Show BREElEGAM TOO LATE Sprang Up After theRace Had Been Declared Off Yesterday t 4 t WAS THE SAME OLD STORY THE YACHTS WILL TRY IT I AGAiN ON MONDAY I Old Salts Declare That There Is Hot > STuch Chance For a Contest Until l the Moon Changes Net Wednesday Wednes-day Got I to the Starting Line 1 Yesterday few f-ew York Oct i4l1h Qolumbla n dna Shamrock got as far as ti e starting start-ing line today but did not cross it There Was not enough wind fa blow out thesigntU flags when the time came to sed them avvay and afterf waiting an hour lIt thel hope that a breezy might I spring up from somewhere thfe committee I commit-tee boat hoisted the now familiar blue fla crossed by a white bar denoting that the race 1 vyas > off for the day I The usual fleet of excursion boats yachts and tugs was on hand to witness wit-ness till melancholy announcement After Af-ter the yachts had returned to their anchorage inside the horseshoe and the tail of the excursion fleet had disappeared disap-peared through the narrows a goodl strong breeze blew in from the sea and held throughout the afternoon With such a brfieze the boats cpuld have covered cov-ered the course in four Hours The yachts will try again on Monday Mon-day hut the old barnacles are nowsay ing that unless n storm comes alortg to stir up the stagnant atmosphere there It not mic chance of a change in the weather conditioris until the moon changes on Wednesday The Shamrock with her mainsail up left her moorings In tow of a tug at S50 a m the Columbia follow Ing at 9 oclock Both arrived at the lightship about 10 ocfock They sent up club topsails the Shamrock setting her largest larg-est one with aluminum spars the Columbia Co-lumbia hoisting the same one she had set on Friday Jibs and staysails were sent up in stops on the stays but they were never broken out what little sailing sail-ing the yachts did about the lightship being done under mainsail and club topsails top-sails only The same persons were onboard on-board the yachts as on the previous days The yachts returned to their mooring at 130 The Shamrocks crew swung the main boom off to starboard and eleven men climbed out on its end and sat there to give the yacht a heel while several of the crew scrubbed off one of the plates on the port side below the water line This operation was repeated repeat-ed the boom being swung to port and the men cleaning the starboard side It was reported after the race that there had been talk of docking both yachts early on Sunday morning but the rumor was not confirmed The fact that Captain Charles Barr of the Columbia Co-lumbia obtained leave from Mr Iselin to go to the city to meet his wife who arrived today from England by the steamer St Paul and to remain in town until Monday morning Is pretty good evidence that the Columbia will not be docked Captain Robley D Evans visited the Erin this morning and Fighting Bob and Lord Charles Beresford shook hands |