. m.— Shamrock ahead by a small margin.
Both yachts bearinsr away. Both pointing well.
11:13 a, m. (e.\.-div>— Dying down of winds puts a
curb on both yachts. Trouble In common is that
"Wind must be raised somehow."
U:IT : , a. in. -Fog m thick that we can't figure out
the exact technical position, but wind shows some
evidence of strong support. From the point of vi<*w
of the banks (Coney Island*. Reliance appears to
be nearly at par with Shamrock now.
11:30 a. — Raining heavily. Plenty of water fen
common for both yachts. Neither preferred.
11:32*« a. m.— We get it on good authority that th«
first quarterly stakeboat has been passed.
The curb brokers wen hard put to it to
amuse themselves. There was "nothing doing
on the curb," so they resolved that something
should be done, since there was nobody waiting
to be "done." Hen-» they obtained a pall of
water and two pencils, one red and one gre<o.
The contents of the pail were cast with a
frightful splash Into the gutter. the pencils
were thrown en the roaring:, turgid stream, and
a hundred men. breath'- with tenant.
pushed and jostled each other to see the absorb
ing contest. A board placed across the gutter
was the goal, and the pencil which first cam*
into collision with the board was naturally tr»
winner. Odds ware even, and the betting ran
all the way from a dime to a quarter, although
II was rumored that one plunger risked and feet
50 cents.
SHAW IS SIDETRACKED.
Revenue Fleet Police Course Well—
"Much Fun for Attendant Launches.
For an anxious hour yesterday mcrnirtr it looked
as if the head of the Treasury Department weoU
be represented at the- yacht race by I M large and
opulent hamper guarded by a private secretary and
an impressive collection of servants. Secretary
Shaw was due at the Battery with the. hamper and
the private secretary at 7 o'clock, where they were
to be taken to the revenue cutter Oaondasa. an
chored off Tompkinsville. Somewhere between
Boston and the Battery the secretary's slufuic
car was sidetracked, and it was after 8 o'clock
before he arrived in town. One of the government
dispatch boats was at the Battery waiting for him.
and when ha arrived it sprinted off with him to
Tompkinsville. Th-s Onondaga then ran his flay
up and stood out to Sandy Hook, an hour late tut
triumphant.
The service which the flotilla of revenue cutters
performed in keeping an aisle open for the racir*
yachts was amazingly efficacious. There were two
divisions, headed by the Gresham. commanded *7
Captain Thomas D. Walker, on the leeward -«!<**.
and the Tuscorora to the windward. Behind each
leader steamed a half dozen \isi!ant seagoing po
licemen. No squad of patrolmen ever enforces *
"keep of th© grass" sign more thoroughly. Til *
slightest attempt on the part of an excursion boat
to trespass was met with a hoarse voiced order to
keep off. Each cutter had a swift steam or gaso
lene launch to act as a retriever and carrier and
the skippers of these launches had plenty of M
"bossing" the big yachts and excursion boats. A
majority of them had been voluntarily offered t»
the revenue service by their owners, and. us tney
were able to keep closer to the line *nd conse
quently nearer to the racers, their motive was not
altogether unselfish. With a revenue er.sSsn **
their mlzzen they were cloaked with authoritx
which none dared to dispute.
The Mirage, owned by Cornelius VanderWt.
served as retriever for th Tuscorora. and ibere
never was i moment when she was not hot on tn«
trail of some miscreant. He: crtw in part **•
evidently composed of friends of ncr young owner.
and they spared neither the bis nor the little.
"Get back into the bunch."" a languid young maa
sitting with his feet on the gunwale at one ti»»
commanded the skipper of John Jacob Aim ■
Nourmahal. rum the nose of tiie retriever im
pudently near the great white yacht.
••Who are you?" came t-ie rep^y. . ..,
"That's all right who we are. We're riding C*W
on this outrit, and we don't stand any nonsense-
The guest -i of the different revenue cutttrs wer«
taken aboard at tlie anchorage orr St. iVeors* ou
revenue tenders an.! were sent ashore at rotsp
kinsville. The cutters are fast and their passe-
gers had a better view than was afforded most «s
the other sightseer?, but the vessels were rot bu-t
for pleasure craft, and when they were caught n
the heavy groundswell off the Jersey coast !-»•
depression in spirits was marked and sad. At on*
period on the Tuscarora. only two survivors **"
left on deck. , . „•
"How is it you are not sick?" one inquires c^
the other. "Not nine to get sick on." th* * urvt *J£
explained mournfully, "that 1-s nothing but oD#
hard boiled egg taken at b a. m." „,
Shortly after 7 o'clock, the cutters. wTnnnOTM"
and Mackinaw. wht<-h had been used during tn»
day by lamer cutters for th*- transfer of «"*£*:
landed" a f.»w pas.««-ngers at the Battery who i-a*
not got off at Statcn Island.
ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB ON TAURUS.
The big iron steamboat Taurus left Pier No.J.
North River, promptly at » o'clock yesterday taorr.
tug. with about five hundred members el tie At
lantic Ta-ht Club and their friends. There _*«•
also a number of members of the New-York Cano*
Club and the Orescent Club on board- Amor.*
these on the Taurus were Raar Admiral Stewar .
Ueutenant John i*. Hitchcock. George H. C&BKfc
Paul D. Bernard. Frank T. Hunteon. GeorS* »*;
Copeland. Frank C. Swan. Robert Mllbank. «."-
Jam llalMT Feck. 11. J. 3. Ni>bW». romn^ri 1 «"'
crt K. TWI.I. of th- Atlanti.- Yacht •- • üb L. f- n n*
Philip KlMworth. C. W. McNulty.
J. V Aokerman. A. J. ondertlonW. Juc??e & S™™'-'
W. .1 «'a*.«ard. Robert Maxwell. I>- A. be.!. £- •
Viet. Commanders Hitchcock and rtobvns. t. » •£
Edward 11. M. Roehr. Dr. J. Hill. C. UlauXJO. O- "•
liowt-r* ana I*. \Y. Gunther