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HOW THE YACHT RACES WILL BE
REPORTED BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.— Just as com
■ plete arid perfect in detail as
would have been possible had a
•network of wires' been spread
leading from the office of the
Herald to the course to be followed to
morrow by the Columbia and Sham
rock is fhe gch me orranged by Signor
Marconi for reporting for the Herald
and Oa[ll the series of yacht races.
Every possible point of interest will be
under careful and constant observation
and every Incident worthy of consider
ation will be immediately bulletined by
■v Ireless t< legraphy.
Foremost In the ft>et of excursion
steamships that will follow the com
:-■ yachts will alternate the Ponce
.'mil Grande Duchesse, from each of
■which messages will be Hashed d-scrib-
Ing the maneuvers of the two racers.
( •'■ '"■ will !)•■ Si :nor Marconi.
having general direction of all the send
ing and receiving stations.
On thf Grande Duchesse T vY. J. Clarke
and C. K. Ricard will operate the send
in? apparatus. From the towering
foremasts of these two Bplendid steam
ships mysterious waves— variously
known us lit rtzlan, ether and light —
will carry the signals to be Interpreted
icperts ai Navesink Highlands and
on board the 0 i iship Mackay-
Bennetr.
From the moment a bulletin is writ
ten by the trained expert aboard the
party to leave the station was the
citizens and army and
navy officials, who had gone to New
York to meet the famous admiral and
rt him to Washington. They were
quickly followed by the admiral him
and when he appeared to take Ins
: ; ' at in the carriage the crowd went
almost wild with excitement. The
Marine Band gave the four flourishes
which naval etiquette requires, and
then played "Under the Double Eagle"
by Wagner, which is said to be a spe
cial favprlte with the admiral, and
which, at his request, the Olympiads
band played as the fleet sailed out of
the harbor of Hongkong to give battle
to the Spaniards at Manila, and again
when the famous ship started on her
homeward voyage.
The carriage which the admiral oc
cupied with Mr. Moses in going from
the Btation to the Whit- House was
strikingly handsome and was drawn
by four spirited bays ridden by postil-
As he to,,k his seat the cavalry
troops at the word of command swung
out into the' street In front and. wheel
ing to the left, began the march up
historic Pennsylvania avenue.
The entire escort being mounted, the
party proceeded rapidly toward the
White- House, the cavalry at .: trot,
with the admiral and his immediate at
tendant's closely following. There were
. but the
party moved so Quickly that it was
past the 1 crowd on the avenue as a
rule before it realize] that Dewey had
''■>'■
As the admiral's carriage swung
around the treasury toward the Whit
House/a brilliant spectacl was spread
i c him. : . To the right Lafa:
Bquare wm^ ablaze with electric lights,
the great (trees and flower beds pi
M.ng with fnany-hued lights, while In
the midst • shone out In luitv electric
letters-. "Welcome. Admiral." The
Navy I). •part;] 1 . ;.t beyond was ablaze
with lights, as were the White House
izv* iiirids.:
A mighty ronr went up from the
crowd as the admiral alighted at the
portico- of the Executive Mansion. As
he stepped ' from the carriage. Colonel
Blngham, representing the President,
stepped forward to escort him to the
Bast room, wl etary Long, As
sist;; tary Allen and a brilliant
oiblage of naval officials were
ready to extend to him the greeting of
th- navy. Secretary Long was at the
door,- and as the admiral entered the
taxy grasped his hand and with
enthusiasm said: "Admiral. I welcome
you home. This Is the Navy Depart
ment for the moment, and your asso
ciates of the navy are assembled here
to give you a hi arty greeting. "
"Thank you, thnnk you." responded
Admiral Dewey, first exchanging a few
words of greeting with th^ Secretary
and then with Mr. Allen and the other
officials. These Included Hear Admirals
Crowninshield, O'Neill, Melville, Van
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1 Ponce or Grande Duchesse until It Is
posted on the boards in New York and
i San Francisco an average of less than
two minutes will elapse. At Naveslnk
W. W. Bradfield will receive messages
; from the Ponce and Grande Duchesse.
The receiving station aboard the
Mackay-Bennett boat will be in charge
of Mr. Bouden, another of Signor Mar
coni's assistants. The receiving ap
paratus on the cable ship was Installed
to-day, and is similar in every way to
that which has been successfully test
-led at Naveslnk. Signals Hashed from
the Ponce and Grande Duchesse will
be recorded In both the receiving sta
j tions. This is made possible by giving
i each of the machines what may be
crudely described as the same.elcc'iical
" key. A bettor understanding may be
had by illustrating the system by
means of tuning forks.
