| Show I Jquatics FOR THE YACHT RAGE I + The Columbia and the Shamrock Will Meet Tuesday Morning I EVERYTHING IS READY I S j t I MUCH INTEREST SHOWN I INTERNATIONAL CONTEST + How the Meeting Was Easily Arranged ranged and the Good Feeling That Exists Between the Foreign Yachtsmen and the New York Cluh Both Boats Speedy I New York Oct 1The Columbia and Shamrock will meet in their first race for the Americas cup at about 1 oclock Tuesday morning Experts expect I ex-pect that the race will prove a contest as earnest and as interesting as any that have preceded j for the international interna-tional yachting tr phy where skill and judgment will play as important a part a the speed of the respective boats With the coming of the Shamrock a chapter was begun in the Americans cup history It showed that an international inter-national challenge could be arranged without much correspondence rr months of planning when busjjessllice officials were behind it The visit cf the Royal Ulster Yacht club committee to this city more than one year ago was diplomatic in nature and farreaching in results Members of this committee were found to be good yachtsmen and genial mena race for the Americas cup their only aim Hardly a letter passed for more than a year between the committees of tne Royal Ulster and New York clubs The agreement necessary was signed by both on the occassion of the visit of the Ulster yachtsmen and nothing more was needed Permission for the Shamrock i Sham-rock to be towed in calms on her passage pas-sage across the western ocean was the I only supplementary matter of importance import-ance that subsequently received attention I On Friendly Basis Since the arrival of the Shamrock here followed by her owner Sir Thomas Lipton and his assistants the goodfellowship so pleasantly established estab-lished when the challenge was accented has been so thoroughly cordial there is no likelihood that anything can happen abruptly to terminate I The challengers chal-lengers have not been unredsonabie in their demands and the New York Yacht club has not bothered them with any unjust or annoying restrictions I So the latest chapter in the Americas cup history bids fain to have an ending quite as pleasant as its beginning I Sir Thomas Lipton used the best materials ma-terials at hand to produce a boat worthy in every way to be a challenger for the cup He and his frIends together to-gether with William Fife jr the designer de-signer of the Shamrock seem full of confidence regarding her ability to win the old trophy now in possession of its holders for more than fortyeight years I The secrecy observed in the construction con-struction of the yachts is worldwide history Following the example of the Americans in building the Vigilant and i Defender successful defenders of the cup Mr Fife built a metal boat which I is extraordinarily light and lght gave a marvelous big rig to her He has taken the additional precaution of putting her I in the hands of the very best officers I and crew that need be found in Great Britain That this boat has much I speed has repeatedly been shown in her trials in the last few weeks I Owners of the Columbia J Pierpont Morgan commodore of the New = > orkYacht club and C Oliver ver Iselin of the New York Yacht club are owners of the Columbia which will defend the cup against the Shamrock The same genius that designed the I I Vigilant and the Defender had the task of planning and building her Captain Nat Herreschoff and the company which he ably represents have done I their best The new boat is of Tobin bronze built as staunchly as such a craft can be put together Neither time nor money has been spared in I producing her She has been well tried with the old favorite the Defender I and demonstrated her ability to beat 1 her on every point of sailing as well as in all kinds of weather The Colum bia stands today worthy the reputation of her designers and builders and of the New York Yacht club Such are the vessels that will meet on Tuesday over a course of thirty miles starting from Sandy Hook lightship light-ship to windward and leeward accord ing to the direction of the breeze The Second Race The second race will be triangular trialglar ten miles to u leg and will be sailed on Thursday if no serious accident hap I pens to the yachts Tuesday And so the contests will alternate in the matI I ter of courses every other day until i unt one of the yachts has won three races 1 New York Yacht club officials have I been striving for months to complete i their arrangements with a view to a r1 satisfactory and pleasant termination of the match Everything possible un der the circumstances has been done to this end and i the public will lend them a hand success must attend their efforts The one thing that has always proved a source of great trouble has been the crowding of the courSe by excursion steamers and other boats This has been the source of endless annoyance and only this year has there been a determination to make it tess conspic uous Under the direction of the United States treasury officials rules have been 1 agreed upon to insure an unlnterrupt I ed course free from the interference of outsidi vesstMs Captain Robley D Evans of the United States navy will have charge of the patrol fleet arranged for the racing days Rules of the Races Accordng to the agreement under which these races are to be sailed the winner of three out of the series of five tle to keep or take the cup as the case may be The Sy fixed the Oct 3 Oct 5 and Oct 7 tad if it IS necessary to sail i i five 1 sai fve races the following Tuesday and Thursday are The the conditions extra days named for the contest which govern the races are that the first race shall be to windward or to leeward and return second race an equilateral triangle third race similar to te first fourth race similar to the see ond fifth race similar to the first The courses shall be as nearly as possible thirty nautical miles Because of the lay of the landthe po sition of the coasts of Long Island and New Jersev the starting point for each race is likely to be the Sandy Hook light ship the red hulk that is anchored about seven miles to the eastward of the point of the Hook But at times the wind comes so that the Scotland lightship a yellow l htsliP hulk four and oneeighth miles nearer Sandy Hook is more convenient and it might easily happen that 1 would be used especially in the triangular course The Starting Line The starting line is to be formed by the i flagship of the New York Yacht club an choring near qne of the lightships men tioned The usual lghtsh1p 2 yards but there is no specified distance in the agreement A preparatory gun on the flagship l be fired fifteen minutes be fore the crossing time Ten minutes later a warning gmn ivjll be fired and In five 7r gi minutes I the third gun which is the start ing signal The racers have two minutes f j In which they may cross and a fourth gun will announce the end of that limit Each will be timed on the second It crossed Each racc Is to be started alii oclock I ztei i If possible but a dead calm or a fog or a heavy galea real stormwould necessarily neces-sarily postpone the race anillt is agreed that no race shall be started after 1230 oclock Further than that 1 avoid a drifting match wherein a boat may win rather by luck than by the qualities of the yachts or crews it is agreed If one of the yachts is not at the home line within five hours and thirty minutes after the start the race shall be declared off and the same course will then be laid out on next race day Provide For Accidents Another very important agreement relates re-lates to accidents It yacht is seriously crippled by accident before tie race Is started time for repairs will be allowed but if anything carries away after the signal the sufferer must do Its best with its repairs as It sails the course and take tht consequences For this 13 I to be a test of construction as well a of design anti constructon yeU I slSn 1d II seamanship I 1 k And accidents are not entirely to be left out of consideration For slnce the Columbia I Colum-bia was launched un June 10 and the Shamrock on June 2Gi a < number ot mishaps mis-haps have befallen these boats I I |