Two forks of the same key will re
, spond sympathetically each to the
other if either be set in motion. Forks
of dissimilar keys will not affect each
other, even though they be brought al
i:i' s\ in contact. So it is with the
, Marconi instruments. Arranged by the
master's hand, a score may be sta
tioned about, and each will respond to
tiny signal from any <>f the others.
But, by a simple reversal, the appara
] tvs may be Individualized and signals
■ between two. while none of
the other eighteen respond.
To morrow the stations at Navesink
Highlands, on the Mackay-Rennett, on
the Ponce and on the Grande
Duchesse, will all be on the same cir
; cult and each will respond to the
Reypen, Hichborn, Bradford. Sampson,
| Major General fifties, Adjutant General
Corbin, Genera! Haywuod, commanding
the Marine Corps, Captain Lemley,
1 judge advocate general of the navy,
and many others. There was little need
of Introduction, as Admiral Dewey had
served alongside most of these officials.
There was r.o formality and alter the
• greetings Secretary Long Invited
the admiral t<r accompany him to the
President's library, where Mr. McKln
ley and the members of the Cabinet
were awaiting him.
Arm in arm. Secretary Loner and the
admiral proceeded by the elevator to
the upper floor of the mansion. The
members of the <".:i -u ■ t had assembled
In the Cabinet room, while the Presi
dent was alone in the library adjoin
ing. As Secretary Long entered with
. the admiral the President i ame for
; ward to greet the famous sailor and,
! grasping his hand, wished him a hearty
welcome.
The admiral acknowledged the cor
dial sentiments expressed by the Presi
dent and then asked as to the h\-mh
of Mrs. McKinley, saying he had h ard
with great regret that she had nol beei
well. In reply the President
th.v the admiral meet Mrs. McKinley.
They stepped oul to Ih • corridor, where
Mrs. McKinley makeg a sitting room,
and here found her with some of her
lady friends. The admiral was present
ed and received from Mrs. McKinley,
a.s well as the President, a must hearty
me home.
Returning to the library the Presi
dent invited his Cabinet associates to
mp»»t the admiral. Secretary Haj head
.■! Tin party, followed by Secretary
Hitchcock. Postmaster General Smith.
Attorney General Griggs, Secretary
Root and Secretary Wilson. Former
Secretary Alger was also present, hav
ing been requested by the President to
.1 in the party, and was among those to
j m<>et the admiral. The greetings with
the Cabinet were brief and then the
President and Admiral Dewey headed
the party toward the reviewing stand.
, They passed out of the rear of the
White House, down the gravel walks
and i vi to the street in the rear of the
treasury. The crowd seemed to know
that the hero was approaching, for a
great wave of cheering went up and
Pennsylvania avenue was bathed in
light from end to end.
The stand had been erected at the
head of Pennsylvania avenue, just
south of the Treasury Department
building, anil as Dewey moved through!
: the stand to the prow built out from its
front leaning on the arm of President
McKinley the crowd started a mighty
cheer, which passed down the avenue
and was taken up for blocks. The ad
! miral frequently bowed his acknowl
edgments. The President and Ad
! miral Dewey were joined at the front
: of the stand by Secretaries Hay. Root,
! Hitchcock and Wilson and Postmaster
General Smith, officers of the Olympia
and 'other naval officials. As the cheer- j
ing at length died away the admiral I
turned to President McKinley and the
two, seating, turned to conversation
while awaiting the procession.
The head of the civic parade which
had been arranged In honor of the ad
miral began to pass in review before
him shortly after 8 o'clock. There were
' many novel and interesting features re
lieving the sameness of the ordinary
I civic parade. The spectacle, as the
I marchers came up the length of the
avenue In the glare of the red lights,
• under sweeping arches of stars from
; thousands of roman candles, was beau
tiful and impressive. The beginning of
I the march was heralded by the burst
! ing of thousands of giant crackers,
! while bombs along the line sent show-
I ers of fire into the air.
The column was headed by General
i George Harris, chief marshal, leading
| a numerous body of bicyclists. The
j wheels were interwoven with garlands
i and wreaths of flowers and greens and
jTolored bunting, and every wheelman
carried Chinese lanterns. Many were
in costume. Close behind the splendid j
Marine Band came the veteran organi
\ zations, and Dewey, himself a veteran
, and a Grand Army of the Republic
, man, looked with pride, mingled with
i sorrow, upon the gray heads who
; marched past with as bold a step as
advancing years permitted. Rounds of
' applause went out to the veterans of
| the Spanish war, who mustered in
, creditable numbers for the parade.
A formidable detachment in the line
l was that of the International Machin
ists, following a great 5-inch rifle can
. non from the Washington navy yard,
1 bearing the inscription: "We make the
guns for Dewey."
The Catholic societies of the District
j made a special effort to do honor to j
the admiral and with excellent results,
I for their contingent was one of the j
most numerous and effective in the j
column. They bore great illuminated j
crosses. Many of the orders were in !
uniform, and all of the marchers car
i ried flaming red torches.
The letter carriers had all of the
j local postal cars in line, ablaze with
I electric light, spelling words of welcome
to Dewey. One of their features was a
gigantic illuminated envelope addressed
to Admiral George # Dewey. Manila, and
J marked "Returned" to Washington."
THE SAN FE AN CISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1809.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.— Naval
Constructor Francis T. Bowles,
who docked the Columbia and
Shamrock in the navy-yard, said
to-day when asked his opinion
of the relative merits of the two
boats:
"It is hard to form an opinion
■which is of any value on a mere
inspection of boats as they lie
in the drydock, so much depends
on the distribution of the weight
and sail. From all that I could
see, however, the advantage ap
pears to me to be decidedly
with the Columbia."
others.
The United States Government fully
appreciates the importance of the re
searches and expeditions made by
ir Marconi into the mysterious
world of electricity. After the yacht !
l-aces th.- inventor of wireless teleg- j
raphy is to conduct a series of demon- !
strations for the benefit of the experts
ted by ti ! - Secretary of War.
These demonstrations will probably
be made on land as well as at sea, and
a riew long-distance record may be ex- ;
. j Representatives of the navy
will be stationed on board the Ponce :
- nd at Naveslnk Highlands to-morrow i
tor the purpose of watching the work j
The German societies had a most
creditable representation, and alto
gether the civic parade was a worthy
one As the rear of the column passed
the public fell in behind ? nd
before the reviewing stand, for an hour
to get a glimpse of their hero. Dewey
The crowd was so eager to see Dewey
that they spoiled the effectiveness of
this part of the arrangements b>
breaking through the ropes and surging
about the grand stand, where they
gave vent to wild cheering and a noisy
demonstration that completely upset
this part of the review. Admiral
Dewey gave frequent acknowledgment
to the cheers for him and, seeing that
the review had lost its distinctive char
acter as a procession, quitted his place
early and with the President, followed
by the members of the Cabinet, left the
stand the admiral proceeding to the
home 'of his hostess, Mrs. McLean, and
some of the others -accompanying the
President to the White House.
The procession was in line for a hair
hour later and there were frequent sa
lutes in ignorance of the admiral ab-
It was 9:10 o'clock when the fatigued
recipient of the day's demonstration
reached the residence of Mrs. Washing
ton McLean, mother of the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ohio, on X
street, facing Farragut square. He -was
accompanied by Chairman Moses, his
two aids. Lieutenants Brumby and
Caldwell, and his son. George C. Dewey,
arriving at the same time. The admiral
was met at the head of the staircase
by Mrs. McLean and her daughters,
Mrs. Hazen and Mrs. Ludlow, and her
grandson. Captain Frederick Beger.
Mrs. McLean welcomed the admiral
and turned over the house to him for
his use during his stay in Washington.
Mrs. McLean and the members of her
family then left, going to her country
residence, Beaver, in the suburbs of
Washington. The admiral had arrived
sooner than was expected and before
a crowd had collected. Presently the
people surged on all sides and for some
time would not believe the officer, who
said the admiral was inside. A band
came up and serenaded the admiral,
the crowd cheered and cheered and fin
ally Dewey appeared at the window
and bowed his ackowledgments. Cries
of "Speech, speech" were heard on
every side, but met with no response.
Luncheon was served by 9:30 o'clock
and then the admiral retired. Crowds
lingered about the house for some time.
NOW COMES THE GREAT
INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE
FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
Continued from First Pagp.
to be a white float, carrying a red ball
with horizontal white stripes. The po
sition of the mark will be indicated by
a two-masted tug lying about one hun
dred yards beyond. The tutr will carry
a red ball at each masthead and will
swing a red ball from the triatic stay.
I Should a mark be wrecked its place
will be taken by its marking tug,
which will display a red flag with a
diagonal white stripe in addition to
other indication?, and the turning tug
directions for the mark will govern.
These are the starting signals:
Preparatory— A gun will be fired, the
"Blue Peter" set and a red ball hoisted.
Start— Fifteen minutes later a gun will
te fired and the ball will drop. Handicap
time, two minutes later, a gun will be
fired and the "Blue Peter" hauled down.
Should a signal gun miss fire, a pro
longed blast of a whistlo will be Rivrn.
At the finish a short blast will be given
as each vessel crosses the line.
Preliminary— Should the start be mate
rially postponed (fifteen minutes or over),
a preliminary signal will be made by the
discharge of a gun and the display of a
yacht ensign fifteen minutes prior to the
preparatory signal. At night after dark
at the marking tugs and at the finish line
the committee bo;it (and stake boat, if
the start has been shifted from the light
ship) will show four red lights horizontal
ly, and the guide vessel will show four
white lights in a similar manner, and the
marks will hang two white lights verti
cally.
Fog— At three-minute Intervals the
marking tugs will give five short w"histle
blasts, with two-second Intervals between
the second and third and the fourth and
tlfth, and if the start has been shifted
from the lightship, at the finish line the
committee boat will strike five strokes
upon the bell.
The races shall be sailed on Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays until
completed, commencing on Tuesday,
October 3. The racing rules, time al
lowances and system of measurement
of the New York Yacht Club shall
govern. Best three out of five races,
each thirty nautical miles in length,
over the ocean courses outside of the
headlands and with a time limit of five
and a half hours, the first, third and
fifth races being fifteen mlies to win
ward or leeward and return, and the
second and fourth being around an
equilateral triangle, ten miles to a leg.
In every case the outward course shall
be laid to windward if possible and
from Sandy Hook lightship.
If a race has not been started by
1:30 p. DO. the committee may postpone
it for the day and no race shall be
started after 8 p. m. The committee
may postpone the start In case of ac
cident or if the course cannot be laid
from the lightship, as already stated.
| done by Signor Marconi and his eorp3
of assistants. To-day Signor Marconi
received the folowing message relative
to tests during the trip down the bay
i on Sunday afternoon:
, GOVERNORS IST. AND, N. V.. Oct. 2.—
i Signor Marconi: Captain Squier wishes
, to have me convey to you his compliments
.md congratulations on yesterday's work.
WIL.DMAN, Signal Officer.
W. J. Clarke, general manager of the
i United States Electrical Supply Com
] pany of this city, who will be in charge
] on the Grande Duchesse, began experi
-1 menting in wireless telegraphy in the
year 1881, when he was a resident of
; Trenton, Canada. Mr. Clarke was the
■ first in this country to take up and
; follow the work of Mr. Marconi, and al
; though many others have followed in
I the same line, Mr. Clarke has been by
• far the most successful.
The transmitter which will be used
upon the Grande Duchesse will consist
]of a specially designed transformer
which converts a perfectly harmless
current of a small storage battery into
, a current of hundreds of thousands of
; volts. One terminal of the transformer
; will be connected to a perpendicular
j wire hung from the foremast of the
1 ship and the other terminal will be im
mersed in water. Immediately at the
I transformer, however, the two ter
i minals will be provided with brass
balls on oscillators placed about half
;an inch apart. The transmitter key is
: somewhat similar to the ordinary tele
graph key, and is arranged so that
: when it is pressed a current from the
battery is turned into the transformer
if in their opinion the space around the
starting line is not sufficiently dear in
case of fog and if both vessels assent
to a postponement, !n which case the
time of starting will be fixed by the
committee.
The committee boat will display the
I committee flag and at the finish of
each race she will display a red ball.
The courses will be laid by Lieutenant
Commander H. H. Hosley, United
I States navy (New York Yacht Club).
The guide vessel will be under com
| ma ml of Lieutenant R. T. Mullivan,
United States navy (New York Yacht
Club). On starting she will display
two speed cones, and when half way
down the course will masthead a third.
When stationary the cones will be re
versed. Should it be necessary to move
the starting line from the lightship an
emergency tug will act as stakeboat at
the start and finish, and a like com
mittee boat will display a red b&ll. The
seagoing tug Luckenbach will be the
committee boat and will take up a po
sition near the lightship, the line be
tween the two being the line which the
yachts will cross at the start and at
the finish.
SHAMROCK SECURES
A TIME ALLOWANCE
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-One of th«
greatest surprises for yachtsmen
since the arrival of the Shamrock In
these waters was the announcement
officially made at the New York Yacht
Club to-night that the Columbia would
have to allow the Shamrock six and
thirty-one hundredths seconds on a
thirty-mile course.
It was generally supposed by yachts
men who have sees both yachts sail
and in the drydock that the Shamrock
by reason of , 1( -r greater sail spread
and apparently larger hull, would have
to give the Columbia something like a
minute time allowance over the thirty
mile courses which they are to sail. It
appears, however, that Designer Fife,
while giving the Shamrock a larger sail ;
plan than the Columbia has, at the
same time so constructed her hull so as
to give her greater free board, less
displacement and consequently a
shorter waterline by almost two feet.
At , o'clock to-night two of the regu
lation measurer's certificate ns, one
showing the Columbia's measurements
the other the Shamrock's, were posted
on the bulletin board of the New ¥ork
Y;i< hi club's house. They were Bigned
by the dub's official measurer, John
Hyslop, and read as follows:
Dimensions— Length of water line Co
lumbia 98.66, Shamrock 57.69.
From after end of mall boon to forward
point of measurement, Columbia * 181.62
feet, Shamrock I&U3.
From foresail i f foremast to forward
point of measu -ement, Columbia 73 35,
bhumroek 79.46.
Extreme of spinnaker boom, Columbia
(3.X5, bhamrook 79,-iii.
Main gaff, Columbia 64.95, Shamrock '
G< .64.
Topmast— Columbia's length 64.50 minus 1
one-fifth, equals 61.60; Shamrock's top
mast s,viM>, minus one-fifth, equals 4-;.4...
Height of upper side of main boom to
topsail halyard block. Columbia 134 7;,
Shamrock 126.28.
Square feet of sail area ;us per rule, Co
lumbia 114.61, Shamrock M.h>.
Hailing length as pei run . ( lolumbia
102.135. Shamrock 101.92.
Tlu- Shamrock's topmast measures 58.6,
one-iifth uft, leaving 46.45 feet.
By these figures it will be seen that
all the Shamrock's spars, except the
topmast, are longer than those of the
Columbia. For instance, the Columbia's
main boom measures 108.27; the Sham
rock's 109.67, making the latter spar
1.40 longer than the Columbia's. Meas
urements of the gaff show 2.69 in favor
of the Shamrock. The Shamrock's spin
naker boom is 6.11 longer than the Co
lumbia's, but her topmast is 6.44 shorter
than that of the American boat.
Judging from the stability of the
Shamrock during her recent trial spins
off gandy Hook Designer Fife has been
able to give his boat a greater amount
of lead ballast than at first supposed by
the yachting sharps who have predicted
that the Shamrock would not be able
to carry her sail.
Thof-e yachtsmen at the club to-night
who heard of the measurements of the
two yachts agree that the Shamrock
will really prove a worthy antagonist
of the tenth defender of the America's
cup.
It was half-past 1 o'clock to-day be
fore the Shamrock was warped into
the drydock where the Columbia had
been measured and the coissc.-n closed,
making the water smooth for the meas
urements. Just before going on board
his yacht, Sir Thomas Lipton said:
"I am extremely sorry that Mr. Fife
is not present. It is a very unfortunate
thing at this time. He Is unable to
leave his hotel, but I hope he can be
with us to-morrow during the race. \W
have done the best we could without
him to-day."
Sir Thomas, Vice Commander Sher
man Crawford and H. McGill Downey
of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, with
Henry F. Lippltt of the New York
Yacht Club, who will represent the lat
ter club on the Shamrock during the
race, then went on board with Meas
urer Hyslop, his assistant and Captain
Nathaniel Herreshoff, the designer of
the Columbia.
After the measurer's steel chain had
be?n stretched from the topmast down
the mast to the top of the main boom
and from the bowsprit end to the main
boom end all those who will sail in the
Shamrock during the race, some thirty
In all, including Sir Thomas Lipton, sat
on deck on each side amidshipe while
Measurer Hyslop, Captain Hereshoff
and Harry Lippett proceeded to meas
ure the yacht's waterline. This work
occupied two hours and a half. The
and a high tension current is generated
immediately and across between the
two balls, or in other words, the per
pendicular wire is rapidly charged and
discharged and electric waves gener
ated by this peculiar action pat-s out
into space until they reach the receiv
ing apparatus on the cable boat, which
immediately responds to every impulse
of the transmitter.
While the whole arrangement of the
apparatus appears simple in the ex
treme there are many little details
which experts in wireless telegraphy
are alone capable of managing, and al
though when everything is perfectly
adjusted it is an easy matter to trans
mit at the rate of twenty words a min
ute, if anything should go wrong with
the installation it requires the trained
eye of an expert to locate and remove
the difficulty. Mr. Clarke says that
wireless telegraphy is rapidly ap
proaching such perfection of detail that
it will be but a very short time until
it is capable of bMng operated easily
by ordinary Morse operators, and fur
ther than this, predicts that it will be
but a year or so until operators will
be able to transmit by wireless teleg
raphy fully as rapidly, if not more so,
than by the present system.
The Ponce, with a party of excursion
ists, will leave her dock at the foot of
Twenty-fourth street promptly at 9:30
o'clock to-morrow morning and will
run directly to the starting point of the
day's race. Passengers will be landed
in all probability at an hour early
enough to permit them to return to
their homes In. time for dinner.
I yacht's waterline was then marked on
I each quarter with a red letter "V," and
at the bow by a white stripe across her
i benm.
At 4 o'clock Sir Thomas Upton and
I his party left the yacht, the caisson
was swung open, lines cast off. and the
Shamrock, with housed topmast, was
towed away from the navy-yard by a
tug. She arrived and mad*" fast to her
moorings in Sandy Hook Bay at 6:10
p. m., receiving salutes as she passed
down the East River and the upper
bay from almost every passing
steamer. Just before leaving the
navy-yard for his steam yacht Erin
Sir Thomas Lipton called his captains
and gave them final instructions about
the preparations for to-morrow's event,
which means so much to him and them.
He had evidently gathered from what
he had seen and heard while the yacht
was being measured that she certainly
would not have to give the Columbia
any time allowance, and he was cor
respondingly cheerful when he came to
take leave of his two skippers.
The weather indications, according to
the special forecast sent out from
Washington, are that the wind will he
fresh from the northeast. If so the
yachts will start from Sandy Hook
lightship and run almost dead before
the wind down the Jersey coast to a
point just beyond Long Branch.
According to a dispatch received
from Monmouth Beach Life-saving
Station at 10 o'clock to-nl|?ht then- will
1>« quite a heavy sea off Sandy Hook
to-morrow unless the wind moderates
or shifts to some other quarter.
The cup defender Columbia was the
first boat of the two to be measured.
When the telltale on the caisson
showed that there was twelve feet of
water in the dock the Columbia floated.
but in order to be sure the ship was off
the blocks the water continued to flow
until there was about four inches short
of twenty-eight feet. John Hyslop, the
official measurer of the New York Club,
who has put the tape on many a cup
challenger and defender in past years,
performed the task again to-day. He
arrived at the navy-yard shortly be
fore 8 o'clock and at once commenced
work getting the length of the boom
eraff. mast and spinnaker pole. The
crew rendered all tlv- assistance they
could and a man was hoisted In a
boatswain's chair m tbe t,,p to carry
the tape to the head of the topmast.
In measuring the length of the spinna
ker boom it was found that the pole
was about three inches longer than the
restrictions allowed -that is, from the
center of the bowsprit between fib and
jib topsails stays to the mast was a
quarter of a foot too long. Captain
Barr called into requisition a flne
toothed saw and cut two inches from
one end and one inch from the other
of the spinnaker pole.
The plans were mad- to measure the
water line and over all lengths of the
bo.nt. The crew\and C. Oliver Iselin,
Captain Woodbury Kane, Herbert C.
Leeds. W. Butler Duncan Jr. of the
Defender, Harry F. Lipnitt of th<»
America's cup committee, Hugh C.
Kelley, secretary of the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club, who will sail on the Co
lumbia as Sir Thomas Lipton's repre
sentative in the cup races, J. Connell,
also of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club,
Captain Nat Herreshoff and Mrs. C.
Oliver Tselin were aboard the American
boat when the hull was measured. Mrs.
lselin. Mr. Duncan and Secretary
Kelley were In the cabin engaged in
conversation, while all the others on
board with the exception of Nat Her
reshoff, Captain Barr and Mr. Con
nell were placed amidships in order to
bring the boat down evenly to the 1
wa *• r line.
Mr. Herreshoff, Captain Barr and Mr.
ConnffH assisted Measurer Hyslop in
getting the figures. The forward over
hang was first measured. A plumb line
was suspended from the very tip of
the boom, and, getting into a boat. Mr.
Hyslop. by means of a long measuring
rod, got the length from the plumb to
the water line on the bow. The after
overhang „ was obtained In a similar
manner, and after these dimensions
were obtained the measurer applied the
tape from the taffrail to the bow to get
the length over all. After making a few
calculations Mr. Hyslop announced to
Messrs. Iselin and Herreshoff the result
of his measurements.
Evidently the figure was somewhat
less than the managing owner desired
to sail the Columbia on. for a dozen
men were set ashore in the tender, and,
going to the steam tender Plymouth,
carried over to the Columbia twenty
pigs of lead, aggregating about 1700
pounds in weight. Previous to taking
the measurement a lot of dunnage was
brought up from the Columbia's cabin
and put in several large row boats, as
it was the intention of th<^ captain to
cl>\tn out from the hull all movable ar
ticles.
Mr. Leeds stated that the pigs of lead
were placed in the Columbia to make
up for the lops of weight occasioned by
the removal of the dunnage, but it was
noticed that when the ballast had been
added the Columbia sat lower in the
water than shn <1 id before. Then Mr.
Hyplop measured her line again and the
length, 89.66 1-100 inches, proving satis
factory to the owner and Designer
Herreshoff, a V-shaped mark in red
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
■ ARRIVED.
Monday, October 2.
j Stmr Signal, Bendegard, 3% days from Co
- lumbla River.
Stmr Crescent City, Stockfleth, 82 hours from
I Crecpnt City.
■ Stmr Washtenaw, Croscup, 84 hours from
Tncoma.
Haw ship Fort George, Morse, 24 days from
Honolulu.
SAILED.
Monday, October 2
Stmr National City, Dettmers. Grays Harbor
DOMESTIC PORTS.
PORT BI,AKEL.EY— Get 2— Nor stmr
Aker, for Buenos Ayres.
TACOMA— Arrived Oct 2-Stmr Umatllla hnc
Sept 28; stmr Olympla, from Hongkong-' thin
Columbia, hence Sept 19; schr C H Merchant
from San Pedro. - . • . . '
| Sailed Oct 2— ship Fortevlot, for Antwerp-
I Bohr O . M Kellogg, for Honolulu; stmr Al-KL
for Alaska. * i
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each side of the hull about amidships.
As soon as Mr. Iselin announced that
the measurements had bet-n finished the
crew took aboard their dunnage and
Bei era] spare sails. The caisson at the
end of the drydoek was warped on one
side and the Columbia was taken m
tow for her moorings inside of Sandy
Hook.
The Americain cup defender left th*>
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en the trip down the East River and.
:n fact, all the way down to the Hook
she received a continuous ovation from
steam and sailing craft, whose salutes
were acknowledged by the dipping of
her flags. At just 5 o'clock the craft lay
all taut at her moorings on the big
buoy in the horseshoe and a fresh
northeast wind swung her around, s<'
that her bow pointed right by the end
of the Hook. The tender St. Nicholas
came down shortly after and anchored
near the Columbia.
BETTING IN FAVOR
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there was some slight betting In small
amounts with visiting Englishmen. The
odds generally quoted were $500 to $300
on the Columbia.
DEPARTURE OF
THE ADMIRAL
FROM GOTHAM
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.— Admiral Dewey
arose early this morning and began prep
arations for his departure at 1 o'clock for
Washington. After a light breakfast, dur
ing which he chatted with the members
of his family, the admiral expressed him
self as being much refreshed after the
fatiguing incidents of the past week. He
saw no visitors this morning, but kept
to his room, attending to some personal
business until about 11 o'clock, when, with
the party escorting him, he started for a
drive before proceeding to the railway
station.
Mayor Van Wyck called about 10 o'clock
and had a short talk with the admiral,
to whom he bade good-by. Before he
allowed the Mayor to leave Admiral
Dewey told him to thank the people of
Now York for him for the remarkable
demonstration in his honor.
"It was magnificent." said the admiral
"and far exceeded my expectations."